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Neil Young defends the ‘most idiotic song’ he ever wrote: ‘It resuscitated my career’

Ewan Gleadow - August 6, 2026

Albums

Masayoshi Takanaka – Seychelles Review

Music

Geordie Greep shares details of new album nearly two years after The New Sound: ‘The ambition grows by the day’

Music

Bob Dylan will not release ‘new album’, Afternoon Remedies at The Delta Hotel, in 2027

NEWS

Music

Neil Young defends the ‘most idiotic song’ he ever wrote: ‘It resuscitated my career’

Ewan Gleadow - August 6, 2026 0

Neil Young believes one song revitalised his career and, as idiotic as it was writing it, the hitmaker will always defend it

Music

Listen to Bob Dylan perform rare cover of We Three on this day in 1988

Ewan Gleadow - August 6, 2026 0

The Alarm served as opener for Bob Dylan on this day in 1988, outshining the veteran songwriter who performed a cover of The Ink Spots

U2 fans point to one album where Bono-fronted band made their ‘biggest change’

August 5, 2026

Geordie Greep shares details of new album nearly two years after The New Sound: ‘The ambition grows by the day’

August 4, 2026

Bob Dylan will not release ‘new album’, Afternoon Remedies at The Delta Hotel, in 2027

August 4, 2026

The Rolling Stones fans decide whether Keith Richards or Brian Jones is the better guitarist

August 4, 2026

ALBUMS

Albums

Masayoshi Takanaka – Seychelles Review

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A delightful album thanks to the guitar brilliance of Masayoshi Takanaka is what you'll find Seychelles, an innovative and influential album

Rowena Wise – Bad Things Feel Good Review

Albums Ewan Gleadow - August 3, 2026

The Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made the Radio Review

Albums Ewan Gleadow - August 1, 2026

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory Review

Albums Ewan Gleadow - July 31, 2026

Kim Petras – Detour Review

Albums Ewan Gleadow - July 30, 2026

SINGLES

Music

Bob Dylan – Mutineer Review

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Bob Dylan would cover many of his favourite artists throughout the Love and Theft tour, including George Harrison and Grateful Dead

Pulp – Mis-Shapes Review

August 2, 2026

Electric Light Orchestra – Eleanor Rigby Review

July 29, 2026

George Harrison – Get Back Review

July 23, 2026

Roger Waters – Comfortably Numb Review

July 21, 2026

GIGS

Gigs

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at Preston Park, Brighton Review

August 1, 2026

Gigs

Graham Coxon at Rough Trade East Review

July 24, 2026

Gigs

Yard Act at Rough Trade East Review

July 20, 2026

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS

Features

Backrooms Review — Real horror comes from the ‘sterile world’ beyond Kane Parsons’ horrifying setting

Alice LeMarck - July 24, 2026 0

Backrooms may adapt the unsettling origins well but the 'sterile world' it creates around the monster-infested halls is just as frightening

Morrissey can moan all he wants about a media blackout — his recent work isn’t worth hearing

July 20, 2026

Bob Dylan fans are running a World Cup bracket for his album releases — the quarter-finals start today

July 12, 2026

The Rolling Stones’ 12 must-listen albums ahead of Foreign Tongues release on Friday

July 8, 2026

Ian Prowse talks Elvis Costello collaboration, No Names, and the ‘turning point’ of political songwriting

July 3, 2026

CULT CLASSICS

Albums

The Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made the Radio Review

Cult Classics

Pulp at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Review

Albums

The Rolling Stones – Foreign Tongues Review

Albums

My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Review

FILM

Samurai Wolf Review: ‘One of Japan’s most underrated filmmakers’

Film Alice LeMarck - August 4, 2026 0

Pulpy, almost proto-exploitation thrills combine with complex characters and a dark existentialist philosophical framework in Samurai Wolf

What Al Pacino told Robert De Niro after an ‘out of this world’ performance

Film Ewan Gleadow - July 26, 2026 0

Backrooms Review — Real horror comes from the ‘sterile world’ beyond Kane Parsons’ horrifying setting

Features Alice LeMarck - July 24, 2026 0

Michael Caine says box-office bomb is a ‘lovely’ film that ‘got lost in the system’

Film Ewan Gleadow - July 24, 2026 0

Benicio del Toro still devastated after turning down film featuring Bob Dylan

Film Ewan Gleadow - July 21, 2026 0

NEW

Music

Bob Dylan – Mutineer Review

Music

Neil Young defends the ‘most idiotic song’ he ever wrote: ‘It resuscitated my career’

Music

Listen to Bob Dylan perform rare cover of We Three on this day in 1988

Albums

Masayoshi Takanaka – Seychelles Review

Music

U2 fans point to one album where Bono-fronted band made their ‘biggest change’

Music

Geordie Greep shares details of new album nearly two years after The New Sound: ‘The ambition grows by the day’

INTERVIEWS

Ian Prowse talks Elvis Costello collaboration, No Names, and the ‘turning point’ of political songwriting

Features Ewan Gleadow - July 3, 2026 0

Ian Prowse's latest album, No Names, is inspired by Bruce Springsteen, aided by Elvis Costello, and thoroughly his best work to date

Brandi Carlile and James guitar tech Jason Crisp shares how artists go into festivals ‘blind’

Features Ewan Gleadow - July 3, 2026 0

Guitar technician James Crisp who works with James and Brandi Carlile has shared the clear differences between how both artists prepare for a gig

‘It’s good, but is it a hit?’: The Hoosiers frontman breaks down new album Compassion, viral moments and what’s next for the band

Features Ewan Gleadow - May 8, 2026 0

The Hoosiers frontman Irwin Sparkles says chasing viral moments get groups nowhere, comparing it to labels asking whether a song will be a hit

Music