Sasami: “It felt edgy to do something that's cringy to me”
On the heels of her nu-metal-inspired second album, Sasami has pulled her next big risk: becoming a main pop girl.
Pivoting from nu-metal to pop is a hell of a turn - but @sasamiashworth is someone unafraid to alienate in service of her music. For @NME, we spoke about her new album, her alt-kid origins and the process of becoming a main pop diva!
shorturl.at/vvozz
10.03.2025 10:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bdrmm – ‘Microtonic’ review: Hull shoegazers’ courageous, considered electronic pivot
A deep love for dance music and invigorating writing infuses the bdrmm's third record, 'Microtonic', with an incredible vitality.
The brand new record from @smellybdrmm.bsky.social is finally out today - it's such a daring and evocative record I gave it five stars! Dreamy shoegaze-inspired atmospherics set to dance? More of that please.
www.nme.com/reviews/albu...
28.02.2025 11:53 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
THE NME 100: ESSENTIAL EMERGING ARTISTS FOR 2025
These artists on the NME 100 of 2025 have the potential to shape the future of music. If they’re on our radar – they should be on yours
Here we go!!! The NME 100 has just dropped on an incredible new platform; if you're looking for bold, fresh talent, here's 100 names you need to watch for 2025 and beyond at @nme.com:
www.nme.com/lists/nme-10...
12.02.2025 09:20 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Black Country, New Road are on a different path now
Black Country, New Road on the making of new album 'Forever, Howlong' and the reaction to the single 'Besties' – read the NME interview
I spoke to Black Country, New Road about their upcoming album 'Forever Howlong' for @nme.com - including the artistic merits of "twee", embracing carefreeness, and their new "maximalist" direction:
www.nme.com/features/mus...
07.02.2025 09:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Heartworms is South London’s gothic superstar in the making | The Cover | NME.com
Meet Heartworms, the underground hero wowing St. Vincent and The Kills as she readies her debut album ‘Glutton For Punishment’
So proud to have written the first @nme.com Cover for 2025 about Heartworms! A really spectacular musician and one of the most exciting acts to burst out of the underground. Went off to RAF Hendon to have a chat with her - read what went down here:
www.nme.com/the-cover/he...
06.01.2025 13:03 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
THE 20 BEST DEBUT ALBUMS OF 2024 | NME.com
Bold, creative statements by some of the brightest faces in new music today – here are NME’s 20 best debut albums of 2024
As my first year acting as contributing editor for the new music section, I'm very chuffed to announce the 20 best debut albums
@nme.com have listened to this year! All incredible records on there: www.nme.com/lists/end-of...
09.12.2024 15:47 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
🎓Music Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoctoral Researcher (Stanford University)
✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
Freelance writer published in The Guardian, NME, GQ, Pellicle, Ferment, Time Out etc. | #ncfc fan, music lover, pub & beer enthusiast | blog: http://stanchion.me
https://linktr.ee/fredgarrattstanley
Managing Editor (Music), @nme.com. Editor, Mynah Magazine. All opinions my own etc 🇸🇬
The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952. Follow us for news, interviews & more: http://bnd.link/nme
Freelance music journalist - NME, Guardian, Telegraph, Bandcamp Daily, Spin, DIY, more. Wrote a book about R.E.M.
Music Marketing & Strategy Company.
He/him • Journalist, writer • Contributor @ DIY, NME etc
Curly music journo, proudly sponsored by caffeine / words in Guitar.com, Stereoboard, DIY, Kerrang!, Alternative Press, NME, Revolver, Ticketmaster etc. / she/her / emmabwilkes@gmail.com
Editor-in-Chief @thelineofbestfit.com
doing the most / writer / kelseyjbarnes.com
Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
Author of Flip the Script (404ink), Editor at Fest, and words sometimes in the Quietus, NME, Guardian, The Forty-Five etc.
Trustee @ Music Venue Trust & Scottish Music Centre
https://www.arusaqureshi.com/
music, sex & culture writer / editor.
first book TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MAINSTREAM EMO (2000-2013) COMING 2026.
emmagarland.substack.com
emmaggarland.com
Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot.
Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Telegraph, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Arts journalist, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Join my Substack: juderogers dot substack dot com
Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Games, Movies, Music and Books 🍅-approved, coffee and whisky-driven culture wordsmith. Words in IGN, NME, Radio Times, DIY, Clash, Metro, Yahoo and others. Member of the UK Film Critics Association.
