Music Features

Poppy cranks up the heaviness: “Sitting amongst the extremes feels very whole to me”

After teaming up with Jordan Fish on her “relentless” sixth album ‘Negative Spaces,’ Poppy tells NME about being rock's most in-demand collaborator, screaming like never before and her inherent desire to create

Shawn Mendes on rewiring his career: “Of course I want this album to do well – but not at the expense of my happiness”

For this week's In Conversation we sat down with Shawn Mendes to talk personal happiness over external achievements, challenges of fame, mental health, and self-discovery in the public eye.

These are the best gigs to see this month

From buzzy new superstars to bonafide legends

horsegiirL: “Making people happy is something I take quite seriously”

The half-horse, half-human producer and DJ shot to fame off the back of a TikTok-viral banger and became a fast festival favourite. Now, she readies an EP about her new jetset lifestyle: ‘V.I.P.,’ or ‘Very Important Pony’

Bb trickz: “I truly am a brat”

In just over a year of making music, the 24-year-old Spanish rapper has made a tectonic impact on the Spanish rap scene – and with her remix of Charli XCX’s ‘Club Classics’, she’s set to take over the world

Primal Scream on their protest disco album: “If you’re gonna scream from the rooftops, there is no better time”

Bobby Gillespie thought he might have made his last Primal Scream record in ‘Chaosmosis’. His BandLab NME Award-winning memoir and a surprise call from producer David Holmes unlocked ‘Come Ahead’, a dazzling one-two punch of slick songs and political ire

The Cure: every album ranked in order of greatness

In celebration of the band’s long, long-awaited return with ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, NME takes a journey through their back catalogue, ranking each album from worst to best

Luvcat on viral murder ballad ‘He’s My Man’: “I’ve always been obsessed with the strange and surreal”

With just three songs, the Liverpudlian musician has entranced TikTok with her eerily romantic world

Mxmtoon is growing up

The production of the Californian artist’s third album ‘Liminal Space’ was mired in grief, but, she tells NME, she found strength along the way

Iceage’s Elias Rønnenfelt: “You roll with the punches, and it comes out in whatever mangled way it wants to”

The frontman’s first solo outing was shaped by musical travels across Europe, where he would write songs in the day, then road-test them at shows at night. That unprecious approach – and playing the creative hand he was dealt – led the Danish musician to a new evolution in sound
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