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Twenty years on from the tiny gig that would shape the course of music for a decade, NME tracks down the lucky few who saw Oasis in Glasgow on May 31, 1993

Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook and Nick O’Malley make their live comeback at the Ventura Theater in California, bringing with them quiffs, riffs and a new song

The Floridian punks stop by the UK on their way to taking over the world

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He’s back with new song ‘New Slaves’. But is it any good?

QOTSA, Miles Kane, Disclosure, The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone, James Kelly

What was the XX’s Night + Day like in Berlin? How much of her career can CSS’s Lovefoxxx remember? And which college in Nottingham is offering a degree in metal?

  

Miles Kane – Worldwide Exclusive Album Stream Of ‘Don’t Forget Who You Are’

By Matthew Horton

Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2013

This week’s NME cover star (1 June) Miles Kane is leaving it raw for new album ‘Don’t Forget Who You Are’. Two years after solo debut ‘Colour Of The Trap’, Kane has streamlined his rock’n’roll assault and, with heavyweight support from mod forebear Paul Weller and producer/ex-Lightning Seed Ian Broudie, has come up with a record that shows off a tougher, rougher side.

Kane says:

The one thing I wanted for the new album was that there had to be no fat on any of the songs. They needed to sound really lean. The blueprint for it, before I’d even gone for the rock’n’roll and glam-rock vibe, was that it had to sound incredibly direct.

You’ve already heard the rasping Weller co-write ‘You’re Gonna Get It’ and first single ‘Give Up’, but now’s your chance to feel the full force of the new album with our worldwide exclusive stream. Dive in below.