Tom Connick
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Get tangled up in Squid – the weirdo-punk band making the avant-garde accessible
Open the tabloids and it’s all avocado toast and selfie sticks, but there’s far more to millennial life than the papers would have you believe. Just ask Squid – the Brighton band whose breakout single ‘Houseplants’ has made them the unassuming spokespeople of young frustration. A frantic, punky ode to the indecision and anger that … → Read More
Noel Gallagher’s gone disco dad on his new single ‘Black Star Dancing’
He’s a guitar hero, is our Noel Gallagher. It’s almost impossible to picture him without that iconic red Epiphone guitar either strapped to his chest, or leaning artfully somewhere nearby, and his chord progressions inspired a whole generation (maybe even two) to pick up a six-string and craft some festival-baiting bangers. His new single, though, … → Read More
Walk on stage with Canadian fun-punks PUP at their riotous Leeds Brudenell Club show
NME joined PUP in Leeds as they brought their UK tour to a close with stagedives, crowdsurfs and some questionable karaoke. → Read More
FKA Twigs’ stripped-back new single presents the cyber-pop star at her most human
Most stories of FKA Twigs centre around her otherworldliness. The idiosyncratic pop star has been marked out as something out-of-the-ordinary since day one. An electronic auteur with a fluid approach to melody, production and structure, for every low-key banger on her acclaimed debut album ‘LP1’, there was another track nearby which defied categorisation. She’s an … → Read More
That Slipknot style – the evolution of the fright masks through the ages
Slipknot's covered-up faces are integral to their myth - from fucked up, skin-peeling botched surgery, to eerily blank expressions. → Read More
How Billie Eilish employed principles of ASMR in her spine-tingling horror-pop
Is it ASMR? Well, not quite. But Billie Eilish’s spindly take on pop production has a spine-tingling appeal all of its own. → Read More
Who are Extinction Rebellion, the UK-born activist group holding cities to ransom?
An explainer on Extinction Rebellion - the environmental activist group currently engaging in worldwide protest. → Read More
Who are Extinction Rebellion, the UK-born activist group holding cities to ransom?
An explainer on Extinction Rebellion - the environmental activist group currently engaging in worldwide protest. → Read More
All the times self-deprecating normie star Lewis Capaldi was a big mood
The balladeer at the top of the singles chart isn't like most sad lad piano men - Lewis Capaldi is also a big fucking mood off-stage, too. → Read More
Wild Beasts frontman Hayden Thorpe goes solo: "it's like playing chess against yourself..."
The spilt of Wild Beasts was a knock for fans. Held up as one of British indie’s most individualistic talents, the four boys from Kendal held a mystery that set them apart from the trilby and winkle-picker-wearing hordes of noughties indie boys. At the heart of their appeal was frontman Hayden Thorpe, a whisper-delicate vocalist … → Read More
Talk Show are bringing a dark new wave to London’s guitar scene
South London new wave punks Talk Show talk barbers, early shows and debut single 'Fast and Loud' in an NME Radar interview. → Read More
Kanye West’s Coachella Sunday Service could be his moment of redemption
Sunday Service has been a music-centric event – keep that focus, and Kanye’s return to Coachella could be the moment we’ve been waiting for. → Read More
What's Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Orchards
Every week, we’re going to be introducing you to a brand new artist we’re going for mad for here at NME Towers via our ego-busting new Q&A, What’s Your Band Called, Mate? This week, Orchards talk us through their danceable indie-punk, and how they want “to end the death of the bees”. What’s your band called, … → Read More
The Matrix at 20: the enduring impact of the sci-fi sensation
20 years on, The Matrix still holds a huge sway over popular culture - we investigate the long-standing impact of the sci-fi sensation. → Read More
Crows’ long-awaited debut album drags them out of the darkness
Crows' frontman James Cox tells us how a chance message to IDLES frontman Joe Talbot changed the fortunes of the London punks → Read More
Sports Team showcase their chaotic and cheeky charm at riotous Electric Ballroom sell-out
Cambridge-via-London indie kids Sports Team are amassing a riotous and dedicated following via their fun-first approach. → Read More
Watch Shame perform three new songs as part of tiny London show at The Social
Shame played three new songs from their upcoming second album at an intimate live return at London's The Social last night (March 20). → Read More
Durham posi-punks Martha take on the "dreadful state of the world" on 'The Void'
Durham band Martha talk new album 'Love Keeps Kicking' and premiere latest single 'The Void' with an NME interview. → Read More
Angel Du$t are the fun-first hardcore group bringing '90s pop-rock to the pit
Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t discusses the hardcore band's new, 90s-influenced 'Pretty Buff' LP in an NME interview. → Read More
RIP MySpace music – the success stories of music’s first social media site
With MySpace announcing its musical archive has been lost in a sever error, we look back on the impact the site had on music as we know it. → Read More