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Far Out Magazine has compiled a list of rock songs that have spent more than 100 weeks on the UK singles charts, highlighting tracks with unusually long-lasting commercial appeal. The feature underscores how certain rock records continue to resonate with listeners long after their initial release, securing a…
A Queensland couple built a tiny home on their rural property near Toowoomba as a low-cost housing solution amid Australia's ongoing housing crisis, only to find themselves in a dispute with the local council over planning regulations. The case highlights the tension between grassroots efforts to ease housing…
Chanel Beads, the rising New York band featured in NME's latest instalment of The Cover, have released an exclusive playlist called "Eternal Music" to accompany their profile piece. The release forms part of NME's weekly series spotlighting emerging musical talent, with the accompanying feature written by Priya Elan…
Manchester rapper deed0t has released a new single, 'Same Faces', continuing his consistent lyrical connection to his home city and its soundsystem culture, which he inherited from his father's involvement in the scene. The track matters as part of his ongoing artistic output, following his recent two-part series…
London-based producer Omari Lyseight has released his new project 'Digital', a 14-track record produced entirely by himself. The release matters as a showcase of his production talents, bringing together a wide array of collaborators from across the Atlantic and further cementing his ties to New York's Surf Gang…
US musician Portraits Of Tracy, raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has released a new EP titled 'Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate A: MTV!' in full. The release highlights the artist's stylistic versatility, spanning genres from hardcore punk to vintage-style soul, unified primarily by their distinctive…
The Courtauld Gallery is to stage a new exhibition exploring how Georgia O'Keeffe's remote New Mexico home at Ghost Ranch shaped her celebrated paintings of the American desert landscape. The show, titled Georgia O'Keeffe: Ghost Ranch and opening in October 2027, aims to deepen understanding in the UK…
The article examines The Police’s 1981 album *Ghost in the Machine*, arguing that its recording marked a worsening of tensions within the band. Sting later described the period as making him “terrible to work with”, reflecting the personal strain, creative pressure and deteriorating relationships surrounding the sessions. Despite…
▶This is an album review revisiting Skids' 1979 debut Scared to Dance, part of Louder's Album of the Week Club series. It argues that guitarist Stuart Adamson's playing, later of Big Country, lifts the record above typical punk fare, even though critics at the time dismissed its polished…
Charli XCX has "begrudgingly" put three previously exclusive B-side tracks onto iTunes, having earlier insisted the songs would never appear on digital platforms. The tracks were added on Sunday 26 July as part of a digital deluxe edition of her latest album, "Music, Fashion, Film", with the singer…