Dizzee vs. Titch: A Forensic Breakdown of Grime’s Most Iconic Clash
A heated moment on DejaVu FM captured a scene finding its voice – all tension, ego and bars flying over the airwaves. (TRENCH)
Kenneth Blume Steps Out of Kenny Beats’s Shadow
The hitmaker formerly known as Kenny Beats was behind breakthrough albums for Geese, Vince Staples, Idles and Fcukers. On a new solo project, he turns his focus inward. (NYT)
American Football: The One With the Feelings
The Midwest emo architects transformed a college experiment into a coming-of-age soundtrack. 25 years on, their latest iteration sees them bottle the same magic for the ups and downs of middle life. (Huck)
Twenty years on, TV on the Radio’s landmark release remains singular. (Brooklyn Magazine)
There’s Nothing Like It: Tricky’s Favourite Songs
As he releases new album Different When It’s Silent, Tricky takes Manu Ekanayake through his life in 13 songs, from the galvanising effects of hearing The Specials and Public Enemy to an abiding love of The Breeders and more. (The Quietus)
This month’s Skate Muzik is dedicated to the music of DJ Shadow as featured in skate videos over the past three decades. A journey through the work of one of the most influential producers of his generation, whose sample-based productions have become an enduring part of skateboarding’s musical identity. (Worldwide FM)
Keys to the City
The making of Palace’s Detroit 313 with Lev Tanju. (Quartersnacks)
Sightings of the singer and his family out East have become one of the summer’s most sought-after flexes. (Town & Country)
In the frozen shadows of shuttered factories, icons like Toni Morrison, Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace created some of their greatest work. (NYT)
Harry Gruyaert’s Vintage, Kaleidoscopic Scenes of New York
For 50 years, the Belgian photographer and has been capturing NYC’s colourful chaos. A new photobook and exhibition showcase his unique, technicolour view of the city. (Huck)
Photographer Diana Mara Henry’s Photos of NYC in the ’70s and ’80s
A bygone city seen through a keen eye. (Gothamist)
A Celebrity Photographer’s Hidden Stash of Polaroids
For two decades, Emily Shur, who shot for glossy magazines in the early two-thousands, has been sitting on a trove of images from a bygone era of fame. (New Yorker)
Kurt Bauer’s Still Life Photographs Reveal More About a Place Than a “Postcard View” Ever Could
The Austrian photographer captures overlooked details and fleeting moments, making you incredibly curious about what’s going on just out of frame. (It’s Nice That)
For over 40 years, photographer Dafydd Jones has documented the debauchery of Cambridge University’s legendary May Balls, where the world’s future elite trade the library for lavish parties that stretch into the early morning. (Interview)
And Love Comes in at the Eye: Passionate Portraits From Tom Wood’s Archive
The beloved photographer’s latest photo book brings together photographs of passionate late-night encounters in the nightclubs of Merseyside in the 1980s. (Dazed)
Hard Copy, Soft Touch
An interview with Aaron Stern and David Campany. (to Be)
“We Didn’t Care What the Client Wanted!”: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on Their Art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles
Their eye-popping designs burst out of Sheffield in 1986, making them the toast of the music scene. Founder Ian Anderson reveals why some fans think his art is worth remortgaging the house for. (The Guardian)
You Can Love David Hockney and Still Hate His iPad Paintings
No amount of curatorial artspeak counters the sense that the late artist’s massive digital painting lacks the inventive mark-making and use of colour that characterised his life’s work. (Hyperallergic)
Tim & Barry Ridley: 2010–2020
Ridley: 2010–2020 is the first in a series of presentations across London marking twenty-five years of Tim & Barry’s engagement with underground music and the communities that sustain it. (Harlesden High Street)
Capturing the atmosphere of the city at night, this artist’s work is now on display at the newly renovated Our Legacy flagship store in Soho. (AnOther)
The renovated Soho flagship is a “space for the next chapter” of the cult Swedish brand, which has enjoyed exponential growth in recent years. Creative director Cristopher Nying gives Wallpaper an exclusive first tour. (Wallpaper)
Celebrities like Dua Lipa and Gracie Abrams have been photographed with cigs, as have social media influencers who like the retro vibes. (WaPo)
Five World Cup-Winning Smokers
Some of football’s greatest World Cup icons shared one unlikely habit: smoking. (Gentleman’s Journal)
The Long Lunch With Carson Griffith
The journalist and Substack star joins us for lobster thermidor soufflé, seared scallops and Sancerre alongside her friend Harsch Kumar Sood. (Arlington)
In an Ever-Changing East Village, Cafe Mogador Is a Constant
With its tasty, affordable fare and forever-young clientele, the decades-old New York restaurant is still one of the liveliest spots in the neighbourhood. (NYT)
First Brets overtook Lay’s – now it’s got its sights on Walkers. (FT)
Toad Bakery Designed to “Avoid the Bottleneck of Choice Paralysis” Between Pastries
Carpenter Nick Tudor has crafted an elongated, curved counter for the second branch of the popular Toad Bakery in southeast London, in response to its regular winding queues. (Dezeen)
Things Worth Spending Money On
There’s nothing wrong with spending money – especially on things that improve your quality of life. Money is a tool at the end of the day. Absolutely destroying your quality of life just to scrimp as much money as possible is a sad way to live. (Warkitchen)