Sirāt review – rave in the desert leads to exasperating quest in the sands of Morocco
Oliver Laxe’s Cannes prize winner about a father’s search for his missing daughter starts impressively then descends into Pythonesque perdition
Not Mariah again! New music playlists for the Christmas party season
Whether it’s vibe-setting dance and rap for house parties or soothing dream-pop for when you’re contemplating the clear-up, reach for these ready-made playlists
Amyl and the Sniffers dominate 2025 Arias with four wins: ‘Probably won’t have to work at IGA ever again’
Rock band take home album of the year while electronic breakthrough Ninajirachi wins best solo artist from a leading eight nominations
Musicians losing out on millions due to wrongly allocated UK royalties, new research finds
Regarding music played in UK nightclubs, more than £5.7m each year is allegedly allocated by performing rights societies to the wrong artists
Post your questions for Peaches
As she prepares to release No Lube So Rude, her first album in a decade, the Canadian dance-punk icon will answer your questions
‘A shot of adrenaline’: readers pass on 90s club classics to new generations
With the latest John Lewis Christmas ad sparking nostalgia, readers share which 90s hits are worth partying to
‘Music is my remedy’: how DJing is helping Ukraine’s war veterans with their recovery
At the Superhumans centre in Ukraine, the EnterDJ music therapy programme teaches war-wounded soldiers how to mix, rehabilitating them with dance music and providing purpose and opportunities to perform
A sprawling global family: The Long Wave turns one
As we celebrate our first anniversary, we reflect on the stories that connect us across the diaspora
Is London’s next superclub this warehouse by a sewage works in Barking?
The 4,000-capacity Eutopia is independently owned and run by clubland veterans – and despite being on the city’s eastern fringe, clubbers say they’re prepared to trek
‘All roads lead to Grace Jones’: visual artists on the music that fires them up in the studio
Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing
Oggy oggy oggy! The donk-tacular dance music of Hull’s huge funfair
With 600,000 people attending, Hull Fair is the UK’s biggest – and has a thrilling but overlooked musical subculture. We follow the blaring soundsystems to meet the DJs and MCs facing off in waltzer battles
Add to playlist: Conna Haraway’s deeply detailed dub techno and the week’s best new tracks
Listening to Shifted, a new EP from the Glasgow producer, is like running your hand over cool, subtly textured slate tiling
‘We’re ripping ourselves to shreds’: with dance music bitterly divided, how far should cultural boycotts go?
Some artists and audiences are boycotting Boiler Room and other events over its parent company’s links with Israel – creating fierce debate about the best way to protest and how to remain uncompromised
Experience: I put on the world’s first deaf rave for deaf ravers like me
Finding a venue was a headache. Some bookers thought it was a joke
Eat, sleep, rave, ribbit! How Tribe of Frog became the UK’s trippiest, happiest club night
Playing the oft-reviled subgenre of psytrance, this Bristol event is celebrating its 25th year. Amid the UV paint and crochet frog hats, we find out why it’s thriving