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Yard Act – You’re Gonna Need A Little Music
Clash Magazine has published a lukewarm review of Yard Act’s new album, You’re Gonna Need A Little Music, awarding it just 5 out of 10. Critic Andy Hill argues the Leeds band, who emerged as sharp, timely successors to indie acts like Arctic Monkeys, have lost the lean, minimal quality that made their lockdown-recorded debut…
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Lorde criticises Spotify over AI-generated song and album descriptions
Lorde has publicly criticised Spotify for using artificial intelligence to generate introductory blurbs that accompany songs and albums on the platform. She argued that these AI-written descriptions can be inaccurate and risk colouring how listeners interpret her music before they have heard it for themselves, and she called on Spotify to give artists the ability…
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Norma Winstone and NDR Radio Orchestra: A Timeless Place review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
John Fordham reviews A Timeless Place, a newly released 1990 radio broadcast recording by English jazz vocalist Norma Winstone with Hanover’s NDR Radio Orchestra, praising it as capturing the singer at her peerless best. Winstone, now in her 80s and celebrated across a 60-year career with landmark albums, awards and an MBE, is described as…
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Lenny Kaye – ‘Goin’ Solo’ album review: the soundtrack of experience
Going it alone. The post Lenny Kaye – ‘Goin’ Solo’ album review: the soundtrack of experience first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The 1966 song Sting wishes he wrote: “compelling, mysterious, and utterly surprising!”
“They conquered the world with their songs,” The post The 1966 song Sting wishes he wrote: “compelling, mysterious, and utterly surprising!” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Coles abandons $4billion bid for Petbarn owner as investors breathe sigh of relief
Coles, the Australian supermarket group, has walked away from a proposed $4 billion takeover of Greencross, the parent company of pet retailer Petbarn, ending speculation about a major expansion into the pet care sector. The decision comes as a relief to investors, who had expressed concerns about the scale and strategic rationale of such a…
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The Fringe at Tramlines: more than a music festival
Each summer, Tramlines brings tens of thousands of people into Sheffield, attracting music fans from across the region and beyond.
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High school thrown into lockdown as police negotiate with a man in an abandoned property near the campus
A high school in Footscray, in Melbourne’s inner west, was placed into lockdown after police began negotiating with a man holed up in an abandoned property near the school grounds. The incident prompted a heavy police presence in the area as officers worked to resolve the standoff safely, with the school’s lockdown intended to protect…
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The 1969 song that changed Johnny Marr’s life: “It’s a beautiful mix of rhythm, sex and street poetry”
Two icons collide. The post The 1969 song that changed Johnny Marr’s life: “It’s a beautiful mix of rhythm, sex and street poetry” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.