Elizabeth Aubrey

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

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.

Rita Ora’s second album, the follow-up to her platinum debut, has been six years in the making thanks largely to legal wrangles with her former label, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation...

Smith – speaking to Membranes frontman John Robb in Sheffield during a tour in 2010 – speaks in the interview about her memoir Just Kids, her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe and the proto-punk scene in New York – as well as her own poetry and music.

Earlier this year, Damon Albarn took to the stage at the Brit Awards to accept the British Group prize for another of his bands, Gorillaz. He has since admitted that he was “refreshed”...

"I think everybody loves things that are bigger than life...I think of them as fairy tales for grown-ups"

The Game of Thrones prequel has finally been confirmed by HBO – here’s everything we know so far about its title, release date, cast, plot and rumours…