Category: Music Interview

Kelly Lee Owens on the influence of Daft Punk: “their music was like a door being opened for me”

Kelly Lee Owens on the influence of Daft Punk: “their music was like a door being opened for me”

After 28 years, Daft Punk have called it quits. The French duo announced the news of their split yesterday (February…

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Michael C. Hall: why Bowie would approve of the ‘Dexter’ star’s new wave trio

As well as playing the title role in crime drama Dexter – back this autumn after eight years off screens…

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Sofia Kourtesis: heartfelt house bangers tell the Peruvian’s family history

Sofia Kourtesis: heartfelt house bangers tell the Peruvian’s family history

For Sofia Kourtesis, the sea is a formative place. The Peru-born, Berlin-based producer spent her teenage years surfing on her…

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Legendary NME scribe Nick Kent shares his tallest tales: “Going to extremes gets results”

Legendary NME scribe Nick Kent shares his tallest tales: “Going to extremes gets results”

Nick Kent started writing for NME in 1972, which was a good year to be a rock’n’roll writer. And no…

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Conan Gray returns with cinematic new single ‘Overdrive’ and tells us about his “nostalgic” new album

Conan Gray returns with cinematic new single ‘Overdrive’ and tells us about his “nostalgic” new album

Conan Gray has made his return with cinematic new single ‘Overdrive’ – check it out below, as well as the LA-based…

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The Strokes’ producer Gordon Raphael on moving to Hebden Bridge and working with The Lounge Society

The Strokes’ producer Gordon Raphael on moving to Hebden Bridge and working with The Lounge Society

The Lounge Society have shared the video for new single ‘Cain’s Heresy’, filmed as a homage to The Strokes‘ ‘The…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Brian ‘Head’ Welch

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Brian ‘Head’ Welch

Brian ‘Head’ Welch was the epitome of a rock star in one of the biggest bands in the world, but…

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NME Friends Like These: Georgia x Declan McKenna

NME Friends Like These: Georgia x Declan McKenna

Magic is bound to happen when two of the most exciting young minds in music open themselves up to collaboration,…

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Ghetts: “There were definitely times when I could have thrown it all away”

Ghetts: “There were definitely times when I could have thrown it all away”

Sam Cooke famously sang that a change was gonna come. For East London rapper Ghetts, change has been gradually manifesting…

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Lava La Rue: “Queer love is inherently political – it’s still extremely underrepresented across all genres”

Lava La Rue: “Queer love is inherently political – it’s still extremely underrepresented across all genres”

On Lava La Rue’s 2019 mixtape ‘STITCHES’, they rap: “No human born a conservative / Just a greedy method of…

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