Credit: Rodrigues/Andres Music Metallica's Kirk Hammett drops solo EP 'Portals' Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Mon 25th Apr 2022 17.15 BST Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has released his first music under his own name with the new four-song instrumental EP Portals. Leaning heavily on spacey effects and atmospherics, Portals is noticeably…
(Credit: LivePict) Music Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh says the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is "great" Eoghan Lyng Wed 27th Apr 2022 10.15 BST Vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh has ruminated on what Devo’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame represented for him as a person and an artist.…
(Credit: Far Out / Alamy / Wikimedia) Music The mystery song Jimi Hendrix dedicated to a pre-fame Stevie Nicks Sam Kemp @SamWKemp Tue 26th Apr 2022 17.30 BST Jimi Hendrix was truly one in a million. To this day, I struggle to think of a single artist more unique, raw…
(Credit: Alamy) Music King Crimson sue Universal over Kanye West’s sample in ‘Power’ Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Wed 27th Apr 2022 09.45 BST Universal Music Group is facing a lawsuit after King Crimson’s copyright holder sued Kanye West over a dispute regarding the sample of ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’ in his…
Music Essential Listening: This week's best new music Tyler Golsen and Staff @TylerGolsen Sat 23rd Apr 2022 15.15 BST Welcome back to Essential Listening, a place where we compile all the best new music of the week into the definitive tome of modern music; The Far Out Playlist. Over on the…
Bennett Media Music Fontaines D.C. cancel Boston show after Grian Chatten diagnosed with laryngitis Jordan Potter Tue 26th Apr 2022 10.17 BST Irish post-punk sensation Fontaines D.C. were forced to cancel last night’s (April 25th) show in Boston, Massachusetts, after frontman Grian Chatten was diagnosed with a bout of laryngitis.…
(Credit: Press) Music The song that inspired the Steely Dan classic ‘Rikki Don’t Lose that Number’ Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Mon 25th Apr 2022 13.00 BST Steely Dan did away with the term aficionado and hid jazz in plain popified sight for all us sinners uninitiated in the ways of augmented…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Ice-T and Gene Simmons speak out in support of Mike Tyson Eoghan Lyng Mon 25th Apr 2022 10.37 BST Stalwarts Ice-T and Gene Simmons are two of the men who have come out in support of Mike Tyson over the weekend, in light of the news that…
(Credit: Ana Silvera) Music Ana Silvera weaves a new narrative with 'The Fabulist' Eoghan Lyng Fri 22nd Apr 2022 11.15 BST 7.5 Ana Silvera’s The Fabulist carries the narrative of Oracles to the next logical level, changing the overtones of the first album to create something more fragile, earmarking an…
(Credit: YouTube) Music Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah perform 'Won't Get Fooled Again' Eoghan Lyng Mon 25th Apr 2022 09.30 BST Toyah Wilcox has recorded a number of searing rock anthems alongside guitarist Robert Fripp, and this cover of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ is the latest in the series. Considering…