Daily Newsletter, October 2, 2025

Not as stuffed, but still substantial reads

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
October 02, 2025

Why physical music media still matters in 2025

'Bose x NME: C25' artists explain the appeal of tapes, CDs and vinyl

www.nme.com/features/music-features/why-physical-music-media-still-matters-in-2025-3893281?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-physical-music-media-still-matters-in-2025

Nostalgia Tracks: 24 Years Later, Why “Mississippi” Is Still Bob Dylan’s Best Song

atwoodmagazine.com/nt-bob-dylan-mississippi-nostalgia-tracks-song-review/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Album Of The Week: Rocket 'R Is For Rocket'

Imagine starting a new creative endeavor and then being mentored by your heroes right off the bat. This was pretty much the case for Rocket, the Los Angeles quartet of 20-somethings who began making amped-up guitar music together in 2021. In the two years between their formation and their debut EP Versions Of You, Rocket started regularly playing local gigs, sharing bills with their friends in bands like Milly and the now-defunct Regrettes. Before long, Rocket were opening for some of the very same bands they’d grown up worshipping: Sunny Day Real Estate, Ride, Smashing Pumpkins. They hadn’t even put out a full-length album yet.

www.stereogum.com/2324757/album-of-the-week-rocket-r-is-for-rocket/reviews/album-of-the-week/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

These 11 bands each managed just one album. If only they'd done more

From The United States of America to Jeff Buckley, these 11 brilliant acts released only one album – and we’re still yearning for more

www.classical-music.com/articles/bands-who-made-just-one-album?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy%20music

3 Kids of Famous Musicians Who Matched (Or Surpassed) the Success of Their Parents

These three famous musicians met or surpassed the success of their parents, who were popular stars in their own right.

americansongwriter.com/3-kids-of-famous-musicians-who-matched-or-surpassed-the-success-of-their-parents/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=AmericanSong/magazine/The+List

How Mike Patton created the most bizarre band of the 1990s

A look at what inspired the members of Mr Bungle to make such strange music and how they managed to become a cult act despite their strangeness.

dangerousminds.net/music/ska-death-metal-pee-wee-herman-created-most-bizarre-band-1990s/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Beatles song Geddy Lee said started heavy metal

Rush frontman Geddy Lee is a lifelong fan of The Beatles, and according to him one song by the Liverpool band was "heavy metal before there was heavy metal".

faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-song-geddy-lee-said-started-heavy-metal/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/entertainment

Trip-Hop Greats Goldfrapp’s Deluxe Edition of their Album 'Supernature' Comes with Remix Surprises » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Electro duo Goldfrapp made big waves at the turn of the century with their album Supernature, now getting a 20th anniversary reissue.

livinglifefearless.co/2025/music/trip-hop-greats-goldfrapps-deluxe-edition-of-their-album-supernature-comes-with-remix-surprises/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

Here’s the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2025 First Novel Prize.

Today, the Center for Fiction announced the shortlist for their annual First Novel Prize, which was judged this year by Xochitl Gonzalez, Adam Haslett, Tracy O’Neill, and Joseph Earl Thomas (…

lithub.com/heres-the-shortlist-for-the-center-for-fictions-2025-first-novel-prize/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/creativewriting

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: Catch up with September | The Quietus

It’s a big month in our round-up playlist, with just a wafer-thin slice off five hours of everything we’ve been covering in September 2025. For those who support us by being members of the Subscriber Plus tier, we’ve just finished the first weeks of the new subscriber perks in which we’re sending out essential listening […]

thequietus.com/subscriber-area/playlists/tqs-exclusive-monthly-round-up-playlist-catch-up-with-september/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FPlaylists

Numero Discover Weekly

Playlist · Numero Group · 30 items · 3K saves

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