Rishi Shah

Failure tell us about longevity, working with Hayley Williams, and uncertainty for the future: “Everything gets a little bit heavier as you get older”

As the "rebooted" LA cult favourites release seventh album ‘Location Lost’, frontman Ken Andrews reflects on the trio's career of two halves, their "fateful" collab with the Paramore frontwoman, the band's “bittersweet” time with Troy Van Leeuwen, and teases what's next

Look Outside Your Window – ‘Look Outside Your Window’ review: Slipknot members harness a different type of fear on their long-lost album

Released exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day, Slipknot’s long-awaited spin-off from 2008 is eerie, unsettling and operates on its own fascinating metal-adjacent wavelength

Liam Fray talks Courteeners’ legacy, survival and unfinished business: “To be still breathing and wanting to do it is a fucking miracle”

We catch the Manchester indie legends playing Night & Day Café for the first time since 2007 as frontman Liam Fray tells NME why Courteeners’ staying power “is not to be sniffed at”, and why their next album will be a “left turn” after their ‘best of’ compilation ‘God Bless The Band’

Holly Humberstone: “You’ve got to roll with the punches and realise that it takes time to find your feet in the modern world”

The Grantham-born artist sits down with NME to discuss the “dark fairytale universe” of her second album ‘Cruel World’, building a new life in London and why she’s learning to accept the confusion of navigating her twenties

The Strokes’ delicate, sun-kissed comeback single ‘Going Shopping’ is an item you’d try on but wouldn’t buy

The NYC rock veterans head to retail therapy by way of polarising autotune, tidy guitars and flashes of energy as they introduce their seventh album ‘Reality Awaits’

Chalk – ‘Crystalpunk’ review: a knockout collection of arresting dance-punk

Contending with identity on both a human and national level, the Belfast duo’s stunning debut album wields intensity to unite industrial, post-punk and techno soundscapes

The Sophs’ impulsive alt-rock is messy by design: “A pretty distinctive theme throughout is lack of identity”

Having secured a record deal by cold emailing the CEO of Rough Trade, the rising LA six-piece tell NME about their “brutal, provocative honesty” as they let the chaos reign on imminent debut album ‘Goldstar’

Yungblud – ‘Idols’ and ‘Idols II’ review: a king-sized statement from the crown prince of rock

Over the course of his two-part “rock opera”, Dominic Harrison supercharges his internal redemption arc with vast, towering Brit-rock

Hemlocke Springs – ‘The Apple Tree Under The Sea’ review: colourful, concept-driven alt-pop from a future star

The former NME Cover artist’s long-awaited debut album glows with vibrancy, freedom and ingenuity

The Molotovs on shutting down naysayers: “They don’t see the slog for the past six years”

The teenage punk duo of siblings tell NME about building their fanbase in the gig room, "nepo baby" accusations, co-signs from Blondie, Sex Pistols and Yungblud, and why they’re re-shaping hate into hope on their “youth manifesto” debut album ‘Wasted On Youth’
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