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About two-thirds into ‘Hooker Jon’, the opening track to the group's new record, Black Lips frontman Cole Alexander absently lets off a belch before...

Album Reviews

From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: ‘Most live bands today are horrible’

Feeling like you want to hug your pals and stay up until dawn? That's probably because LCD Soundsystem released their stellar, self-titled debut album...

Blogs NME - 24th January 2020

Terry Gilliam: “We’re doomed – what is going on with the world?”

The brain behind some of cinema's craziest epics talks climate change, Adolf Hitler, Brexit Britain – and getting his big break with Terry Jones

Features Mark Beaumont - 23rd January 2020

Let’s talk about sex, baby: From jizz faces to stinky spunk, Sex Education’s positivity is its greatest strength

Experience is overrated on the show, which carefully juggles sex-positive storylines with comedy gold.

Blogs El Hunt - 21st January 2020

Who is Arthur Lee, the hippy icon Mac Miller covers on ‘Circles’?

If you spent the weekend diving deep into Mac Miller’s posthumous album 'Circles' – and what better way to spend a bleak 48 hours...

Blogs Leonie Cooper - 20th January 2020

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Dave Clark, The Dave Clark Five

1: An easy one to begin with: which band did your 1964 single ‘Glad All Over’ knock off the top of the charts? “The...

Features Gary Ryan - 20th January 2020

‘The Stranger’: meet the cast of Netflix’s new binge-worthy mystery-thriller

Harlan Coben writes books you can’t put down – his TV shows are no different

Blogs Alex Flood - 18th January 2020

Slipknot at The O2, London: The masked menaces where they belong – with as many people as possible

The O2, London – Saturday January 25, 2020

Live Reviews

Day6 live in London: the Korean rock sensations dish out a dose of giddy, powerful healing

London, O2 Academy Brixton, January 12, 2020

Live Reviews

Hatsune Miku live in London: the virtual pop idol takes over Brixton in a celebration of her vast online community

London, O2 Academy Brixton, January 11, 2020

Live Reviews

David Byrne live on Broadway, NYC: Still the best musical experience on the planet

David Byrne’s American Utopia remains a staggering live show – and with new surroundings and renewed message, it continues to be an unreplicable musical experience

Live Reviews

From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: ‘Most live bands today are horrible’

Feeling like you want to hug your pals and stay up until dawn? That's probably because LCD Soundsystem released their stellar, self-titled debut album...

Blogs NME - 24th January 2020

CamelPhat on collaborating with Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno and Foals’ Yannis Philippakis for their debut album: “It’s very indie, to say the least”

The Liverpool dance duo also have the likes of Lana Del Rey and one — or both — of the Gallagher brothers in their sights

Music Interviews Sam Moore - 23rd January 2020

Savages’ Jehnny Beth tells us how David Bowie and ‘Peaky Blinders’ shaped her wild solo album

"In my core I felt that there was something that I hadn’t done yet – and that was this record"

Music Interviews Andrew Trendell - 23rd January 2020

Courteeners’ Liam Fray: “The band is my life. When it’s not going great, my life’s not going great”

Fray on the road through darkness that led to new album 'More. Again. Forever.'

Music Interviews Andrew Trendell - 23rd January 2020

Harlem’s Dave East on what’s missing from modern New York rap: “Nobody’s really painting pictures about their own life”

The baller-turned-rapper is in survival mode

Music Interviews Will Lavin - 21st January 2020

Weyes Blood on ‘Titanic Rising’, her vital climate change wake-up call: “It’s not music that’s going to save us – it’s activism”

When Natalie Mering – aka Weyes Blood – released ‘Titanic Rising’ last April, it already felt like one of the most vital albums of...

Music Interviews Gary Ryan - 20th January 2020

The Big Read – The Game: “Me and 50 Cent should have died in that beef”

The veteran rapper claims his latest album, ‘Born 2 Rap’, will be his last. How come?

The Big Read Jordan Bassett - 24th January 2020

The Big Read – Mura Masa: “If you’re smart right now, you’re making guitar music”

Mura Masa talks his friendship with Slowthai, the power of nostalgia and why making guitar music is 2020’s smartest move

The Big Read Thomas Smith - 17th January 2020

The Big Read – The Big Moon: “Everything feels big, strange, and very scary”

After reinvigorating indie with their 2017 debut, The Big Moon return with the super slick ‘Walking Like We Do’,

The Big Read El Hunt - 10th January 2020

The Big Read – Girl In Red: “World domination. That’s what I want”

Heading up 2020’s NME 100 list and approved by Billie Eilish and Matty Healy, Girl In Red’s lo-fi pop is already saving lives.

Music Interviews Andrew Trendell - 3rd January 2020

Phil Collins on his disastrous Led Zeppelin performance: “If I could have walked off, I would have done”

"I wasn't needed and I felt like a spare part"

Music News Matthew Neale - 26th January 2020

Margot Robbie explains why there’s no Joker in ‘Birds of Prey’

The film arrives in the UK next month

Film News Elizabeth Aubrey - 26th January 2020

Diddy slams Grammys during acceptance speech: “Black music has never been respected by the Grammys”

Sean "Diddy" Combs has slammed the Grammys for not recognising "black music." Accepting an award for 'Industry Icon' in LA, Diddy made the comments towards...

Music News Elizabeth Aubrey - 26th January 2020