Daily Newsletter, July 15, 2025

Further Listening: 5. Never Stop Calling Your Superstar Crush Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Superstar Crush originally formed as a house band for a, “rotating roster of vocalists and friend…

Atwood's staff share the music they've been listening to: This week's roundup includes Justin Bieber, Petey USA, Of Monsters and Men, D'Lourdes, James Vickery, Casii Stephan & Damion Shade, Charlotte Lawrence, Ben Hazlewood, Arcy Drive, Elias Hix, The Marches, Monterey J & Southsidefinn, Xin Liu, Joey Miceli & LEXXE, Chechii, Speedrun, Selve, Sophie May, Mya Angelique, The Wild Things, Firebug, ANDRO, Arts Fishing Club, Lucy Lane, & Fenno Street Jazz!

In towering year for popular music and countercultural lore, we take a look at some of 1967's lesser-known albums that have been dwarfed by the era's big names.

The British band Wet Leg is out with their second album. Does Moisturizer live up to the band's lofty rep?

Aging punks, take note: Those veterans of post-hardcore reference point Bitch Magnet, guitarist Jon Fine and drummer Orestes Morfin, have recruited bassist Simon Kobayashi (Smallgang) to form the all-instrumental We Contain Multitudes. The curious band name, a wink to the Walt Whitman poem “Song Of Myself,” reveals all.

Despite his best intentions, their 2023 album proved to be their last – and even though it involved a series of personal and business struggles, the release found the late bandleader in good humour and ready to fight another day

I met Nile Rodgers as we were putting the first issue of SPIN together. We were introduced by our mutual (and still) friend Robert Drake, the great sound engine

HBO Max is set to premiere the first part of its two-part documentary on Joel, titled 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes,' in mid-July.

We explore the origins of the ‘Paul is dead’ myth, how Beatles fans fuelled the rumour, and whether there was ever any truth behind the bizarre theory.

Metallica recently sued the US Pentagon for using their hit song "Enter Sandman" to promote its drone program.

Our guide to the month’s crucial jazz LPs.

Animal Collective return with “Love on the Big Screen,” their first track since 2023, underscoring their ability to blend genres while adding nuance to the broader conversation about what it means to be “mainstream” in the music industry today.

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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