Daily Newsletter, June 28, 2024

Further Listening: 5. The First Day Of Spring Is A Picture In Blue A London-based band, fronted by Southend-on-Sea-born songwriter Samuel Jones, First Day Of Spring found themselves as the name on …

It was an amazing year for music as rock, pop and R&B shared the airwaves. Solo hits from all four Beatles, joined 2 songs called "Superstar" near the top. What was #1?

Cursed at the time of its released, Mohammad Reza Aslani's film The Chess of the Wind is now recognised as one of great Iranian films of the 1970s. Its soundtrack may be even better

We live in a strong age of DIY music, but there have been a number of musicians and technological advancements that have led to this moment.

See which ones made the list.

Researchers found that songs globally use higher pitches, slower tempos, and more stable pitches than speech, suggesting universal acoustic traits in music that facilitate social bonding and harmonization.

Back in 2001, Beck was called "a musician-poet, who transcends genres, even as he reinvents them.” Appropriately enough, this praise came out of the mouth

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Shoegaze has been a cultural fixture for a while now, but recently it's enjoyed renewed interest, with an array of bands keeping the flame alive.

If you haven’t heard of Hugo Gernsback, you’ve surely heard of the Hugo Award. Next to the Nebula, it’s the most prestigious of science fiction prizes, bringing together in its ranks of winners such venerable authors as Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C.

The art-pop composer/pop connoisseur shares how Gil Scott-Heron, Noname, Pulp, and more paved the way for the radical message of her new album.

KLOF No. 34 (Alternative, Experimental, Improv, Folk)