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Two of Asia’s leading indie bands – and two groups of “super nerdy music lovers” – team up on a surprise joint album. Frontmen Oh Hyuk and Tseng Kuo-Hung, plus co-producer JNKYRD, talk to NME before they kick off a massive tour

The disguise saw Bacon wear fake glasses, teeth and a new nose

Celebrating their freshly released eighth album, ‘Happenings’

The band tease their third record for September with a cryptic trailer

“The reality is, you’re in shapewear, you need to pee”

Delivering a rendition of ‘Cellophane’, the singer joined a line-up including King Krule, Earl Sweatshirt and Blood Orange

The rapper adds new bars to his chart-topping Drake diss – and declares that “no Ov-Hoes were harmed in this video”

The ascendant Japanese indie rock trio talk to NME about taking a “rockier, shoegaze approach” to their new anime theme, channelling Pavement for a tie-up with ‘Shaun The Sheep’, and more

June 10, Indigo at The O2: Showcasing material from new album ‘AG! Calling’, the J-pop ambassadors bring sharp choreography, hip-hop swagger and punk spirit to their first London show

Returning after a four-year break earlier this March, Hong Kong’s premier music festival is finally back in its familiar end-of-year slot. NME brings you a highlight reel of this edition’s coolest moments