Novelist and Skepta have been kindred creative spirits for well over a decade now, working and performing together countless ...

The new track is the warm-up to T2's forthcoming EP, 4MF, a seven-track collection that features collaborations with Elphi, ...

During her school days, Klein tried to study music but never took to it. “I’m gagging because I literally failed at music,” she tells TRENCH. You wouldn’t know it from watching her play a guitar lick, ...

On a Sunday evening last November, that time of year when you can feel the cold grip of winter tighten each day, I found out the brother of a boy I mentor had been stabbed to death. During the same ...

Sounds Like: “Mellow, charming and diverse. I would say my sound is rooted in grime but refuses to be confined by it.” First Music That Inspired Him: “Growing up, a lot of the rappers in my ...

My first and only Wireless Festival was back in 2013, a glorious peak for my evolving rap fandom. Not only did I see a then-ascending A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz perform ...

First Music That Inspired Him: “I don’t really have a first song—I think it’s just music in general. I’ve always just enjoyed sounds. And I feel like I’m the type of person who likes to try new things ...

Estelle Fanta Swaray is a timeless artist, one whose values might sound alien to some in the music biz today. With musical roots that run deep in the church, two decades ago, Estelle made serious ...

Sounds Like: “My sound is more like a feeling than a formula. It’s heavily UK, but I draw from grime, ambient textures, soul music—even jazz and gospel sometimes.” First Music That Inspired Him: “AJ ...

It’s mad to think bassline/4x4 has been around for over 20 years now. From the packed-out dancefloors of Niche in Sheffield to kids across the country Bluetooth-ing T2’s “Heartbroken” to each other in ...

At the 1994 Source Awards, as the East Coast/West Coast tensions reached fever pitch, André 3000 boldly declared “the South got something to say.” It was a revolutionary moment that drew a line in the ...

Grime, particularly in its genesis, was a hyper-social scene, a fact that eluded the straightlaced music executives puzzled by the genre’s initial hype. Sure, its antecedents like UK garage and jungle ...