Category: Music Interview

IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it”

IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it”

Hip-hop is a robust example of evolution: four decades in, its modern face is both unhinged and multifarious in composition….

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Savages’ Jehnny Beth and partner Johnny Hostile on new erotic book project ‘C.A.L.M’

Savages’ Jehnny Beth and partner Johnny Hostile on new erotic book project ‘C.A.L.M’

“This is a very C.A.L.M breakfast,” hoots Savages’ vocalist Jehnny Beth as Johnny Hostile, her creative collaborator and long-term partner,…

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AURORA debuts ‘The Secret Garden’ and tells us about new album progress

AURORA debuts ‘The Secret Garden’ and tells us about new album progress

AURORA has shared her new single ‘The Secret Garden’, as well as opening up about the inspiration behind her new…

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Friends Like These: Zara Larsson and MNEK

Friends Like These: Zara Larsson and MNEK

How did both MNEK and Zara Larsson both end up singing on their smash-hit single ‘Never Forget You’? Well, it…

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The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on raffling off a one-of-a-kind platinum record for ‘The Queen Is Dead’ listening party

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on raffling off a one-of-a-kind platinum record for ‘The Queen Is Dead’ listening party

Later this month, the phenomenon that is Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess’ Twitter Listening Parties will feature The Smiths’ 1986 classic…

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Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica material

Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica material

“Obviously it’s been a surreal five months and it’s been devastating for the whole world,” Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells…

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Hot Chip cover Velvet Underground’s ‘Candy Says’ and tell us about their new ‘Late Night Tales’ album

Hot Chip cover Velvet Underground’s ‘Candy Says’ and tell us about their new ‘Late Night Tales’ album

“The idea of late night music is appealing to me,” Hot Chip‘s Alexis Taylor tells NME. “I need music all…

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Baby Queen: Sharp, satirical and infectious bangers from one of pop’s most essential new voices

Baby Queen: Sharp, satirical and infectious bangers from one of pop’s most essential new voices

Although she’s only three singles into her journey, Baby Queen — aka South Africa-born, London-based musician Bella Latham — has…

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Bartees Strange: The Washington, D.C. artist bending genres to build his own uncompromising world

Bartees Strange: The Washington, D.C. artist bending genres to build his own uncompromising world

Bartees Cox, Jr — better known as Bartees Strange — is telling NME about his forthcoming debut record ‘Live Forever’….

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In Conversation with Internet Money: “We’ve accomplished so much in such little time”

In Conversation with Internet Money: “We’ve accomplished so much in such little time”

In a new world where producers are just as important as shiny, iced-out rappers, the LA-based collective Internet Money are…

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