New Music Monday
The Saturday Auteur
Ken Russell: religious orgies, psychedelic gore and cinema bans
Nicolas Roeg: twisting the psyche and turning rockstars into actors
Richard Linklater: the self-taught coming-of-age master
Lynne Ramsay: channeling violence and suffering through the eyes of a child
Charlie Kaufman: exploring existential concepts through mindfuck surrealism
Wednesday Art Idol
August Sander: the pioneering German documentary photographer who captured the face of a nation
Weekend Combo
The real Steve Zissou, Fabergé eggs and a Saint Etienne homecoming
Sarah Lucas: interrogating gender norms through euphemism and innuendo
Princess Di, fireworks and a Friday night gig crawl
Claude Cahun: the French surrealist who inspired Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin
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Weekend Comboo!
Halloween special: Edgar Wright’s spooky London, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt and a Bowie pop-up
NEW MUSIC MONDAY
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Flyin’ high
Music
Songs To Ride To: LA’s Andrey Tarasov curates a playlist for skating in the SoCal heat
Trailblazer
Lola Kirke’s new album is a companion piece to her introspective memoir
A tale of friendship
The filmmaker and the musician: Jim Longden on meeting his hero, Rodrigo Amarante
Tune in, drop in
Songs to ride to: a playlist by French skateboarder Lilian Fev
Hand-picked
The first instalment of Little Simz’ Meltdown line-up is here
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Drop the needle
Fashion
We need this new Saint Laurent x Bang & Olufsen turntable
Stellina beat
“Iconic, intentional, innovative” – Sam Gellaitry on his Stone Island campaign
Major
Little Simz will curate this year’s Meltdown festival
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
“It was this sonic conversation that happened very naturally” – Sharon Van Etten’s new record is a work of desert collaboration
Noise of the Void
Backstage at Detroit’s Leland Ballroom with LA’s silver duo, Drab Majesty
Airbag Woke Me Up
“Relatable, but charged up” – Jeshi unpicks his high-octane sophomore record
Watch here
Crack Cloud made us an exclusive UK tour short film
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The Kid LAROI: One Night in Detroit
Inside The HERO Winter Annual 2024
Film+TV
Nat Wolff in conversation with Alex Wolff on a tour bus in Baltimore
Eternal influences
From Kim Gordon to Marlene Dumas: the references at the heart of Stella Rose’s EP Hollybaby
New Gen Sound
HERO 32 cover story: d4vd in conversation with Benny Blanco
Broadcasting live
HERO SESSIONS: Fast Money Music – Space Opera / Hot Melt Glue
Hellraiser
Lemmy’s ashes are going on display in Stringfellows
Love and survival
“It’s an allegory for the world falling apart“ – Dua Saleh on their necessary new record
Pomegranate
“I honestly feel like I had died and I was born again” – Tess Parks’ new album happened for a reason
video premiere
Bande á Part’s debut track is a portrait of artistic chaos
Road to nowhere
What’s your favourite scary movie? Malice K selects grisly road trip film Dead End
