6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (324+ words) In the 1950s, there were a few artists who had managed to make a name for themselves and become fully-fledged, self-sustaining musicians, and one of the first was Elvis Presley, who became the biggest artist in the world with his iteration…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (442+ words) In the black-and-white music video for Garbage’s 2005 single ‘Why Do You Love Me,’ Shirley Manson wakes up in a glittering black bed, the word ‘Liar’ emblazoned on the wall behind her, in a daze from the night before. She then…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (527+ words) In 1962, Jorma Kaukonen would move to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend university. The city was already buzzing with a certain energy that we recall today as the counterculture, slowly brewing, but at the time, surely nothing could have…...

14+ hour, 11+ min ago   (347+ words) There’s always been something innately cinematic about the musical world that Lana Del Rey occupies, which she consciously crafted from the very beginning. Her major label debut, Born to Die, is laden with opulent strings, and her lyrical storytelling is…...

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (530+ words) Far Out Magazine The “authentic” voice Don Henley crowned as the sound of America Don Henley never apologised once for wearing his country’s sound on his sleeve. Eagles represented everything great about Americana music, and even though they got the…...

17+ hour, 11+ min ago   (580+ words) The “incredible” band Dave Grohl wants to reunite the most: “I hope we do it again” Far Out Magazine The “incredible” band Dave Grohl wants to reunite the most: “I hope we do it again” Dave Grohl didn’t take much…...

18+ hour ago   (262+ words) By the end of the 1990s, if you had to put money on one rising star emerging to the top of Hollywood, it would be Angelina Jolie. While she had yet to secure A-list status, everybody knew that was on the…...

21+ hour, 46+ min ago   (668+ words) Was 1966 the greatest year in music? There is a reason we listen to songs from 1966, like the ones included on this list, and still hold them in regard among the best of music history, some enduring long after their creators…...

22+ hour, 1+ min ago   (726+ words) Everything was better back in the ‘good old days’, or so AI-generated Facebook posts shared by your estranged uncle would have you believe. Looking back on the musical landscape of the 1990s, though, it certainly seems as though the decade was…...

1+ day, 4+ min ago   (655+ words) A music journalist, proud Bradfordian, and northern soul obsessive, Ben Forrest is Far Out’s go-to guy for all things Off The Beaten Track. Immersing himself in everything from New York no-wave to Brazilian bossa nova, he has been contributing to…...