Finally got to interview the force of nature that is
@bjork
for the cover of
@NME
. Visit here for our Big Read on stunning new album 'Fossora', family, loss, home raving and fighting misogynist pricks with Kate Bush:
It's not that profound: the music industry needs culture, the music industry needs breeding grounds, the music industry needs music journalism, the music industry needs music venues, the music industry needs musicians who get paid.
For this week's NME Big Read, I followed
@bmthofficial
around Berlin, Reading and London to talk about how death, divorce and rebirth shaped their ace new album 'amo'.
Have a read, a big read one:
(Photos by the genius
@fionagarden
)
Value of UK arts sector:
£111bn a year (£13m an hour)
Emergency arts funding:
Italy: €245m
Germany: €1bn
France: €7bn
Canada: £300m
South Africa: £7m
New Zealand: £90m
Ireland: €20m
Spain: €76m
UK: £0 (Well, Scotland £10m: clever)
So, this is absolutely insane, but for this week's
@NME
Big Read I had an exclusive chat with
@RobertSmith
from
@thecure
. We talked about
#Glastonbury
, friendship in the band and their "merciless" new album. Chuffed beyond belief doesn't begin to cover it:
I had the ludicrous privilege of going on the road with
@TheNational
for a few days. We talked about brotherhood, anxiety, their next move, and drank a lot of tequila. Have a read:
Seriously. As well as some other really important things, that dictaphone had one of my last conversations with Scott Hutchison on it. It's worthless to you but means the world to me. Just return it please.
Over the past 6 months, I've been speaking to
@TheKillers
for this week's
@NME
Big Read cover story. We talked about authenticity, misogyny, America today, finding themselves again on 'Imploding The Mirage' and another new album in the works.
Read it here:
For this week's
@NME
Big Read, I went to the pub with
@foals
to talk about their incredible new album, brotherhood, staying forever young, the singularity, space, maths, meat and finding hope amid the chaos:
Pix by
@fionagarden
Styling by
@emilybarker180
For this week's
@NME
Big Read, I met up with
@foals
again to talk over their "fucking bangsmun" of a new album, the end of the fucking world, and running through the embers:
The Scott quote in the foreword of The Work is taken from an interview we did in 2016. His songs had a way of helping things make sense, more than he'd ever know. Looking forward to celebrating Scott with
@frabbits
Grant & Dave T @
@roughtradeeast
tonight:
Had a chat with the
@Manics
about 'If You Tolerate This', released 20 years ago today about probably the best number one single about the Spanish Civil War ever
This was very hard to write, but we need now to celebrate the total fucking hero that Scott was and why
@FRabbits
matter so much. Eternal thanks to Grant, the band,
@thetwilightsad
,
@CHVRCHES
,
@dcfc
and
@BiffyClyro
for their time and love.
We miss you Scott. Make Tiny Changes x
'The Work' arrived, and it is a beaut. A perfect celebration of
@FRabbits
Scott Hutchison's work and art. I'll be talking to Grant Hutchison and art director Dave Thomas about it at
@RoughTrade
on November 30. Tickets:
We miss you Scott x
#MakeTinyChanges
Had a beautiful and hilarious chat with the generous and dedicated lads of
@The
@thetwilightsad
on Saturday about the brilliance and legacy of
@FRabbits
' Scott Hutchison and having
@thecure
's Robert Smith as a champion x
MAMA MIA! For this week's
@NME
Big Read, I went to a Roman amphitheatre in fair Verona to meet the Iggy Pop-approved, Eurovision-winning
@thisismaneskin
to talk authenticity, fucking with the haters and having breakfast with Chris Martin. Have a read:
"I'd rather be some pretend supervillain than some pretend hero"
For this week's
@NME
Big Read I met up with
@the1975
's Matty Healy to talk slick new album 'Being Funny..', life after 'cancellation', the joy of shitposting, being older, wiser & more free:
For this week's
@NME
Big Read cover story I caught up with
@foals
to talk about their party rager of new album
#LifeIsYours
and the incoming third summer of love. Give it a read:
Interviewed the band who changed my life about truth, lies and fighting the good fight in the digital age.
The
@Manics
are this week's
@NME
Big Read - This Is Your Untruth:
"You've got me on my only night off Andy, you better be fucking good..."
Honoured to be returning to Rock N' Roll Book Club to chat with OFFICIAL ICON Shirley Manson about the past, present & future of
@garbage
& The Noise That Keeps Me Awake
Tickets: