Daily Newsletter, September 1, 2023

Not many artists can put such two opposites together in such a seamless manner, but Sonny Smith does exactly that here, gathering some serious self-awareness with their musical macrame.

Oozing passion and vibrant pop vibes, singer-songwriter Bianca James releases her self-titled debut album.

August concludes tomorrow, so we're looking back on our 10 favorite albums of the month, featuring Chris Farren, The Armed, Ratboys & more!

This month, you could dive into the immersive soundscapes of ANNA or the dreamily danceable Realms from Cindy Wilson. There's Rhiannon Giddens in a

Slowdive return with a vengence.

It's not on streaming platforms. It's never been reissued. The critics hated it. Is Summer In Paradise by The Beach Boys the worst album ever released by a major band?

Based on sheer musicality, Wolf City could be the strongest record Amon Düül would ever make. The ensemble’s second record of 1972, released just a couple months after its predecessor, removes theatrics, limits improvisation, and its blistering riffs shake the very foundations of psychedelia. Things get quaking in wavering slink. The entire world begins to reverberate around the serpentine exchange of acoustic and electric guitar interplay. A false chorus ushers in a fiddle led freak-out and synthesizers begin to malfunction before heading into a lull.

The English post-rock sextet explore the eldritch mysteries of the landscape on a record as bleak and sinister as all hell, finds Oliver Cookson

Sweetheart of the Rodeo from the Byrds is "the most consequential stylistic stroke since their pioneering folk-rock debut 3 years earlier"

A look at the best reviewed fiction from June, July, and August. * Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Doubleday) “Crook Manifesto is a dazzling treatise, a glorious and intricate anatomy of t…