While he rightly cites Leonard Cohen as an influence on his own work, he is more of a North Star who shone upon Cave as he fine-tuned his songwriting talent. On the other hand, when it came to ...

In that scenario, a filmmaker could legitimately be ruined almost overnight – and that’s exactly what nearly happened to John Carpenter’s career when he suffered a catastrophic flop in the ’80s.

Liam Gallagher has always shaken up the status quo - but never more so when he disrupts the rock and roll order to declare the true king of the genre.

The origins of the term aren’t entirely known, with several different theories posited by experts, but it was first used in ...

Ritchie Blackmore needs to be passionate about the music he's making, but there are some forgettable songs on this album, one of which he called "banal." ...

Across a musical decade full of upending industry change and a blossoming array of genres, one surprising single topped the American charts for record time.

While this is no secret, it’s interesting to look at all the reasons why people do opt for vinyl over other formats. For musicians, the sound quality is one of the main benefits. For instance, there’s ...

Record Store Day is here once again and we at Far Out are first in the queue. Here are our collective £150 Record Store Day hauls.

In 1982, Bowie left his last record deal, disillusioned by the state of the industry, but he enlisted a celebrity friend—Nile Rodgers—to help give him some divine inspiration. Rodgers was less than ...

This was the case with Rembrandt’s famous painting The Night Watch, which instinctively seems like a fairly typical Flemish baroque painting. It’s massive in size, a whopping 12ft x 14ft (3.65m x ...

Record stores provide an invaluable service to local communities, and Jumbo Records in Leeds is a prime example of that, having served music fans since 1971.

The Arctic Monkeys drummer and backing vocalist has been focusing his energies elsewhere since he mixed the 21st instalment in the Late Night Tales record series back in 2008, where he put his own ...