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Chat Pile’s third album brightens sound but strains for new identity
The Guardian’s review of Chat Pile’s third album, Who Loves the Sun, concludes that the Oklahoma sludge-metal band has swapped their trademark abrasive sound for a brighter, more melodic alt-rock direction. While this shift makes their lyrical preoccupations more accessible, the reviewer feels the record falls short of the striking originality that defined the group’s…
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Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say
Ministers are expected to approve the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea this month, with energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh due to recommend approval as early as next week, government sources say. Officials are also weighing whether to approve the larger Rosebank oilfield later this year, though its environmental assessment is not yet complete. Both projects…
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Halloween The Game release countdown: Exact date and time
Halloween The Game, based on the horror film franchise, is set for a worldwide launch on Tuesday 8 September, giving fans a firm date to plan when they can start playing as survivors evading Michael Myers or take control of the killer himself. The release follows a tiered schedule depending on which edition players purchase,…
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Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations
Reform UK suspended two senior officials, head of policy James Orr and Nigel Farage aide Dan Jukes, after undercover footage broadcast by Channel 4 News appeared to show them helping plot a way around electoral laws on foreign donations. The revelations landed hours before Farage’s party conference speech and prompted Labour and the Liberal Democrats…
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‘The Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ Director Shares Insight Into Her Hybrid Movie That Revisits Her Filmmaker Father’s Arrest and Death
Norwegian filmmaker Lene Berg has spoken to The Hollywood Reporter about her hybrid film The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which revisits the 1975 arrest of her father, director and author Arnljot Berg, who was charged in Paris with murdering his wife and later died by suicide in 1982. Berg was nine at the time of…
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Alix Earle’s Inane Netflix Reality Show ‘Earle Meets World’ Is Like Watching Paint Dry: TV Review
Variety’s TV review pans “Earle Meets World,” the new Netflix reality series following TikTok influencer Alix Earle and her family, describing it as tedious and lacking the star quality of comparable shows. The critic argues the format, modelled on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” fails because Earle’s appeal rests on relatable blandness rather than the…
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‘Silo’ Boss Graham Yost Confirms Season 4 Is Heading for War After That Brutal Sci-Fi Finale
The Season 3 finale of Apple TV’s sci-fi drama “Silo” resolved one of the show’s central mysteries by revealing that the “Algorithm” governing Silo 18 is controlled by a person rather than a machine, a twist showrunner Graham Yost says reframes everything the characters have endured since the series began. Yost confirmed to Collider that…
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Lexar’s Muse is an ultra-slim portable SSD that’s less than 4mm thick
Lexar has unveiled the Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD, an external drive that sacrifices a standard USB-C port to achieve an exceptionally thin design, following a trend also seen from rivals such as Xteink. Due later this year in 512GB and 1TB capacities, the drive measures just 3.8mm at its thickest point, tapering to only 1mm…
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UK has not done enough to prepare for shocks to food supplies, says watchdog
The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that the UK government has not done enough to prepare the country’s food supply chain for growing risks such as the climate crisis, disease outbreaks and cyber-attacks. The public spending watchdog is calling on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to work more closely with…