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slowthai’s ‘Happyland’ is bringing Pa Salieu, Shygirl and IDLES to Northampton

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek set to launch bid to buy Arsenal

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Billie Eilish dedicated her Record of the Year Grammy to Megan Thee Stallion

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PRS’s anti-racism ‘Power Up’ programme appoints Kano and Ray BLK as ambassadors

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Tom Did It drops melancholic Valentine’s ballad ‘Gone’

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juno roome, thomTide, CHAMPAGNE DENIM and more make our BRAND NEW Tracks of the Week

Wax raps over African Baile drums on the self-produced ‘Switch’

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An Iceland neighbourhood wants a Kanye West statue built on the grounds of its swimming pool

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ENNY drops hard-hitting ‘Ask About Me’ freestyle

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Balou serves up afterparty vibes on the slow-burning ‘Best Wishes’

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South East London’s Juvie puts his ambition on display on ‘Lil More’

Japanese pop band CHAI sign to Sub Pop, share ‘Action’

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Major labels to give evidence in Parliament tomorrow about the economics of streaming

Trump expected to pardon Lil Wayne and Kodak Black on his last day in office

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Northampton duo Krankhead drop the booming, drill-leaning ‘Hadouken’

Chloe Kay’s electro-pop ‘Fiction’ is about late night texts from an ex

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Paris’s Morena lifts a middle finger to f*ckboys on her ‘Sad Boy Hours’ EP

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Flohio traverses London’s empty streets for ‘Roundtown’ visuals

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UK government reportedly rejected “visa-free” touring deal as part of Brexit negotiations

Loraine James collaborator Le3 bLACK drops icy drill number ‘Cold Winter’

Tom Did It and HEN$HAW address universal struggle on melodic rap cut ‘Ordinary’

phonewifey reveals “barrage of intense, exuberant and smashy energy” single ‘HIT ‘EM WITH A POLE’

Your Loss unveil grime and punk-inflected single ‘Chaos!’

Danny L Harle teases mysterious ‘Harlecore’ project

Sim Fane, Mansion Boy, Aaron Black and more front our BRAND NEW Tracks of the Week

“I’m afraid I wasn’t with all those freaks”: Jamiroquai addresses Capitol siege memes

Pa Salieu wins BBC Sound of 2021

Dr. Dre’s home targeted by burglars while in hospital for a brain aneurysm

slowthai links with A$AP Rocky on the fiery ‘MAZZA’

Petition calling for visa-free EU travel hits 222,000 signatures

Speedboat unveil playful synth-pop single ‘Dog Toy’

UK government must give the live music sector a “restart date”, report says

One in ten songs streamed globally are by British artists

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Oklou delivers an entrancing remix of Dua Lipa’s and Angèle’s ‘Fever’

Tom Did It shares orchestral version of ‘Thinking Too Much’

Sia drops Shia LaBeouf from her film ‘Music’, calls him a “pathological liar”

slowthai reveals punchy birthday single ‘Thoughts’

Bad Bunny is starring in an action film with Brad Pitt

Caroline Polachek releases her cover of The Corrs’ ‘Breathless’

Griselda Records announce debut feature film CONFLICTED

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phonewifey links with Kakoushka for dance-pop single ‘SO BAD’

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Pa Salieu announces his debut UK tour

Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 disco party upped the game for virtual live shows

Flohio unleashes high-powered mixtape ‘No Panic No Pain’

Rare music prints are being sold to fund music production crews affected by pandemic

Tom Did It returns with cloud rap message to the haters ‘Like Me’

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21 Savage’s younger brother TM1way was fatally stabbed in London

7th Obi turns in cosmic rap cut ‘Tesla Navigation’

Flohio drops brooding single ‘Sweet Flaws’, details new mixtape

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Your Loss call on Kish! for the grime-influenced ‘Hov & Puffy’

Headie One and Tion Wayne filmed fighting onboard a plane

Obama links “the bling, the women, the money” in rap to Trump’s increased Black male support

Lil Nas X is virtually performing his ‘Holiday’ single on Roblox

Blay Vision emulates a scene from American Psycho in the video for ‘Kill Somebody’

GOLDEN shares unheard versions of her ‘Running’ single on ‘Running B-Sides’

Pa Salieu’s ‘Send Them To Coventry’ is a scorching debut project from UK rap’s new golden boy

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Octavian has been accused of domestic abuse

Loyle Carner returns with the Madlib-produced ‘Yesterday’

Mutss and Dizzle AP lock horns on ‘No Cappin’

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Shygirl reveals four new aliases in the video for ‘SLIME’

Live music may return by Spring 2021, says expert following vaccine news

slowthai says his new album is done

Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party In The USA’ and N*SYNC’s ‘Bye Bye Bye’ re-enter charts after Biden win

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Dua Lipa says it’s her “duty” to fight for LGBTQ rights

Kanye West concedes election defeat, announces ‘Kanye 2024’

Eminem licenses music to a political candidate for the first time in support of Biden

Grammys change World Music category to Global Music due to “connotations of colonialism”

Trump introduces Lil Pump as “Little Pimp” at his final rally

Spotify announces new feature where artists can promote their music at a price

Bladee and Mechatok team up on the transcendental ‘Drama’

Blay Vision drops the dark-edged ‘Revenge’ in anticipation of his ‘Pain’ project

Grimes has made a baby AI lullaby to help you sleep

Pa Salieu’s debut mixtape ‘Send Them To Coventry’ is arriving next month

Premiere: 7th Obi shares glitchy visuals to jazz-rap hybrid ‘Confusion’

Glastonbury lawyer says the 2021 festival will be going ahead

Musician’s Union launches Justice At Spotify campaign demanding one cent per stream

Flohio and Kasien play on British pub stereotypes in ‘With Ease’ visuals

Kanye West says that instead of buying his masters he’ll buy Universal Music

Stormzy’s ‘Rainfall’ video was built inside a video game

Premiere: AikJ teams up with Ama and Evans Jnr in psychedelic ‘Replacement’ visuals

Four Tet has made an album with Madlib

HEN$HAW addresses social media toxicity on potent hip-hop cut ‘TIMELINE’

Arts Council England announces £18 million funding package for DJs, artists and more

Relly Luton shares melodic autumn anthem ‘Life Of The Party’

Blay Vision tours his inner thoughts on ‘Realist Cuz’

Mugun raises the levels in Manga-inspired visuals for ‘Big Worm’

Ariana Grande says she’s releasing a new album this month

Festivals receive official advice on how to go ahead next summer

McDonald’s deny claims their Travis Scott collaboration was to mask racial discrimination lawsuits

Tom Did It and tmdistant tackle mental health issues on ‘Demons’

Headie One shows he’s ready to go where no drill artist has gone before on ‘Edna’

Tory Lanez has been charged over Megan Thee Stallion shooting

Arlo Parks, Che Lingo and Kojey Radical will appear on a Channel 4 World Mental Health Day special

Kelvin MacKenzie enters BBC chairman job race with plans to axe Radio 1 and 2

Morgan Freeman vocalled 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s album to avoid being typecast as a nice guy

Headie One shares a slice of forthcoming debut album ‘Edna’ with ‘Breathing’

Rishi Sunak says workers will need to adapt for employment amid the pandemic

Britney Spears could be under conservatorship for the rest of her life, claims former estate manager

New Delhi artist KAVYA talks creativity, pandemic sanity and India’s independent music scene

Cardi B speaks out about the double standards faced by female rappers

SL announces ‘Different Dude’ mixtape, drops freestyle

David GotSound explores varying strands of rap on ‘The Mountains’

“Send him to prison”: Musicians react to the first Trump-Biden debate

Premiere: Odillia taps up Snoop Dogg for the funk-indebted ‘Break It Down’

Love Sept leave a path of destruction in punk-charged ‘Hideout’ visuals

Purity Ring have remixed Alice Deejay’s ‘Better Off Alone’

UK events industry figures stage Parliament protest against latest Covid measures

Dorian Electra’s forthcoming album features Village People, Rebecca Black and Pussy Riot

RYL0 takes aim at the music industry “rat race” on hyperpop new single

Oklou’s ‘Galore’ mixtape is dream-like pop perfection

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Dutchavelli drafts in MCs from Albania, France and India for the ‘Bando Diaries’ remix

England’s 10pm curfew restrictions could remain in place for six months

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One third of musicians could quit due to the pandemic, new survey reveals

Skepta links with Essie Gang’s L3 and Michael Phantom on ‘No Stress’

The Trump administration is banning TikTok downloads in the US from Sunday

‘Can Music Make You Sick?’ asks why musicians are three times more likely to have anxiety or depression

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Flohio returns with the Take A Daytrip-produced ‘Unveiled’

Bugzy Malone appears in court after being charged with two counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm

Kanye West tweets out his record contracts, uploads video of him urinating on a Grammy

Skepta, Arlo Parks and Octavian headline Dummy Live, a three-day streaming series

A petition has been launched to extend the furlough scheme for the live music industry

Facebook explains its crackdown on live “music listening experiences”

Vinyl outsells CDs for the first time in three decades

Lava La Rue returns with elegant Queer anthem ‘G.O.Y.D.’

Pa Salieu and BackRoad Gee share striking monochrome visuals for ‘My Family’

J Hus, Dutchavelli and Dizzee Rascal won big at the GRM Rated Awards 2020

David GotSound escapes to the countryside in ‘You Know The Vibes’ visuals

Tom Did It’s ‘Thinking Too Much’ is a poignant reflection on lockdown blues

MPs back changes to post-Brexit immigration bill due to concern for touring musicians

Visa fees for artists touring the US to rise by over 50%

Oliver Dowden announces ‘Operation Sleeping Beauty’ to bring back live indoor events

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KAVYA shares the striking, globe-spanning video for ‘Quin’

Reading and Leeds faces backlash after booking no female headliners for seventh year running

A grime and UK drill musical drama called ‘Jungle’ is coming to Amazon

South East London artist David GotSound makes sure that ‘You Know The Vibes’

Netflix are making a film about Martin Shkreli buying Wu Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album

50 Cent claims that straight men are the “biggest target” of cancel culture

Ghetts, Tiffany Calver and more are offering free online music lessons to students

Study finds that British female artists are severely underrepresented on UK radio

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TikTok launches legal action with the Trump administration over US ban

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“Stop lying”: Megan Thee Stallion says she was shot by Tory Lanez

Britney Spears’ father is to remain in legal control of popstar after unsuccessful court hearing

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion are giving away $1 million to “powerful women”

A. G. Cook announces ‘Apple’ album: hear ‘Oh Yeah’

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A contact-tracing app developed by music tech employees has launched in Berlin nightclubs

“[Black people] are asking for fairness, and we are asking for justice”: Cardi B talks to Joe Biden

Two men have been charged with the murder of Jam Master Jay

Charli XCX’s virtual live show unleashed months of pent-up lockdown energy

Skepta collaborators Jaxxon D. Silva and Jesse James Solomon unite on ‘Blood On The Floor’

Nines recreates legendary rap records from across the decades in ‘Clout’ visuals

Carole Baskin slams “lurid” video for ‘WAP’ by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

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Sways drops smooth new single and video for ‘Sweet One’

Jay Z is launching a university in New York

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Aminé kicks back at a luxury tennis court in video for ‘Compensating’ feat. Young Thug

Let The Music Play campaign demands the UK government protect more jobs in the live music sector

The Streets and IDLES traverse a narcotic wilderness in ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive’ video

Michael Eavis says Glastonbury might not return until 2022

Mercury Awards consider changes to eligibility rules after Rina Sawayama backlash

Frank Ocean’s teenage brother reportedly dies in car crash

Dave set to collaborate with Sir David Attenborough on new wildlife special

Tom Did It makes a melodic statement of intent in ‘Outside’ video

Rina Sawayama criticises Mercury Awards after being deemed not British enough to take part

Music festivals to be supported in government coronavirus funding package

Flohio cuts through the darkness in ‘Glamourised’ video

Rina Sawayama drops teaser trailer for ‘The Making of SAWAYAMA’ documentary

Megan Thee Stallion reveals she was shot in both feet, needing surgery, in tearful IG live

Octavian and Future team up on ‘Rari (Chapter 1)’

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Kano, Moses Boyd and Charli XCX shortlisted for Mercury Prize 2020

Kim Kardashian posts statement about Kanye’s mental health after concerning behaviour

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Men charged with the murder of Pop Smoke could face the death penalty

Tory Lanez arrested after concealing firearm in car

Rejjie Snow recruits MF DOOM for single ‘Cookie Chips’

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Rising UK rap star Artan shares atmospheric visuals to ‘Uncomfortable’

FKA twigs stars in short film about female empowerment through dance: ‘We Are The Womxn’

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The Trump administration is “looking at” banning TikTok in the US

Aminé shares ‘Compensating’ featuring Young Thug, announces new album

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Fekky launches C&C Foundation to support Black talent in local communities

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Bristol’s Colston Hall pledges to change its name after slave trader statue pulled down

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“We are living in one of the worst times in America”: Denzel Curry speaks out about police brutality

YG releases protest track ‘FTP’ (Fuck The Police)

Premiere: Reader’s ‘Say It Like You Mean It’ video is an ode to all the raves we can’t go to

“The time to be passive has passed”: Novelist, Kojey Radical, Akala and more react to the death of George Floyd

The 10 Best UK Rap Tracks of All Time, according to Smoke Boys

Track by Track: Oscar #Worldpeace – ‘Sporadic’

Lana Del Rey slammed for criticising female artists of colour in album announcement

The 10 Best Underground Artists from the UK and Ireland, according to Cam Wild

The 10 Best UK Rap Films, according to Jords

Premiere: Rising Slough artist Houston X shares the James Blake-inspired ‘Scarlett Red’

slowthai and Kenny Beats link up on ‘MAGIC’

Skepta collaborator Jaxxon D. Silva drops narcotic freestyle ‘I Feel Like Pain’

Theodor Black drops video shot in isolation for ‘Had Enough’

Here’s what you should be buying on Bandcamp today

Premiere: Eliza Legzdina’s ‘Tic Toc’ is an ode to sex-positivity and girl gang power

DMY Recordings is now on Bandcamp

Theodor Black returns with introspective burner ‘Had Enough’

Less than half of US music fans say they’ll rush back to live events once lockdown restrictions are lifted

Octavian joins Obongjayar and Santi in dystopian Matrix-style party on ‘Poison’ video

WOO HAH! festival has been postponed until 2021

You can now donate money to your favourite artists directly on Spotify

Kadiata encapsulates London’s lockdown spirit in the visuals for ‘Blindside’

Kanye West and Chick-Fil-A team up to provide 300,000 meals during coronavirus

The 10 Best Female Rappers of All Time, according to Lavida Loca

“Why do we need to be making stuff right now?”: Dummy meets Tommy Cash

Ticketmaster criticised for changing refund policy during global pandemic

Instagram hints at plans to help artists monetise livestreams

UNTOLD and Neversea pledge their festival equipment to Romanian hospitals

Concerts and festivals may not return until autumn 2021, healthcare expert warns

Jay Z and Meek Mill’s organisation send 100,000 surgical masks to US prisons

Black The Ripper passes away aged 32

Charli XCX announces self-isolation album, ‘how i’m feeling now’

Headie One and Fred again.. boldly defy convention on the star-studded ‘Gang’

Snowy collaborates with Notts producer LVNDLXRD on ‘G.I. Joe’

Joell and Billy Got Waves share R&B-rap hybrid ‘AEIOU’

Chams, Blonder, Des Montana and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Headie One and Fred again.. announce mixtape with FKA twigs, Sampha and Octavian

Company in charge of Coachella’s stages now building coronavirus emergency tents

Lovebox, Parklife, All Points East and more festivals have been postponed

The 10 Best Rihanna Album Cuts, according to Ragz Originale

Skepta, Chip and Young Adz are releasing a joint album

Apple Music’s Beats 1 hosts begin broadcasting from their homes

How is the live music industry coping with the effects of coronavirus?

Musicians turn to live streaming amid concert cancellations

Snowy nods to an ex-Newcastle United player on the explosive ‘Nile Ranger’

Glastonbury 2020 has been cancelled

Caroline Polachek opened the gates of Heaven at her captivating London show

Theodor Black fronts the latest Disclosed Doors session

UK government introduces measures to help music venues deal with COVID-19 losses

Tame Impala launch initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of their tour

Coachella likely to be postponed over coronavirus fears

The 10 Best Tracks That Define High Focus Records, according to The Four Owls

Kendrick Lamar announces mysterious pgLang project

Marathon Labs announce five music tech businesses for their mentoring programme

Your Loss, Nana Lourdes, Jäde and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Brother-sister duo Chasing Daze reveal the sunshine-soaked ‘Eyes’ EP

Cadet’s posthumous debut album ‘The Rated Legend’ will be released in April

Pinty cuts through the London night in video for DJ JD Sports (aka King Krule)-produced ‘It’s Just Life’

Rina Sawayama pokes fun at capitalist ignorance on ’00s-inspired pop cut ‘XS’

The 10 Best Tunes From The ’90s, according to Kamakaze

Aminé uses Ol’ Dirty Bastard sample on genre-stretching hip-hop cut ‘Shimmy’

Music and video duo Temptress return with ‘Loving Is A Game’

Aitch reflects on his chart-scaling year with freestyle ‘MICE’

Nigz TG, Chevel, Jouska and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Nigz TG’s eerie ‘Smash Hit’ samples an ’80s horror film

Pop Smoke killed in home invasion shooting

Dave calls Boris Johnson a “real racist” during Brit Awards performance

Listen to Farrah’s ‘Sweet Feels’ Valentine’s playlist

Premiere: ELEVNS express the uniqueness of intimacy on ‘Love You Like I Do’

Leo Dessi, On Man, MEYY and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Flohio dominates from all angles in ‘Heavy (freestyle)’ video

Track by Track: Slim Pappito – ‘Excellent Adventure’

AikJ and JyellowL forge R&B banger with a difference on ‘Last Flight (remix)’

Strawberries & Creem festival returns for 2020 with Sean Paul, Mike Skinner, Jaykae and more

Serena Isioma, Emerson Leif, Alex Banin and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Gorillaz team up with slowthai and Slaves for Britpop-inspired track ‘Momentary Bliss’

BRAND NEW: HAWA

Kanye throws midnight Sunday Service honouring Kobe Bryant

FKA twigs says she wasn’t asked to sing at the Grammy’s Prince tribute

Tyler, the Creator labels his Grammy win a “backhanded compliment”

Premiere: Mercy’s Cartel addresses situationships on ‘Sleep’

J Hus marks new horizons with ‘Big Conspiracy’ album

Pop Smoke, slowthai, DaBaby locked for WOO HAH! 2020

Rosalía shares emotional prison visit video for flamenco song ‘Juro Que’

The 10 Best Examples of Chinese Instrumentation in Hip-Hop/Pop, according to GZ Tian 

The 20 Most Exciting Artists For 2020

13XL’s ‘Q_Q’ EP rips up convention with punk-tinged nihilism

Rina Sawayama announces ‘Sawayama’ album: hear ‘Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys)’

Wiki traverses his hometown of New York in ‘The Routine’ video

Charli XCX collaborates with Nintendo on a song for its Japanese theme park

The 50 Best Albums of 2019

The 50 Best Tracks of 2019

The 20 Best UK Drill Projects of 2019, according to Nammy Wams

Tray Haggerty, Lijah, Cloutgod Duggie and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Tommy Genesis is executing her own, rebellious world vision

Plan B explains the first past the post voting system on new cut

At her Fire headline show, Hannah Diamond reignited her maximalist pop sound

Premiere: LP2Loose makes a bold statement of intent on ‘Waterkid’

IAMDDB drops ‘Famous’, announces European tour

Theodor Black reveals two sides of his personality with ‘Slow Burns’ and ‘Anxiety’

Blondie Snitch, Caev, G.L.A.M. and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Pop Songs In ’80s Movies, according to Saint DX

Nines makes highly-anticipated return in style with ‘Pride’

A.SAINT, Ashley Morgan, maxime. and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Ireland and South London collide on Offica x Fizzler’s drill heater ‘SkiddiBop’

Blue Story cinema ban labelled institutionally racist

The 10 Best Pop Songs With A Punk Mentality, according to Alma

Rina Sawayama confronts racial stereotypes on date from hell in the video for ‘STFU!’

Sila Lua, Jäde, Harry Edohoukwa and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Snowy collides with Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson on ‘EFFED’

Premiere: Japan-born newcomer E L L E blends noise and rap on ‘HYDRA’

slowthai, Rico Nasty and ICECOLDBISHOP feature on Take A Day Trip’s ‘Lighthouse’

New Kojey Radical x Napapijri T-shirt is brought to life using augmented reality

Clockenflap 2019 cancelled amidst escalating protests in Hong Kong

The 10 Best New Acts Coming Out of Brighton, according to Para Fiction

Doja Cat, Octavian and more announced for Spotify’s ‘Who We Be Live’ 2019

Grandma, Phabo, Pool Cosby and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

slowthai and Mura Masa reunite with video for punk-infused ‘Deal Wiv It’

Frank Ocean teases Arca remix of Skepta collaboration ‘Little Demon’

Premiere: Hare Squead and Jay Prince advocate self-care on ‘Meeting With Myself’

Kanye West tops Christian charts for the first time with ‘Jesus Is King’

404, Master Peace, Azadi.mp3 and Kish! play our first NEXT HYPE night at Miranda

JFDR, Mia Carucci, Benin City, Piksel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: SOPHIE collaborator Kota Banks shares luxe pop anthem ‘BIG BUCKS’

Kish! unveils the cinematic, lo-fi video for ‘Sly Cooper’

The 10 Best Non-English International Pop Hits, according to Sirens Of Lesbos

Premiere: Effie’s ‘Fairytale’ flips the concept of idealised relationships

Kllo, Denitia, Berel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Quelle Rox, Kwaku Asante, Crook and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Names In Underground Rap, according to Don Krez

GAIKA, Kai Whiston, Big Zuu and more play Roundhouse Rising festival

Skengdo x AM return with first full-length mixtape ‘Back Like We Never Left’

Haich Ber Na, Deema, Rada and Theodor Black kick off Dummy’s BRAND NEW Laylow residency

Premiere: Production powerhouse God Colony return with the steely ‘Etiquette’

Lonelyspeck, Grasps, AJÁ ROSE and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Drake’s OVO Sound releases the Top Boy soundtrack

Bloodz Boi, Joey G ii, Sandy Hsu and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

“That’s what I’m proudest of, that I have a diehard fanbase”: The cult of Kim Petras

Inka Upendo, Limvge, T. Evann and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The practicality of the Dutch made Lowlands festival 2019 another success

Premiere: Measure For Measure’s ‘PaperCuts’ channels “obsession, rejection, intimacy”

The best Norwegian artists who played Øya festival 2019

Haich Ber Na, Tiggz, Shahrae and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best LA Songs You’ve Never Heard, according to AUGUST 08

Doja Cat channels Fruit Ninja in the video for ‘Juicy’

Tohji, Rockstar Payso, Lonelyspeck and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Drag Race Lip Synch For Your Life Tracks, according to Blanck Mass

ISM calls on government to cover musicians’ costs in event of no-deal Brexit

The 10 Best Andy Kaufman Moments, according to Pen Gutt

The 10 Best Under-18 MCs In The Game, according to Oso Wavey Jay

13XL throw caution to the wind in the visuals for ‘Love & Guap’

“I want to put out something timeless”: The unstoppable vision of Rich Brian

The best female acts to catch at Øya festival 2019

The 10 Best UK Collaborations, according to Steel Banglez

The 10 Best Chicano Anthems, according to Cuco

slowthai, Little Simz, IDLES nominated for the Hyundai Mercury Prize 2019

Premiere: Benny Mails distills the fiery passion of his live shows into ‘Marathon’

Badgirl$ are the trio looking to reignite the British pop landscape

How To Get Your Track Playlisted On Spotify, according to the experts

Premiere: Icelandic rapper Countess Malaise drops post-apocalyptic visuals for ‘Veskið Mitt’

Rosalía brought London to pin-drop silence at her Somerset House show

Unknown T charged with murder of a 20-year-old man

The 10 Best Songs To Empower Womxn, according to Ashnikko

Corella shares Cadenza collaboration ‘Hey Cutie’

Premiere: Blvckhaze’s ‘SWA’ is the dancehall banger you need for summer

Ramz “getting the support he needs” after posting suicide-related message on social media

Women ruled Wireless 2019, the year of US-UK link ups

‘Idris Elba Presents: The YARDIE Mixtape’ blends the best of Jamaica and the UK with a star-studded track list

iris, MC Tigz, Sha Bussin Not Ya Cousin and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The best UK acts to catch at Wireless Festival 2019

K Trap removes his mask and drops new mixtape ‘No Magic’

Flohio returns with a bang on the mind-bending ‘Hell Bent’

A$AP Rocky raised the roof at the Chivas XV x L’Arc party in Paris

Ake, Blasé, Vanacana and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Nafe Smallz aims to fill the void on buoyant new EP ‘Good Love’

Strawberries & Creem 2019 was a celebration of UK music past and present

Justend, Aiya, Las Aves and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Diane Abbott invites drill artists to the Houses of Parliament to discuss censorship

Kojey Radical dances through darkness in new video for ‘Can’t Go Back’

Krept & Konan urge police to stop targeting drill artists with new petition

Corella tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

Corella pulls up at a barber shop with TĀLĀ in the video for ‘Pull Up’

Octavian flexes his musical prowess on new mixtape ‘Endorphins’

Sky Ferreria, Yaeji, Kim Petras feature on Charli XCX’s new album ‘Charli’

Little Simz returns to her pirate radio roots in new ‘101 FM’ video

AMAZONDOTCOM, Daniel Adé, ZEM and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

GoldLink unveils star-studded new album ‘Diaspora’

M.I.A. dedicates MBE to her mother who hand-sewed medals for the Queen

Skengdo x AM team up with Russian blood artist to protest artistic censorship

The 10 Best Portuguese Rap Tracks, according to Holly

Fresh All Day: Ryan Hemsworth interviews Yurufuwa Gang

The 10 Best Self-Produced Tracks, according to NIKI

Erika de Casier sounds like pop’s past and future at the same time

We Love Green 2019 was Paris’s eco-friendly answer to Primavera

8Ruki, FAKETHIAS, SQ Diesel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Three 6 Mafia Tracks, according to Kamandi

The 10 Best Swedish Non-Dance Music From The Last Year Or So, according to Kornél Kovács

slowthai’s ‘Nothing Great About Britain’ does away with old visions of British patriotism

Premiere: 13XL let us into their secret basement shows on ‘Show You The Whole World And Show You How It Spins’

slowthai covered Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ last night

Charli XCX recruits Lizzo for ‘Blame It On Your Love’

GAIKA drops surprise ‘HEATERS 4 THE 2 SEATERS’ mixtape with Dean Blunt and Rome Fortune

J Hus, Wizkid and BBK are on Skepta’s forthcoming ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’

Listen to a new mix of UK drill essentials

Why I Do Dis: Nammy Wams on the return of Slackk’s Grime Tapes and the scene’s resistance to drill

SEANTHOMMONEY, Lul Lion, Deaton Chris Anthony and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Denzel Curry’s ‘RICKY’ revolves around backyard brawls in southern Florida

Tyler, the Creator is dropping a new album, ‘IGOR’, next week

Scammers are selling fake Vybz Kartel dubplates while he’s incarcerated

The 10 Best Tracks by Filipino Artists, according to No Rome

Snowbombing 2019 gathered the diversity of the UK’s rich music culture in a jaw-dropping setting

404, Mikey Fleece, myouçeej and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: Ashnikko plays with gentleman’s club tropes in her ‘Special’ video

Orrin, Jaymie Silk, Junes UB and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Robyn’s first London show in eight years was pure pop perfection

Wiley calls Drake a “bumbahole” after Drake labels him “goofy”

Premiere: Katie McBride embraces the natural world in the video for ‘NBSL’

Charli XCX and MNEK have worked on a song on K-pop group TWICE’s album

Donalee, Le Dom, Kida Kudz and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Five acts not to miss at Snowbombing 2019

Playing With Fire: The rapid rise and fall of N-Dubz

Caleon Fox, Lady Midnight, Mignon and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Missy Elliott Videos, according to Knucks

Pirate Studios launch a hunt for fresh UK talent with their Pirate Prodigy programme

Premiere: Sam Binga drafts in Houston hip-hop legend Paul Wall for ‘All Cap’

Rosalía tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

French rap icons PNL share video for ‘Au DD’, announce ‘Deux Frères’ album

slowthai announces his debut album, ‘Nothing Great About Britain’

Premiere: Skinny Malone goes to prom in his ‘We Don’t Know Him’ video

slowthai and Denzel Curry reportedly have a collaboration on the way

Vinny Fanta, Rome Fortune, Shungu and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Lizzo tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

Black Midi’s terrifying noise and Tierra Whack’s lost shoes: SXSW 2019 highlights

Grimes reveals plans to kill her ‘Grimes’ moniker, gives confusing new interview

Five things we learned at AJ Tracey’s genre-blending, moshpit-inducing Cambridge show

Doja Cat is ten steps ahead of your favourite rapper

Slated to rated: How Ireland’s changing demographic has facilitated the explosion of Irish drill

The 10 Best Paris-Inspired Tracks, according to Lolo Zouaï

The 10 Best Road Rap Tracks, according to Little Torment

Holly Herndon tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

The 10 Best British Artists Who Aren’t Playing Copy Cat, according to Kadiata

Brandy, Andrè 3000 and Smokey Robinson will feature on Anderson .Paak’s next album

Reset and ready: Jelani Blackman is returning to his early independence

DJ Plead, Jaeho Hwang, Tama Gucci and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Skengdo x AM top our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

YS Tekdinner loops in P From Lee for ’40/20′

M.I.C is a master of meaningful conversation

Track by Track: Jay Prince – ‘WONDER’

Klein Zage, Ghetto Vanessa, Morabeza Tobacco and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: LATER produce another ’80s-influenced banger with ‘Young’

2 Chainz, Tarquin, Solange and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Premiere: Julian Mika blends good vibes with melancholy on ‘Pattern’

Flohio’s ‘BANDAGE’ freestyle showcases her relentless live energy

Secretive LA duo Emotional Oranges reveal ‘Corners Of My Mind’, inspired by painful heartbreak

Big Nate, Atelier Blue, Jeannel and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best ’90s Hip-Hop Records, according to Jaguar Skills

A Timbaland-produced Young Thug track has leaked

Premiere: Dublin’s Kojaque stars in his own musical for ‘Flu Shot’

Doja Cat, Col3trane, UNIIQ3 and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Mac Miller reportedly made an album with Madlib before his death

Woke acceptance speeches and weak feminism: five takeaways from the Brit Awards 2019

Wiki wonders whether there’s a ‘Cheat Code’ to life on his new track

Giggs shares ‘187’, the first track from his ‘Big Bad’ album

Premiere: Transatlantic collaboration Wilma Vritra drop the woozy ‘Targets & Digits’

Tierra Whack sings about selfishness on ‘Only Child’

Ushamami, Modulaw, Mike Drones and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 10 Best Skate Videos, according to Shlohmo

Rico Nasty drops a camera roll’s worth of memes in the video for ‘Sandy’

YouTube deletes 70 more UK drill videos at the Met Police’s request

21 Savage describes solitary confinement and more in first interview since arrest

Influences: Merely – ‘Hatching The Egg’

Premiere: Skepta collaborator Daisy Maybe shares two dimensions of her sound on ‘Cinnamon’ and ‘Stop’

Quelle Rox, Chrisfrmkro, Ta-Ra and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Kehlani builds anticipation for her ‘While We Wait’ mixtape: Hear ‘Butterfly’

Kali Uchis and Jorja Smith announce ‘The Kali & Jorja Tour’

Roses Gabor shares luxurious electronic-pop number ‘Turkish Delight’

Justine Skye accuses Sheck Wes of physical abuse and stalking

The 10 Best Tracks To Play FIFA To, according to AJ Tracey

Women won big at the 2019 Grammy Awards

Kim Petras drops three new tracks: hear SOPHIE collaboration ‘1,2,3 dayz up’

WOO HAH! festival locks Pusha T, Lil Uzi Vert, Rich The Kid

The 10 Best Artists Coming Out Of Manchester, according to DRS

London Jade, Inwards, Zed Kenzo and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Dummy is hosting a stage at Strawberries & Creem 2019 with WSTRN and Jimothy Lacoste

Taking Off: Celeste

21 Savage arrested: US immigration say he is a “UK national”

Murlo, Kojey Radical, Big Boi and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Premiere: 404’s ‘Fearful’ makes use of the British Transport Police’s surveillance slogan

Lil Berete and Loski link up in Iceland for ‘Go N Get It’

Kojey Radical teams up with KZ again on coming-of-age anthem ’25’

Deb Never, Kam-Bu & Pullen, Maya Ricci and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Skengdo x AM speak out about being given suspended prison sentences for performing drill

Azealia Banks cut through the Twitter noise at her London headline shows

Behind Bars: After years of the UK banning music, attempts to censor drill break alarming new ground

Glastonbury kicks off its Emerging Talent Competition for 2019

A new DAWN: Dummy meets the one-woman movement redefining independence

Vampire Weekend announce ‘Father Of The Bride’ album: Hear ‘2021’ and ‘Harmony Hall’

JMK$, Chrxstal Sarah, Pseudo and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

“Liberal or conservative we ALL suffer”: Cardi B continues feuding with Trump supporters on Twitter

Toro y Moi just gave away a free mixtape on Dropbox, ‘Soul Trash’

Dummy Mix 533 // Silk Road Assassins

Rosalía joins a motorbike gang and burns windmills in the stunning video for ‘De Aquí No Sales’

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2019’s success stories came from unexpected sources

Premiere: Iglooghost-championed BABii shows off dizzying electronics on ‘SEiiZURE’

Chris Brown arrested in Paris on rape charges

Drake announces ‘Assassination Vacation’ European tour

Max Jury shares groove-laden ‘Sweet Lie’, announces album ‘Modern World’

Mike Ashley ‘in talks’ to buy HMV

Six things we learned from The 1975’s O2 Arena show, 2019

TĀLĀ’s ‘Birthday Cake’ visuals flip female objectification

Why Manchester is the new creative epicentre of neo-soul and hip-hop

Premiere: Selma Judith’s ‘Inner Thigh’ is another intimate take from the Danish singer

DAWN celebrates female sexuality on the Hudson Mohawke-produced ‘sauce’

Dummy Mix 532 // Lumi

Higher Brothers’ ‘Open It Up’ video is a taste of their moshpit-fuelled live shows

The 10 Best Sade Tracks, according to Taliwhoah

Premiere: Rina Mushonga goes lush and vibrant on Afro-pop jam ‘For A Fool’

B Joux, Callosum, Rubii and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

What we learned at Future’s album launch and documentary screening last night

Lafawndah announces ‘ANCESTOR BOY’ album: Hear ‘DADDY’

Kehlani, Skinny Malone, Aitch and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Hudson Mohawke, A.G. Cook and more played a music festival inside Minecraft yesterday

The 10 Best New Artists Coming Out Of Australia, according to Cub Sport

The 15 Most Exciting New Artists for 2019

Premiere: Check the lo-fi, smoked-out ‘SSV2’ from Lord Apex

Octavian wins BBC Sound Of poll 2019

The 10 Best Andrè 3000 verses, according to Daniel Alexander

Premiere: Izzie Gibbs embraces his grime roots on ‘Lit’

Premiere: Congolese collective Bala Bala Boyz deliver the energetic ‘Baza Ba Skivre’

The 10 Best Hidden French Electronic Gems, according to Povoa

Lana Del Rey shares sparse new track ‘hope is a dangerous thing…’

Grimes uploads ‘Nightcore’ remix of ‘We Appreciate Power’

Pink Siifu, Zuukou mayzie, Nayana Iz added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

Premiere: ASAP Mob collaborator Solo Mario drops a wavy video for ‘Draco’

Mike Skinner, The Heatwave and more confirmed for Snowboxx 2019

Giggs announces ‘Big Bad’ album: Watch the monster movie-style trailer

slowthai channels the Trainspotting toilet scene in his new video for ‘Doorman’

Killavesi, D’Angelo, Bladee and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Taking Off: Church & AP

Fatima is making her Roundhouse debut: win two tickets

James Blake reportedly has an album coming with André 3000, Rosalía guest slots

Bad Bunny dropped his surprise debut album on Christmas Eve

8 Artists To Watch in 2019

Celeste explores modern-day relationships in the shadowy video for ‘Lately’

The 10 Best Labels of 2018

BBC Three has unveiled a new ‘Searching for Kanye West’ documentary

Angel-Ho, Laces, GKR and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 50 Best Tracks of 2018

Putin wants the Kremlin to “take charge” of Russian rap music

The 25 Best Albums of 2018

Croydon rapper Corella unleashes the brooding, Cadenza-produced ‘Talk’

J Hus sentenced to eight months in jail for carrying a knife

Corella, Lunice, Bad Bunny and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Sampa The Great, Trim, Gucci Mane + more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

Watch Jerome Thomas’s ‘Afrofuturist Western’ video for ‘Bruises’

Premiere: Tom Demac turns in a dramatic rework of PBR Streetgang’s ‘Transfunction’

No Fear: Dummy meets Jarreau Vandal

London Living: Shy One & Kwam talk ‘Spoons’

From Basel to Berlin: Dummy meets Naim

Yxng Bane and Ms Banks play Boiler Room x Lynx Music’s ‘One Night Only’

Friendly Fires’ club rave at Oval Space was a masterclass in the live experience

Listen to Yaeji’s ‘Blowing Up The Workshop’ karaoke mix

Meek Mill’s ‘Championships’ album is out today with Drake, Cardi B, Future

Black Josh, Murlo, Ian Isiah and more added to Dummy’s NEXT HYPE playlist

“Everything I make seems to oscillate between sweetness and violence”: Dummy meets Fauness

Premiere: Semi Precious transcends music and fashion in new video for ‘Vacancy’

Rina Sawayama shares new difference-embracing pop anthem ‘Flicker’

The 10 Best Mariah Carey Album Cuts, according to Homeshake

Stormzy and Pharrell feature on a new EP aiming to help end extreme poverty

Daisy Maybe enlists Skepta for dark-edged cut ‘The Answer’

Tommy Cash starts a cult in his new video for ‘X-Ray’

Hannah Diamond announces new album: Listen to ‘True’

Premiere: Strict Face channels seductive R&B on ‘Cherryhugs’

Compton is in the house: Channel Tres makes house music born from his West Coast roots

Livin’ Proof celebrate their 11th birthday: listen to their exclusive mix


No longer mad as hell: Dummy meets Father

Premiere: Rømans’ ‘People’ tackles violence and bigotry

Premiere: Rømans’ ‘People’ tackles violence and bigotry

The Dummy guide to M.I.A.

Taking Off: YS Tekdinner

“I want to write about real emotions”: Dummy meets Mahalia

Ariel’s ‘In-N-Out’ is a pop-tinged ode to our throwaway, fast food culture

The 10 Best Underrated Pop Gems, according to LIZ

Charli XCX jumps on Tommy Genesis’s ‘100 Bad’

WOO HAH! 2018: The Dutch festival serving as the ultimate hip-hop getaway

Festival report: Lovebox, London, 2018

10 of the best UK drill tracks, according to 67

The 10 best Tupac Shakur tracks, according to Jamz Supernova

The 10 best French rap tracks, according to Para One

Jamie xx: “I’m not a lyrics guy.”

Next: Rina Sawayama

Fatima interview: “So many colours and crazy sounds.”

Erasing the straight lines of hip-hop

“Turn it into positivity”: Angel Haze interviewed

Mykki Blanco interview: “I’m basically just doing glam rock.”

“Fuck hype”: Dummy meets A$AP Rocky

Comment: How Angel Haze is re-defining the modern popstar

The 10 Best Dr. Dre Productions Since ‘The Chronic: 2001’

The 15 Most Significant Pitchfork Reviews

The 15 most significant Pitchfork reviews

The xx: “It started as a joke”