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London mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at Westminster Council’s controversial plans to prevent new venues “offering music, dancing and similar entertainment” in Soho

  • Westminster Council proposes restricting new music and dancing venues in central London's West End to manage noise and drinking culture
  • Mayor Khan criticises the policy as counterproductive to London's economy and culture; industry association warns against prescriptive regulations

"You can't run a world-famous nightlife district with a village-hall mindset" The post London mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at Westminster Council’s controversial plans to prevent new venues “offering music, dancing and similar entertainment” in Soho appeared first on NME.

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The Avalanches Announce New Album No Bad Memories

  • The Avalanches’ new album arrives on 16 October.
  • No Bad Memories will contain 31 tracks.
  • A new Portraits of Tracy collaboration is out now.

The Avalanches have announced their new album, No Bad Memories, due for release on 16 October via Modular. The Australian electronic group also shared a new single, “Can’t Get Over Losing You”, featuring Portraits of Tracy, alongside an animated video by Jonathan Zawada; the announcement marks their first…

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Henry Rollins To Release Coming-of-Age Memoir Bait Dog Boy

  • Henry Rollins to publish memoir "Bait Dog Boy" on 2 March 2027
  • Book covers his troubled D.C. childhood and punk scene origins
  • Published by Penguin Random House, 304 pages, now available for pre-order

Punk musician and writer Henry Rollins, best known as the former frontman of Black Flag and the Rollins Band, is set to publish a new memoir titled "Bait Dog Boy". The book will focus on his difficult upbringing in Washington, D.C., and his path into the city's punk…

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The 1976 classic Tom Petty disowned: “It doesn’t feel like a song I would sing now”

  • Tom Petty grew estranged from his 1976 hit "Breakdown"
  • He called it a song tied to being 25, not present-day him
  • He still played it at his final 2017 Hollywood Bowl show

An article for Far Out Magazine explores Tom Petty's complicated relationship with "Breakdown," his breakthrough 1976 single, which he came to feel disconnected from as he grew older. The piece reflects on how the raw, youthful energy of the track, one of the songs that first put Petty…

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New Music Video Out NOW!!!!

  • A new music video has just been released as a YouTube Short.
  • No artist, song title, or genre details are specified.

This YouTube Short is being shared as a brand-new music video release, with the poster flagging it as freshly out with unmistakable enthusiasm. No artist name, track title, or genre is given beyond the announcement itself, so the clip is being presented purely on the strength of its…

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The classic prog-rock song with over 30 distinct chords

  • Genesis' track 'Supper's Ready' from 1972's Foxtrot album contains 30 distinct chords
  • The nearly 23-minute composition spans seven movements blending folk, rock, and classical styles with complex harmonic progressions
  • The piece became a live centrepiece throughout Genesis' early touring years with vocalist Peter Gabriel

Epic. The post The classic prog-rock song with over 30 distinct chords first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

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The 1969 Beatles song George Harrison and Ringo Starr hated most: “The worst track we ever had to record”

  • Harrison and Starr both called "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" their most hated Beatles recording session.
  • McCartney demanded endless retakes, frustrating Harrison, Starr and Lennon.
  • Lennon later said he "hated" the track and its wasted studio time and cost.

George Harrison and Ringo Starr have long identified "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" from The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road as the track they most despised recording. Though Harrison is often remembered as the band's "Quiet One", accounts from bandmates reveal he was privately outspoken, and by 1969 he had…

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Only 18 Country Songs Have Ever Done This—Now a Cover of a Beloved 1988 Classic Is One of Them

  • Luke Combs' "Fast Car" cover hits one billion Spotify streams.
  • It's the 18th country song ever to reach that mark.
  • Combs now has three such songs, trailing leader Morgan Wallen's four.

Country star Luke Combs has notched his third song to surpass one billion streams on Spotify, this time with his cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 classic "Fast Car". The milestone is notable because only 18 country songs have ever reached one billion streams on the platform, placing Combs…

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“A nightmare”: The 1991 Pearl Jam classic that made them hate each other

  • Even Flow required 50–70 recording takes and grinding studio sessions that strained the band's relationships to breaking point
  • Vedder envisioned a gradual rise like R.E.M., but Ten's success launched Pearl Jam into arena stardom with over-polished production
  • Technical vocal difficulty (opening tritone) and member doubts about individual performances made the track deceptively hard to execute

They recorded it "50 or 60 times". The post “A nightmare”: The 1991 Pearl Jam classic that made them hate each other first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

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