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Music at The Cold Magazine. The artists, records and scenes we are listening to right now, from first singles and club nights to the interviews that explain where a sound came from.

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Supermodel* Says ‘Make Sh*t Look Fly’

He wears Adidas Superstars, refuses genre, and practices devotion to that city of angels we hear legends about.

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Jorja Smith Comes Home To Walsall

“A song that I wrote for my younger self, my 15-year-old self”: at Walsall Arena, 600 people met every mention…

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FIA on Underground Pop, Pole-dancing and Doing It for the Plot

“Divine feminine, I put up the adrenaline”: some people walk into a room and you know they’re a star. In…

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WHOLE Marks A Pivotal Chapter With “UHaul Dyke Rescue” Takeover

A “Dykes Handling Love Letters” service: Berlin’s electronic scene, its queer nightlife, and the festivals positioned around the city.

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Gothic portraits at The Cure’s concert in Edinburgh

“A masterclass in euphoric melancholia”: Scotland’s Cureheads together under the sky for the first time since 1992.

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Everyone’s Passing Through Anti-Camera’s Hotel

It's ten in the morning at a studio in New York and there's been absolutely no sleep.

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From Dune to the Industrial Playground – Maiden Voyage takes over MOT

Slipping through the inconspicuous gate like a thief in the night, I find myself at Venue M.O.T.

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Coupdekat’s 2012 is Calling. Will You Answer?

In the Victoria backroom in Dalston, the crowd is wearing neon nerd glasses (just the frames, of course) and paper…

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Recommending Takashi Miike movies based on your favourite Charli XCX song

News that Charli XCX will star in and produce Japanese director Takashi Miike’s next film has surprised fans of both…

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Yaya Bey: ‘Only White People Are Allowed to Love and Mourn’

Catching each other via Zoom call, there is a difference in time and mind for Yaya Bey.

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Tbilisi: An Electronic Underground Under Threat

“A raw post-Soviet techno resistance”: Bassiani and Tbilisi’s clubs are hideouts for queer communities and activists. Can underground stay underground?