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Blossoms: “The last thing we want to do is mimic what we’ve done before”

Frontman Tom Ogden discusses staying power, why the band are more playful than ever before five albums in and what Oasis means to them

babyMINT: the Taiwanese girl group making irreverent, irresistible pop bangers

After rocketing through a reality competition, the six-member group embrace their weirdest selves on official debut single ‘BOOOOOORING’

Suki Waterhouse is taking authorship of her story: “I have so much belief in not silencing yourself and making it into art”

On her second album, ‘Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin’, the British musician is more confident and fearless than ever – and ready to write a new chapter of her tale

Forest Claudette is making layered, celebratory R&B: “It’s hard to articulate happiness in a way that doesn’t feel flippant”

The Australian alt-R&B star explores their evolving Black queer identity, falling in love and joy with the double EP ‘Jupiter & Stone Between’

Supergrass: “When you look back at the lad culture and messiness of Britpop, we weren’t part of it”

Gaz Coombes tells NME about the 30th anniversary tour of 'I Should Coco', the legacy of the album, their time hanging with Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam, and what the future holds

Delivery announce new album ‘Force Majeure’: “The guitar solos are even more turbo, the slower songs more emotional”

Hear their new single ‘Operating At A Loss’ and read the Melbourne band’s chat with NME about personnel changes, taking second-album risks and why you're seeing more antipodean bands crack the international touring circuit

Art The Clown: behind the screams with horror’s “feminist”, Mr Bean-inspired icon

The third chapter in the grossout 'Terrifier' series lands next month

Gaten Matarazzo on the “satisfying, cathartic” end of ‘Stranger Things’

“It’s a long, long shoot [so] we have a lot of time to really let it settle”

Singapore’s premier “adaptable” concert hall reaches its next phase of evolution

The Esplanade Concert Hall closed in September 2024 for renovations. Two stewards of the venue reflect on its history and share what it’ll be like when it returns next March

For high-flying nu-gazers Julie, the sky’s the limit

Committed to the art of live performance and eschewing modern tools of the industry, the California trio are doing things in a thrillingly old-school way and reaping the rewards for it
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