The Best Albums of 2021
Featuring Little Simz, Sufjan Stevens and Kanye West, KEYMAG counts down the albums that defined the year.
The Best Songs of 2021
Featuring Vince Staples, Pa Salieu and James Blake, KEYMAG counts down the songs that defined the year.
The Best EPs of 2021
Featuring salute, Anz and Sam Gellaitry, KEYMAG counts down the extended plays that defined the year.
The Best Albums of 2020
Featuring Moses Sumney, Charli XCX and Caribou, KEYMAG counts down the albums that defined the year.
The Best Songs of 2020
Featuring Childish Gambino, HAIM and SG Lewis, KEYMAG counts down the songs that defined the year.
Winter 2020: 10 Albums to Spent Winter With
Another random assortment of records to keep you warm and active this winter.
Summer 2020: 10 Albums to Spend the Summer With
A random assortment of records to define your summer by this year.
The Soft Side of Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin has become a by-word for ‘impenetrably weird’ over the course of a fascinating career. But underneath the surface, he has also made some of the most emotional and humane material under the ‘dance music’ umbrella.
Take A Byte Out: DJ Shadow, the Avalanches and the History of Plunderphonics
KEYMAG takes a look into the technique of plunderphonics and two of its greatest accompishments, from DJ Shadow's Endtroducing to the Avalanches' Since I Left You.
Daft Punk and the Evolution of Disco, Hip-Hop & Punk
This piece analyses how Daft Punk smuggled ideas from three seemingly polar-opposite genres into dance music to become pop culture icons.