Daily Newsletter, September 28, 2025

This Sunday's article bonanza

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
September 28, 2025

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of September 2025

tQ's staffers have sifted through the stream of September's music, and returned with a selection of shiny golden nuggets

thequietus.com/tq-charts/music-of-the-month/music-of-the-month-the-best-albums-and-tracks-of-september-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

72 Albums We're Anticipating for Fall 2025

Labor Day is in the rearview, which means summer is unofficially over and we've got one last season of 2025. That means it's time for our list of 73 albums that we're anticipating this fall.

www.brooklynvegan.com/72-albums-were-anticipating-for-fall-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Best Albums of Summer 2025

Looking back at the second quarter of 2025.

daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025/the-best-albums-of-summer-2025

Review: Hazlett’s album ‘Last Night You Said You Missed Me’

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Hazlett –  Last Night You Said You Missed Me – Release date: September 12, 2025 When autumn is on the brink (or eventually starts) you just might [...]

www.rockatnight.com/2025/09/review-hazletts-album-last-night-you-said-you-missed-me/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

Fluxblog 564: across the universes

Comprehensive career retrospective playlists for Talking Heads, Steely Dan, Wu-Tang Clan, and Björk

fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-564-across-the-universes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=272154&post_id=174552791&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=114ph&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

11 unforgettable rock years: a bluffer's guide

From psychedelic highs to grunge’s breakthrough, we explore 11 defining rock years and the albums that shaped music history

www.classical-music.com/articles/classic-rock-years?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy%20music

Five songs that proved an artist's career was doomed

There are some artists who released a song so bad it acted as a nail in their careers coffin, here are some examples of those disastrous tunes.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-songs-proved-artists-career-doomed/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Good Grief: Sonic Youth's Washing Machine at 30 | The Quietus

Stevie Chick celebrates what might be the best Sonic Youth album of them all plus the influence of Nirvana and Neil Young

thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/sonic-youth-lp-washing-machine-review/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The "final straw" that Paul McCartney said ended The Beatles

Although Paul McCartney wished The Beatles could perform together forever, he knew one wrong move could mean them splitting apart.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-final-straw-that-paul-mccartney-said-ended-the-beatles/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/entertainment

“It’s one of George's best songs. His mind is clear and his music is clear”: The genius of the profound 1967 Beatles song that John Lennon held up as George’s greatest

The opening to Sgt Pepper’s second side underlined just how boundless the Beatles’ musical scope had become

www.musicradar.com/artists/its-one-of-georges-best-songs-his-mind-is-clear-and-his-music-is-clear-the-genius-of-the-profound-1967-beatles-song-that-john-lennon-held-up-as-georges-greatest?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/musicnews

How Carole King created her masterpiece with 'Tapestry'

'Tapestry' is often cited as one of the greatest singer-songwriter records to have ever been released, but it didn't arrive without hardship for Carole King.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/tale-of-the-tape-the-story-of-carole-king-tapestry/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Banned! The 21 most incendiary rock songs of all time, ranked

21 rock songs that enraged censors and challenged authority – banned, blacklisted, or silenced, yet defiantly unforgettable

www.classical-music.com/articles/banned-songs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy%20music

Editor's Choice: October 2025 | The best new jazz recordings

Featuring new releases from Mulatu Astatke, Led Bib, Nicole Glover, Bill Laurance and more

www.jazzwise.com/features/article/editor-s-choice-october-2025-the-best-new-jazz-recordings

Flashlight to Katabasis: 18 of the best books of the year so far

From an "epic" coming-of-age story to "delicious" dark academia – this is the very best fiction of the year, as chosen by BBC journalists.

www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250619-the-best-books-of-2025