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The two filmmakers Denis Villeneuve called his “massive sources of inspiration”

(Credits: Far Out / Warner Bros) Fri 3 October 2025 12:30, UK When Denis Villeneuve made the switch from low-budget French-language films to considerably more expensive Hollywood ones, he asserted himself as a bold new presence in the mainstream, able to balance commercial goddamn viability with a distinctive level of artistry that is often overlooked […]

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Kraftwerk announce first UK and Ireland tour in almost a decade

(Credits: Raph Pour-Hashemi) Fri 3 October 2025 12:13, UK Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have unveiled details of their first UK and Ireland tour since 2017. The run of dates is part of their ongoing Multimedia tour, which has been rolling on since 2012. The current 2025 leg began with a lengthy trip across North America, […]

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May 1968: When indie songs changed France forever thanks to an uprising

(Credits: Far Out / André Cros / Bibliothèque nationale de France) Fri 3 October 2025 12:00, UK Pop music has found itself the soundtrack to many a social upheaval or political earthquake across the 20th century and beyond. The hits pumped out by the Motown and Stax soul factories proved an essential score to America’s […]

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Frontman speaks out after AI-band modelled on his group overtakes them on Spotify: “Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing”

(Credits: Sharp Tone Records) Thu 2 October 2025 12:32, UK Lucas Woodland, singer with the Welsh rock band Holding Absence, has said he finds it “disheartening” that an AI-band modelled on his group has surpassed their listenership on Spotify. Holding Absence formed in 2015 and have spent that time organically growing their fanbase, which has […]

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‘Lux Vivens’: David Lynch’s esoteric ode to a 12th-century nun

(Credits: Far Out / Manchester International Festival) Thu 2 October 2025 12:30, UK David Lynch took a visionary approach to cinema, crafting surreal and beautifully dark worlds which tap into the most uncomfortable and confusing parts of humanity. Yet, at the core of Lynch’s psychosexual horrors and nightmare-ridden suburbia is a desire to find a […]

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Rocket – ‘R is for Rocket’ album review: pop punk for your inner child

(Credits: Far Out / Album Cover) Thu 2 October 2025 12:14, UK Rocket – ‘R is for Rocket’ Time for a confession that could come back to haunt me: in my mind, there is no greater cinematic masterpiece from my childhood than 2003’s Freaky Friday. It wasn’t just the plot itself that hooked me – […]

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Bob Dylan’s 25 greatest songs of all time

‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ Once titled ‘Just Like Juarez’, Dylan would use his 1965 track ‘Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues’ as an homage to some of his literary heroes. He makes mention of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s greatest storytellers, Tom Thumb himself who derives from Enlish folklore and Jack Kerouac, the iconic […]

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What was the last song to top the UK chart before streaming was incorporated?

(Credits: Far Out / NASA / Uwe Conrad) Tue 30 September 2025 12:30, UK When we talk about ‘pop music’, what we’re really referring to is ‘music that is popular’. There’s never really been a true definition of what pop music is in terms of how it sounds, but as long as it is marketable […]