“We wanted it to be fast, and we wanted it to be raw”
Music
Backstage with Iceage: an evening of devotion through distortion
Runners
“A catchy pop song cloaked in lo-fi distortion” – London musician Louis Grace debuts his abstract debut single
Exclusive photo diary
Fashion
“These are pieces that are designed to come alive when worn” – Marco Capaldo on designing Olivia Dean’s stage looks
Dancing on the street
Music collective Nine8 on curating UGG’s Sunroom, and building community through live music
Audiovisual
“I love that it still feels human in scale” – Saoirse is gearing up for another stand out GALA set
New Music Monday
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Feedback Loop
“It can start new sonic revolutions” – inside Fender’s star-studded Nashville tribute to the Telecaster
petal rock black
HERO USA Cover Story: Willow in conversation with Esperanza Spalding
Fall Into Grace
From Blood Orange to Sylvia Plath: Naomi Scott on the influences behind her debut record
Twilight hours
Tara Lily makes music made to be listened to as night falls
Inside Heroine 24
Baltimore’s finest: Snail Mail in conversation with Turnstile’s Brendan Yates
Broadcasting live
HERO SESSIONS: Fast Money Music – Space Opera / Hot Melt Glue
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
into the spotlight
“A joyous space for the misfits” – Julia Cumming’s debut solo album champions the anti-cool
Photo portrait
“I started making fake bands in elementary school” – a day in LA with musician Staz Lindes
Lights Burn Dimmer
rubberband. take us through the references behind their Fred again.. video trilogy
Icon status
Vans’ star-studded campaign celebrates 60 years of the Authentic
Transmitter
From Don DeLillo to Carl Sagan: the influences that tuned the new Cut Worms record
Cherry Bomb
Joan Jett forever – unfiltered and iconic: “I don’t want to change who I am, I have no desire to”
HERO gift guide
What to buy the music freak in your life
We Want It
Palace has designed a limited-edition Fender Telecaster
Songs to Ride to
Beatrice Domond curates a playlist to skate hard and groove fast