Music Features

The 50 best songs of 2023

As we approach the year's end, here’s a definitive list of the 50 best songs that truly made our 2023 at NME.

The Last Dinner Party: the newly-coronated monarchs of baroque-pop

With their wildly theatrical debut ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’, the five-piece are ready to claim the crown as the UK’s most talked-about new band

Killer Mike: “‘Michael’ was an opportunity for people to know fully who I am”

The rapper talks his “generational” latest album, 10 years of Run the Jewels and why he won’t be quiet about wanting a Grammy

Shane MacGowan, 1957-2023: an uncompromising, chaotic one of a kind

The Pogues frontman has died aged 65. NME remembers an Irish rock great whose love of literature, boozing and songcraft made him an unmissable character

Poppy: “I want to create things that didn’t exist before”

For her new LP 'Zig', the enigmatic artist has teamed with Ali Payami, a producer who's previously worked with Taylor Swift and The Weeknd

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Alesha Dixon

Mis-Teeq’s hit ‘Scandalous’ was picked to replace which singer's track in the 2004 movie Catwoman? “No clue! I’ve never heard this story before. Christina...

The biggest team-up tours that you can’t miss

These upcoming tours promise to be a night to remember as big hitters unite to put on one hell of a show

Here are 15 Australian artists releasing new music in 2024

The likes of Peter Garrett, Jessica Mauboy and The Veronicas are readying new tunes for 2024 – here’s a list of releases to look out for

G Flip on their new album ‘Drummer’, their six ARIA nominations and becoming the queer non-binary rolemodel they always wanted

For the latest instalment of NME's In Conversation series, the Australian musician discusses the creation of their second album, being nominated for six music awards and becoming the role model they never had

Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett talks NME through his ‘Firsts’

Having joined the UFC just three years ago, it’s safe to say Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett has comfortably reached British icon and cult hero...
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