(Credits: Far Out / Capsule Records) Tue 2 December 2025 11:00, UK It would be quite the job opening to see advertised: The Rolling Stones, looking for a new guitarist.  After a period of chaos, the band were looking for some stability again. For months and months before they cut the cords, Brian Jones had […]

(Credits: Warner Bros) Tue 2 December 2025 10:53, UK One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, became the big name winner at this year’s Gotham Awards, taking home the most coveted prize of ‘Best Feature’. The high-octane action epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro, among an all-star ensemble cast, has been […]

(Credits: Philip Romano / Aidan Monaghan / HBO) Mon 1 December 2025 11:37, UK Dominic McLaughlin, the child actor playing the lead role in the HBO remake of the Harry Potter series, has said it was “insane” to receive a letter from Daniel Radcliffe. McLaughlin was appearing on a recent episode of the children’s entertainment […]

(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi) Mon 1 December 2025 11:30, UK There aren’t many filmmakers who’ve emerged within the last half-century who have been quite as influential as Michael Mann, revolutionising modern crime cinema with his groundbreaking filmmaking techniques. Although Mann helped to turn television into a prestigious art form with his ahead-of-its-time work on Miami Vice, […]

(Credits: LucasFilm / Disney) Mon 1 December 2025 11:03, UK A Star Wars actor starring in its spin-off series, Ahsoka, has quit the show after fighting a pay battle with Disney.  Claudia Black had played the role of Nightsister Klowthow in the first series of Ahsoka, but has now had to “bow out” of reprising her role in the […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Sun 30 November 2025 11:30, UK Emma Watson might have taken a hiatus from acting after her turn as Meg in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, but that doesn’t mean she’s far from the public’s mind. In fact, the social media and the press seem to jump at any news […]

(Courtesy of Soft Cell // Mike Owen) Sun 30 November 2025 11:01, UK Late Soft Cell legend Dave Ball revealed, in an interview before his passing, that their latest album is inspired by his morphine trips. Talking to Classic Pop a few months before his tragic passing, Ball shed light on the themes and influences […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Sun 30 November 2025 11:00, UK Contrary to popular belief among my close circle of friends, who view the job title of Music Journalist as a codeword for fun sponge, I do actually like pop music. My intention to work in music wasn’t to shit on bubblegum pop as […]

(Credits: Far Out / Andy Cotterill) Sat 29 November 2025 11:30, UK If you want to know how to embody hopelessness into music and yet still have it be interpreted by fans as love, just ask Roy Harper.   His track ‘Me and My Woman’ is an extended song released in 1971, which Harper admitted […]

(Credits: Far Out / Nadav Kander) Sat 29 November 2025 11:00, UK Innovation, according to Peter Gabriel, goes beyond simply listening and is all about the experience of music itself. It’s the reason why most of his favourites hinge heavily on the visual aspect of musical creativity, like Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis or Radiohead, because […]