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Butcher Babies Announce New Album Nightbloom
Butcher Babies have announced their new album Nightbloom, due for release on 2 October via Judge and Jury Records. It marks the band’s first full studio album without founding co-vocalist Carly Harvey, who left the group in 2024, and comes alongside a new live-action music video for the single “Blame It On the Wind”. The…
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Allman Betts Family Revival Tour to Mark 10th Anniversary With Robert Randolph, Sierra Hull
Devon Allman and Duane Betts, sons of Allman Brothers Band founders Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts, are marking the 10th anniversary of their Allman Betts Family Revival Tour with a 20-date run called A Decade of Revival Tour. Performing as the Allman Betts Band, the pair will be joined by a rotating cast of guest…
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PlayStation Pulse Elevate speakers ship on November 12 for $220
Sony has confirmed that its Pulse Elevate desktop gaming speakers will begin shipping on 12 November, priced at $220, with pre-orders opening on 1 September via PlayStation Direct and third-party retailers — nearly a year after the product was first unveiled. The launch completes the rollout of the latest addition to Sony’s PlayStation audio accessory…
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Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Gameplay Shows Off Switch 2 Version
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, the Nintendo Switch 2 port of FromSoftware’s acclaimed open-world action-RPG, has been shown running smoothly in new official gameplay footage ahead of its 28 August release. The port was delayed from its original 2025 target after a poor showing at last summer’s Gamescom prompted concerns about performance, but Bandai Namco has…
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Matthew Rhys ‘too scared’ to talk to Harrison Ford about becoming Han Solo
Actor Matthew Rhys has said he was “too scared” to speak to Harrison Ford about voicing Han Solo in the first Welsh-language dub of Star Wars, describing the experience as “weird” but “surreal”. The Cardiff-born, New York-based star made the comments to a New York Times podcast ahead of the project’s release, timed to coincide…
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Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
AI chip startup Etched has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by quantitative trading firm Jane Street, which tested and subsequently bought the company’s hardware. The pace of the valuation increase is remarkable even by the standards of the current AI boom, reflecting strong investor confidence in Etched’s approach to accelerating AI…
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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet “might need to be edited” to avoid “another Last of Us 2 situation,” former Naughty Dog dev warns
A former Naughty Dog developer has warned that Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the upcoming game from The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann’s studio, might need editing to avoid repeating problems the studio faced around The Last of Us Part 2. The comments highlight ongoing scrutiny of Druckmann’s post-Naughty Dog venture and concerns that lessons…
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BAD WOLVES To Join SKILLET On Fall 2026 Tour
Bad Wolves have announced they will support Skillet on the latter band’s US headline tour this autumn, with Escape The Fate also joining as support. The trek marks the live debut of new Bad Wolves singer Sara “Killboy” Skinner, who took over vocal duties earlier in 2026, and will see her perform the band’s back…
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Brennan Wedl – “High Priestess”
Nashville singer-songwriter Brennan Wedl has released “High Priestess,” a tarot-inspired ballad and the fourth preview track from her self-titled debut album. The song offers a first-person account of an aimless late-night drive, using the imagery of the High Priestess tarot card to explore a narrator who resists confronting painful truths about the past. Wedl explained…
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The “inspiring” actor Al Pacino called the most underrated of all time: “He didn’t get credit”
Maybe then, not so much now. The post The “inspiring” actor Al Pacino called the most underrated of all time: “He didn’t get credit” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.