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Arcade Fire’s Will Butler on mining his family history for new solo album ‘Generations’: “It’s not coincidental that me and my brother continue to be musicians”
As someone who plays alongside his brother in one of the most successful bands in the world, it’s clear that…
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Gavin Rossdale on Bush’s new album ‘The Kingdom’, catching flak in the ’90s, and the “experiment” of being on ‘The Voice’
Deep into lockdown, Bush frontman (and former coach on The Voice) Gavin Rossdale picks up the phone to talk to…
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Connie Constance: Watford hero’s indie-rock bangers soundtrack uncomfortable conversations
Caught in the middle of dying her hair, Connie Constance answers the phone to NME with an apologetic laugh as…
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Willie J Healey: “When I was dropped I remember thinking, ‘You idiots – I’m the next Paul McCartney’”
Willie J Healey’s 2017 debut album came out via major label Columbia Records (home of Adele, Tyler, The Creator, Arcade…
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100 Gecs: “People think we’ve staked our entire career on the fact that we can be ironic”
Over the past four months of lockdown, the internet has become a second home for many of us. It’s served…
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Having supported the likes of Noel Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Kooks and The Rolling Stones as well as…
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Rufus Wainwright: “It’s impossible to minimise the ineptitude and pure evil of the Trump administration”
“I am an optimist, for better or worse,” Rufus Wainwright tells NME of his mindset after four months in lockdown….
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The Wombats’ Murph talks new “turbo-personal” Love Fame Tragedy album and the future of the band
Through the pre-gig nerves, the natural self-deprecation and the meticulously constructed barriers against outsider opinion, Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy can’t help…
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