Andrew Trendell
Andrew Trendell is an experienced and award-winning music and culture jouranlist, with renowned for agenda-setting news and reviews, interviews with huge names and cutting-edge stars, red carpet coverage, helping to save grassroots venues and ensure artists are fairly paid, and all-round coverage from the underground up.
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Angine de Poitrine kick off The Great Escape 2026 with surreal, raucous opening party presented by NME
The hyped alien math-rock duo drew a huge crowd to TGE Beach stage alongside Ribbon Skirt and Girl In The Year Above. Check out photos, footage and what went down

Lykke Li – ‘The Afterparty’ review: a brief but heady last round from the Swedish alt-pop icon
Threatening to be her last, this sixth album from the ‘I Follow Rivers’ star captures the fear and heartache of the end of the night with strings, beats and love

American Football on inspiring new generations and their most adventurous album yet: “It sounds like we’re on a different planet”
The midwest emo heroes tell NME about splitting up on the journey to 'LP4', teaming with Turnstile's Brendan Yates, and the modest beauty of "kids writing songs in their bedroom"

Villanelle are becoming rock’n’roll stars in their own grungy image
As Gene Gallagher and co release their debut EP ‘Measly Means’, the London trio tell us about finding their tribe and bringing rock back to sweaty venues

Kneecap on ‘Fenian’ and fighting back: “We understand that religious divide serves absolutely nobody”
As the controversial Belfast trio release their bold and ballsy second album, they tell NME about the 'carnival of distraction' of their terror trial, reclaiming their identity, and Ireland's increased "collective self-esteem"

Kneecap – ‘Fenian’ review: headline-grabbing trio reach power and maturity
The Belfast rappers blast through all the noise with the energy of The Prodigy, Massive Attack and Burial on Dan Carey-produced second album to cement their place and reclaim their identity

Tom Rowley on how playing with Arctic Monkeys shaped his debut album: “You come across some fucking mad people”
The Milburn star turned touring member of Monkeys – also credited on their last two albums – takes us inside the rock'n'roll world of 'Moses & The Drones', featuring a song made with Alex Turner

Ringo Starr tells us about the resurgence of country music – and the energy it brought to The Beatles
The drumming icon turned solo star tells NME about 'Long Long Road', his love of Americana, his input into Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics, and what's next

Muse give another taster of ‘The Wow! Signal’ with old-school space rocker ‘Cryogen’
After it was debuted at Brixton Academy, check out the third single form the Devonshire trio's 10th album coming in June

Inside ‘David Bowie: You’re Not Alone’ at London’s Lightroom: “There’s a sense of being at a gig, but you’re also time-travelling”
NME caught a first look and spoke to the team behind the epic, immersive new experience

Graham Coxon to release never-heard-before 2011 album ‘Castle Park’ as he reissues solo catalogue
Check out new single 'Billy Says' as the Blur and Waeve guitarist also announces details of a special London show this November

Earl Slick on bringing back David Bowie’s Glastonbury 2000 band: “The best configuration of people he ever had”
"When he got in the shit, he called me," Slick tells NME, looking back on his time with the icon and how "the hope was always there" for a tour in his final years. This comes ahead of the 'Live On The Loch' charity event