Music Interviews

First Aid Kit: ‘We live in a patriarchy – we need to see more women on stage and behind the scenes’

First Aid Kit have called for women to be better represented both on stage and behind the scenes in the music industry. Watch our...

White Lies open up on new album ‘Five’ and tease ‘To Lose My Life’ 10th anniversary shows

White Lies have opened up on how making their fifth album 'Five' proved to be one of their biggest challenges to date, and how...

Cage The Elephant’s Matt Shultz tells us all about working with Beck and new album ‘Social Cues’

Cage The Elephant’s Matt Shultz has spoken about the band’s fifth album ‘Social Cues’ and comeback single, ‘Ready To Let Go’. The band announced...

David Bowie’s earliest years – as told by the people who knew him best

“I’m an instant star – just add water and stir,” David Bowie said in 1975. And while it was a brilliant soundbite, it was, in truth,...

Plain White T’s talk Slam Dunk and the dream of getting Troye Sivan for the ‘Hey There Delilah’ TV show

Plain White T's Tom Higgenson has discussed the band's hit 'Hey There Delilah' being made into a TV show, ahead of a live return to...

Vein are the Boston hardcore bunch tearing apart genre norms

At the height of last summer, a rust-coloured warehouse on the outskirts of Leeds was privy to something of a shake-up. Normally reserved for...

Wolf Alice on their next album, 2019 plans and stepping up as festival headliners

Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell has spoken of the band's 2019 plans, when they'll be headlining their first major festivals and writing new material. The band...

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Anton Newcombe, The Brian Jonestown Massacre

1: In 2007, which cult British TV series did ‘You Look Great When I’m High’ appear in? “I don’t watch TV and I don’t...

“There’s not enough help”: Drenge on their third album and the state of DIY music in the UK

Drenge have discussed how their third album proved to be one of their biggest challenges to date – and why the UK government risks...

The Big Read – AJ Tracey: the lad from Ladbroke Grove takes on the world

AJ Tracey doesn’t arrive at his NME photoshoot with an entourage, but he does bring a dachshund called Bridget. Jordan Bassett meets the outspoken British rapper who doesn’t do things by the book, and whose eclectic, wilfully commercial debut album – veering from grime to, erm, a country song – might even make him the first artist to take UK rap truly Stateside.
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