Daily Newsletter, December 5, 2024

Featuring Porridge Radio, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Gouge Away, julie, Friko, the Jesus Lizard, and more

Our annual look back at the year in music begins with the first of a two-part episode highlighting the year's best albums, with Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Waxahatchee and more.Look for Part 2 on Friday, Dec. 6.See NPR Music's complete list of the 50 best albums from 2024.Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you get podcasts.Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected]

What a year it’s been for psych rock, noise rock and other largely guitar-based music that doesn’t strictly fit into either of those categories but JR Moores likes to crowbar into these columns because he likes the sound of it. There’s been so much going on, in fact, that there were loads of stories that […]

If good vibes are what you seek, then you should start with these albums.

Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian-shirted glory

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Lord Sunny The Unifier – Keep It Fierce – Release date : November 15, 2024 Picking a single from an yet to be released album can be [...]

Produced by The Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale, Nico's 1978 album The Marble Index was never meant to be an easy listen. It's an avant-garde triumph.

The Beatles added some country music influences on the chart-topping platinum-selling 'Beatles for Sale,' released on Dec. 4, 1964.

It’s been another hard year, but at least the reading was good. Here are the best (new) books the Literary Hub staff read in 2024. * Marie-Helene Bertino, Beautyland FSG, January 16 It is a f…

Bonnie “Prince” Billy – the persona of musician Will Oldham – has shared "London May" as the second single from his forthcoming album, The Purple Bird.