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Galway’s shoegazing NewDad traverse their new EP, bare-footed buskers and fan appreciation

Kam-Bu reflects on his work with Leon Vynehall and writing a "revolutionary" song inspired by Fela Kuti

The art-punk’s debut EP sees her delving deep into her own truth in order to find a way out of the darkness

Adelaide’s Teenage Joans talk making “juice box punk-pop” and how Camp Cope and Tired Lion have inspired them

Lagos-based Ayra Starr on bucking the trends in her home region and releasing her debut EP on Nigeria's iconic Mavin Records

The London duo on divine inspiration, their manga fixation and "the year of the piñata"

Margaret Sohn on how early success prompted a bout of imposter syndrome and why St Vincent's shredding skills changed everything for her

The Dublin-based 23-year-old on her new EP, the Irish music scene and moving beyond Strokes comparisons

The masked “drag monster” is on heterosexual safari with new EP ‘Smash Hits Vol. 2’

The Bristol quartet on paying tribute to their home city’s legendary soundsystems and giving the finger to genre purists

Yorkshire teens on their dream recording with Speedy Wunderground and channelling their rural circumstance into impulsive, energetic punk.

Irish rising star Smoothboi Ezra talks small-town life, new single 'My Own Person' and the randy playlists their songs end up in