Rishi Shah
Rishi Shah is a freelance journalist, with a particular interest in indie, rock and metal. His byline has also appeared on Kerrang!, DIY, Rock Sound, CLASH and PRS For Music. He also regularly presents on camera and produces multimedia content for NME, as well as Kerrang! and DIY.
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Jordan Fish: “With every project, I want to immerse myself to the point where I feel like I am the artist”
In the year since he left Bring Me The Horizon, Jordan Fish has become the rock and metal world’s new go-to producer. He talks to NME about working with Poppy and Architects, criticism of the ‘Jordan Fish sound’ – and what he makes of the label ‘super-producer’
Yungblud tells us about BLUDFEST 2 and “fucking bonkers” new double album: “This is the master plan”
Dom Harrison tells NME about the impact of this year’s inaugural event, overcoming queues and logistical issues, how “cultivator” David Bowie inspired him to curate a genre-defying line-up, plans to take the festival worldwide in 2026, and the “self-reclamation” that is central to his next album
Lambrini Girls are all bark and tons of bite
With their debut album ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’, the ballsy Brighton punk duo are taking their zero-fucks-given fight against social injustice to increasingly bigger stages
Bradley Simpson on “vulnerable” solo album, inspiration from Queens Of The Stone Age, and future of The Vamps
The singer told NME about the influence of rock and indie bands from his youth on debut record ‘The Panic Years’, recalled watching a then-unknown 1975 as a teen, and looked back on touring with the "amazing" Sabrina Carpenter
Sam Fender live in Leeds: generational Geordie star safely coasts into a new era
The ‘People Watching’ touring cycle has lift off in the UK, as new material finally seeks to infiltrate Fender’s first-class live show
Kim Deal – ‘Nobody Loves You More’ review: a neat reminder of her permanent class
The first solo album from The Breeders’ frontwoman and former Pixies bassist oozes with elegance but still packs some punch
Cage The Elephant on supporting Oasis: “That whole Manchester scene had a lasting effect on us”
Do the Shultz brothers have any advice for the Gallaghers? Guitarist Brad Shultz looks ahead to their huge North American dates with Oasis as well as their own European headline tour, and plans to hit up Leyton Orient as soon as possible
Architects on new album ‘The Sky, The Earth & All Between’: “If we’re not going to fulfil our potential now, when are we?”
Check out blistering new single 'Whiplash' as Sam Carter and Dan Searle exclusively tell NME about the ethos behind their 11th album, “visions of KoRn and Limp Bizkit at Woodstock ’99” and react to Download Festival’s 2025 line-up
The Murder Capital share ‘Words Lost Meaning’ and talk new album ‘Blindness’: “It’s powerful to be aware of how much you can’t see”
Check out the haunting new single as frontman James McGovern tells NME about humanity’s blind spots, the “distorted patriotism” emerging around the world, their feelings on "Irishness" and how Nick Cave reacted to their new stuff
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
Linkin Park – ‘From Zero’ review: world-class moments marred by a few blips
Arguably rock’s biggest comeback album in recent history is an intriguing mix of sensational, knockout stadium rock and some perplexingly tired songwriting
The Amazons on their new album and why ‘fiction’ could be “one of the defining words of the 21st century”
Check out the dark, riff-heavy new single ‘Pitch Black’ as frontman Matt Thomson opens up to NME about his personal battles with masculinity, the lies we’re sold in youth and online, teaming up with Royal Blood, and how the band have recalibrated their purpose