Daily Newsletter, June 30, 2025

If you’re adding up your unpaid parking tickets or tallying your new crush’s body count, 230 is a goddamn big number. If you’re talking about next week’s music releases, it’s barely a blip. After wading through nearly 500 albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues, cassettes and steaming releases last week, […]

With summer just around the corner, the biggest songs this week included all-time greats from the Airplane, Turtles, Aretha and Scott McKenzie

Throughout Lana Del Rey's discography, she has referenced the word "blue" countless times, allowing the symbolism of the colour to shift over time.

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 29/6/25 – The Best New Releases Photo: Jessie Bird 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 coverage […]

AI is pushing us to cut corners, but the evidence is very clear: playing and making music is a powerfully healthy activity, one that humans evolved to do

Obituary: Lowell George, the primary lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Los Angeles-based Little Feat died on June 29, 1979 in Virginia

Far as I can tell, there are only four new books coming out next week. And they’re all about Oasis, believe it or not. Clearly, the end is nigh. And not a moment too soon, you ask me. Plus, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you shelled out mega-bucks for those […]

The best fiction by 20th century Chinese writers as recommended by author and social commentator Lijia Zhang.

A beautifully made streaming amplifier that lives up to expectations

Listen to our latest Monday Morning Brew playlist ft Mexico’s César y su Jardín. Plus, our latest Off the Shelf guest is Mark Fry known for the psych-folk classic, Dreaming with Alice (1972)