Daily Newsletter, January 19, 2023

In his first column of 2023, our dance music columnist sheds light on the small Slovenian electronic music scene and shares his favourite recent releases from the likes of Vid Vai, POUCH ENVY, dvidevat and Black Dot

Catching up with the Velvet Underground icon ahead of his collaborative new solo album Mercy.

Longing.

For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.

In the late 'sixties '60s French jazz label, BYG set out to record and capture a growing market of 'freestyle' jazz artists, like Archie Shepp, and now most of their catalog is being re-released by Charly Records.

Transplanting features of US film noir to Paris, with added brutality, the 1962 film shocked in its time – and has inspired Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, writes Adam Scovell

From Cat Person (starring Cousin Greg) to the new Nicole Holofcener to an Ottessa Moshfegh–Anne Hathaway collaboration and more.

Featuring new titles by Laura Zigman, Janet Malcolm, Leigh Bardugo, Paul Auster, and more

The National release "Tropic Morning News," the first single from First Two Pages of Frankenstein, the band's first album since 2019, arrives on April 28.