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“I’m just not prepared for the criticism if it doesn’t sell 100 million copies in the first hour.” Liam Gallagher gives his tongue-in-cheeks reasons for not wanting to make a new Oasis album
Liam Gallagher has dampened fan hopes of a new Oasis studio album, joking that no record could possibly meet the sky-high expectations that would come with it. He made the remarks on X in response to a fan who claimed a new Oasis album “will actually change lives”, suggesting the band would rather focus on…
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Pulp Play “Wickerman” For The First Time In 15 Years
Pulp played “Wickerman,” a deep cut from their 2001 album We Love Life, for the first time since 2011 during a special performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall this past Saturday. The show marked celebrations for Rough Trade’s 50th birthday, and it was also notable for being the first time the band performed their entire…
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Halo Formula One and Ninja Warrior are taking the community by storm
Halo’s Forge creation tool, long known for user-generated maps and modes, has quietly spawned two thriving community subcultures: a Formula One-style racing league and an obstacle-course competition modelled on Ninja Warrior. The racing league, run under the HaloTracks governing body via the “haloformula” Instagram account, recreates real-world circuits such as Monaco within Halo, with competitors…
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The director who accused Martin Scorsese of making “terrible movies that nobody needs”
Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn once criticised Martin Scorsese’s films as “terrible movies that nobody needs”, arguing that the celebrated filmmaker had become overly nostalgic and disconnected from contemporary cinema. The remark matters because it came from a prominent modern director challenging one of Hollywood’s most influential and widely respected auteurs. Refn made the comments…
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“Any band that reaches into the darkness to push boundaries are by definition progressive. That certainly applies”: They were regarded as synth-pop or new wave, but we say they’re prog. So do members of Marillion, Porcupine Tree and No-Man
The music magazine Louder revisits a long-running debate over whether English band Talk Talk, often filed under synth-pop or new wave, actually belong within the progressive rock canon. The piece matters to fans of the genre because it reassesses the legacy of a band whose later work moved far beyond their pop origins, arguing their…
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Brunello Cucinelli Docufilm ‘The Gracious Visionary’ Sells Internationally Ahead of North American Release (EXCLUSIVE)
A documentary about Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli, known as the “King of Cashmere,” has been sold to a wide range of international territories, expanding its reach ahead of a North American release on 24 July. “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary,” directed by Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore, follows its successful Italian theatrical run last year and…
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Meg Lui Announces Debut Album Instant Validation Produced By Sufjan Stevens: Hear “Elvis Queen”
Californian-born, Hudson Valley-based singer-songwriter Meg Lui has announced her debut album, “Instant Validation,” produced by Sufjan Stevens and released via his Asthmatic Kitty Records. The announcement arrives alongside a new single, “Elvis Queen,” and follows her signing to the label in February 2026, when she released her first single, “Gone Girl.” “Elvis Queen” is a…
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Amazon Leo satellite internet takes on Starlink
Amazon is edging closer to launching its Leo satellite internet service, positioning it as a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink. The company confirmed it has now deployed enough satellites to begin an initial rollout to customers later this year, marking a significant milestone in its bid to enter the satellite broadband market. Amazon launched a further…
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The Cure and Dogstar close out a weekend of magic and mayhem at Electric Castle 2026
The Cure headlined the final night of Electric Castle 2026 in Romania, capping a four-day festival that also featured sets from Twenty One Pilots, Sleaford Mods, Teddy Swims and Yung Lean. Organisers offered attendees a choice between the band’s set and the World Cup final, screened elsewhere at the site, but frontman Robert Smith showed…
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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson reveals hearing loss was caused by bout of flu
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has said that his hearing loss was caused by a bout of flu, rather than solely by years of performing loud rock music. The disclosure adds personal context to the health issue that forced him to stop touring with the band in 2016. Johnson’s hearing problems led AC/DC to bring in…