SHOCKING: Gong - What They Never Told You

LastPass confirms data breach after hacker compromises supply chain — here's what we know

Plenty of personal data obtained, but passwords seem to be safe.

TechRadar · Jun 24

“Music, art, death, time – they’re all part of the same thing. I can’t articulate it. I’m just some stoned goofball with a guitar”: How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit

The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett

Louder · May 13

“I was as surprised as anybody else. I said, ‘Who’s playing the harmonica?’ Dave said, ‘You are!’” What happened when Be-Bop Deluxe founder Bill Nelson formed an improv trio with Soft Machine and Gong members

The prog polymath felt Orchestra Futura’s performances should be left as one-off experiences. But Theo Travis and Dave Sturt persuaded him to release Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall

Louder · Apr 27

"For a song about facing death it's remarkably joyous": Former world snooker champion and modular synth player Steve Davis picks 10 favourite experimental music songs

Snooker star, DJ, broadcaster and Utopia Strong musician Steve Davis picks 10 favourite pieces of music from his vast collection

Louder · Oct 21, 2025

Street battles, invented languages and gigs in psychiatric hospitals: France’s lost rock revolution of 1968

Bands such as Magma and Art Zoyd provided a soundtrack for the student protests that shook the country. Little remembered now, a new book reveals their decisive influence on later successes such as Air and Daft Punk

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

“The sound universe that Soft Machine opened before me was almost unfathomable. It was a revelation, a musical epiphany”: Meet the Canterbury scene’s international next generation

The seeds of The Wilde Flowers have taken root all around the world. Here are just a handful of 21st-century musicians taking inspiration from the 60s and 70s

Louder · Sep 19, 2025

Shangri-La The Shard, London, hotel review

HOTELS: Checking in to Shangri-La The Shard hotel in London, Benjamin Parker found it would be hard for another London hotel to beat it for views over the city skyline

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma eruption raging on the sun at the same time

There's a giant solar tornado raging on the sun's surface, and a researcher captured it — plus a massive plasma eruption — in one spectacular image.

LiveScience · Aug 20, 2025

'We don't know how bad it could get': Are we ready for the worst space weather?

Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are growing.

Space · May 20, 2025

“A work of towering vitality, a raised fist and even a raised finger”: Gong’s 10th anniversary edition of I See You casts Daevid Allen’s final work in a new light

Subtle touches mark the full-circle moment when Allen – who still had plenty to say – put his band in the hands of Kavus Torabi, and the wheel moved on

Louder · May 16, 2025