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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]