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Angel Du$t’s Justice Tripp: “Hardcore has never been a financial venture”
The influential hardcore frontperson, previously of Trapped Under Ice, opens up about anxiety, authenticity and the genre’s new era
The NME 100: essential emerging artists for 2026
These artists have the potential to shape the future of music. If they’re on our radar – they should be on yours
Inside Swim Deep’s gorgeous new album ‘Hum’: “It feels like we’ve arrived at the conclusion of who we are”
NME joins the British band in Brussels as they wrap up sessions on their fifth record, ‘Hum’, and finds a band in a creative purple patch but grappling with their place in the world
Microtonal pop innovator Maddie Ashman wants to mess with your brain
On her new EP ‘Her Side’, the London composer seeks to provoke and delight with emotionally intelligent songs that attack convention
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water are grounded in reality
As the Philadelphia shoegaze band prepare to hit the road in the UK and Europe, frontman Doug Dulgarian explains to NME why collaboration, physical interaction and faith in humanity are key to their latest album
Natanya is pop’s new auteur, building feeling note by note
Shaped by classical training and jazz discovery, the north London vocalist-producer has learned how to turn experience into pop music that moves, lingers and lasts
XG are staying true to their “unwavering core”: “When we come together, we become stronger”
The global group’s debut album, ‘The Core’, arrives as the septet move through a period of change and evolution, altering the meaning behind their name to embrace who they’re becoming
Marky Ramone: “Morrissey apologised to us for the Ramones review he wrote as a teenager”
In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: legendary Ramones drummer Marky Ramone
Ceebo: the Lambeth rapper giving a voice to his generation’s struggles
On his latest mixtape ‘Blair Babies’, the 23-year-old artist explores the political nihilism and isolation felt by the generation born into a Britain swept along by the optimism of New Labour
Poppy is everywhere, yet constantly nowhere: “The discontent drives the exploration, and I feel like that’s all I have”
The prolific alt shapeshifter talks to NME about her seventh album ‘Empty Hands’, a career of collaboration and the “analogue” approach that helps her navigate touring life
Aliyah’s Interlude is ready to inspire a movement with her bold rap bops
After spawning her own fashion trend on TikTok, the self-styled “c**t bitch' from Atlanta, Georgia, is parlaying the hype into an equally undeniable music career
Bob Weir, 1947-2026: indefatigable rocker who kept the Grateful Dead alive
The inspirational guitarist and songwriter changed rock and America with the Dead – and then spent tireless decades keeping their freak flag flying high