‘Identifying as underrated isn’t healthy’: Tinashe on staging the pop comeback of the year
The raw sexuality of her track Nasty made it a viral sensation, moving the singer out of major label hell. But she says the industry is still toxic and racially segregated
Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’
How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves
New summer classics playlist: 15 artists pick sunshine tracks
From road-trip energy to lazy-days vibes, artists including Nia Archives, Joe Goddard, Beabadoobee, Arlo Parks and Lias Saoudi name the best summer tunes of the past decade
July 2024
Western DJs accused of ‘normalising war’ for playing at Russian techno events
Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees
Watch me work it, I’m perfect! The return of electro-house, pop’s trashiest, brattiest sound
Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’
Eno review – exhilarating Brian Eno documentary that’s different at every screening
Global album of the month
Bizhiki: Unbound review – commanding Native American songcraft
How we made
‘We knew a banjo house record would annoy the techno bores’: how the Grid made Swamp Thing
One to watch
One to watch: Berlioz
Kiasmos: II review – will have you crying tears of joy on the dancefloor
June 2024
Why Bronski Beat’s anthem of gay culture resonates 40 years on
‘We were the bridge between indie and dance’: Glastonbury icons Orbital on 30 years of breaking barriers
‘Women have always been sidelined. So we’re radical’: the Zawose Queens go from Tanzania to Glastonbury
From Coldplay to KMRU: who to see at Glastonbury 2024
‘The body was the drums, the brain was the synthesiser’: darkwave, the gothic genre lighting up pop
Club culture
From topping the 90s charts to ‘very controlled and predictable’ today: is the remix dead?