Daily Newsletter, January 25, 2025

MOGWAI THE BAD FIRE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD After 30 years on the music scene, you can’t really call Scottish giants Mogwai really productive, as they have come up with only 11 albums, including this new one titled The Bad Fire. And while this may not be productive by the standards of the current music industry […]

LARKIN POE BLOOM TRICKI-WOO RECORDS There was always a dilemma for the Lovell sisters – how to stay in touch with their love of blues roots and move forward with their music, without leaving blues out at any point. Or was there any dilemma at all, as their latest album Bloom brings along once again […]

MAGANA BAD NEWS AUDIO ANTIHERO RECORDS For some artists it can be a problem living a double life—playing with other artists and doing your own music. LA-based multi-instrumentalist and photographer Jeni Magaña, who is also a bassist for Mitski doesn’t seem to have that problem. If her recent album Teeth wasn’t convincing enough (as it […]

TOKYO TEA ROOM NO RUSH INDEPENDENT Is there a perfect match between an album title and the music it depicts within the grooves (or bites, if you will) these days? If you have a hard time finding such a combination, then look no further that the upcoming UK quartet Tokyo Tea Room’ new album titled […]

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 24/1/25 Part One – The Best New Releases Photo: Fracktura Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing pleasure! This […]

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 24/1/25 Part Two – The Best New Releases Photo: KATAVIA Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing pleasure! This […]

Whether making rabbits for Chappell Roan or dangling Pink upside down, these professionals build entire worlds for pop’s A-listers. They explain their singular craft

The popular MTV clip show has more than 1,500 episodes.

"I woke up three days later, in France, in this stupid castle, and I’m thinking: ‘What just happened?'"

When Rick Danko returned to the music scene after years out of the spotlight, he was unrecognizable. Fans didn’t understand what happened—until his friends revealed the tragic truth about his time away.

Vanilla Fudge rose to fame with their cover of The Supremes 'You Keep Me Hanging On', and from there, they cemented themselves as musical greats.

Le Sony’r Ra, the philosopher/composer/musician/poet known to the world as Sun Ra, died in 1993. Recordings from across his career have been coming out ever since, and this one is proof that the barrel’s bottom is not yet being scraped. The two-CD Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank contain 16 tracks performed by Ra and his Arkestra—which, on this occasion, included 16 other musicians and an unidentified number of dancers—at the Baltimore jazz club in 1978.

Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, which went on to make music history.

Listen to our latest Mixtape featuring Sam Amidon, hemlock, Joshua Burnside, RÓIS, Richard Dawson, Tashi Dorji, Jim Ghedi, Jeff Parker, Onilu, One Leg One Eye, New York United, 75 Dollar Bill and more.