The Lab

07/01/2026

The maths don't work anymore, it’s that simple.

Bring back resident DJs to the nightclubs

25/10/2025

Science Fact

This is your sign to go to more concerts.

02/09/2025

How To

Running small festivals has never been harder. We profiled resilient, brilliant events in the UK, Australia, Mexico and Germany to find out how they persevere against the odds.

08/06/2025

At 26, Venezia Hardcore co-founder Giacomo Gobbato was killed while protecting a stranger on the streets of Venice – a death that’s become a rallying cry for a city in crisis

23/11/2024

We need Goldenvoice to reveal that email thread

19/11/2024

Yes Please

08/05/2024

Beauty on paper by Steve Albini. RIP to a Titan of sound.

01/05/2024

“You can’t have a healthy music ecosystem where at one end you’ve got people going ‘we’ve made more money than we’ve ever made’ and at the other end you’ve got relatively successful artists that are sofa-surfing while signed to a major label.”

As Taylor Swift tops $1bn in tour revenue, musicians playing smaller venues are facing pitiful fees and frequent losses. Should the state step in to save our live music scene?

13/08/2023

Rule No.181: ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇʀ

Image courtesy of The Smoking Gun   The Smoking Gun, the Masters of obtaining documents of interest, have produced a 25-page excerpt from the Foo Fighters’ 52-page 2011 Tour Rider. The d…