In this week's NME... (06/02/12)
It's back! Last January, NME and all your favourite artists got together to bring you a very special guide to all the lost albums and forgotten gems we thought you needed to hear. Now, due to huge demand we're back with part two. This time we've asked everyone from The Horrors, Kasabian, Fucked Up and John Lydon to help us pick another ton of under-loved albums for you to go out and hunt down. Join us as we go nosediving into a mountain of incredible, untapped music and select 100 Great Albums You’ve Never Heard.
In this week's NME... (31/01/12)
“What’s the most exotic animal I’ve kissed? A starfish!” “My wildest party? When Pete Doherty turned up with this top hat full of kittens..!” Ladies and gentlemen, set your dials for weird, trippy and out-right surreal as Mighty Boosh legend and master of all things peculiar Noel Fielding answers your mental questions (plus a few chucked in from his famous mates). “If I could have any pet, I’d have a Muppet,” he tells us. Okay, Noel… you head back to Loopy-Land like a good boy…
In this week's NME... (23/01/12)
Six months ago no one on earth had heard of Lana Del Rey. Right this second, she’s the biggest and most talked about new act on the planet. In a rare and totally off guard interview, the artist formerly known as plain and boring Lizzie Grant shakes off the bullshit and reveals the woman behind the (defiantly not surgically-enhanced) mask. “I’m a psycho!” “I’m so nervous…” “Is this real?” Time to meet the real Lana Del Rey.
In this week's NME... (17/01/12)
Thought this year was all about the Olympics, Euro 2012 and the Mayan Apocalypse? Well, you’re probably right, but it’s going to have an amazing soundtrack. With exclusive news, all access interviews and unseen photos, we preview the 101 albums that are going to matter most this year. It’s the ultimate guide to every release worth bothering about, and it’s only in this week’s NME.
In this week's NME... (09/01/12)
So, what's the first great album of 2012? If you ask us, it's The Maccabees' stunning new effort 'Given To The Wild'. The band have given us the full lowdown on the album that's set to make them superstars, as well as the reasons why they covet a signed print from The Snowman film and their thoughts on the David Attenborough polar bear 'scandal'. This band are our next great British guitar band, so dive in.
We've also got the full lowdown on the characters set to pop up in Noel Fielding's mental new show, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy. Purple anteaters, aliens that travel in biscuit tins, a cockney lion – they're all there, and Noel has given us an insight into his multi-coloured brain about the inspiration behind them. Plus, Serge from Kasabian explains how he came up with a song for a character who is a chocolate biscuit PE teacher who used to be in the army and plays swingball alone. Best you just read the feature.
Excited about The Stone Roses' return? Ever think how it might affect Primal Scream – who have lost bassist Mani to Ian Brown's gang this year but are still fighting on with a new album? Kevin Shields is on board, Bobby Gillespie's angry about politics and Happy Mondays maraca shaker Bez has been asked to fill in on bass duties. Seriously. Get the mag for the full lowdown.
We've also got a chat with Chairlift about their deranged, serial killer-soaked new album, amazing free Joe Strummer and The Cure posters, plus the NME verdicts on debut albums by Howler and Tribes – this year's new guitar hopes.
Oh, and there's the small matter of an exclusive Blur comeback scoop with Graham Coxon about the band's 2012 plans, including chat about whether they'll do a new album or not.
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In this week's NME... (03/01/12)
We're kicking off 2012 with our traditional new bands issue - although this year, things are a little different. How so? Well, we've singled out no less than 100 of the best newbies around right now, with everyone from Noel Gallagher to Arctic Monkeys, Jack White, The Horrors and The Vaccines turning tipsters for us.
More specifically, we go on the run in Miami with A$AP Rocky, backstage in London with Howler and on the razz with Aussie party heroes DZ Deathrays. We also get word on how the likes of Alabama Shakes, Milk Music and King Krule are going to be spending the next 12 months. And then, we meet up with XL's new signing Willis Earl Beal (who's been getting advice from none other than Damon Albarn on what this pop lark's all about), and collar the cream of the music industry crop to find out exactly where they think we're headed in 2012…
Also in this issue, we review the year's first great new album by a bunch of young hopefuls called, er, The Maccabees, and give our verdict on other new releases by a host of others including Enter Shikari and Trailer Trash Tracys.
We've got a bulging bag of live reviews too, featuring Coldplay, Iceage, ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas and – oh yes – the Manics' glorious swansong at London's O2 Arena.
Finally, last year's new bands issue cover star Justin Young of The Vaccines steps up to take the Does Rock'N'Roll Kill Braincells? test. The guy could do with taking more notice of what colour socks Ryan Jarman wears, that's all we'll say about that…
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