The first song I fell in love with John Lennon – ‘Imagine’ “When John Lennon was shot and killed [in…
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Bully on weathering a rough patch to make killer new album ‘SUGAREGG’: “Things really plummeted for a while”
“It was this process of me being like, ‘Can I do this? Am I capable?’” Alicia Bognanno is talking about…
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Fruit Bats has covered Smashing Pumpkins’ classic album ‘Siamese Dream’ in full. So we asked, ‘Why?’
Under the guise of his longstanding indie-folk project Fruit Bats, Eric D. Johnson has spent lockdown making a chilled, blissful…
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Despite, y’know, all of this, Hackney’s Bree Runway has found a way to push through in the year 2020. She’s…
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In Conversation with Biffy Clyro: “We’ve already got a sprawling new sister record coming”
A lot has been written about how Biffy Clyro‘s opulent ninth album ‘A Celebration Of Endings‘, with its theme of…
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Hailing from the Newcastle halfway round the world, Tilly Murphy is making a bold racket the Toon would love to…
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“I feel like this has happened to me way too often these days, but rest in power,” a slightly weary…
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Sam Fender on his groundbreaking Newcastle arena gigs: “I’m proud that Geordies are the trailblazers”
Happiest when nursing a cold pint at his local pub, The Low Lights Tavern in North Shields, Sam Fender is…
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Nubya Garcia: Saxophonist embodies capital’s jazz community on spectacular solo debut
For London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia, her community is everything. That physical connection is the undercurrent which swirls throughout…
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In Conversation with Glass Animals: “We feel very lucky to be able to make another record”
Dave Bayley of Glass Animals is showing NME a toy ray gun – a piece of “naff” paraphernalia, he says…
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