Pa Salieu and Slowthai are 'Glidin'' extraordinarily on their collaborative single; Yves Tumor goes big-rock on 'Jackie'; Clairo shares a lovely bit of folk on 'Blouse'; quickly, quickly goes electronica folk on 'Everything is Different to me'.
Little Simz won the NME award for the best British album for her 'GREY Area', with Lana Del Rey winning the best album in the world award for her 'Norman Fucking Rockwell'. Best song in the world award went to Billie Eilish for her ‘Bad Guy’, Robyn was named songwriter of the decade, FKA twigs got the best British solo act award, Clairo is the best new act in the world, Emily Eavis got the godlike genius award, and the Foals were named best live act. All the nominees and the winners at the NME. Photos from the awards - here.
“I’m not necessarily the most educated on how to do things, but I definitely have the ideas to execute” - young, self-made artist Clairo says to the NME in their "Big Read". The English believe the lo-fi American is the next big thing, and they're most probably quite right. They put her in space where […]
Two years ago Clairo made a break-out success of YouTube hit 'Pretty Girl', now she has a debut album, 'Immunity' which critics mostly love. Paste Magazine says it's a "smoothly-produced pop record about queer relationships"; Sputnik Music says she's "deep in thought, full of confidence"; Stereogum is simple - "good songs"; Rolling Stone says she […]
