Their fourth album might sound euphoric, but its lyrics paint a bleak picture and recording it nearly broke them forever.The post DIIV tackle their existential crisis: “This album just feels so hard fought” appeared first on NME.

In retrospect, the entire idea of a Sufjan Stevens Broadway musical feels both far-fetched and inevitable. Last year, director/choreographer Justin Peck and playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, an adaptation of Stevens’ 2005 classic Illinois, opened in Chicago. Last month, Illinoise came to New York. It’s c...

"I should have known better, being a big sister"The post Melissa Joan Hart feels “really guilty” for taking underage Britney Spears to first nightclub appeared first on NME.

It feels like every old band is coming back with their first new music in forever today, and now Head Automatica joins the list. Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo started Head Automatica in 2003, and it was his vehicle to explore stuff like rap and Britpop — the music that didn’t fit with the melodic hardcore that Palumbo made ...

The country icon will be visiting Wales for a TV special set to air next yearThe post Dolly Parton says she has Welsh ancestry: “It feels like family” appeared first on NME.