"An honest person doesn't need to speak." The great Cass McCombs takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"There’s probably a German word for when you’re robbed of your time via the internet..." Baxter Dury takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"Me being satisfied is not the purpose of being creative" Jehnny Beth takes on our Life & Times interview and pulls apart the questions. A very enjoyable read, and it's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"Mick Jagger told me to not buy a boat, borrow a friend’s... since it’s the only advice that Mick Jagger gave to me, I want to apply it to everything in my life." @thehives.com frontman Pelle Almqvist takes on our Life & Times questionnaire: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"When you lose someone so close you wake up to seeing what’s important" Today's edition is an emotional Life & Times interview with Alan Sparhawk (@lowtheband.bsky.social). It's a freebie, you won't regret it: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"The Oscars is like being at Madame Tussauds but everyone's alive..." In today's edition, we've got a Life & Times interview with Bret McKenzie ahead of the Flight Of The Conchords star's new solo album. It's a free edition! thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Arriving a little late because of IT issues/Niall forgot to press send, a Life & Times interview with musician, producer, songwriter and all-round ubermensch Dennis Bovell. Worth the wait: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

In today's edition, Gwenno takes on our Life & Times interview, talking Lord Of The Dance, Princess Caroline of Monaco's Rose Ball, Patsy Cline and much more. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Went to this, was incredible, never seen so many people happy at the same time. Rousingly captured by Ted Kessler here ❤️

In a special edition of TNC, our man @tedkessler.bsky.social reports from night one of Oasis' comeback tour. You've probably read reviews of the show already but not like this one. Absolute carnage. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

I broke my phone (but not my brain), saw 27 acts, walked for about 40 miles and wrote about it all for the New Cue

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social takes over TNC today and delivers the only review of Glastonbury you need. He got a lot of steps in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

In today's edition, an extract from Ted and Hamish's excellent forthcoming Oasis book and a special discount code for TNC readers. Get 25% off and then spend your saving on a subscription to The New Cue: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"I'm just a normal geezer..." The artistic force of nature that is Kae Tempest takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition, read it here: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

In today's edition, psych warlord and Hardest Working Musician in L.A.™ Ty Segall stops himself from making another record for 20 minutes to take on our Life & Times interview. It's a good one, and it's free!: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"I’m a performance-based musician, I’m really into spontaneity and improvising and capturing something that’s just happened once..." Meg Remy, aka U.S. Girls, takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Great chat with Jack These New Puritans in @thenewcue.bsky.social, telling on their relationship to work/class vs many of their posh contemporaries. Also: "What’s your pet peeve?" "People who wear socks & slippery-type things, like flip-flops. Very strange." AMEN! open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...

"Music is a place where there are no problems." Following the release of their excellent new record Crooked Wing, These New Puritans frontman Jack Barnett takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

What do you wish the 18-year-old you knew? "That there is time. That finding yourself is a gradual process. You've got time to learn things." Robert Forster (@forsternet) takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a good'un, and it's free: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

From Saint Etienne to the Spice Girls, it was a good time to be a teenager... I've answered a few questions about mid '90s music life. Thanks @tedkessler.bsky.social! You can subscribe to @thenewcue.bsky.social here: t.co/uiGfmfclmq

"Thom’s very straight up, I’m very straight up..." In today's edition, @mpproductions.bsky.social tells us all about Tall Tales, his collaborative new record with @thomyorke.wastehq.social, and takes on our Release Valve questions too. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Great interview with Mick in @thenewcue.bsky.social

"There's no after show when you're on the double zero." Spoke with the mighty Mick Head mid-tour with his reunited Shack for @thenewcue.bsky.social. John overslept - we'll get him next time. open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu... Current setlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6V8...

A Recommender edition with a bonus: after their first show in 15 years last week and ahead of their gigs in Manchester and London this weekend, we speak to Mick Head about the reunification of Shack. Read it here: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"Growing up as Fela’s son, I can count the people who gave me a chance on my fingers: my mother, my maternal grandmother, and my two sisters." Today's edition features a Life & Times interview with Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti. It's a freebie, get stuck in: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"The universe doesn't do desperation." An excellent Life & Times interview with Cast frontman and all-round lovely fella John Power. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"It means a lot to me that people are saying to me after the shows, ‘God, it sounds as fresh as ever.’ I hit a zeitgeist, apparently, with Bewilderbeast..." A Life & Times interview with the great Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"Kyle McLachlan wandered in and my Mum started gushing: “My daughter LOVES Twin Peaks, she has a HUGE crush on you!”" Ahead of the excellent debut album by her new band the MB3, @mikiberenyi.bsky.social takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a freebie: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"I was born in 1960 so as a child I got to experience a little bit of what was the greatness of post-war America, that American dream..." A cracking Life & Times interview with @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

What an absolutely brilliant read this is.

What do you consider your greatest achievement? "My pupils didn’t react in hospital and I was practically braindead... So, it’s surviving." A heart-warming (& hilarious) Life & Times interview with indie icon Edwyn Collins and Grace Maxwell. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Spent a very happy hour on the blower with the inspirational Jimi G of Doves last week. He's been through it this decade, hopefully emerging through the other side now.

Fantastic interview with one of rock'n'roll's true greats. Loved this.

""Every time I make a record, someone extremely close to me dies..." In one of his only interviews around the excellent new Doves record, Jimi Goodwin takes on our Life & Times questionnaire, talks sobriety, not being on the Doves tour & more. thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"When I was 17, I went to Aberdeen University to study Divinity, by mistake..." Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos takes on our Life & Times queries. Contains an excellent Bowie & Lou Reed story, bit of Jaws, bit of Paris, some Dirk Bogarde and much more: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

In today's Recommender edition, Q&As with The Murder Capital and Ider plus commendations for new music from John Glacier, Spill Tab, Dean Blunt, Sam Fender, Blondshell and more. Get stuck in here: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Ey up, I"m in The New Cue

"I’d like to know what the world felt like 50,000 years ago" Last week, The Waterboys' @mickpuck.bsky.social sat down with Niall to take on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a good'un. And it's a freebie: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"I love getting older. I don't fret about the things I used to fret about." Hot on the heels of his best record yet, Eddie Chacon takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. Includes an unexpected Metallica & Faith No More story. It's a freebie: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

📰| Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire - "I collect flannels" By Niall Doherty, @thenewcue.bsky.social #ManicStreetPreachers

Which living person do you most despise? "Oh, that’s fucking impossible, there’s a long list. All I would say is they’re all fucking men." -- Nicky Wire takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. Very entertaining. It's a free edition!: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

If you could go back in time, where would you go? "Possibly 1888 because I could go over to Arles and see Van Gogh paint his sunflowers. Then I could get back to London and unmask the Ripper." Matt Berry takes on our Life & Times questionnaire: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

"My sister once told Julian Casablancas that our music is stadium-rock. I’ve never face-palmed so hard in my life… but it might be true." Inhaler frontman Eli Hewson takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Did a nice wee interview with @thenewcue.bsky.social

"I’m drawn towards people who aren’t doing it just for the sake of making some money or getting some kind of status" @mogwai.scot's @plasmatron.bsky.social takes on our Life & Times questionnaire. It's a free edition, read it here: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

A Christmas cracker to end the year as Tony Mortimer tells us the story behind East 17's classic Stay Another Day. Niall asked Tony if he still had his white puffa jacket and he sent us this pic to go with the interview, what a fella: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...

Inspired by @thenewcue.bsky.social, 24 for 24. Featuring Yard Act, Nilüfer Yanya, Everything Everything, Nadine Shah, IDLES and many (well, 19) more

Jeff Barrett of @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social has put together a playlist of 24 of his fave tunes from 2024 for @thenewcue.bsky.social. You know it's going to be good... open.spotify.com/playlist/00B...

Ding dong! That's the sound of part 2 of our Songs Of The Year editions being delivered, handpicked playlists by Felix White, James Acaster, Yannis Philippakis, Nick Littlemore, Heavenly's Jeff Barratt, Lucy Rose, Miki Berenyi and many more. Paywall is down!: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...