Author: Reuben Cross Archives: 11/2024

St Vincent - 2024 - Alex Da Corte

The St Vincent song that took 100 takes

Painstakingly precise.

Nov 19, 2024

Bee Gees - The Bee Gees - Vince Melouney - Maurice Gibb - Robin Gibb - Colin Peterson - Robin Gibb

Colin Petersen, Bee Gees drummer, dead at 78

No cause of death has been revealed.

Nov 19, 2024

How do Godspeed You! Black Emperor create political music without lyrics?

Hope and terror in equal measure.

Nov 19, 2024

Joanna Newsom - Opinion - Far Out Magazine

Hear Me Out: The 2007 arrangement of Joanna Newsom’s ‘Cosmia’ is better than the original

How do you improve perfection?

Nov 19, 2024

The Cramps - Lux Interior - Poison Ivy - 1980s

When The Cramps spun their favourite lesser-known tracks

Highly influential picks.

Nov 19, 2024

From Pink Floyd to Bon Jovi: Five mind-bending covers by Tiny Tim

Must listen.

Nov 18, 2024

Nine Inch Nails problematic connection to Columbine Massacre

‘Head Like a Hole’: The Nine Inch Nails experiment that made industrial music accessible

Brutally catchy.

Nov 18, 2024

Phil Collins - 1989

“This is it”: the song Phil Collins only ever played once

Songwriting is simple.

Nov 18, 2024

SOPHIE -OIL OF EVERY PEARLS UN-INSIDES - 2018

10 albums that kickstarted new 21st-century genres

These are pioneering records.

Nov 18, 2024

Pauline Black - The Selector - Far Out Magazine

Seen in Sound: The Bob Dylan song that inspired Pauline Black

A poignant statement.

Nov 18, 2024

The Police - Sting - Stewart Copeland - Andy Summers - 1980s

The moment Stewart Copeland realised Sting was a genius

A delayed epiphany.

Nov 18, 2024

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - 1970s

The five greatest songs about UFOs

Far Out goes far out.

Nov 18, 2024