NME Blogs

Arctic Monkeys And The Best ‘Return To Form’ Albums Ever

In this week’s issue of NME, Editor Krissi Murison makes a statement. “Sound the sirens,” it reads. “Arctic Monkeys are back.” Given that...

Glasvegas Discuss ‘EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK ’

Our verdict is now out on Glasvegas' new album, 'EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK ', which earned a massive 9/10 (read the review here). NME recently...

Radar Band Of The Week – No.40: Big Deal

Big Deal: The anti-twee coupling putting the chemistry back into indie duos “You’re a boy. I’m a girl. There’s two of us.” You can’t fault...

10 Tracks You Have To Hear – The View, Nicki Minaj, Destroyer

1. The View – ‘I Need That Record’ The message of Record Store Day is a simple one: records are ace, and the world will...

Nirvana’s first NME cover feature from 1991: “I’m not sure how our original fans will cope”

Nirvana. You probably barely recognise the name. Yet, by the time this page is ink on your fingertips, Nirvana will have sold 1,000,000 copies...

Friendly Fires, ‘Pala’ – First Listen

Friendly Fires' forthcoming second album 'Pala' is released on May 16. Here's our track-by-track response upon hearing it for the first time Everywhere they go,...

The Music’s Rob Harvey: ‘Why We’re Splitting Up’

Last week Leeds baggy-boys The Music announced that they're splitting up this summer, ending a 10-year career with two UK farewell gigs. So far the...

Arctic Monkeys: Read Their First Ever NME Feature

For no real reason at all (do we need one?) we've dug up the Arctic Monkey's original Radar piece. It was their first major...

‘We’ll Be Dropped Within A Year’ – Read Arctic Monkeys’ First NME Cover Feature

We've dug up Arctic Monkeys' debut cover feature, which ran in October 2005 - in the same week that their fourth album 'Suck It...

Stanley Donwood On Radiohead’s ‘The Universal Sigh’ Newspaper

Stanley Donwood has designed all of Radiohead's artwork. Here he explains the thinking behind the free newspaper, 'The Universal Sigh', copies of which were...
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