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Feb 20, 2026
30 essential alternative albums turning 20 in 2026
Travel back to a year where MySpace, flip phones, and The Black Parade reigned supreme.
www.altpress.com/alternative-albums-turning-20-in-2026/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music
Ancient to the Future: Discombobulated by Hen Ogledd | The Quietus
The Hen Ogledd family keeps on expanding – the group’s sound, likewise. But more than anything, Discombobulated sounds like the present, finds Jeanette Leech
thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/album-of-the-week/discombobulated-hen-ogledd-review/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music
Isabel Pine - Fables
Pine was able to conjure not only the environment she used for her recordings, but the emotions those surroundings impressed on her, transcending the usual field recording scenario.
echoesanddust.com/2026/02/isabel-pine-fables/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles
Ranked: the 21 greatest live albums of all time
From prison yards to sold-out stadiums, these legendary recordings capture the raw energy, improvisation, and unmatched atmosphere of rock’s finest hours
www.classical-music.com/rock/best-live-albums
Lucinda Williams’ greatest weapon is the song she’s singing
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com/music/lucinda-williams/lucinda-williams-worlds-gone-wrong-interview?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music
The most depressing album Brian Wilson ever made
A look at the vulnerability of Brian Wilson, and how that was exploited by Eugene Landy so he could begin a career in music.
dangerousminds.net/music/the-most-depressing-album-brian-wilson-ever-made
Boz Scaggs’ ‘Silk Degrees’: Game-Changer - Best Classic Bands
Looking back at recording Silk Degrees, Boz Scaggs said that while listening to the playbacks he had the sense something special happened
bestclassicbands.com/boz-scaggs-silk-degrees-review-6-10-211/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music
Bryan Ferry
While Roxy Music were enjoying both critical and popular musical acclaim, Brian Ferry was busy pursuing an equally fruitful solo career.
www.udiscovermusic.com/artist/bryan-ferry/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=RockundVinyl/magazine/WAS+MIT+ROCK,+VINYL+UND+LESEN
Remember When Gram Parsons Wrote Actor Peter Fonda's Trippy First Single in 1967
"He [Gram Parsons] taught me how to play it, and I went and practiced it and practiced it and went out and cut it," recalled Peter Fonda.
americansongwriter.com/gram-parson-wrote-legendary-actor-peter-fondas-first-and-only-single/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
The Yorkshireman who secretly wrote David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’
The story of John 'Hutch' Hutchinson and David Bowie crafting 'Space Oddity' is one of friendship, fate, finally some success and Stanley Kubrick obsolescence.
faroutmagazine.co.uk/yorkshireman-who-secretly-co-wrote-david-bowies-space-oddity/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music
Herbie Hancock Explains the Big Lesson He Learned From Miles Davis: Every Mistake in Music, as in Life, Is an Opportunity
One thing they don’t teach you in parenting school is how to guide a young child into making fewer mistakes in her homework, while also communicating to her that mistakes are not “bad” but often “good” in that they can be conduits for creative thinking and intuitive pathways to progress.
www.openculture.com/2026/02/herbie-hancock-explains-the-lesson-he-learned-from-miles-davis.html#utm_content=topic/jazz&utm_source=flipboard
The New Yorker Daily Newsletter
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Stereolab Share Two New Songs: “Cloud Land” and “Flashes in the Afternoon”
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www.undertheradarmag.com/news/stereolab_share_two_new_songs_cloud_land_and_flashes_in_the_afternoon
Neon Music Early Signals Playlist | Neon Music
A curated Neon Music playlist tracking emerging artists and songs before they reach wider editorial rotation.
neonmusic.co.uk/neon-music-early-signals-playlist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FPlaylists