Kate Lloyd, Author at NME

Luke Temple – ‘Good Mood Fool’

Luke Temple is taking another break from Here We Go Magic, and his fifth solo album is like salve for the soul. When the...

Various – ‘Purple Snow:Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound’

The combination of America’s vast size and the relative insularity of its cities has long helped to create highly individual local music scenes: New...

Brendan Benson – ‘You Were Right’

The 42-year-old member of The Raconteurs is back with a dependably enjoyable set of bulky, countrified rock songs on this, his fifth solo...

Dean Wareham – ‘Emancipated Hearts’

That Dean Wareham’s debut solo mini-album contains just six tracks, yet feels more complete than most full albums we’ve heard this year, speaks volumes...

Torres – ‘Torres’

The opening notes of Torres’ debut album are an unmistakable invitation to battle: pairs of clean cello slashes trigger a dry snap, like a...

The Flaming Lips – ‘Peace Sword EP’

Christ knows what sort of therapy Wayne Coyne’s signed up for, but here he follows an album about the emotional anguish of his marriage...

The Fall – ‘The Remainderer EP’

As if putting out an album almost every year for three and a half decades wasn’t enough, Mark E Smith’s productivity is now so...

Paul Heaton bans David Cameron from his pub for saying he likes The Housemartins

PM praised the group's debut album when talking about city of Hull winning Capital of Culture for 2017

MIA: ‘I’m inspired by Bob Dylan and Public Enemy’

Controversial singer says political artists influenced her work