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Driven by a multi-disciplinary need to make art and forge community, Chicago trio Lifeguard are thriving by doing things their own way
Who needs Worthy Farm? From woodland raves and psych freakouts to fell walks and barbecue hoedowns, there's a festival for everyone this summer. And some of them don't even require a tent
Switching from convulsive rhythmic thrills to shimmering introspection, the Brooklyn indie-rockers' music defies expectations and is viscerally of the moment
Lindsey Jordan aka Snail Mail on troublesome but magical Gibson SGs, trying stuff out, and making label-backed records feel DIY
Byrne again reimagines the possibilities of the live gig, creating a vision of egalitarianism backed by elastic bass and polyrhythms
His music is still all over the place, lurching from landfill indie to solipsistic ballads, but the youngest Beckham son can certainly play guitar
Converge's Kurt Ballou on capturing the kinetic energy of a live show and the need to "exercise restraint" with digital technology
These artists on the NME 100 of 2026 have the potential to shape the future of music. If they're on our radar - they should be on yours
Spawned from hardcore icons Turnstile and Trapped Under Ice, Angel Du$t has always been a little different - here's why
Theo Zhykharyev, the Ukrainian wizard working low-profile under this brand since 2017 has pivoted to a new realm which blends ferocious energy with freewheeling fun
On her new EP 'Her Side', the London composer seeks to provoke and delight with emotionally intelligent songs that attack convention
Emerging from Cork with a debut album that embraces emotional ambiguity and granular storytelling, Cardinals won't be pigeonholed as just another Irish band
Dry Cleaning's Tom Dowse picks out his five formative guitar influences - but don't expect Le Bon to be spinning any mathcore any time soon...
The band's melodic new indie-punk album seems a change of pace. But it can't mask the frontman's brutal honesty. He talks about childhood trauma - and partying with Post Malone
Snarling, genre-mashing Austin quartet Die Spitz are the most exciting new rock band on the planet, and they're doing everything their way
Bryan Garris speaks to NME about Knocked Loose's banner 2024 and why sticking up for hardcore values feels like second nature to them.
Since its release last year, Friko's debut album has taken the band around the world and built community from Illinois to China
There will always be tension between where you come from and where you’re going. On their new record, Guided Tour, High Vis bend this reality to their will.
As Patti Smith's debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre's resistance, rebellion and refusal
Wishy's 'Triple Seven' is a thrilling mix of dream-pop textures and shoegaze guitar bliss-outs that will hit people like a 40-minute headrush
Drain, Terror, Scowl, End It and Angel Du$t discuss the Good Good tour for the summer cover of Alt Press
Whether as an artist or working behind the mixing desk, from major-label megastars to drone-metal auteurs, here's a selection of the late musician's greatest work
'Wastelands of my Fathers' is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk's story.
Keith Morris is annoyed with himself. It’s just after nine on a Monday morning in Los Angeles and he is still in bed, having missed an email confirming our interview. “I'm seven minutes late,” he grumbles. “Normally, I'll be the first guy to the party.”
Al and Nancy Barile discuss 'How Much Art Can You Take?', a new book compiling commentary from the band and never-before-seen photography by Philin Phlash.
They've spent years toying with journalists, using fake names or sending actors to interviews. Now the ad guy behind the elusive Detroit band lifts the lid on the Armed multiverse
The destruction of Fuzzbrain studios dispossessed the local bands who recorded there for free - until owner Ben Spence's neighbourhood gave them a second chance
Spot, who has died aged 71, went from rollerskating jazz head to in-house producer for SST Records, home to Black Flag, Hüsker Dü and more - and defined the expansive sound of US punk
The frontman and guitarist for some of the most influential post-hardcore bands was a self-deprecating talent who inspired generations with his fearless approach
Touché Amoré’s Jeremy Bolm discusses the monster undertaking of documenting screamo's resurgence at home and abroad
From bleeding noses to crowd surfing, three image-makers reflect on capturing the scene in all its wild glory.
at Flynn's scream of "U-S-M-A!" hangs in the air at the Underworld in Camden, London. A guy in a billowing white T-shirt dives from the stage and is held aloft by the crowd - a typically energetic snapshot from a hardcore show. Except that, on this occasion, it's not all that typical.
Jim Saah's new book featuring hundreds of bands brings together images he shot of DC's riotous punk gigs in the '80s and '90s.
Photographer Melanie Nissen recalls capturing the characters, fashions and rarefied chaos of a rapidly-expanding set of punk bands who helped to redefine...
As the former Sonic Youth guitarist reveals his sixth new solo album, we caught up with 62-year-old noise pioneer to talk weird tunings, writing "straight up pop songs", how he's learned to be a band leader, and why he can't separate his songs from the guitars he recorded them with.