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Squid – ‘Bright Green Field’ review: a dazzling debut of wild experimentation

The commercial and avant-garde are meshed together without compromise on an album that fulfils every ounce of the band’s potential

Ashnikko live in LA: lurid empowerment anthems performed inside pop’s brightest imagination

April 30, Los Angeles: Fantasy forests, cyclops bears and powerful statements clash brilliantly in this livestream concert masterclass.

GRACEY: The BRIT-nominated pop riser using science to redefine success

The road to next week's BRITs ceremony – where she's nominated for Best British Song – has been a bumpy but fulfilling one for Grace Barker

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Watch Master Peace perform ‘PNE’, ‘Overdrive’ and ‘PDA’ for NME Home Sessions

Master Peace strips things back

Brooke Combe: Scottish social media covers star crafting her own soul-stirring hits

The Edinburgh multi-instrumentalist on how her deeply powerful covers paved the way for her attitude-packed debut single and her ambition to one day open for Arctic Monkeys

Alfie Templeman: genre-busting bangers for brighter days

The 18-year-old artist’s dazzlingly optimistic mini-album draws on a renewed sense of hope for not just himself, but the world at large

Watch Squid’s stunning new live performance of ‘Pamphlets’ featuring Dan Carey

The band played the eight-minute track at the Larmer Tree Gardens, home of End Of The Road Festival

Alfie Templeman teams up with April on new track ‘One More Day’

The song appears on Templeman's imminent mini-album 'Forever Isn't Long Enough'

Girl In Red: “I just want to sit down and make a new record”

Fresh from receiving the approval of Taylor Swift, Marie Ulven says: "I’m hearing some new sounds in my head and I’m really excited to see where I’m going with this"

Girl In Red: “Billie Eilish said my lyrics were bonkers”

Marie Ulven also told us about the chances of collaborating with Eilish in future

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