Category: Music Interview

Jade Ewen on playing Mariah Carey: “It almost felt a bit weird and too close to home”

Jade Ewen on playing Mariah Carey: “It almost felt a bit weird and too close to home”

Jade Ewen has a CV like no other. Shortly after finishing fifth at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest – a…

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Strawberry Guy: TikTok-conquering songwriter with joyful, retro charm

Strawberry Guy: TikTok-conquering songwriter with joyful, retro charm

Having cut his teeth playing keys in The Orielles and Trudy & The Romance, Liverpool-based solo artist Alex Stephens (aka…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Jordan Stephens

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Jordan Stephens

Jordan Stephens is a man of many talents. As one half of Rizzle Kicks, he conquered the charts with infectious…

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KEG: muscular art-punk statements from Brighton upstarts

KEG: muscular art-punk statements from Brighton upstarts

KEG choose to embrace mayhem. The Brighton band, whose seven members have wildly diverse musical tastes, use their records as…

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Biffy Clyro: “We’re doing our version of ‘American Idiot’ – it’s called ‘Scottish knob!’

Biffy Clyro: “We’re doing our version of ‘American Idiot’ – it’s called ‘Scottish knob!’

Haru Urara is a legendary Japanese racehorse – but for mostly the wrong reasons. Between her 1998 debut and final…

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NME Radio Roundup 25 October 2021: Coldplay, Pa Salieu, Snail Mail and more

NME Radio Roundup 25 October 2021: Coldplay, Pa Salieu, Snail Mail and more

Earlier this month Coldplay released their ninth album ‘Music Of The Spheres’. The pop group’s latest record is “full of soaring…

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bugAboo: “We want to become somebody else’s role model someday, and inspire them to reach for their dreams”

bugAboo: “We want to become somebody else’s role model someday, and inspire them to reach for their dreams”

“Boo, prick your ears! Hello, we are bugAboo,” the bright-eyed rookie girl group greet,. the excitement and nervous tension in…

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Incubus’ Brandon Boyd on 20 years of ‘Morning View’: “We wanted to change our environment dramatically”

Incubus’ Brandon Boyd on 20 years of ‘Morning View’: “We wanted to change our environment dramatically”

Incubus are in the midst of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fourth album ‘Morning View’, and frontman Brandon Boyd…

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Watch Biffy Clyro talk us through ‘The Myth Of Happily Ever After’, track by track

Watch Biffy Clyro talk us through ‘The Myth Of Happily Ever After’, track by track

“In the last year, if there’s one thing that we’ve fucking discovered it’s the things that we should value and…

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WOODZ talks the creative challenge of ‘Only Lovers Left’: “There is no moment to stop thinking”

WOODZ talks the creative challenge of ‘Only Lovers Left’: “There is no moment to stop thinking”

“Each time I get my inspiration from a different situation. Sometimes I get it from people, sometimes I get it…

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