Daily Newsletter, November 9, 2025

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AMY JAY MNEMONICS INDEPENDENT For many listeners it might seem a somewhat easy thing to navigate the currently widening field of singer songwriter pop. All you have to do is come up with some good melodies, engage a stellar producer/arranger and have good vocal capabilities to carry the tune. Oh, a modicum of talent should […]

The best classic rock boxed sets, collections and reissues of 2025 include releases from Dylan, the Beatles, Genesis, Pink Floyd & more.

DEVIN SHAFFER PATIENCE American Dreams Many artists these days start out by releasing music completely on their own, including recording their music wherever they could, without initially getting to a proper studio. That is exactly the way Devin Shaffer, a singer-songwriter who relocated from Chicago to New York, started out with her initial album. There […]

Lily Allen's 'West End Girl' is a portrayal of modern love and loss that's made listeners reassess their own experiences.

TOMO NAKAYAMA OCEAN PORCHLIGHT RECORDS Seattle via Japan musician Tomo Nakayama isn’t an artist that likes to stand still and tie himself to a certain genre or a specific musical setting. He’s been making music for over two decades, making soundtracks for Netflix’s House of Ninjas and the Sundance Grand Jury-nominated film Touchy Feely, and […]

Matthew Barton looks back twenty years to the Kate Bush album Aerial that seemed to take forever to arrive but was worth the wait

CATHERINE BROOKMAN IF A SONG FADES OUT, IT’S PLAYING FOREVER SOMEWHERE LONG ECHO RECORDS Brooklyn-based Catherine Brookman presents herself as a performer and composer, rather than going under the somewhat worn-out term of singer and songwriter, and she has good reasoning behind it, as she comes up with her debut album with an elongated title, […]

The Sex Pistols played their very first gig 50 years ago, on Nov. 6, 1975, at St. Martin’s School of Art and Design in London. This was a crack in the

STRANGE PASSAGE A FOLDED SKY MERITORIO RECORDS Do you remember the heyday of the ‘80s guitar-driven indie rock where bands like R.E.M., Felt, The Feelies, The Church and the melody-oriented phase of Hüsker Dü were among those spearheading some great music? Well, even if you don’t remember, but are longing for such a sound, New […]

If 28 Years Later had been set in Denmark, then the nation’s rising trio, Smag På Dig Selv, may well have provided the perfect soundtrack.

A look at the friendship of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, how it's depicted on the cover of their greatest albums and the painting that inspired it.

The best Bob Dylan songs, as chosen by his friends and famous fans including David Pajo, Kris Kristofferson and Pete Wylie

Bands breaking apart, creativity under strain, brilliance and bitterness tangled together – 15 albums where you can hear the split happening.

Something seems familiar as we take a look at a selection of essential Indiana Jones imitators from the 1980s… In cinema, if something works once, studios will naturally assume it could work aga…