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Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

The Boston band’s journey to their sumptuous debut ‘All For Something’ is a tale of love and strength between musical allies

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Cover to Cover: NME faves on their fellow front-page stars

RM – ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’ review: an intriguing interrogation of feeling lost in life

Lana Del Rey tells us about ‘Lasso’, the world going country and wild plans for Reading & Leeds

‘Hit Man’ review: Richard Linklater’s screwball assassin comedy is serious fun

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

The Black Keys break silence after cancelling whole North American tour

Tony Iommi responds to Ozzy Osbourne’s plea to play one final Black Sabbath show

Fans react as The Black Keys cancel entire 2024 North America arena tour

‘Springwatch’ host Chris Packham makes plea to Taylor Swift over private jet usage, says she “should be leading”

‘The 8 Show’ started development before ‘Squid Game’, says series director

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

ALBUM REVIEWS

Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’ review: bombastic and brilliant

Twenty One Pilots – ‘Clancy’ review: concept-heavy finale falls short

Wallows – ‘Model’ review: indie-pop that stays in the comfort zone

Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter

FEATURES

Thundercat on the inspiration behind new material: “This time, there’s an air of just letting things be what they are”

TNA wrestler Joe Hendry on his theme song charting: “I’ve achieved both of my dreams in one”

Inside the tribute album to Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’: “The music is just so striking”

A. G. Cook: “PC Music was called ‘futuristic’, but I’m interested in the present”

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timeline

How Kings of Leon got their swagger back: “We’re not ready to quit”

GIG REVIEWS

Laufey live in London: an exquisite evening of pure musical excellence

Elbow live in Manchester: a belated, but brilliant opening of the Co-Op Live

Olivia Rodrigo live in London: quite possibly 2024’s most fun tour

Kacey Musgraves live in London: a spellbinding smash

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Bat For Lashes on ‘The Dream Of Delphi’: “A cosmic, raw, maternal look at love”

CMAT: “The Irish have always been brilliant – but there is a lot of trauma”

Master Peace is “going crazy” with indie sleaze on “wild” second album

KT Tunstall: “Azealia Banks doesn’t say nice stuff about people that often”

Alt-J’s Joe Newman tells us about his “Americana, Motown, soul” influenced solo album

DIIV tackle their existential crisis: “This album just feels so hard fought”

THE COVER

Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship

Coco Jones is getting the second chance she deserves

Breakthrough rapper Songer on his life-changing year: “I’ve been pretty fearless”

MORE NEWS

Billie Eilish says she won’t do a three-hour show for upcoming tour: “That’s literally psychotic”

Olly Alexander confirms he’s abandoned Years & Years moniker at Radio 1’s Big Weekend

Travis Scott settles final ‘Astroworld’ wrongful death lawsuit

New Glastonbury map shows changes to 2024 festival

Joe Budden denies abuse allegation from ex-partner Tahiry José

Country music surges by 67 per cent in the UK this year, research says

Could Nas take Diddy’s honorary key to New York City?

Security guard who clashed with Kelly Rowland in Cannes involved in another red carpet incident with Massiel Taveras

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

How a surprise Fred Again.. collab helped I Am Roze find their voice

Mary In The Junkyard – ‘This Old House’ EP review: bewitching art-pop soars above the hype

Girl And Girl – ‘Call A Doctor’ review: brilliantly bonkers indie-rock from Brisbane

Chloe Slater: the firebrand songwriter that’s about to be everywhere

FILM & TV NEWS

Glen Powell says he “puked” after watching ‘Hidden Figures’ because he feared he’d “ruined” the film

Dylan Minnette opens up about why he quit acting: “It was starting to feel like just a job”

Security guard who clashed with Kelly Rowland in Cannes involved in another red carpet incident with Massiel Taveras

Chun Woo-hee on playing the villain in ‘The 8 Show’: “I relied on intuition and instinct”

Bradley Cooper joins Eddie Vedder at Pearl Jam festival set for ‘A Star is Born’ song

BTS fan reimagines ‘Bridgerton’ scenes with orchestral covers of the boyband’s songs

Hannah Waddingham says she keeps a mental blacklist of people who blocked her career

High school is deadly in the trailer for Netflix’s new K-drama, ‘Hierarchy’

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ review: another mighty, petrol-soaked masterpiece

‘Megalopolis’ review: as mad and memorable as everyone is saying

‘Bridgerton’ season three review: still sweet and seductive but the taste is growing stale

‘The Beach Boys’ review: re-telling the Californian lads’ not-always-sunny story

GAMING NEWS

Hell-hound Karanak is coming to ‘Total War: Warhammer 3’ for free

‘The Last Of Us’ director says AI will “revolutionize how content is being created”

‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6’ has officially been announced

‘Nintendogs’-style idle game ‘Weyrdlets’ gets free demo

Early-access survival game ‘Nightingale’ gets new quality-of-life updates

All ‘Smash Bros.’ fighters have an equal chance of winning, creator Sakurai reveals

Mysterious teasers appear for new ‘Call Of Duty’ game

‘Sims’ rival ‘Life By You’ delayed indefinitely

GAME REVIEWS

‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ review: doesn’t fold under pressure

‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ review: great to look at – but otherwise disappointing

‘Sand Land’ review: a charming adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary manga

‘Tales Of Kenzera: Zau’ review: a beautiful fusion of tragedy and adventure