Category: Music Interview

Soundtrack Of My Life: DJ Premier

Soundtrack Of My Life: DJ Premier

The first song I remember hearing The Jackson 5 – ‘I Want You Back’ “I probably first heard it when…

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Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie on post-Brexit touring: “We could lose this world-leading position if we don’t act now”

Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie on post-Brexit touring: “We could lose this world-leading position if we don’t act now”

Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has written an op-ed for NME regarding the ongoing problems for UK artists wishing to…

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Gary Powell on The Libertines’ new album: “We’re not going to reinvent the wheel, but we can push the boat out a little more”

Gary Powell on The Libertines’ new album: “We’re not going to reinvent the wheel, but we can push the boat out a little more”

Gary Powell has spoken to NME about his forthcoming ‘The Steam Packet UK Tour’, as well as providing an update…

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Joe Keery: “I want my stage persona to surprise people”

Joe Keery: “I want my stage persona to surprise people”

It’s a roasting hot July day at Lollapalooza festival, Chicago, and Joe Keery is strutting confidently about the Bud Light…

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Ryan Castro: globetrotting superstar on a mission to “bring reggaetón back to its roots”

Ryan Castro: globetrotting superstar on a mission to “bring reggaetón back to its roots”

Ryan Castro is going global. We catch the Colombian rising star during the European leg of his summer tour: today…

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Ásgeir debuts new single ‘Limitless’ and talks leaving his comfort zone on new album ‘Time On My Hands’

Ásgeir debuts new single ‘Limitless’ and talks leaving his comfort zone on new album ‘Time On My Hands’

Ásgeir has debuted the second taste of his new album ‘Time On My Hands’. Listen to the sweeping new track…

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Miloe: Minnesota-based indie-pop star paying tribute to his Congolese heritage – and Coldplay

Miloe: Minnesota-based indie-pop star paying tribute to his Congolese heritage – and Coldplay

Bob Kabeya, AKA Miloe, has been getting lost in music from a young age. The 21-year-old bedroom pop artist, who…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Bartees Strange

Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Bartees Strange

NME meets Bartees Cox Jr – AKA Bartees Strange – at Third Man Records London just as the US artist…

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KOKOROKO: “If we don’t play this music, then a piece of our culture is lost”

KOKOROKO: “If we don’t play this music, then a piece of our culture is lost”

Bongo-centric percussion, semi-improvisational production and psychedelic grooves were all central tenets of the Afrobeat and highlife genres that took West…

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Soundtrack Of My Life: Vernon Kay

Soundtrack Of My Life: Vernon Kay

The first song I remember hearing C. W. McCall – ‘Convoy’ “It’s the theme to Convoy, the film with Kris…

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