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

Looking backwards to move forwards, BackRoad Gee is taking UK rap into uncharted territory

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

Jay Z is launching a university in New York

Your Loss return with punk-stained hip-hop cut ‘Memory Hole’

Charli XCX is hosting a one-off digital performance of ‘how i’m feeling now’ to help the homeless

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Google Play Music to completely shut down by the end of the year

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)’

A Big Boi and Kate Bush collaboration could be on the cards

“I want to keep people excited”: Piers James is the genre-blending artist defying convention

More posthumous Pop Smoke albums are in the works

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

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

A new Kanye West album, ‘Donda’, is dropping this Friday

Cop or Drop? Bad Boy Chiller Crew review the singles

Indoor gigs can resume in England from August 1st, Boris Johnson announces

Premiere: umru reshapes Banoffee’s ‘Fukwit’ into a glitchy pop slammer

Premiere: Lido shares intergalactic visuals for slow-burning pop cut ‘Rise’

Drive-in gigs from Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and The Streets cancelled due to local lockdown fears

Megan Thee Stallion was shot during incident involving Tory Lanez

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’

WOO HAH! festival locks Future, Young Thug, slowthai for 2021 edition

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’

Kanye is running for president with an anti-vaccine, pro-life stance

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

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

The 10 Best Pop Song Hooks, according to Jessy Lanza

Kanye has already missed voter registration deadlines for his presidential campaign

SL’s ‘Selhurst SE25’ EP is a welcome reminder that age is no barrier to greatness

The 10 Best Tracks To Get Your Head Right, according to Noodle

Skepta, Radiohead and more back Let The Music Play campaign to save live music in the UK

Pa Salieu is the breakout Coventry star on the frontline of UK rap

Kanye West returns with a Travis Scott link-up on ‘Wash Us In The Blood’

Virgil Abloh artwork for Pop Smoke’s album to be changed after social media backlash

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

Rebecca Judd curates our NEXT HYPE playlist

Jay Z’s Roc Nation helped Marcus Rashford win his free school meals campaign

Premiere: Ariel shares quarantine-shot video for horny bop ‘Party Line (Dial In)’

“People don’t really care. They just see us as criminals”: Ambush on injustice, police brutality and his bar-setting mixtape

BRAND NEW: Deema

Murkage Dave and Manga ride a Mike Skinner beat on ‘Weird Kid In The Ends’ alternate version

K-pop fans rally to support Black Lives Matter

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

How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-injustice causes on today’s Bandcamp day

“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”