EMF The Garage, London 6th June 2026 As EMF play another captivating set at London’s Garage, Ian Dench and new joiner Robin Goodridge (ex-Bush, Spear Of Destiny) catch up with Naomi Dryden-Smith to chat about Robin’s arrival, what’s coming up for the band, and Ian’s recent “aha” moment about the riffs in Unbelievable. EMF are […]
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The screen icon and 'Jurassic Park' star tells NME about his "second life" in jazz, working with Charlie Puth and "those wonderful, wonderful ladies from Wicked", his dream collaborators and the relationship between music and film
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P Paul Fenech: Dancing At The End Of The World Mutant Rock Records LP | DL Out on 27th July 2026 Steve ‘Spike’ Sommer gets the lowdown on P Paul Fenech’s 14th solo album: Dancing At The Edge Of The World – “I never thought I’d get this far, but I’m still here y’know…” I […]
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Brighton's Barbara played Gullivers in Manchester - Nigel reports for Louder Than War and interviews brothers, Henry and John Tydeman
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The Top Ten Saddest Songs Ever…. plus another 5 Ten chosen by Ged Babey from LTW as a promotional device for the forthcoming album by cult indie legend DAVEY WOODWARD – the Bristolian (on LNFG Records out in Sept 2026) which includes ‘some of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard’. There are some lighter ones: […]
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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’
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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
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They wrote Signing Off when they were signing on, and went on to sell 100 million records worldwide. LTW's Phil Ross takes tea with founder members Robin Campbell and Jimmy Brown, and finds UB40 still committed to politics, puns and the struggle that never stops.
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Nerina Pallot talks about the music industry, the state of the world today, why music has lost the power to bring social change, her new album - and her favourite books.
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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
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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"
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"There's a lot of new music coming your way... I'm going to drop the project in September"
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The Scottish singer revealed that the two of them have been working on a new project, and said they have “never felt closer to another creative mind before”
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He accepted the prestigious Academy Fellowship trophy on Michael’s behalf at the Ivor Novellos, and told NME how it “would have meant an awful lot to him over a lot of other awards”
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The rapper, poet and author took home his second trophy for Best Contemporary Song, and told NME about wanting to “protect” the Scottish singer “at all costs”
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The Irish star recently won her first ever award in the UK, and revealed to NME that she “just assumed I was losing to Lily Allen”
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Big Special release their new EP O’ Joy! on the 5th of June, but when is an album not an album? In this fascinating interview with Louder Than War’s Nigel Carr, Big Special discuss their new ‘EP’ O’ Joy, their working-class roots, how success changes artists, keeping the honesty of the song writing, their rapid […]
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A decade after redefining the sound of modern R&B with Sept. 5th, dvsn are reflecting on the project that helped shift the genre’s direction. Comprised of Grammy-winning producer Nineteen85 and…
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JK FLESH/MONRELLA: SHOUTING THE ODDS (GIVE/TAKE | Avalanche) DL | LP | CD Out Now – Order HERE Louder Than War talks to Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris about their new album, SHOUTING THE ODDS. A demonstration of what each artist’s arsenal is bursting with as distinctly split release, yet a collaborative concentration of overlapping […]
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Jonathan Barnbrook is an award winning graphic designer, type designer, and typographer. He was David Bowie’s go to collaborator for 15 years, from 2002’s Heathen for which he designed the type face and packaging, The Next Day, where he controversially, in an act of detournement, defaced 1977’s Heroes to create the album sleeve, to 2016’s […]
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Having recently turned 40, the Swedish star is celebrating with an iconoclastic new outlook that writes its own rulebook on 'The Afterparty'
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In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: The Ordinary Boys' Preston
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As the controversial Belfast trio release their bold and ballsy second album, they tell NME about the 'carnival of distraction' of their terror trial, reclaiming their identity, and Ireland's increased "collective self-esteem"
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Fat Concubine: EMPIRE/ROOOAAAR Ahead of the release of their latest single, ROOOAAAR, and following their debut EP, EMPIRE, Louder Than War talks to FAT CONCUBINE about their philosophies on the dissonant beauty of life, swing-as-punk, the unsettling allure of techno parties in all their exotic, tribal arrangement and the group’s quickly unfurling trajectory as one […]
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Musician, actor, film producer and viral hip-hop legend
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The drumming icon turned solo star tells NME about 'Long Long Road', his love of Americana, his input into Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics, and what's next
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NME caught a first look and spoke to the team behind the epic, immersive new experience
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single review / video premiere South Shore The Ballad of Rats Bay / Blanche Medwayish CIC Limited 7″ Vinyl / DL release date: 15 May 2026 Debut single, Double A side, released thanks to a CIC fundraiser to focus on music based on Medway folk tales. South Shore are the areas newest indie folk band, […]
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Malcolm McIntyre – Every Bullet Hit (Figaro Recordings) CD / DL / Streaming Out Now Buy Here Scottish singer-songwriter Malcolm McIntyre releases his career spanning debut album Every Bullet Hit. Iain Key reviews for LTW and interviews the artist. It would have been around 3 years ago when I first heard from Malcolm, I was […]
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“Running around with a gun [in 'Fortnite'] is absolutely the best way to show that there are many more layers to me”
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