Daily Newsletter, January 4, 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, Atwood Magazine celebrates the music that had the greatest impact on our lives. Here are the best albums of the year!

Voted on by over 30 Guardian music writers, we celebrate the year’s best tracks from Boygenius to Blur and beyond

Our 2023 year in review ends with the top 10 albums of the year as voted on by the AllMusic community. Some old favorites, some new names, and an outpouring of support from the…

With big returns and striking debuts, 2024 promises to be a year to a remember for the album format. Here's what we're excited about

In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.

As the 1980s went on, the British television programme Top Of The Pops developed a split personality. On the one hand it was a place of forced jollity and occasional subversion, as mainly middle-aged Radio 1 disc jockeys interacted uncomfortably with telegenic audience members, and introduced pop hits. As the decade continued, however, it became […]

Good Vibrations founder/Northern Irish punk legend Terri Hooley recalls how The Undertones were rejected by every British record label

From captivating compositions to virtuosic performances, these releases encompass a wide range of styles and showcase the creativity and artistry of today's jazz musicians. Here is our curated selection of ten new jazz albums released this month (January 2024) that you need to know about! Ethan Iverson, Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) Technically Acceptable is

From haunting horrors to big time blockbusters

Happy New Year, readers. 2023 had its ups and downs (mostly downs), but as always, at least it brought us some very good books. But now that you’ve read all the books last year had to offer (right?…