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Jim Jarmusch: “If David Lynch couldn’t get budget for a film – we’re all fucked”

The celebrated indie auteur fears for the future of movies – but he's fighting back

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Geese live in London: indie buzz band take flight as generational icons in waiting

The Femcels aren’t afraid to get weird with their erratic electro-twee-punk

Fcukers – ‘Ö’ review: indie sleaze revivalists serve up kaleidoscopic floorfillers

Snail Mail: “A lot of the new album is trying actively to keep myself human and unjaded”

Samara Cyn: in pursuit of freedom and growth in a grim world

Synth pop legends unite as Erasure’s Vince Clarke, Blancmange’s Neil Arthur and Benge form Doublespeak to cover classic and cult songs

Harry Potter HBO series won’t have a new season every year

Dexys Midnight Runners announce 2026 UK and Ireland tour and sign to Heavenly Recordings

Jay-Z announces third Yankee Stadium show ‘Extra Innings’ due to “unprecedented demand”

Every song on the ‘Project Hail Mary’ soundtrack

‘The Last Of Us’ team criticised for casting cis actor to play trans character Lev in season three

ALBUM REVIEWS

Fcukers – ‘Ö’ review: indie sleaze revivalists serve up kaleidoscopic floorfillers

Robyn – ‘Sexistential’ review: the pop star’s lust for life is infectious – and thoroughly idiosyncratic

BTS – ‘Arirang’ review: Korea’s pop kings make a grand return

Underscores – ‘U’ review: zeitgeisty hyperpop for an overstimulated, isolated generation

FEATURES

Elsas makes choral, Spanish alt-pop for lover girls: “Getting my heart broken is a great muse”

Underscores: “I’m trying to restore my relationship with making music”

Christian Bale’s Frankenstein was inspired by Sid Vicious and Richey Edwards: “I’m a massive Manics fan”

Inside the ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ soundtrack: “All the artists are dirty, gritty and dangerous”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Elijah Wood

The NME 100: essential emerging artists for 2026

GIG REVIEWS

Geese live in London: indie buzz band take flight as generational icons in waiting

Lily Allen live in London: a powerful retelling of one of pop’s most gut-wrenching albums

Dijon live in London: celebration and reinvention from one of 2025’s breakout stars

Cameron Winter live in London: Geese star soars with the voice of a future great

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Jim Jarmusch: “If David Lynch couldn’t get budget for a film – we’re all fucked”

The Femcels aren’t afraid to get weird with their erratic electro-twee-punk

Snail Mail: “A lot of the new album is trying actively to keep myself human and unjaded”

Soundtrack Of My Life: Elijah Wood

Ryan Gosling tells the spooky story of his gothic noughties folk duo Dead Man’s Bones

Elsas makes choral, Spanish alt-pop for lover girls: “Getting my heart broken is a great muse”

THE COVER

Samara Cyn: in pursuit of freedom and growth in a grim world

In Naïka’s sensuous ‘world pop’, “people from everywhere find home in each other”

Mandy, Indiana’s speaker-blowing noise-punk is here to galvanise

MORE NEWS

Australia’s hyped Headsend surprise release debut EP ‘Angel Glands’

Pulp digitally release new EP featuring Johnny Cash cover and two new songs

Paul McCartney goes back to his early life on new album ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ with nostalgic single ‘Days We Left Behind’

The NME Magazine March/April 2026 issue with Mon Rovîa on the cover is now on sale

Lauryn Hill announces massive Diaspora Calling! festival for Milton Keynes with Wyclef Jean and more

Watch Lime Garden cover New Order’s classic ‘Age Of Consent’ at Abbey Road

Every song on the ‘Bait’ soundtrack

‘The Lion King’ composer suing comedian for viral mistranslation of iconic theme

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Dive into I Promised The World’s crowd catharsis: “Don’t just stand there, it’s a hardcore show”

KiiiKiii want you to lock in on being delulu: “It is a really optimistic driving force”

Shoegaze revivalists Glixen are noise-rock giants in the making

Ceebo: the Lambeth rapper giving a voice to his generation’s struggles

FILM & TV NEWS

The trailer for the Harry Potter series is already dividing fans: “It has to try hard to justify its existence”

Every song on the ‘Bait’ soundtrack

‘The Lion King’ composer suing comedian for viral mistranslation of iconic theme

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson film ‘The Drama’ criticised for school shooting plotline

Jamie Lee Curtis to lead ‘Murder, She Wrote’ film as Angela Lansbury’s iconic sleuth Jessica Fletcher

Steve Carrell says Paul Rudd told him not to audition for ‘The US Office’: “Don’t do it, man”

Every song on the ‘Pretty Lethal’ soundtrack

‘Small Prophets’ to end with season two: “The reactions have been so positive, I can’t fuck it up”

FILM & TV REVIEWS

‘Bring Me The Horizon L.I.V.E. In São Paulo’ review: a love letter to their fans and statement of greatness

‘Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen’ review: terrifying miniseries borrows liberally from ‘Twin Peaks’

‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ review: Tommy Shelby is back in business

‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ review: elaborate prank show sequel ups the ante

GAMING NEWS

Jesper Kyd shares first ‘90s-inspired trip-hop song from ‘Samson: A Tyndalston Story’ soundtrack

‘Undertale’, ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ and ‘Pokémon’ soundtracks to get vinyl Record Store Day 2026 release

FIFA announces first new video game in four years

Nintendo to make some future Switch 2 games cheaper

New Pokémon game ‘Champions’ launches next month

‘NieR’ confirms 2026 orchestral soundtrack tour

‘Fortnite’ scraps three fan-favourite games, lays off more than 1000 members of staff

Xbox boss wants to make Game Pass more affordable following massive price hike

GAME REVIEWS

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ review: an inventive and unnerving survival horror sequel

‘Reanimal’ review: this horror adventure is scary enough to give you little nightmares

‘I Hate This Place’ review: can you survive this monster-infested cesspool?

‘MIO: Memories In Orbit’ review: ‘Hollow Knight’ meets ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’