Category: Music Interview

Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

Julien Baker on ‘Little Oblivions’: “I had to unlearn the idea of recovery being linear”

Before all of us spent 2020 indoors, Julien Baker had gone through own period of solitude and self-reckoning. Cutting short…

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Rina Sawayama on changing BRITs rules: “This is the UK I know – one of acceptance and diversity”

Rina Sawayama on changing BRITs rules: “This is the UK I know – one of acceptance and diversity”

Rina Sawayama has said that spearheading the movement to change eligibility rules for the Brit Awards and Mercury Prize is…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Brent Faiyaz

If you’re a student of R&B music or an avid TikTok watcher, you’re likely to have have come across Brent…

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Sad Night Dynamite: Gorillaz-approved duo soundtracking a nightmarish alt reality

Sad Night Dynamite: Gorillaz-approved duo soundtracking a nightmarish alt reality

Growing up on the outskirts of Glastonbury in Somerset, Sad Night Dynamite were never going to fit neatly in one…

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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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