The first song I remember hearing Harry Belafonte – ‘Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)’ “I heard it when I was…
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Jarvis Cocker on his forward-thinking new album: “‘Cool Britannia’ made me throw up”
As is the way of all live music in 2020, earlier this week Jarvis Cocker announced plans to stream a…
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Meet ELIO, the quarantune creator whose glossy sound imagines Ariana Grande crossed with The 1975
ELIO’s new EP, ‘u and me, but mostly me’, features a song called ‘My Friends Online’, a sugary sweet pop…
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It was during the summer of 2019 that Tor Maries had her revelation that would later become the manifesto of…
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“So it’s time to say goodbye,” Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey sings mournfully on ‘Worm In Heaven’, the band’s funeral march…
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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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