Daily Newsletter, September 3, 2025

Noel Gardner's guide to the greatest in the British underground returns, with vaporous synths, leftfield new age, avowedly fuck-off noise music and more

Further Listening: 5. Cornershop & Eden Gray Are Such A Dam Good Double Act 2025 continues to be a year of returns, and you could easily lump Cornershop into that group; however, while their fa…

As The Last Dinner Party gear up for their second album, their commitment to an aesthetic concept hasn't seemed to let up. Why is that important?

When Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails first heard Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt", he knew that it then belonged to The Man in Black.

When a band loses its irreplaceable member, the music never sounds the same. These 7 great groups tried to carry on—but never truly recovered

While there is no shortage of online scholarship about My Bloody Valentine, Turn My Head Into Sound is the first published biography of the group and its visionary founder, Kevin Shields. Taken with Mike McGonigal’s entry in the 33 1/3 series that focuses strictly on the band’s landmark album Loveless, and the various books and documentaries dealing with the band’s record label, Creation Records, we now have as comprehensive a picture of Shields and his activity between 1985 and the present as we are likely to get.

Researchers have found that listening to music after learning can influence memory in unexpected ways. Emotional arousal triggered by the music may enhance either general or detailed recall—but not both—depending on the strength of the listener’s emotional response.

The fundamental misunderstanding of Sabrina Carpenter has come to perfectly represent the misunderstanding of pop music and it's dichotomy of depth

Jackson Browne's catalog is one of the finest in singer-songwriter history. But which of his albums is the very best?

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 2/9/25 Part One – The Best New Releases Photo: Chavez Cartel 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! […]

Home » Music Blogs » Hot Picks 2/9/25 Part Two – The Best New Releases Photo: Phil 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 […]

A common rumour that circulates is who Jimi Hendrix called the greatest guitarist of all time, but the actual answer might dissapoint you.