Karen Gwee
Karen Gwee is the Managing Editor – Music of NME Networks. She has been writing for NME since 2019 and was formerly the publication's Regional Editor (APAC). Her byline has appeared on NPR Music, Consequence, W Mag, Bandcamp Daily and Time Out.
Kelela draws on her past to carve out the future: “I’m trying to find a new place for us to live”
After years on the cutting edges of R&B and electronic music, for her third album ‘New Avatar’, Kelela brings on the guitars and mines her indie rock past – a time of both revelation and alienation
Robyn – ‘Sexistential’ review: the pop star’s lust for life is infectious – and thoroughly idiosyncratic
Questioning everything about love, life and sex, Robyn takes us on a joyride that’s both serious and silly
Mitski’s new single ‘Where’s My Phone?’ is a surprising return from one of indie’s most offline songwriters
The American artist brings back fuzzy guitars for her first single since the stunningly successful viral ballad ‘My Love Mine All Mine’
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78
The legendary guitarist and jam band icon passed on January 10, having “succumbed to underlying lung issues” after a battle with cancer
Jay Som: “The question of belonging has been with me my whole life… Being in alternative rock is sometimes isolating”
Melina Duterte searches for purpose and place on her new album ‘Belong’. She tells NME about that journey, collaborating with Hayley Williams and Jim Atkins, and what she learned from Boygenius
Sammy Virji: “It’s so valuable to just muck around and see what comes out”
The new prince of UK garage is back with his second album, ‘Same Day Cleaning’, a big-tent party of guests and sounds. The DJ dishes on working with his dad and with Skepta, and clearing a fan-favourite Dionne Warwick edit
‘I Love My Computer’ is the album of Ninajirachi’s electric dreams
The Australian electronic artist has dedicated her debut album to her closest and most enduring collaborator: "I spend more time looking at my computer than I spend looking at any other person in my life"
Alex G – ‘Headlights’ review: still weird and wonderful as ever
One of American indie’s most idiosyncratic singer-songwriters renders another surrealist, shadowy world on his major label debut
Glastonbury 2025: Olivia Rodrigo closes the festival with guest Robert Smith and the biggest headlines from Sunday
Plus more guest appearances by Laufey and Florence Welch
Turnstile embarked on an odyssey of their own to make new album ‘Never Enough’
The Baltimore hardcore band went stratospheric with their last album ‘Glow On’. To make their new record ‘Never Enough’, they shut out the noise and dove deep into their own “infinite well”
Japanese Breakfast’s journey of growth: “Have fun. Don’t overthink it”
Michelle Zauner on the gorgeous new album ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, lessons learnt from burnout and why she’ll be the “amuse-bouche of Glastonbury”
2hollis – ‘Star’ review: a thrilling joyride through the hollow hedonism of fame
Buoyed by a rabid global following, this new prince of the electronic-pop-rap underground ascends with an immaculately produced, slyly playful fourth album