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Glastonbury 2025: check out NME’s playlist of emerging artists to see at the festival
Discover your favourite new artist on Worthy Farm this weekend
Westside Cowboy: the band bringing ‘Britainicana’ to Glastonbury
NME meets the winners of this year’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in Manchester before they take the Woodsies stage
Welcome to the intriguing world of Sex Mask
Simultaneously extroverted and enigmatic, and with lyrics that merge Greek mythology and theological imagery, this Melbourne post-punk trio are set to be Australia's next breakout stars
Glasto Emerging Talent winners Westside Cowboy announce debut EP ‘This Better Be Something Great’ with the joyous ‘Alright Alright Alright’
"It is a punk song about a cowboy, and if anyone can take away any more from it than that, consider us impressed"
Annahstasia – ‘Tether’ review: folk’s new star takes the genre to dizzying heights
The long-awaited debut album from the LA-based artist puts her spellbinding vocals in their rightful place in the spotlight
Lifeguard’s exhilarating art-punk is charged by the radical possibilities of DIY culture
From handmade zines to shows under train tracks, the young Chicago trio epitomise the rich vitality of their home city’s vibrant indie music scene
Cliffords: Cork’s next indie heroes are writing their own story
The streets and sights of Ireland’s second-largest city loom large in the rising four-piece’s sonorous indie, woven into the tales of their young lives. Now, those stories are taking them far away from home and towards big things
With his gloriously distorted pop earworms, Nate Sib shoots for greatness
Sober and spiritual, the 2hollis affiliate is determined to “be the next big male pop star”
LeoStayTrill – ‘Home Alone’ review: a moody and measured blend of UK drill and Afrobeat influences
The UK rapper's debut EP exhibits a powerful grasp of rhythm and texture, and varied vocal deliveries that show he's studied his craft
The nine best new acts we saw at The Great Escape 2025
The Brighton new music bonanza returned with another bulging bill of fresh talent
9lives: the Auckland superproducer behind the chaotic new sound of the internet
From gospel drums to sigilkore mayhem, the 20-year-old pop defier is crafting a sound that feels like a sugar rush in a digital hellscape and is swiftly redefining what a Gen-Z superproducer can be
Make way for Vv Pete and her thrillingly international hot-girl club rap
Drill, gqom, baile funk and more course through the DNA of ‘Varvie World’, the Sudanese-Australian artist’s empowering debut mixtape