Daily Newsletter, December 23, 2024

Who in the hell releases new music during Christmas week? Well, these people. If you need a distraction from the holidays, here are the 100-plus albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes on the way:     Acidgvrl | SadGirlsVsTheSeason: The Birth Of Poppi & Spooki Act Tragic | […]

With more than 100 publications, blogs and magazines’ end of year lists now published, Charli xcx's brat has taken the top slot as the critics' choice in the aggregated top 50.

After dominating culture this summer, Brat tops a "poll of polls" to be named the year's best record.

There are various sides to the nature of acquisition, particularly when it comes to repurchasing albums one already owns. The temptation to acquire bonus

All of these made it to some measure of success during the 1980s, and they still sound great today.

In July 1976, John Cale, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and David Byrne got together for a star-studded jam session at one of the New York scene's favourite haunts.

Carl Wilson is an underrated great of his generation, whose glorious voice and authoritative guitar graced scores of Beach Boys recordings.

Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday at 91 years old

Nina Simone wrote 'Four Women' swiftly in the mid-1960s but kept it to herself for four months, fearing it was too raw and vulnerable to share.

It’s the most larcenous time of the year: Thanks to the scourge of AI, it’s hard to miss the scores of fake-ass music bios being hawked online this year. The giveaways: They’re mainly available only as downloads, they’re impossibly up to date, and the covers are usually amateurish and ugly. And oh yeah; they’re a […]