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The Galloping Cure review – powerful new opera tackles the opioid crisis with bite and black comedy
A new opera, The Galloping Cure, has premiered at the Edinburgh festival, tackling America’s opioid crisis through the story of a travelling showman who cures a struggling rural town’s pain only to trap it in something far darker. Composed by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the pair behind the acclaimed Breaking the…
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Drake Submits to ‘Goth Baddie’ Streamer Who Gets Him to Bark on Command: ‘Good Boy’
Drake generated viral buzz over the weekend after playfully barking on command during a livestreamed dating segment hosted by streamer Lin Lamar, known online as Pinkchyu. The clip, taken from the rapper’s “20-v-1” dating show broadcast on Kick on Saturday 8 August, quickly spread on social media, adding to the run of attention-grabbing moments from…
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FILTER Frontman RICHARD PATRICK’s A PLACE TO KILL Project To Release Second EP In ‘The Next Couple Of Months’
FILTER frontman Richard Patrick has confirmed that his side project A Place To Kill, formed with There Is No Us vocalist Jim Louvau, will release a second EP within the next couple of months. Speaking to Tucson radio station KFMA, Patrick said the pair’s spontaneous, low-friction songwriting process has let them keep producing material quickly,…
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Boy George threatens to fire band members if they don’t perform pro-Israel song
The singer made a series of posts to Instagram. The post Boy George threatens to fire band members if they don’t perform pro-Israel song first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Sony LIV Confirms ‘Scam 2010’ Production Will Go Ahead Despite Legal Threat
Sony LIV has confirmed that production of Scam 2010: The Subrata Roy Saga, the third instalment of its Scam crime drama franchise, will proceed despite a legal threat from Sahara India Pariwar. Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) said it has secured the rights to the series, based on Tamal Bandyopadhyay’s book, and filming has now…
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Glyn Johns hated recording with Keith Richards: “No one ever said anything”
Not an easy alliance. The post Glyn Johns hated recording with Keith Richards: “No one ever said anything” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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3 Acoustic Folk Songs From the 1960s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later
An American Songwriter article highlights three acoustic folk songs from the 1960s that the writer considers to have enduring, timeless melodies. The piece is a short, opinion-led retrospective celebrating an era when folk music served as both entertainment and social commentary, rather than a report on any current event. The selections are Bob Dylan’s “Don’t…
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Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles / György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – Bristol Proms reach for the heavenly
A review of two contrasting concerts closing the BBC Proms’ Bristol weekend highlighted how the same idea of ritual can produce very different results in performance. Nigel Short’s choir Tenebrae marked its 25th anniversary at St George’s Bristol with Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, a piece inspired by the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, while at…
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Charli xcx Joins The Strokes at Outside Lands to Sing an ‘Is This It’ Classic
Charli xcx made a surprise guest appearance with The Strokes during the band’s headline set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival, joining frontman Julian Casablancas to sing “Take It Or Leave It” from their 2001 debut album Is This It. The moment highlighted a friendly rivalry between the two acts, whose latest albums were released…