Gary Ryan, Author at NME

The tale of a young Kenyan couple’s love in the face of homophobic violence

By drilling down to the compositional basics of his songs and divesting them of production flourishes, he makes them feel even more bland

The electro-pop legend has seen and done it all in 45 years – so when he says the planet's knackered, you'd better listen

"You can’t expect people to care about your 10th album unless you give them something to work with," the band say

The actor-singer-comedian returns to his sitcom roots and finds little of interest

Songwriters Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen have described this record as “claustrophobic” and “intense” – they're weren't kidding

With debut '925', the band won praise and a reputation for being tight-lipped. Here, though, they open up

Look, we've all been doing what we can to get by in the past 12 months

The art-punk icon talks to NME about her NSFW new song, fighting for women's rights and the impact of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP'

The pandemic at least enabled artists to let loose and craft some truly sublime music