Daily Newsletter, July 23, 2023

Atwood's staff share the music they've been listening to: This week's roundup includes Hozier, The Americans, Chance Peña, Charli XCX, Cayo Coco, Gold Lake, Ethan Tasch, Party Nails, Small Words, Mitch Rowland, City Ghost, Gabzy, PEARL, LUNA AURA, & Mint Fatigues!

Stream Blur’s new album, the Barbie soundtrack, Ludwig Göransson’s Oppenheimer soundtrack, NewJeans’ second EP, and more

This week's Notable Releases include Blur, Ice Spice, Allegra Krieger, Outer Heaven, Molly Tuttle, Fatboi Sharif, and more...

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Jim O’Rourke’s passion for film has informed his music from the start. Cinematic notions of pacing and structure influence his compositional approach as much as the work of any musician you can name. He’s titled albums after movies and tunes after movie characters, and he’s been contributing to soundtracks since the 1990s. But until now, O’Rourke has not released an LP that bears the legend “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.” One suspects that a couple circumstances had not converged; either the music he made for other films didn’t seem right for a record or the filmmakers did not request that a soundtrack album be released.

The new albums from Allegra Krieger, Cut Worms and more should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new favorite record.

Our guide to the outer limits of Bandcamp.

The box set captures the explosive farewell event by EP/64, in which 35 artists – spanning techno, noise, punk, jazz and more – convened for a weekend of improvised sets. It tells the story of a brilliantly strange musical project and raises intriguing questions, finds Alastair Shuttleworth

Curated by Mitch Mosk, this week's Editor's Picks features music from Holly Humberstone, Del Water Gap, Francis of Delirium, DURRY, Ashaine White, & Lovetta!

From compelling stories about family dynamics to a satire of chaotic 1970s Harlem, these are BBC Culture's picks of the best fiction of the year so far.