Surfacing Music's Collective Power for Change

For 25 years our publication and podcast has recommended music. We now also spark conversations and create resources to help music fans discover their collective power.

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Albums falling from the sky?

Emma Wilkes ponders why a surprise album invites us to listen differently...

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£125,000 for Musicians

Not a musician? In the words of Karen O... WAIT!

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Can we fix ticketing by fixing one company?

How do you solve a problem like Live Nation? The concert giant faced an antitrust lawsuit this week which it has since settled - but how did we get here?

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Predictably, the right-wing culture war is wrong about the BRITs

DiS crunches the data to see whether the pROteCt OuR gURLs brigade had anything to worry about.

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Deftones is for the girls

To get into arenas, heavy acts have to get women on their side. And who does that better than Chino and co?

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Four years of solidarity with Ukraine

Ukraine's entered its fifth year of pushing back against the Russian invasion, but the music has never stopped. We round up previous guest collaborations from musicians living through its horrors

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6 festival line-ups getting it right in 2026

Amid trends for homogeneity and nostalgia, there's lots to look forward to when festival season hits. We round up the line-ups leading the way in 2026...