Ruel lost touch with real life – until the pandemic let him become a kid again. NME goes on set with the 20-year-old popstar for his debut album ‘4th Wall’, which was inspired by ‘The Truman Show’, Elliott Smith and a Schoolies trip
Personal missives, passionate explorations of culture, fiery manifestos against the status quo… here are the records that took our breath away this year
Natural meets digital on Nina Wilson’s debut mixtape ‘Second Nature’, where boundary-breaking electronic pop is the vehicle for a reverent, cerebral spirituality
Light-up bras, champagne popping and heart-racing dance moves: the Aussie band’s gloriously fun live show makes for an unmissable night out. NME heads backstage on the year’s wildest tour
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard are releasing three albums in one month and playing the biggest shows of their career. NME catches up with them on the road to talk the Coltranian complexity of new album ‘Changes’, prolificacy over perfectionism, and their glorious jam band era
While making their seventh album, ‘Darker Still’, Parkway Drive were pushed to the brink of destruction. They tell NME how group therapy saved them, and what lessons their story holds for men, music and metal in Australia and beyond
One of Australia’s most understated yet vital songwriters explores sexuality and shame through “big feelings and big sounds” on her third album ‘Pre Pleasure’
