Daily Newsletter, January 22, 2025

A look into the history of pub rock, how it started, and how it burnt out despite giving the world Dr Feelgood, one of the best cult bands of the 1970s.

We highlight some of the most anticipated albums of the year, including upcoming ones from Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, serpentwithfeet and more.Featured artists and songs:1. Perfume Genius: "It's A Mirror," from Glory (March 28)2. Florist: "Have Heaven," from Jellywish (April 4)3. Lucy Dacus: "Ankles," from Forever Is A Feeling (March 28)4. serpentwithfeet: "Writhing In The Wind," from GRIP Sequel (Feb. 28)5. Squid: "Building 650," from Cowards (Feb. 7)6. Jason Isbell: "Bury Me," from Foxes in the Snow (March 7)7. Saya Gray: "Shell (Of A Man)," from SAYA (Feb. 21)8. Marshall Allen: "African Sunset," from New Dawn (Feb. 14)9. Samia: "Bovine Excision," from Bloodless (April 25)See the complete list of 2025 releases we're tracking.Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected] the songs in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.

Sometimes you never forget the first time you hear a song. In the case of “Tangled Up in Blue” — the opening song from Bob Dylan’s 1975 album Blood on the

When Brian Eno first heard it, he could sense its potential to revolutionise the way pop would be made

“How can I be homophobic? My bitch is gay!” It’s one of the dumbest rap lines in recent memory, and that’s almost the point. You can hear London rapper Central Cee’s shit-eating grin. He knows it’s dumb, and he also knows that it’s attention-grabbing and memorable. If his song “Doja” came out a few years earlier, it would’ve been the subject of countless tiresome thinkpieces, people arguing over how seriously to take that line. But Cench released that song in 2022, when that kind of willful ignorance was sheer TikTok bait. He knew it would work, and he was proven correct. Central Cee was already a big name in the UK rap world before “Doja,” but that song was a full-on smash over there. It also found its way to American rap radio, still a vanishingly rare feat for a UK rap hit. Two and a half years later, Can’t Rush Greatness is the end result — a big-push major-label album specifically intended to turn Central Cee into a global star. It might just work.

‘C’est Parti !’, the first track on Antique Fantasia Vol. 4: Polonius II opens with patterns which proliferate in uncanny ways. Extra layers cascade in with a pop-up effect akin to new windows surprisingly but synchronously opening on a browser. This digital gait pervades Milan-based, Egyptian-born Seif Gaber’s music as Polonius. The compositions sound rooted […]

The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.

See how one of Pulp’s greatest hits was dismissed before it became a classic. Nick Banks might have derided it, but it became a hit Britpop anthem.

The Quietus’ founders Luke Turner and John Doran had planned to have a gladiatorial contest to work out which was the finest Sonic Youth album, either Evol or Dirty. But, when they got down to it, they realised that they just really bloody love Sonic Youth, and that these two albums (from 1986 and 1992 respectively), are high-water […]

André 3000, Julia Holter and more have contributed 98 tracks of previously unreleased music to aid victims of the Los Angeles fires.

Another auction of Bob Dylan memorabilia saw the bard’s draft lyrics for his 1965 song "Mr. Tambourine Man" go for $508,000.