Daily Newsletter, August 10, 2025

Easy rolling Sunday with roundup leftovers an other light reading (and listening)

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
August 10, 2025

5 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in August 2025 │ Exclaim!

Meet Exclaim!'s latest New Faves, featuring BC-via-Yukon yacht pop, a veritable Vancouver black midi replacement and more

exclaim.ca/music/article/5-emerging-canadian-artists-you-need-to-hear-in-august-2025?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

The 20 Greatest Fictional Bands In The Movies... Ranked!

Plug yourself in for Uncut's guide to the 20 best fictional bands in the movies from Blueshammer to Autobahn, Wyld Stallyns and more

www.uncut.co.uk/features/20-fictional-bands-in-the-movies-23227/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Five classic albums made by musicians' alter egos

There are plenty of artists who have adopted an alter ego, but when someone chooses to take one on for the entirety of an album, it can lead to a masterpiece.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-masterpieces-released-by-alter-egos/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Staff Picks: Best Songs of the Week August 2nd - August 8th

The best songs of the week include new songs from Wolf Alice, Algernon Cadwallader, Wombo, Die Spitz, and more.

consequence.net/2025/08/staff-picks-best-songs-of-the-week-august-2-8/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Steven Van Zandt: my wild tales of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards and Miles Davis

One blues icon pulled a gun on the E Street Band guitarist

www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/steven-van-zandt-on-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-brian-wilson?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/entertainment

The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

www.stereogum.com/2318534/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week-590/lists/the-5-best-songs-of-the-week/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Hot Picks 9/8/25 - The Best New Releases - FVMusicBlog

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 9/8/25 – The Best New Releases Photo: Verticoli Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing pleasure! This coverage is […]

fvmusicblog.com/hot-picks-9-8-25-the-best-new-releases/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The 20 best non-fiction books of all time, ranked

From politics to science, bold philosophy to bolder reportage, our critic picks the essential non-fiction books everyone ought to read

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/best-non-fiction-books-ranked/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/books

Hypnosis for Cats: Ben Pester’s Expansion Project Playlist | The Quietus

Ben Pester's brilliantly surreal new book is a "horror novel about office work" where the monster is a business park. Here he takes us through the songs he played while writing and the songs the book seems to summon for him now it's finished and (almost) out in the world

thequietus.com/culture/books/ben-pester-expansion-project-playlist/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FPlaylists

Crème de la CREEM: New Music Friday

Playlist · CREEM · 38 items · 3.4K saves

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