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‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished
An English translation of Élisabeth, a 1946 novel written by French New Wave director Éric Rohmer under a pseudonym years before he turned to film-making, has been republished and is receiving enthusiastic reviews. Critics and scholars are hailing it as both a lost modernist work in its own right and a revealing precursor to the…
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Ranking Keith Richards’ 10 best guitar riffs: “I’m blessed”
Far Out Magazine has published a ranking of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ ten best riffs, celebrating his decades-long influence on rock and roll rhythm guitar playing. The piece argues that Richards built his reputation not through technical flashiness, like contemporaries Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, but through economy, mood and instinctive feel, drawing on…
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Rebecca Ferguson’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially the #1 Apple TV Series Worldwide
Silo, the Apple TV sci-fi drama starring Rebecca Ferguson, has become the streaming service’s top-ranked series worldwide following its return for a third season. The show’s success caps a busy period for Ferguson, who has featured in several high-profile projects this year and is set to reprise her role as Lady Jessica in Dune: Part…
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The latest cooperative craze is a physics-based fishing simulator where you can launch your catch into the air and no-scope it with a sniper rifle
PC Gamer highlights How to Fish, a newly popular physics-based fishing game for one to four players. Its appeal lies in turning a simple survival-and-fishing premise into chaotic cooperative play, with catches physically moving around the environment and players able to use increasingly absurd methods to subdue them. Players begin stranded on a rocky island,…
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“If I could start again, I’d pick up a saucepan rather than a guitar.” CJ Wildheart on his new album, career choices, and his relationship with Ginger
Chris “CJ” Jaghdar, a founding member of The Wildhearts who had two spells in the band before an acrimonious split in 2022, has spoken about his eighth solo album, Devil, and the possibility of a reunion with the band. The interview touches on his career choices, his musical direction, and his relationship with former bandmate…
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Born 114 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the “Greatest Country Music Visionary You’ve Never Heard Of” Who Basically Invented the Genre (And Discovered Jimmy Dean and Patsy Cline)
Connie B. Gay, born 114 years ago today (22 August 1914) in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, is credited as one of the founding figures of modern country music, having coined the term “country music” itself and transformed what was then dismissively called “hillbilly music” into a major commercial industry. He served as founding president of…
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Apple Music to add labels to AI-generated music later this year
Apple Music has confirmed it will introduce “Made With AI” labels for AI-generated tracks later this year, requiring record labels and distributors to tag songs where “a material portion” of the content was created using AI. The move follows an earlier pledge from Apple in March to flag AI-made music, which had not yet materialised,…
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Jason Statham’s $530M Sci-Fi Franchise Starter Is Officially Being Removed From HBO Max
The Meg, Jason Statham’s shark thriller and the first instalment in a franchise that has grossed nearly $930 million worldwide across two films, is set to leave HBO Max in the US on 1 September 2026. Its departure comes as Statham continues his prolific action-star run, having recently released Mutiny in cinemas following January’s Shelter,…
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The 10 Best Video Game Duos of All Time, Ranked
This article is a ranked countdown of the ten most iconic video game duos, arguing that memorable pairings have long strengthened storytelling and character dynamics across gaming history. It highlights how such duos range from early mascot characters to more complex modern pairings, some of which have become recognisable even to non-gamers. Among the entries…
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Watch Courtney Love sing Addison Rae’s “saddest song”
Courtney Love has posted a cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” on Instagram, reworking the pop hit into a more subdued, mellow rendition that she described as the “saddest song”. The Hole frontwoman’s tribute continues a run of cross-generational pop moments, coming shortly after Slayyyter covered Hole’s 1994 track “Violet” on triple J’s Like A…