Elizabeth Aubrey

It’s an unseasonably hot February day in London, spring having seemingly sprung weeks ahead of schedule. “Is it always like this?” Tamino Moharam Fouad – better known as Tamino – enquires, as we sit in a quiet café overlooking London’s hazy, sun-drenched skyline...

For years, Angel-Ho has worked in both the music and art industry as a highly regarded DJ, music producer and founder of the NON Worldwide collective – an experimental underground record label, art project and network dedicated to working with artists of the African diaspora...

Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun began the first of three sold-out nights at the Wembley SSE Arena last night with the typical boundless energy and enthusiasm that has afforded them cult status among their devoted young fan base...

Sigrid Raabe, at 22, is a very millennial kind of pop star. Make-up-free, typically dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, the Norwegian singer looks like she should be breezing around the office of a hip tech start-up rather than centre stage everywhere from Glastonbury to the Nobel Peace Prize concert. There’s no diva preening in her songs, which often feature requests to be respected for who she is. “Can I be basic with you?” she requests of a lover on the airy synthpop of Basic. Her roaring breakt

Considering Ariana Grande is now de facto the most powerful force on Planet Pop, there is something disarmingly fragile about the 12 songs collected on thank u, next. They’re silken and soft, all pulses and chimes, sweet like pillow talk. “Lately I’ve been on a roller coaster / Tryna get a hold of my emotions,” she discloses on needy. But do not mistake a confession of vulnerability for weakness. The song has something in common with Cardi B’s Be Careful, which also reclaimed a supposedly negat

A decade after their return as a touring act, The Specials are a depleted force for their first album in 38 years to feature original vocalist Terry Hall. Death, illness and internal arguments have left them with only three original members — Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter. Founder Jerry Dammers has steered clear of the reunion...

It’s hard to resolve that Hamzaa, opening to a sold-out Omeara audience yesterday evening, has only just turned 20. It’s rare to see such confidence and soulful vocal precision from an artist so young, but Hamzaa has both in abundance...

We spoke to Lukas Nelson, son of Willie, bandleader and member of Neil Young's group – about his songwriting work for 'A Star is Born' and his forthcoming album release...

An underground acid house fanzine that documented Tony Wilson’s iconic Haçienda nightclub is being compiled into an anthology and released for the first time...

The chorus of fans repeatedly chanting Azealia Banks’ name threatened the very foundations of Camden’s Koko club last Friday, as they eagerly awaited the appearance of the 27-year-old New York rapper...

NME talks to The Cranberries on the emotional first anniversary of Dolores O'Riordan's death to discuss their new single, how they've coped over the last year and completing their final album without Dolores.

December 21 marked the start of Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. On that long, dark night a week ago, the Imagine Peace Tower lit up in Reykjavik, Iceland. An artwork conceived by Yoko Ono in 2007 in memory of her late husband John Lennon, the Imagine Peace Tower beams a huge, intense light into the sky from the start of Winter Solstice until New Year’s Day each year...

Well, hasn’t it been a bloody big year for music? ...After immense discussion, plenty of arguments and a handful of temper tantrums, we here at NME have whittled down 2018’s best releases into a list of 100 essential records. Here, definitively, are NME‘s 100 best albums of 2018...

Killer collabs, outstanding debuts, returning heroes and the rise of the sadbanger – 2018 has been a hell of a year for tracks. Here’s our Top 50...

As a founding member of The Killers, Dave Keuning spent almost two decades of his life as their lead guitarist. Last night, at Dingwalls in Camden, Keuning stepped out for one of just two UK gigs – not as a member of the band with whom he achieved worldwide fame, but as a respected solo artist in his own right...

Confessional songs they certainly are, exemplified by the touching Recovery, with stripped-back piano and stark lyrics, about a broken relationship and addiction.

“London, you’re free to be whoever you want to be and love whoever you want to love,” said Mayor Sadiq Khan, opening Years & Years’ show at the O2 last night via video. This set the tone for an evening which celebrated freedom, individualism and diversity...

Fans of Coleman jumped to conclusions recently when a picture of the star pushing a pram was posted on social media...

ALESSIA Cara’s storming 2016 debut, Know-It-All, put the Toronto teen firmly on the musical map thanks to her standout, soulful interpretation of teenage angst...

"My imagination is just wild" DJ Muggs tells me, as he explains just how he painstakingly assembled the list of his thirteen favourite records.