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Feb 13, 2026
Consumer Guide: February, 2026
One of the great interpretive singers of our epoch takes on Lou Reed, abstract and impressive amapiano, the most explicitly leftist album in far too long, and a reliable Nashvillian with 11 winners
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Et In Arcadia Emo: The Apple Tree Under The Sea by Hemlocke Springs | The Quietus
The debut album from the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter-producer, finds the digital age's only medieval princess bursting with ideas and cartoonish intensity. Truly, Hemlocke Springs contains multitudes
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1979 albums: the 23 greatest LPs from a uniquely restless year
From post-punk’s jagged edges to stadium rock’s final roar, 1979 was the year music’s old guard met its neon future
www.classical-music.com/rock/1979-albums
The lost art of the mashup
The legal, musical, and social demise of Youtube year-end megamixes can be read as an obituary for a lost monoculture.
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Why you should be paying attention to Honest Work
In a world of endless sub-genres, maybe music needs a band to come back and revitalise rock and roll. Is that band, Honest Work?
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Late Music Legend Fela Kuti Becomes First Recipient of Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award from The African Continent » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS
Regarded as the progenitor of Afrobeat, Nigerian legend Fela Kuti was posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.
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Lovin’ Spoonful, One of The First Folk Rockers Gets an Extensive Box Set » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS
Lovin’ Spoonful are often dubbed as one of the first true folk rockers is now getting a massive box set title 'What a Day for a Daydream.'
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Enforcers: the 15 most controlling frontmen in rock history
From iron-fisted studio dictators to ego-driven visionaries, these 15 leaders proved that rock and roll is rarely a true democracy
www.classical-music.com/rock/controlling-frontmen
Not Previously Available Memorabilia from The Doors is Set to Be Auctioned Off » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS
A batch of previously never-before-seen memorabilia related to '60s rock legends The Doors is set to be auctioned off in Surrey, England.
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10 Should-Be-Classic Anxious Love Songs » PopMatters
Anxious love songs typically involve conflict—around unrequited passion, cheating, or loss—where the singer often feels something unresolved.
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25 Platonic Love Songs for Valentine's Day
These tracks are for the family, friends and other non-romantic loved ones in our lives.
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Songs You Need In Your Life This Week
The FADER's weekly roundup of the best new songs right now including songs by Frost Children, MUNA, Ninajirachi, Kim Gordon, Ekko Astral, tobi lou and more.
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