Category: Music Interview

Damon Albarn: “I had to do something to lift me out of these storms”

Damon Albarn: “I had to do something to lift me out of these storms”

Much like the rest of us, Damon Albarn has been navigating that headfuck of being stuck at home while trying…

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Cathy Jain: dreamy teen pop from the coolest kid you know

Cathy Jain: dreamy teen pop from the coolest kid you know

It’s a late summer’s evening, and a couple of cool kids are listening to music by the river. One of…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Dave Keuning

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Dave Keuning

With the world on pause in 2020, Dave Keuning, guitarist and founding member of The Killers, decided to play. Embracing…

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Cola Boyy: California disco dude wants you to fight for your rights (and party)

Cola Boyy: California disco dude wants you to fight for your rights (and party)

Cola Boyy, aka Matthew Urango, has just finished his morning coffee at home in California when he greets NME on…

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LOONA talk new mini-album ‘[&]’, their favourite new tracks and the return of leader HaSeul

LOONA talk new mini-album ‘[&]’, their favourite new tracks and the return of leader HaSeul

It has been nearly five years since LOONA first entered the K-pop music scene with their 18-month-long pre-debut project, where…

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How video games saved Glass Animals’ latest album – after Covid-19 almost killed it

How video games saved Glass Animals’ latest album – after Covid-19 almost killed it

“Honestly, I thought ‘Dreamland‘ was dead in the water,” says Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley as he reflects on the troubles…

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Soundtrack Of My Life: You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi

Soundtrack Of My Life: You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi

The first song I remember hearing Eagles – ‘Hotel California’ “I think I was three or four. That’s when I…

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Toyah Willcox shares new single ‘Levitate’ – and talks “magical” new album ‘Posh Pop’

Toyah Willcox shares new single ‘Levitate’ – and talks “magical” new album ‘Posh Pop’

Toyah Willcox has shared a new single ‘Levitate’, the first taster of her forthcoming solo album, ‘Posh Pop’. Check out…

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Backstage at the Bait Shop – what it was like to play the sweaty indie club on ‘The O.C.’

Backstage at the Bait Shop – what it was like to play the sweaty indie club on ‘The O.C.’

In 2005, Welwyn Garden City rockers The Subways travelled to America for the first time to perform at the Bait…

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Yard Act’s James Smith on post-Brexit touring: “It’s the smaller, independent musicians who suffer”

Yard Act’s James Smith on post-Brexit touring: “It’s the smaller, independent musicians who suffer”

James Smith of rising Leeds band Yard Act has spoken out on the devastating impact that the post-Brexit touring mess…

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