Daily Newsletter, August 3, 2025

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
August 03, 2025

Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of July 2025 (reviews, playlist)

Starring: Wet Leg, IDLES, Fcukers, The Charlatans, Soulwax, Daniel Avery, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Living Hour, Water From Your Eyes and more of July's best stuff.

www.brooklynvegan.com/indie-basement-best-songs-albums-of-july-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Did Nick Drake write the greatest four-chord song in music history?

Leaving a brief but celebrated body of work, Nick Drake's folk legacy has received particular praise for one definitive song's novel use of chord progressions.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/did-nick-drake-write-greatest-four-chord-song-in-history/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/entertainment

13 Best Rock Organists (& Their Most Killer Tracks) - Best Classic Bands

Every one of the players here is an acknowledged master that helped etch the instrument into the rock music legacy

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Five band member swaps we'd love to see

With Nine Inch Nails and Foo Fighters seemingly swapping bands, we at Far Out pondered over what other musical substitutions could work.

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"Prince looked at me like I had five heads." Legendary US film director Spike Lee reveals what happened when he cheekily asked Prince to gift him one of his iconic bespoke guitars

If you don't ask, you don't get

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Hot Picks 2/8/25 - The Best New Releases - FVMusicBlog

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 2/8/25 – The Best New Releases Photo: Whooligans 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 […]

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Leonard Cohen’s favourite songs by his favourite songwriters

He's one of the most gifted lyricists of his day, but Leonard Cohen's list of favourite songwriters is just as impressive.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/leonard-cohens-favourite-songs-by-his-favourite-songwriters/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Murders for August | Jeremy Black | The Critic Magazine

Does the “biggest literary crisis in years” — well until the next one — have anything to offer readers of these effusions. The deception was fraudulent but scarcely murderous…

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Subscriber Playlist: What we Wrote About in July | The Quietus

In his review of REST IN BASS, the excellent new album by young Atlanta rapper Che, Eden Tizard described how on one track the “beat is cut up with what sounds like gravel blowing its nose” – can you validate this excellent wordplay by listening to the record via this month’s subscriber exclusive playlist? In well over four […]

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Our Favorite Songs of the Week (Playlist)

This week's playlist includes Burial, Fcukers, IDLES, Hayley Williams, Roc Marciano & DJ Premier, Fleshwater, Geese, and more.

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