Daily Newsletter, August 19, 2024

Huge Monday issue with everything new (and something old)

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
August 19, 2024

Next Week in Music | Aug. 19-25 • The Long List: 360+ Releases On The Way - Tinnitist

Aug. 18, as any music fan knows, is the anniversary of one of the most important events in rock history: The 1962 Horticultural Society dance in Birkenhead, England. What’s that, you ask? Well, it was only the day that Ringo Starr played his first gig with The Beatles after a two-hour rehearsal. In other words: […]

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Songs of the Summer 2024

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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Nine overplayed hit songs you probably don’t want to hear again

Maybe these overplayed hit songs are good songs (maybe some not), but they have been used and abused.

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The Band’s ‘Stage Fright’—When '3rd Best' is Still Phenomenal - Best Classic Bands

3rd best would usually be faint praise, but not where The Band is concerned: 1970’s Stage Fright ranks only slightly behind their first two

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The continued popularity of Margo Guryan

TikTok has helped to bring Margo Guryan more listeners, whose one album from the '60s seems to enjoy a resurgence every few years.

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The Guide to Getting Into Kate Bush – VICE

From the mother, to the daughter, to "Wuthering Heights," here are the essential stages of Kate Bush's career.

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Siren for Charlotte is Redefining Shoegaze

The Japanese label's self-styled "post-angelic shoegaze" sound aims to liberate the genre from its association with alternative rock.

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The Ongoing Debate About Analog Versus Digital Music

Hank Green of SciShow analyzed the ongoing debate between those who feel that analog music is far superior than digital music and vice versa.

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The Beatles: Can AI ‘Fix’ Their Unreleased Material? - Best Classic Bands

Can unreleased Beatles recordings be made whole by AI? Here is a look at projects that could be on the way in coming years.

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How has Joni Mitchell influenced modern pop?

Investigating the influence of Joni Mitchell and her 1971 magnum opus, 'Blue', on the pop music of today, from Lorde to Taylor Swift.

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Next Week in Music | Aug. 19-25 • 5 New Books - Tinnitist

Moon Unit Zappa’s memoir, a bio of musical outsider Harry Smith and a collection of rock critic Dave Marsh‘s writing are all I need to get me through the week. As always, your mileage may vary — which is why there are a few other titles in this roundup. Read all about ’em:   Earth […]

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What the New York Times Missed: 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

Last week, The New York Times Book Review published a list of the “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” (Well, so far, obviously. Why not just call it the best books of the last 25 year…

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12 best songs of 2024 (so far) to test-drive your hi-fi system

From Arooj Aftab to Adrienne Lenker, Young Jesus to Yard Act

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ratbag’s Down the Rabbit Hole Playlist

Following the release of her first single of 2024, the songwriter and visual artist shares a collection of “songs that send her somewhere else.”

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