Thomas Smith, Author at NME

Listen To A Spotify Playlist Of NME’s Best Tracks Of The Year 2015

From space rock anthems to exhilarating grime bangers, 2015 has been a vintage year for music. Having revealed our list of the best...

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ – What We Know About The Gun-Slinging Western So Far

On Christmas Day 2015, Quentin Tarantino's latest flick hits screens worldwide. The Hateful Eight sees Tarantino follow up 2012's Django Unchained with another gun-slinging...

Ever Wondered What It Sounds Like If You Combine All Of 2015’s Finest Pop Songs In One Giant Mashup?

Rejoice! DJ Earworm has adhered to his yearly tradition and gifted the internet with his annual mashup of the all the big pop tunes,...

Bill Bailey Shares The Soundtrack To His Life, And Why He Can’t Listen To Amy Winehouse Anymore – Watch

The Alpine Horn, the six-neck guitar and cowbells. No, not the array of instruments likely to appear on the next Radiohead album, these are...

A Preview Of ‘Never Turn Back’, NME Photographer Dean Chalkley’s Upcoming Exhibition

Photographer Dean Chalkley is best known for shooting the biggest stars in the world for NME, but his new exhibition, Never Turn Back, shows...

Kiran Leonard announces debut album details – hear 16-minute single ‘Pink Fruit’ now

'Grapefruit' will be released on March 25 via Moshi Moshi

Hackney Empire to let fans determine length of fundraising gig through donations

The east London venue is facing financial uncertainty due to funding cuts

Kanye West’s Masterpiece ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ Is Five – Revisit The Album Here

This weekend marks five years since Kanye West unleashed his magnum opus ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy', the album that helped establish him as...

School of Seven Bells reveal new song ‘Open Your Eyes’ from final album – listen

This is the first set of music released since Benjamin's Curtis' death in 2013

‘Straight Outta Compton’ soundtrack, score and director’s cut to be released in January

The film's soundtrack includes unheard remastered material