Miles From Kinshasa occupies an abstract black and white world in ‘Lookin’ 4 U’ video

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

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

FKA twigs announces initiative to support sex workers during the pandemic

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

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

Jorja Smith reflects on her experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement on ‘By Any Means’

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

Miles From Kinshasa’s ‘Lookin’ 4 U’ examines the interplay between technology and relationships

Music festivals to be supported in government coronavirus funding package

Emma Rena returns with captivating new single and video for ‘Armageddon’

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

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

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’

Miles From Kinshasa’s ‘Wearing Smiles’ is about not pretending that everything’s alright

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

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

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

The 10 Best Pop Song Hooks, according to Jessy Lanza

London talent Tora impresses on debut EP ‘Cavalier’

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

Ray BLK accuses Ambush of sexual assault

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

The Grammys are removing the term “urban” from their award categories

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

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

This BBC documentary follows a teenager obsessed with Northern Soul

Premiere: Lucy DK’s ‘Southbank’ is about meeting her absent father for the first time in a decade

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

Premiere: Miller Blue’s ‘Sunflower’ receives a dusky visual

Premiere: BAYLI tackles deception on R&B cut ‘boys lie’

Here’s what you should be buying on Bandcamp today

DMY Recordings is now on Bandcamp

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

Rising singer-songwriter Farrah explores her identity in the video for ‘ID’

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

Ticketmaster criticised for changing refund policy during global pandemic

Farrah champions her Iranian heritage on polished R&B cut ‘ID’

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

The 10 Best R&B-Folk Tunes, according to Jasmine Jethwa

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

Bill Withers dies aged 81

Frank Ocean shares two new tracks: ‘Cayendo’ and ‘Dear April’

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

The 10 Best Hype Williams-Directed Videos, according to Denai Moore

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

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

Glastonbury 2020 has been cancelled

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

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

Watch a mini-doc on Hackney singer-songwriter JNR Williams for Yamaha’s ‘Way Up’ series

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Premiere: Mai Kino pays teary-eyed homage to the miracle of birth in ‘Swim’

Arlo Parks drops new single, ‘Eugene’

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

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

Kaytranada and Kali Uchis let loose at a retro dance party in ‘10%’ video

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

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

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 

British-Iranian artist Farrah releases the stirring ‘Back to You’

The 20 Most Exciting Artists For 2020

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

Safiyyah ditches toxic energy for self-growth on ‘You Again’

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

Priya Ragu, Kij, Nix Northwest and more added to Dummy’s BRAND NEW playlist

The 50 Best Tracks of 2019

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

Kaytranada announces album ‘Bubba’: hear the Kali Uchis-featuring ‘10%’

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

I Saw it First is searching for the best UK female artists

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

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

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

Clockenflap 2019 cancelled amidst escalating protests in Hong Kong

“Showing people your heart when it’s raw, it is vulnerable”: FKA twigs opens up on Beats 1 about ‘MAGDALENE’

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

Azadi.mp3 articulates end-of-summer angst on ‘Summer In The Crypt’

The 10 Best Rare Groove Tracks, according to Norman Jay

BRAND NEW: Dummy meets 18YOMAN

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’

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

Haich Ber Na asks “where is home?” on disorientating new EP

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

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

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

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

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

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 best female acts to catch at Øya festival 2019

The 10 Best Chicano Anthems, according to Cuco

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

Premiere: Tallulah’s double visual for ‘Strangers’ and ‘Kept’ imagines freedom from bad relationships

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

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

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

13XL overload the senses on new video for ‘Frosty Tips’

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

13XL release all-consuming new track ‘Frosty Tips’

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

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

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

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

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

“I withdrew from life in general”: Jai Paul returns, breaking silence about seven-year hiatus

We Love Green 2019 is 100% powered by renewable energy

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

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

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

ROMderful is recycling his life experience into musical gold

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

Col3trane tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

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

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

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

BANKS returns with the Hudson Mohakwe-produced ‘Gimme’

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

FKA twigs is back with ‘Cellophane’ and a hallucinatory pole-dancing video

James Blake’s Eventim Apollo show was a return to form – and his hometown

FKA twigs mails “loyal supporters” a portrait of herself, new music looks imminent

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

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

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

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

Rosalía tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

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

The 10 Best Male Singers, according to Cassy

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

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

Holly Herndon tops our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

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

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

NULA’s future R&B jam ’60 Minutes’ was the result of an “outer-body experience”

Skengdo x AM top our NEXT HYPE playlist this week

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

Taking Off: BenjiFlow

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

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

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

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

The 10 Best Beyoncé Tracks, according to Big Tobz

Dummy Mix 537 // Mia Carucci’s She’s Emotional Vol IV

Peckham’s Tallulah introduces herself with ‘More Than Friends’

Influences: Merely – ‘Hatching The Egg’

Premiere: Etta Bond’s ‘Shorny’ video pieces together her intimate FaceTime recordings

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’

Women won big at the 2019 Grammy Awards

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

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

Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here lines up Tirzah, Matthew Herbert, Skee Mask

After teasing new music, Frank Ocean’s tumblr appears to have been hacked

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

Taking Off: Celeste

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

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

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

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

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

Gilles Peterson announces inaugural We Out Here festival for 2019

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

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

The 10 Best Gospel-Influenced Tracks, according to Samm Henshaw

Five takeaways from James Blake’s ‘Assume Form’

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’

Moodymann shares video of aggressive confrontation with Detroit police

Peckham venue Ghost Notes is shutting up shop next month

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

Watch Greentea Peng perform live at the Dummy x Mixcloud party at the Dr Martens Boot Room

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

The 10 Best Andrè 3000 verses, according to Daniel Alexander

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’

Mike Skinner, The Heatwave and more confirmed for Snowboxx 2019

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

8 Artists To Watch in 2019

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

The 10 Best Labels of 2018

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

The 50 Best Tracks of 2018

The 25 Best Albums of 2018

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

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

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

No Fear: Dummy meets Jarreau Vandal

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

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

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

Premiere: Rising soul singer Louis Centioni heads to New York for ‘Here I Go Again’

“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

Obongjayar returns with the stunning ‘Never Change’

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

Taking Off: [ K S R ]

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

Influences: Miink – ‘Small Clan’

Tyler Durden flex: Dummy meets Col3trane

Hannah Diamond announces new album: Listen to ‘True’

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

Festival report: Pitchfork Paris, 2018

Premiere: Watch R&B star-in-waiting JGrrey’s neon-lit video

Premiere: Watch R&B star-in-waiting JGrrey’s neon-lit video

The Dummy guide to M.I.A.

“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’

Festival report: Lovebox, London, 2018

Jamie xx: “I’m not a lyrics guy.”

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The Dummy guide to Janet Jackson

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

Banks – Waiting Game (produced by SOHN)

The 10 best soul songs, according to Macy Gray

The 10 best soul songs, according to Macy Gray

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

The xx: “It started as a joke”