Daily Newsletter, August 20, 2025

Throughout the seven soundscapes presented here, Tucker firmly remains in the enchanting space, leaving all the mundane traps easily behind him.

Five tape labels from around the world to know this month.

The Dirtbag Anthem, evolving since the 1970s, has become a surprisingly durable look at the state of the culture.

A look at what makes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard such a special rock band via five of their most unforgettable musical moments.

Some albums don't so much arrive as materialise – like a wisp of cigarette smoke caught in a streetlamp's beam after rain. Bohren & der Club of Gore's Sunset Mission (2000) is one of them, unfolding at a pace that leaves room for the scent of petrichor to linger in the air. There's a European lineage here, from the melancholy of Tomasz Stańko's Polish jazz to the urban fog of Miles Davis' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud soundtrack. But the pacing belongs to Bohren alone – glacial, immersive, and attentive to the silence between notes. Like David Lynch's best work, the music makes beauty and menace share the same room; a brushed cymbal could be a velvet curtain's hush or rain on a car roof while you wait for someone who might never come.

From Abbey Road conspiracy theories to Joy Division’s mysterious pulsar lines, here are 11 classic album covers with stories as fascinating as the songs inside

A special box set titled 'Power To The People' from John Lennon Lennon & Yoko Ono will see its release in October 2025.

"It's huge over most of the world. I hear it everywhere I go"

After Fernando Frias’ film Depeche Mode: M was screened at 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, it's been confirmed to hit IMAX screens.

Film companies and streaming services try to prepare detailed, targeted release schedules, particularly for the Autumn/Winter seasons when viewers spend more ti

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