Category: Music Interview

Lauv: “I had an existential breakdown. I was like, ‘I want to step away from music’”

Lauv: “I had an existential breakdown. I was like, ‘I want to step away from music’”

When the time came for Lauv to start writing his second album, the singer found himself looking inward. What he…

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The Avalanches on sending music to the Moon: “We’ve always been really fascinated by that”

The Avalanches on sending music to the Moon: “We’ve always been really fascinated by that”

The Avalanches have contributed to a project that involves sending exclusive transmissions to the Moon and back as part of…

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Grove: “You’ve got to poke the rage button, but direct it somewhere once you have”

Grove: “You’ve got to poke the rage button, but direct it somewhere once you have”

The last year has been “balls to the wall crazy” for Grove, aka Bristol-based producer, vocalist, DJ and performer Beth…

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Deftones on new material: “There’s always a little something brewing”

Deftones on new material: “There’s always a little something brewing”

Deftones’ Frank Delgado and Abe Cunningham spoke to NME backstage at Download Festival about the future of the band, the…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Alfie Templeman

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Alfie Templeman

Alfie Templeman’s long-awaited debut album ‘Mellow Moon’ carries an unmistakable sheen that comes with being created on the Bedfordshire artist’s…

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Paris Texas at Governors Ball 2022: “We just want to make shit that we think is tight”

Paris Texas at Governors Ball 2022: “We just want to make shit that we think is tight”

Paris Texas may be from Los Angeles, but the rap-rock duo still have an affinity for the crowds, community and…

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Soundtrack Of My Life: Bush’s Gavin Rossdale

Soundtrack Of My Life: Bush’s Gavin Rossdale

The first song I remember hearing Queen – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ “Top of the Pops was the only thing we had…

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Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday tell us about their new single ‘Just Us Two’

Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday tell us about their new single ‘Just Us Two’

Steve Aoki and Taking Back Sunday have teamed up on an unexpected new joint single called ‘Just Us Two’ – check…

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The Goon Sax at Rising in Melbourne: “It’s easy to get excited about something sounding new and not necessarily better”

The Goon Sax at Rising in Melbourne: “It’s easy to get excited about something sounding new and not necessarily better”

The Goon Sax aren’t letting up this year. Having signed to Matador Records in 2020 and released third album ‘Mirror…

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Tkay Maidza at Rising festival in Melbourne: “‘Last Year Was Weird’ was fun, I trusted my taste and had nothing to lose”

Tkay Maidza at Rising festival in Melbourne: “‘Last Year Was Weird’ was fun, I trusted my taste and had nothing to lose”

Tkay Maidza always turns heads when she steps into a room. At the BandLab NME Awards 2022 in February, it…

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