Daily Newsletter, August 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025

The Most ’CD Album’ Albums Ever, Ranked

Some albums are meant to be heard on compact disc.

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Radical Chic: A Velvet Insurrection | The Quietus

Whether anyone saw it that way in 1977, I can’t say. But to me, the cover of Chic’s first, self-titled LP has always looked as if it might just as easily belong on a Roxy Music album. Or rather, as if it were styled as a discofied version of a Roxy Music sleeve: two models […]

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Books, Loner Folk Classics, & More

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“I never thought his music would be my bag. But he never plays the same thing twice and your mind is blown”: The Pretenders’ James Walbourne on discovering Richard Thompson (who happens to be his father-in-law)

Walbourne details the folk-prog veteran’s Robert Johnson-like magic, and draws a comparison with Chrissie Hynde

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Hot Picks 11/8/25 Part One - The Best New Releases - FVMusicBlog

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 11/8/25 Part One – The Best New Releases Photo: David Alex-Barton 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! […]

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Hot Picks 11/8/25 Part Two - The Best New Releases - FVMusicBlog

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 11/8/25 Part Two – The Best New Releases Photo: Rachael Sage 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! […]

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After the release of The Naked Gun reboot, another 1980s classic series is getting a movie remake

When the original Star Trek series ended back in 1969, William Shatner gained a star status, but it took him 13 years for a comeback, when he returned, this tim

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Fluxblog 554: classic producer playlists

Retrospectives for Steve Albini, Shep Pettibone, Flood/Moulder, Dave Fridmann, and Rick Nowels

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Watch Bob Dylan perform 'Masters Of War' for first time in almost a decade

He also recently reportedly went into a recording studio

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10 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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