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Former Elbow drummer Richard Jupp has opened up about his decision to leave the band. Jupp announced he’d be leaving Elbow in 2017, after 25 years with the band. A statement at the time said he would be pursuing other projects, including work with his drum school and various charities. Now, Jupp has spoken about his life since, as well as his decision to leave the band. “From the outside, I had everything you’re supposed to want,” he said in a new interview with BBC News. “I was travelling the world, making records and living a life I’d dreamed about…

HorsegiirL is this week’s star of The Cover – check out the story and her exclusive playlist for NME below. Stella Stallion makes history as the first horse to appear on The Cover, NME’s weekly spotlight on the best and brightest emerging artists. The half-horse, half-human producer-DJ was profiled by Alex Rigotti and photographed by Michael Anthony Baumann in Berlin exclusively for NME – check it out here. For The Cover, HorsegiirL has curated ‘Music So Hard It Will Heal You’, a rejuvenating playlist of bangers that mixes nightcore, Eurodance, the internet-iconic ‘Caramelldansen’ and anthems from her own discography. Stream…

Cheetah Chrome, the guitarist of punk rock bands the Dead Boys and Rocket From the Tombs, died at 71. The Dead Boys confirmed the news on Instagram on Sunday night. A cause of death was not given. “We are incredibly sad to announce the news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Cheetah Chrome,” the band wrote. “Cheetah was a true original, an architect of the punk rock movement. A one man hurricane tearing up the musical landscape with his feral guitar riffs and manic energy. Beyond all that Cheetah was also just a really sweet guy that…

K-pop stars and NME cover alumni LE SSERAFIM returned to headline gaming convention BlizzCon last night (September 13), three years after they last closed out the weekend-long event in 2023. This followed an extended partnership with free-to-play team-based shooter game Overwatch since November of that year. Check out footage, the setlist and more details about the show below. Taking to the Main Stage at Anaheim Convention Center in California, USA, the multinational quintet comprising members from South Korea, Japan and the US zipped through a truncated 45-minute set – following two days of panels, presentations and exclusive game reveals at…

Articolo di Lorenzo Vezzosi | Foto di Luca Simonazzi DISCLAIMER Quello che segue non sarà un resoconto completo delle giornate del festival (warm-up + quattro giorni). Questo a causa di avvenimenti pazzi, imprevidibili e al limite dell’incredulità, che vi saranno chiariti successivamente, se avrete l’arguzia, la pazienza e la bontà di leggere fino in fondo. Vi racconterò l’avvicinamento al Brutal Assault con il warm-up day. Infine, cercherò di riassumere la totalità dei giorni vissuti al festival. Nel mezzo, vi lascerò la mia personalissima Top 15 – con le immancabili honorable mentions – dei gruppi che mi hanno colpito maggiormente e…

You might assume that being a bad bitch is a universal language: one that transcends time, space, and social media to gag listeners both near and far. But when it comes to making oneself known, a closet full of high fashion and a metric tonne of attitude has proven to only ever be part of the equation. As American “A-Pop” plays catch-up to its Asian counterparts with military-precise, skibidi-brained slaying, the blueprint for a new kind of global performer has emerged. This new diva crosses borders, genres, and languages while keeping her cool intact; a proven star on her own…

Three hours of music about water is an audacious proposition. But not, perhaps, for Slovak label Mappa, which for the past decade has made a habit of asking listeners to slow down and pay attention, releasing records that move between field recording, electronics, and idiosyncratic folk. Synthetic Water Music might be Mappa’s most expansive undertaking yet. The second installment in the label’s Synthetic series, following a 2023 collection dedicated to birds, it brings together several dozen artists whose contributions founder Jakub Juhás has arranged in a multi-layered journey through liquid states, aquatic environments, and drifting visions.While Synthetic Bird Music focused…

“I’ll Fly Away” may be one of the most-sung songs of the 20th century. Written by a gospel composer named Albert Edward Brumley nearly 100 years ago, it’s been performed by congregations of various denominations and recorded by artists working in nearly every genre imaginable. It was originally a hit with gospel groups, including the Selah Jubilee Singers in the 1940s and, much later, the Staple Singers, but it’s been popular with country singers (George Jones, Alan Jackson) and blues artists (Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt), too. It’s been recorded by Johnny Cash, Jars of Clay, and Springsteen, although…

When Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut dropped in 2014, their electronic songcraft felt novel. It played like a triangulation of Tune-Yards’ digital playground-chants, Everything But the Girl’s soul-folk remixes, and the sing-song indie-pop of Feist, with whom vocalist Amelia Meath toured as backup singer and opener with her woodsy harmony trio Mountain Man. If Sylvan Esso once scanned as a fusion experiment, it now reflects the science of pop, indie or otherwise: idiosyncratic, beat-built, and prone to occasional mea-culpa cultural critiques (an electronic pop tradition from the get-go).What’s always made the group special is Meath’s voice—a bit scuffed, faintly parched but…

The country star amplified the rock vibes of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” for the 14th season of the NFL on NBC Fourteen seasons in, and Carrie Underwood is still waiting. The country music star kicked off the 14th season of the NFL on NBC on Sunday night with her latest rendering of ’s theme song, “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.” This year, Underwood played up the rock vibes of the anthem, which is based on Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ 1988 radio hit “I Hate Myself for Loving You.” That shouldn’t come as a surprise to Underwood…