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Oversize are fusing shoegaze and emo to expel their grief

In 2025, everyone is once again staring at their shoes. Gen Z love Slowdive. My Bloody Valentine are playing live for the first time in seven years. The door’s been flung wide open for newer artists with chunky pedalboards to deliver their own takes on swirling, dreamy soundscapes – often, they rub shoulders with the hardcore world, and other times with metal or emo. Sometimes, the shoegaze resurgence seems like it’s crowded with American bands. Salisbury quartet Oversize are hoping […]

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Meet Sienna Spiro, the soulful Londoner who found her voice writing soaring pop ballads

“There was no plan B. I just knew I wanted to do this,” shares Sienna Spiro, as the 19-year-old takes NME back to where it all began. “[Singing] always just felt like something I was going to do.” Not even a year has passed since the London-based singer released her debut track ‘Need Me’, which crystallised the raspy, roaring vocals and balladic pop lyricism previewed in her viral TikTok covers. Since then, the rising artist has built up a monthly […]

22 March 2025 10

Esme Emerson – ‘Applesauce’ review: confident and playful indie pop

Sibling duo Esme Emerson make indie pop songs that spark the imagination, creating a soundscape that excitedly grabs your hand and asks you to go on a journey. On the NME 100 act’s third EP ‘Applesauce’, they capitalise on the cathartic momentum from previous track ‘Show You (Truck Song)’ to deliver a project that balances nostalgic joy with hard truths. Imagine the euphoric highs of Alvvays’ pristine pop textures and apply them to tales of youth and the bittersweetness of […]

22 March 2025 9

HotWax – ‘Hot Shock’ review: a blistering debut from future rock titans

Back in 2023, snotty breakout single ‘Treasure’ saw HotWax deservedly championed as the next great guitar band to come out of Britain. Plenty of big moves followed, including a couple of urgent, riff-tastic EPs and support slots with childhood heroes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Royal Blood and The Libertines, not to mention an NME Cover. The Hastings trio have put all of those expectations and their time on the road into their blistering debut album ‘Hot Shock’. READ MORE: HotWax are […]

22 March 2025 9

Six Sex – ‘X-Sex’ review: electrifying, X-rated fun

At just 26, Six Sex (aka Francisca Agustina Cuello) has crowned herself the queen of perreo rave. Hailing from Villa Tesei in Buenos Aires, she’s been setting dancefloors alight with her warped, high-octane fusion of reggaeton, dancehall, and club-ready electronic chaos. Her 2022 breakout project ‘Área 69’ catapulted her from underground raves to this year’s NME 100, and now, with ‘X-Sex’, she doubles down on the lawless energy that made her a cult icon. This isn’t just music — it’s […]

22 March 2025 14

Alissic tells us about “timeless” and “ethereal” new single ‘Concrete’: “I went more to the realm of dance”

Alissic has spoken to NME about her hypnotic new single ‘Concrete’, and shared news of a forthcoming EP. Check out the song below, along with our full interview with the Brazilian-born avant-pop artist. Released today (March 7), ‘Concrete’ marks the first new music from Alissic (real name Alissa Salls) since 2022, ushering in a bold new chapter after parting ways with her former label Ministry Of Sound. READ MORE: Alissic on emotional new single ‘Piano’ and working with Oli Sykes […]

22 March 2025 13

Meet South Arcade, the Oxford quartet blending Y2K genres into one riotous sound

There is no denying that the Y2K aesthetic is well and truly back. Low-rise jeans have made their resurgence, while Timbaland– and Darkchild-inspired production is slowly making its way back to pop (thanks Tate McRae!). But the 2000s were broader than just Britney, and few bands are highlighting that multifaceted aspect of the Y2K era quite like South Arcade. Formed by singer Harmony Cavelle and guitarist Harry Winks, who were later joined by drummer Cody Jones and bassist Ollie Green, […]

22 March 2025 8

Melin Melyn: the Welsh psych band addressing harsh realities with colourful absurdity

The sun rises over the pastoral Melin village. Six workers ascend a hill, towards the magical mill where the music that the villagers so dearly love gets made. Edvard Grieg’s ‘Morning Mood’ is playing, and all is well in the world. But when the millers arrive, disaster strikes. “A landlord from a nearby city wants to knock down the mill and build a car park,” Melin Melyn frontman and founder Gruff Glyn tells NME. “But by doing that, it would […]

22 March 2025 9

Jacob Alon is making fantastical, vulnerable folk music

On a quiet day in suburban Fife, exploring the woodland next to their hometown by the seaside, Jacob Alon once found magic in a dead bird. They were young, and this was a mystical but peculiar beauty they hadn’t found around the estates by their house. They kept finding the same breadcrumbs of beauty in broken shadows on the beaches, odd shells, fallen branches and anything remotely strange in this boring part of Scotland. READ MORE: NME 100 – essential […]

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