Tom Taylor

Music Editor | @FarOutMag | NUFC | Careful man, there’s a beverage here!

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Ghalib Ghaboussi: The greatest artist to never exist?

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The story of Aphrodite’s Child’s ‘666’: The most overlooked prog masterpiece in music

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🎥 On this day in 1975, David Bowie makes his US TV debut on the Cher show

In 1975, David Bowie made a television appearance that would not only live in the memory of his fans but within the holy grail of TV history. It would see the suaver than suave Bowie team up with pop icon Cher to deliver a medley of songs in one of the must-see moments of the seventies.

David Bowie was appearing on the newly launched solo-Cher hosted show who, at the time, had decided to go separate ways with Sonny Bono. Bowie simply wanted to promote his new album Young Americans but what transpired would live in the hearts and minds of many for years to come far beyond the record. It was a performance that most can look back on now and enjoy as much today as they did then.

The amalgamation of tunes performed rested heavily on the duo’s pop sensibilities, dipping their musical toes across a range of instantly recognisable hits. It makes for wonderful viewing as two of the pop world’s most treasured artists took on some of that same world’s most legendary songs. It includes doffs of the cap to The Beatles with ‘Day Tripper’ amongst others.

The two icons are so determined to secure for your gaze that one would imagine putting them into the same promo would be difficult, let alone the stage. But the two egos were quickly put aside as respect for one another’s craft reigned. Bowie’s own website noted: “On paper, it looks a little cheesy, but if you’ve not seen it we think you’ll agree that both singers’ performances are sincere and heartfelt. It shouldn’t have worked, what with Cher’s house band performing the backing and the choice of snippets performed, but it did.”

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John Coltrane's handwritten composition for 'A Love Supreme' 🎼

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The devil and the crossroads: The legend of Robert Johnson

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COVER STORY: @amylandsniffers 🎯

You’ve never heard a statement of intent like it. If you had any doubts about who you were listening to or what Amyl and The Sniffers are all about, it’s made clear within the first 40 seconds of the new album Cartoon Darkness. 🔊

The opener, ‘Jerkin’, contains noise and feedback, heavy guitar music, and cut-throat lyrics that announce, “You’re a dumb cunt, you’re an arsehole”, “need to wipe your mouth after you speak cos it’s an arsehole, bum hole, dumb cunt,” and of course, “smack, smack, smack, wank, wank, wank”.

🗣 “It’s designed to be all-consuming and an extension of ourselves. It’s really out of our control how much we can break away from it. I think it’s possible but again to like, to step away from phones now is to step away from society.”

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Tim Heidecker – ‘Slipping Away’ album review: ordinary tales from an extraordinary world @timheidecker

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‘I’m Only Sleeping’: John Lennon and The Beatles’ most fierce protest song - a gunshot to capitalism

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The World’s Greatest Supergroup: The night David Bowie almost reunited The Beatles

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COVER STORY: @joelycett 🎨🖌️

In 2022, Joe Lycett held David Beckham accountable for his questionable ties to Qatar, where it is illegal to be gay, by threatening to shred £10,000 in protest. In 2023, he pulled off a stunt at Albert Dock that smeared the shitty situation of sewage in British rivers.

In 2024, he seeded several fake news stories that were published by the press, highlighting issues in the mechanics of mainstream media. And now, he's
skewering celebrity culture and celebrating the power of creativity with his new book, Art Hole.

Though the purpose might not be quite so obvious when it comes to depicting Harry Styles as a boiled egg, there is still method in Lycett's laugh along madness, as he adds: “What I’d like people to take away from the things that I do, is a sense that they can
do it.“

Join us as we delve into the status of art, the comic he thinks Team GB would choose if it returned to the Olympics, and why he says no to 'A League of Their
Own', as we uncover why Joe Lycett might just be the most important comedian for these trying times.

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COVER STORY: @KatyJPearsonnn 🏹

Katy J Pearson is primed to deliver a hat-trick of lauded hits with her third record, 'Someday, Now', on the way.

It's brimming with tracks that sound like "classics" and
a more "mature" mood than ever before. But it hasn't been any easy journey to this point, and despite its undoubted quality, perils still lay ahead.

So, we caught up the Songbird of the West Country herself and discussed the inspirations that led to this point and the problems within the modern music
industry that she still has to battle with. 🕊️

From geeing up with The Stranglers, to dreams of jamming with PJ Harvey and flipping a middle finger to the music industry by refusing TikTok, we delved into the world of KJP and, in the process, found a semblance of the soul that makes her one of today's finest, most original, and entirely natural artists.

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COVER STORY: @MarkJLenderman 🎯

As the rising North Carolina phenomenon MJ Lenderman releases his fourth solo album, Manning Fireworks, he discusses the moods, minds and media that shape his artistry. 🧠

His distinctive blend of country, grunge and breezy Americana returns in its strongest form to date, bolstered by luminaries young and old, from Neil Young to This Is Lorelei. 💿

Sitting down with Far Out, Lenderman discussed his diverse influences, the insidious strangulation of modern technology and future plans.

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#Oasis

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Wild God’ album review: ascending to the heavens in a wavering rocket https://t.co/lfLlvRnDcB

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Nice to see Alain Pardeux enjoying himself at the Olympics speed climbing

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OPINION: We need ‘Rock Against Racism 2’: The time for talking is over, the UK music scene must unite.⁠
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🗣 What we’ve witnessed unfurl this week has destroyed livelihoods and left communities with scars that will never heal. For those targeted by the violence, it’s a startling reminder that, for many people, we are not welcome.

Let’s be clear: the brutality we have seen this week is nothing more than bold, vicious far-right thugs and other gullible knuckle draggers co-opting what should have been a period of mourning for three girls who were wickedly targeted and killed in Southport.⁠
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As displayed in the slogan “Reggae, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, funk and punk”. Rock Against Racism remains one of history’s most emphatic examples of music and collective action converging to substantial effect."⁠
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OPINION: @fontainesdublin , Finsbury Park, and a flagship moment for guitar music’s latest revival 💥

🗣 "The band broke through clouds with Dogrel, welcoming a wealth of youngsters into the same world of alternative culture that inspired them, now they’re set to have their day in the sun—not just for themselves, but the many bands sets to join them amid indie’s current munificent harvest.

Fontaines D.C. drawing 50,000 to Finsbury is a great thing for music—a feat that seemed very far off for any new band without massive big label backing when they emerged just a short five years ago."

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Pretty much a timely masterpiece - The Nashville Zorro’s best in years

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Jack White - 'No Name' 💿

🗣 "If it was simply Jack White sounding like good old Jack White then that would make for a timely rocket to blast a noteworthy wreckage amid in today’s pixelated musical landscape, but it’s Jack White in a signature vein that timelessly revitalises the medium of the blues with each stabbing chord."

⭐��⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ #JackWhite

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