Albums

Sabrina Teitelbaum grapples with the experiences and relationships from her past that inform her present on a nuanced, murky second album “You can’t quarantine the past,” Pavement wisely sang on ‘Gold Soundz’, a lyric that may as well be a mission statement for Blondshell’s second album, ‘If You Asked…

Caught between Blackness and Britishness, the Tottenham rapper seeks to define where home really is on his most philosophical release yet For over two decades, Tottenham’s revered wordsmith Wretch 32 has evolved before our eyes, from a raw talent to a cornerstone of UK rap, taking up space…

This former NME Cover star's debut album is deeper, richer and more wide-ranging than anything we’ve ever seen from her Coco Jones’ debut album ‘Why Not More?’ has been a hard-fought battle over a decade in the making. Following several false starts in the 2010s as she tried to transition from Disney…

An album with this much going on could easily collapse under its own weight, but the Minneapolis-based artist thrives in the middle of lofty topics and idea-stuffed songs Since the release of her debut album ‘The Baby’ in 2020, Samia has become known as a songwriter with a knack for the diaristic and…

With their sixth studio outing and the introduction of Papa V, the masked metallers broaden their musical scope and explore a tapestry of human emotion Much has changed since Ghost first made their way onto the metal scene in 2010. They have gone from humble beginnings — catching the eye of record…

The cult grunge-gaze band widen their scope and trade fire for maturity on their first new album in 10 years Superheaven haven’t made music in 10 years, but they’ve been gaining prestige faster in recent years than they ever did when they were together. Out of nowhere, in 2023, they hit it big on…

The two songwriters’ collaboration album is a refreshing exploration of new territory for them, even if it doesn’t always connect Boygenius member and solo artist Julien Baker and singer-songwriter Torres, real name Mackenzie Scott, have been creatively compared with each other for years. Both grew up…

The north-west Londoner – part grime MC, part indie frontman – throws fists at convention and burns the UK rap rulebook on his debut EP “One day, I just woke up and said, ‘You’ve got to express yourself in whatever way you want’,” JD Cliffe told NME when we first met him in 2024. That sentiment has…