Frontman Dennis Lyxzén talks exclusively to NME about the evolution and legacy of Refused, the state of punk and politics, and what to expect from their 'violent and radical' new album 'War Music'Refused,2019On the Mount Rushmore of modern punk, Dennis Lyxzén of Swedish hardcore legends Refused is a face that glares down from said metaphorical...

Seven years ago, Refused came back. The great Swedish hardcore expressionists had broken up in the wake of their 1998 masterpiece The Shape Of Punk To Come, but they reunited in 2012 for a tour that many of us believed would never happen. And the reunion didn't immediately flame out, either, though the rest of…

Cyberpunk 2077 is the highly anticipated new video game from CD Projekt Red, the Polish development studio behind the acclaimed Witcher series. It'll feature actual movie star Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand, the cybernetic-armed frontman of an in-universe "chrome rock" band called Samurai. And the music of Samurai will be provided by none oth...

"He's a good songwriter, isn't he?"Pete Doherty and Arctic Monkeys' Alex TurnerPete Doherty has revealed that he avoided listening to the music of Arctic Monkeys because he “heard that they were good and refused to.” The Libertines and Babyshambles singer was talking to Phil Taggart’s Slacker Podcast, when he disc...

"I'm not going to answer that"Taylor Swift Taylor Swift has shut down a journalist who asked the singer if she is likely to settle down to have children when she turns 30 later this year. Swift, who has been dating British actor Joe Alwyn since 2017, refused to answer the question put by German news agency Deutsche Press-Agentur, which she sugg...