JX Soo
JX Soo has been writing for NME since 2021, with a focus on Japanese and Asian music scenes. They previously founded and wrote for Singaporean independent webzine Big Duck Music. They also have a photographic-based visual arts practice, and has vowed to never become a DJ.
Mary In The Junkyard – ‘Role Model Hermit’: filmic debut that balances grit and grandeur
On their long-awaited first record, the London trio continue weaving fantastical tales with their surreal sound
Kurayamisaka tell stories with sincere, blown-out bliss from Japan’s spirited underground
Armed with triple-guitar catharsis and cinematic noise pop, the Tokyo quintet’s towers of distortion and devoted indie rock tell poetic tales of past and possible lives – and have ignited fierce genre debates
Ichiko Aoba’s oceanic dreams
On her new album ‘Luminescent Creatures’, the Japanese folk artist finds beauty in bioluminescence and the light of universal connection
ATARASHII GAKKO!: irrepressible and invincible
With their electrifying live show, infectious songs and nimble chemistry, the Japanese quartet are well and truly taking over the world
A match made in indie heaven: Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster on the warmth and friendship of their collaborative album ‘AAA’
Two of Asia’s leading indie bands – and two groups of “super nerdy music lovers” – team up on a surprise joint album. Frontmen Oh Hyuk and Tseng Kuo-Hung, plus co-producer JNKYRD, talk to NME before they kick off a massive tour
Kevin Bacon went out in public in disguise and hated it: “This sucks”
The disguise saw Bacon wear fake glasses, teeth and a new nose
Kasabian announce 2024 UK arena tour with The Streets
Celebrating their freshly released eighth album, ‘Happenings’
The Voidz announce ‘Like All Before You‘, their first record in six years
The band tease their third record for September with a cryptic trailer
Golden Globes are like ‘Squid Game’, says actress Lily Gladstone
“The reality is, you’re in shapewear, you need to pee”
FKA Twigs makes appearance at London show fundraiser for Gaza and Sudan aid, featuring Mustafa and Clairo
Delivering a rendition of ‘Cellophane’, the singer joined a line-up including King Krule, Earl Sweatshirt and Blood Orange
Compton crowds back up Kendrick Lamar in long-awaited music video for ‘Not Like Us’
The rapper adds new bars to his chart-topping Drake diss – and declares that “no Ov-Hoes were harmed in this video”
Hitsujibungaku share ‘Oshi No Ko’ theme ‘Burning’: “I wanted to inject the characters’ unfulfilled emotions into the song”
The ascendant Japanese indie rock trio talk to NME about taking a “rockier, shoegaze approach” to their new anime theme, channelling Pavement for a tie-up with ‘Shaun The Sheep’, and more