(Credits: Jesse Glazzard) Mon 1 September 2025 12:02, UK Kae Tempest is set to receive an Ivors Academy Honour for his artistry and society-shaping songwriting at an inaugural ceremony for the award in October.  Instigated by the Ivors Academy, the honour is set to recognise artists who are helping to build “a stronger, fairer and […]

‘Something for Everybody’ Release Date: June 2010 | Producer: Greg Kurstin, John Hill, John King, Santi White, Devo, Money Mark | Label: Warner Bros Devo had never quite gone away. Regular gigs, soundtrack work, and even standalone singles would be dropped in their interim period, but fans and the wider music world eagerly awaited Devo’s […]

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube Still) Sun 31 August 2025 12:30, UK It’s safe to say that most Darren Aronofsky films need to be seen at least twice, even if you can think of absolutely nothing worse. Known for his psychological dramas, the director is the master of uncomfortable cinema that messes with your head […]

(Credits: Far Out / HBO) Sun 31 August 2025 12:00, UK It’s quite ironic that Billy Joel dubbed himself as the ‘Piano Man’ given that he later admitted: “I’m not that good a pianist.” But the point is that he dared to dream. Mastering the genres of rock and pop is one thing, but there […]

(Credits: Far Out / Magnolia Pictures) Sun 31 August 2025 11:00, UK There are some films that seem to have an exponentially larger impact on us as children than as adults, with some sequences completely knocking our socks off as we marvel at the mechanics of a scene and struggle to fathom how it was […]

(Credit: Alamy) Sat 30 August 2025 12:30, UK Up there with some of the most successful British actors of the last 20 years, alongside Tom Hardy, Christian Bale and Robert Pattinson, Benedict Cumberbatch has neatly jumped, sometimes literally, from spy to superhero to Vulcan to the world’s most famous detective. You can also amusingly substitute […]

(Credits: Sabrina Carpenter) Sat 30 August 2025 12:15, UK Upon the release of her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter has opened up about the topics on the new project that she found “really urgent to write about.” Carpenter spoke at a Spotify event in Los Angeles to celebrate her latest record. The […]

(Credits: Far Out / ZTT Records / Bernard Gotfryd / Library of Congress) Sat 30 August 2025 12:00, UK What, exactly, is the point of record labels? While most acknowledge that their main benefit is to offer support to artists, providing them with a platform through which to release their music and giving them a […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 29 August 2025 12:30, UK If you want to know just how good an actor Colin Farrell is, the answer doesn’t necessarily lie in his most famous performances, in the likes of The Batman or In Bruges, or even The Banshees of Inisherin. Rather, it lies in just how […]

(Credits: Far Out / Alamy) Fri 29 August 2025 12:00, UK The Kinks were perhaps the most unfortunate of all the British invasion bands, constantly forgotten about behind the successes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who, but they had plenty of chart-topping hits in the UK that would suggest this outcome unfair. […]