“Obviously, I wish there wasn’t a war or this insane humanitarian crisis. I wish for peace and I have found this experience, at times, extremely... I’ve just felt really sad and distressed"The post Olly Alexander breaks down in tears over Eurovision Israel controversy appeared first on NME.

Jon Card, a Canadian drummer who had stints in many of his country’s best punk bands, has died. Yesterday, one of those bands, Vancouver legends D.O.A., broke the news of his passing on Instagram. No cause of death has been reported. Card was 63.

Ezra Koenig has always insisted that Time Crisis, his conversational “online radio show” on Apple Music, is not a podcast, despite that show’s big podcast energy. Now, with Vampire Weekend readying new album Only God Was Above Us, Koenig and bandmates Chris Baio and Chris Tomson have released the first episode of Va...

"Professional treatment helped me to regain my grip on reality and fully recover" The post Cage The Elephant’s Matt Shultz opens up about “mental health crisis” that led to his arrest last year appeared first on NME.

In January of last year, Cage The Elephant singer Matthew Shultz was arrested for illegal gun possession. Two loaded guns had been found by police in his NYC hotel room, along with Polaroids of them and handwritten notes, one of which said, “I will protect myself if I am attacked.” In June, he avoided jail time by taking a plea deal ...