Music Interviews
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Konyikeh is letting every part of herself shine
The contemporary singer has spent most of her life learning rules, but with her third EP ‘Cinere’, she’s finally allowing herself to break them
Interpol tell us about new album ‘This Mirror Weighs A Ton’: “We just felt, ‘Let’s make this one count'”
Check out the Massive Attack-inspired title track and "classic Interpol" 'See Out Loud' as frontman Paul Banks explains how fatherhood, improved band chemistry and becoming a five-piece helped create a "no-skip record"
Momo Boyd: “I consider myself to be a completely different artist than the version that’s in Infinity Song”
As the soft rock group's singer and guitarist enters her solo era, she talks releasing her debut EP, the “certainty” driving her family band’s next chapter and finding a loyal fan in SZA
Death Cab For Cutie on divorce, holding it together, and ‘I Built You A Tower’: “One of the most powerful things to say is, ‘You’re not alone’”
As the indie veterans release their 11th album, frontman Ben Gibbard talks to NME about jumping on Anti- records, his love of Geese, what rock ‘n’ roll has lost over the last 20 years, why young people are facing such an uncertain future, and how “we’re all just raging against the dying of the light here”
Modest Mouse on gnarly new album ‘An Eraser and a Maze’ and the “incredibly shocking” death of drummer Jeremiah Green
Frontman Isaac Brock also opened up about reviving his cult side project Ugly Casanova, his love of magic mushrooms, and potentially touring landmark album ‘We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank’ with Johnny Marr
No Sleep Till… North Shields: Beastie Boys’ Mike D talks going solo and keeping weird venues alive
The rap icon meets NME in a bingo hall up north to tell us about the battle for the grassroots, and being the first Beastie Boy to go solo after the death of Adam Yauch: "I had to learn how to feel all over again"
Any Young Mechanic use folk traditions to go against the grain
Formed in Adelaide’s close-knit DIY scene, the folk band join NME in Brighton to explain how they combat capitalism by standing for human connection, trust and patience, three values which define their debut album ‘The Modern Shoe Is Ruining The Foot’
Belle & Sebastian tell us about their Scotland World Cup anthem ‘It Only Takes One Lion’: “Who needs three? I wouldn’t know!”
Frontman Stuart Murdoch tells NME about penning the hymn-meets-disco banger for Scottish glory, hopes and dreams for the team, his boyhood obsession, and what's next for the band
Kim Petras: “If you think I ruined my life, that’s fine – I’m going to write songs about it”
The German pop star reflects on 10 hard-fought years in the music industry in her most personal album yet
Paul McCartney: “Writing a song is still a magic feeling for me, and hopefully always will be”
As the Beatle and legendary musician releases his 19th solo album, ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’, he sits down with NME to share memories of his friends in the Fab Four, and discuss working with the Rolling Stones and the creative buzz he still gets from songwriting
Ed O’Brien talks conquering his “dark night of the soul” and Radiohead’s future
The guitarist opens up about how meditation, nature and “walking through the fire” of his depression shaped his new solo album ‘Blue Morpho’, finding new confidence in Radiohead, and why “society doesn’t really want to look at what the causes are” of mental health issues
Becky Hill talks “punk” new album ‘Rebecca’ and fiery single ‘More! More! More!’: “It’s definitely got something to say for itself”
Hill tells us about her Blur and Prodigy-inspired new album, hitting back at Jack Whitehall for "punching down" in calling her 'Wetherspoons Whitney' and feeling inspired by "watching other pop girlies have their authentic moment"