Music Interviews

Pillow Queens: Dublin indie buoyed with messages of much-needed positivity

They've had to dig deep for debut album 'In Waiting', but it's one where they envision a better world

Creeper’s Will Gould on new band Salem: “These are spooky, silly, romantic punk rock songs”

Check out the "cute and deadly" new single 'Destroy Me' as Gould tells NME about his colourful new side project

Roger Daltrey tells us about plans to stream unseen TCT gigs from The Cure, Muse, Pulp and more

The Who frontman on Teenage Cancer Trust, life in lockdown, the government's response and why he wants to auction off his vocal chords

Chuck D: “Public Enemy, Run DMC and Beastie Boys on one track was a utopian moment for me”

The hip-hop icon on the failure to prosecute Breonna Taylor’s killers, why he doesn’t rate ‘The Wire’ and how the Beastie Boys granted his birthday wish

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford on his brutally honest autobiography – and encouraging a dialogue around abuse

The Metal God talks to NME about his book 'Confess', sexuality, mental health, a life in metal and new music

Leah Weller on new music and finding her voice: “My dad wasn’t super thrilled with my Marilyn Manson era”

NME caught up with Leah to chat about her new music, getting advice from dad (Modfather Paul Weller), overcoming confidence issues and her plans for a debut album

Sløtface share new single ‘Doctor’ and tell us about their new acoustic album and covering Sophie-Ellis Bextor

Check out the emotional new single as the Norwegian art-punks talk to NME about new Phoebe Bridgers-inspired album 'Slumber Tapes' and why Sophie-Ellis Bextor is a boss.

Michael Kiwanuka on his Hyundai Mercury Prize win: “It’s definitely encouraged me to keep dreaming big”

"It's encouraged me to not just think in small steps, it's encouraged me to think that maybe I can do all of the things I have dreamed of"

Royal Blood tell us about ‘Trouble’s Coming’ and their new album: “We’re seeing in colour for the first time”

Check out the song here, as Mike Kerr talks to NME about album Number Three and their new "disco meets AC/DC" sound

Lanterns On The Lake on the Hyundai Mercury Prize: “Politics seeps into the music”

Ahead of tonight's Mercury Prize, Lanterns On The Lake discuss 'Spook The Herd' – and why £25,000 could come in very handy for fixing a leak.