Hamish MacBain

Dive back into Arctic Monkeys’ divisive ‘Humbug’ with this 2009 interview

This week, Arctic Monkeys release their sixth album ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino‘. To celebrate, relive the band’s NME interview from 2009 as the...

Why George Harrison is the coolest Beatle

Consider, in 2018, how set in stone the identities of the four Beatles appear to be. Over two decades since his murder, the smoothing...

10 best songs about money

Money, as the papers keep telling us, is too tight to mention at the minute. So as the Tories get ready to unleash yet...

10 best songs about smiling

It’s World Smile Day (October 6). Let’s get out there and have a good time for a little bit. Let’s stop pointing the finger...

Rag’n’Bone Man: The unstoppable rise of the 21st-century blues man

The ‘Elton John Call’ has, for a long time now, been as sure a sign as you can get that an up-and-coming singer is...

Bruno Mars – The Full NME Cover Interview

I haven’t even sat down and Bruno Mars, quiff now replaced by curls under a baseball cap, is already quizzing me about what I...

Two Door Cinema Club On The Road To Releasing ‘Gameshow’

The story of Two Door Cinema Club’s three-years-in-the-making third album begins in July 2014, in a hospital bed: a bed occupied by their singer,...

Kings Of Leon – ‘Walls’ Review

"That woman in mom jeans who’d never let me date her daughter? She likes my music. That’s f**king not cool.” So said Caleb Followill...

Q&A: Bastille’s Dan Smith On Arena Shows, Apple Music Festival And The Joy Of Tie Dye

In association with Apple Music Festival By the time they arrive on stage for their Apple Music Festival show at the Roundhouse, Bastille’s long-awaited second...

Crystal Castles May Have Changed Personnel, But They’re Still Just Two Punks Driving A Small Van To Shows

One of the most influential acts of the noughties, Crystal Castles have a new line-up and a newfound philanthropy. Hamish MacBain meets a band...
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