New talent and established icons made this year’s edition of the twin festivals one to remember. Here are NME’s best bits ...

On the 40th anniversary of the release of Paul Simon’s Graceland, J. Brooks Spector remembers the impact of Simon’s music and the moment when their paths crossed in South Africa.

The Tubs, the London-based jangly indie rock Celtic four-piece, are experiencing a surge in popularity the old-fashioned way.

Sports personality Pat McAfee has released his debut album, "The Diary of a Polarizing Figure," on Friday, and the reviews are in. Frankly, the response to this album is exactly what you would expect ...

Music journalism is going to the wall, and places for sensible, well-informed, nuanced takes on the latest releases are ...

Weezer have always had a thing for concept records, whether they’re imagining “the Beach Boys gone bad” (2017’s Pacific Daydream), doing a set of beloved old radio hits (2019’s The Teal Album), ...

Pearl Jam's debut album is now a beloved grunge staple, but initial reviews called it "derivative" and "unworthy" of Nirvana ...

"You carry a lot of weight around, don't you?" In Guy Nattiv's observant, harrowing and unmistakably feminine "The Liberation ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget what a massively successful artist Sam Smith is: five Grammys, an estimated 65 million albums sold and nearly 60 billion streams, a James Bond theme and multiple No. 1 ...

Also starring Odessa Young and Tracy Letts, the film follows a suburban mother who leaves her family to follow a charismatic ...

That song began with the line, “Got a feeling inside/Can’t explain,” and in retrospect the irony is thick – because as ...

The title itself can be interpreted as both a reference to Simon's health issues (she also had knee and hip surgeries and a cancer diagnosis in recent years) and to the burst of creative inspiration ...