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Roxy Music announce huge ‘For Your Pleasure’ expanded reissue and share unreleased ‘Grey Lagoons’ 1971 demo
Roxy Music have announced an expanded 2026 reissue of their 1973 second album, ‘For Your Pleasure’, alongside the release of the previously unheard 1971 demo ‘Grey Lagoons’. The project offers a detailed look at the band’s writing and recording process, including early material by Bryan Ferry, and is intended to mark more than 50 years…
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The 10 greatest left-handed musicians: “He’s got the guitar on the wrong way round”
Some of the best southpaws to ever pick up instruments. The post The 10 greatest left-handed musicians: “He’s got the guitar on the wrong way round” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Kobalt Signs Licensing Deal With Spotify for AI Fan Remixing Tool
Kobalt has signed a licensing agreement with Spotify for an upcoming AI tool that will let fans create covers and remixes using participating songwriters’ work. The deal matters because it provides a framework for consent, credit and payment as streaming platforms introduce generative AI features, while directing listeners back to original songs. The tool will…
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Jon Batiste cancels concerts at last minute due to “personal circumstances”
Three shows have been scrapped. The post Jon Batiste cancels concerts at last minute due to “personal circumstances” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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On This Day in 1988, Keith Whitley Was at No. 1 for the First Time With a Song Inspired by a 70s Rom-Com
On 13 August 1988, Keith Whitley reached the top of the US country chart for the first time with “Don’t Close Your Eyes”. Although it spent only one week at No. 1, Billboard later named it the year’s leading country song, confirming the success of Whitley’s change of producer for his second album. Whitley had…
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Gurriers share bruising new single ‘Nothing Happens Twice’
Irish post-punk band Gurriers have released ‘Nothing Happens Twice’, the third single from their forthcoming second album, ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’. Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’, the track addresses modern stagnation, political unease and digital alienation, including fears that online spaces are increasingly dominated by bots; it matters as a further indication…
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‘Far From the Trees’ Review: A Richly Contemplative Journey of Physical and Mental Meanderings, Beautifully Combining 4K Digital with Super 16
Meritxell Colell Aparicio’s “Far From the Trees” is reviewed as a deeply personal, contemplative drama about Adela, a Mexican sound artist travelling through the Peruvian Amazon to record nature and endangered indigenous languages. The film links her present-day journey with memories of childhood, family relationships and inherited trauma, using sound and landscape to explore how…
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3 Songs From 1968 That Baby Boomers Know Every Single Word To
American Songwriter highlights three songs released in 1968 that it argues are especially familiar to baby boomers: Steppenwolf’s “Born To Be Wild”, the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “All Along The Watchtower”, and the Beatles’ “Hey Jude”. The article presents them as generational classics whose memorable lyrics and cultural impact have kept them widely recognised. “Born To…
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MASTODON Shares Music Video For ‘In The Ruins’ From Upcoming ‘Marrow Deep’ Album
Mastodon have released a video for “In The Ruins”, a track from their forthcoming album *Marrow Deep*, due on 28 August through Loma Vista Recordings. The release is significant as it is the band’s first full-length album since the departure and subsequent death of founding guitarist and singer Brent Hinds, and reflects a period of…
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Elastica Confirm Deluxe Reissue Of Their Seminal Debut Album
Elastica will reissue their self-titled 1995 debut album through Rough Trade Records on 2 October. The record, a No. 1 album and a defining release of the Britpop era, is being revisited with additional material, although the announcement does not signal a reunion by the band. The deluxe edition includes rarities, B-sides and BBC Radio…