In-conversation
Music
Horsegirl and Black Midi go head-to-head
New Music Monday
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The Theory of Whatever
“I may never release an album again” – Jamie T triumphantly returns, but for how long?
Feel the beat
How Block9 Became The Queer Heart Of Glastonbury
The reinvention of a superstar
James Righton introduces us to his Gucci-suited, basement crooner alter-ego: Jim
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Sometimes, Forever
Inside the dreamy psyche of Soccer Mommy: “We wanted to play with this magical energy that could be angelic – and then horrifying”
Off the record
Electronic music legend Laurent Garnier on spinning emotion and fighting the system
HERO Playlist
Hit play on the tracks Viagra Boys tour to
London’s new voice
On Universal Credit, UK Rapper Jeshi paints a portrait of a not-so-Great Britain
Riffin’
Fashion
Hedi Slimane photographs Jack White in LA for his Portrait of a Performer series
Exclusive and intimate
HERO SESSIONS: Legss – Hyde Park Coroner
At home with…
HERO SESSIONS: The Paranoyds – Ratboy
shimmer end deep dive
HERO SESSIONS: Perfume – Cold Retreat
Leave it shaking
HERO Sessions: Palm Springsteen – Sister Sister
Tear it up
HERO Sessions: Palm Springsteen covers Alan Vega’s Wipeout Beat
You can do what you want to
HERO Sessions: DIIV covers Elliott Smith – Ballad of Big Nothing
The final throwdown
HERO Sessions: The Garden – We Be Grindin’
A well-tenderised GoPro
HERO Sessions: The Garden – Crystal Clear
An almighty racket
HERO Sessions: The Garden – What We Are
Running up that hill
Endorsed: Craig Green on the bewitching allure of Kate Bush
Hannah Montana
flowerovlove’s new video sees the London musician switch from student to megastar
Hauntology
Lauren Auder’s music not only engulfs, it empowers
landscapes of love
“I was bleeding with emotion” – Lykke Li rummages through the wreckage of heartbreak
Cold metal
“That’s Iggy” – The Great Frog owner Reino on their new Cutler and Gross eyewear collaboration
Pick up a camera, and roll
“I threw the armadillo in to fuck with people’s heads” – Don Letts on turning punk into art with The Clash
Ultimate Cheatsheet
Ahead of his Dior takeover, get to know fashion wunderkind Eli Russell Linnetz
Giving The World Away
“It took me a while to get there” – Hatchie maps out the neon-lit world of her sophomore record
On rotation
Warpaint takeover: Stella Mozgawa’s culture binge