14+ hour, 59+ min ago  (355+ words) Eternally stuck in the shadow of Manchester and Leeds, the great music coming out of Sheffield is all too often painfully overlooked. But also, despite the criminality of that, that's freedom, only making the bands even better through expectation-less-ness. Need…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (255+ words) Before Robert Smith became the wild-haired frontman of the gothic titans, The Cure, he was the youngest in a family of five, absorbing an array of musical influences that would later inform his distinctive melodies. "My parents were lending us…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (530+ words) The Cure's Robert Smith has cemented his place in the pantheon of alternative music's greats over the last 40 years. He is consistently pigeonholed as a one-trick pony, but with his bad, Smith became one of the most important songwriters of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (276+ words) It's nearly impossible to find any band through history with a clean streak when it comes to questionable decisions, The Cure included. In fact, it's almost expected, especially if it's a band that's been around as long as The Cure…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (330+ words) During the most recent leg of their "Happy Endings" tour, Shirley Manson of the American rock band Garbage addressed fans at the Mission Ballroom in Denver with a call to arms to ensure that they protect the music industry at…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (244+ words) The Royal College of Art in London have announced Nick Cave will receive an honorary doctorate later this month. In a ceremony, set to be held at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank on September 23rd, Cave will be bestowed…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (873+ words) Hailing from the north-east and now based in London, Lucy Harbron is a music, film and culture writer. With an Andy Warhol obsession, a passion for new music and a knack for storytelling, her full-time role at Far Out allows…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (389+ words) Having first joined Far Out as a freelance staff writer in 2017, Joe has been a senior writer on a full-time basis since 2020 before becoming news editor in 2023. As well as being a lover of all things old when it comes…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (488+ words) Nick Cave has apologised for a historic cutting remark he made about the Red Hot Chili Peppers and explained how it led to his friendship with the band's bassist, Flea. Cave famously once said in an interview: "I'm forever near…...