Daily Newsletter, February 17, 2024

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Bedsit Poets – All the Roads Lead Me Back-Release date: February 2, 2024 Edward Rogers and Amanda Thorpe, who combine their musical skills and knowledge as Bedsit [...]

See the best Record Store Day 2024 releases, including Including vinyl from Talking Heads, David Bowie, At the Drive-In, South Park, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Rome Streetz is not resting on his laurels but instead putting the rap game in a stranglehold. He’s out here waiting for his prize fight, and he sounds as hungry as he ever did. The MC has given us a lot to digest on one of last year’s definitive hip-hop albums, a record meant to unpack in time.

Despite the predictably & performatively negative reaction the Japanese artist inspires in some critical quarters, it is clear she has been responsible for a cavalcade of bangers over the decades. With a new retrospective at the Tate Modern, Jeremy Allen explores her back catalogue

The Warwickshire band was a highly-influential "forerunner".

There's plenty about Wall of Eyes, the new album by the British rock trio The Smile, to remind you of Radiohead, the band with which The Smile shares Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. But there's something about The Smile that resists feeling like Radiohead redux, and on this week's episode Ann Powers, Tom Huizenga and Sheldon Pearce get to the bottom of what makes Wall of Eyes so satisfying on its own terms.Plus: Discussion of a week's worth of great albums leads to a conversation about the state of music criticism, which took a blow last week when the long-standing, much-beloved, occasionally-hated website Pitchfork was folded into the men's magazine GQ and much of its staff laid off. Featured Albums for January 26, 2024:1. Patricia Kopatchinksaja, Reto Bieri, Polina Leschenko — Take 32. Benny the Butcher — Everybody Can't Go3. Katy Kirby — Blue Raspberry4. The Smile — Wall of Eyes

Did the carefree vibes inspire the wonderful music produced in the summer of 1967? Or did the music will the "Summer of Love" into existence?

The editors of JAZZIZ have the good fortune of being able to listen to new music before it’s officially released in stores and streaming platforms. And because we’re always listening to new tunes, we always know just what to recommend. That’s why we’ll bring you a roundup of ten songs each week, featuring music from

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An all-in-one hi-fi system is a good option if you don't want a separate amplifier, speakers and CD player. Here are some of the best hi-fi systems on the market today.