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The 1987 Smiths song Johnny Marr says no other band could write
48+ min ago (290+ words) Could there be a bigger rock-and-roll reunion than The Smiths, were it ever to happen? A year ago, the answer would have been very different. In fact, it would have categorically been Oasis. Until 2025, no other band was asked for…...
The 1970 cover that led to The Smiths' most iconic song
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (266+ words) The Smiths had a habit of finding inspiration in unexpected places, and few of their songs have a better origin story than ‘Girlfriend in a Coma’. Johnny Marr and Morrissey bonded over plenty of records during their early days, but…...
The genre Rick Rubin would have produced in a heartbeat
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (569+ words) Far Out Magazine The genre Rick Rubin would have produced in a heartbeat The language of any Rick Rubin production isn’t something that everyone is ready for when they start working with him. As much as Rubin has a distinctive…...
The "nihilistic" 1974 song Robyn Hitchcock calls a masterpiece
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (316+ words) As though Britain and America don’t already have enough reasons to compete with one another, the coastline of the UK and the US might seem different on the surface, but for songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, both manage to be appealing in…...
How Dire Straits accidentally created their iconic guitar tone in 1985
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (367+ words) By 1985, Dire Straits had eclipsed almost every other act associated with the Second British Invasion, becoming one of the biggest forces on the American charts. They were already big in the States, with 1978’s Dire Straits peaking at number two…...
The 2018 role Michael B Jordan almost turned down because of his mother
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (460+ words) It’s safe to say that very few people expected Michael B Jordan to win ‘Best Actor’ at the 2026 Academy Awards. Many believed that the statuette was destined for Timothée Chalamet after his juggernaut performance in Marty Supreme. Then he made…...
The 1966 reaction to 'Pet Sounds' that "destroyed" Brian Wilson
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (441+ words) It would have taken a lot to knock The Beatles off their perch in the 1960s. There were the kings of the pop cultural world, in both a commercial and artistic sense and really, there wasn’t a band that could come…...
The band Lana Del Rey said will "never be as cool as"
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (193+ words) The one band that ornate pop sensation Lana Del Ray thought trumped her in street cred may surprise even her most ardent fans. “I know I’ll never be as cool as Sublime,” Del Ray quipped at her 2019 Grammy Museum interview....
How Amy Adams almost became a Power Ranger in 2000
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (424+ words) Now that Amy Adams is a six-time Academy Award-nominated actor with a total box office gross of over $5.5billion, it’s quite tough to imagine her jumping about the place in a motorbike helmet and lycra pretending to karate chop ludicrously-masked baddies…...
The "beautiful" 1960s singer Daniel Lanois called "a dream come true"
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (582+ words) The “beautiful” 1960s singer Daniel Lanois called “a dream come true” to work with Far Out Magazine The “beautiful” 1960s singer Daniel Lanois called “a dream come true” to work with You might think that the music you love, in the world…...