05
Sep
‘Say Goodbye, Tell No One’
The Ottawa native Kathleen Edwards has a new album out titled Billionaire. Her rootsy Americana music has a bigger sound
Brendan Hasenstab
Brendan Hasenstab is a contributing editor with The Signal.
04
Sep
‘The Collapse of Everything’
Adrian Sherwood, the longtime dub maestro and head of the label On-U Sound Records, returns with his second true solo
03
Sep
Who controls the past …
A new January 6 probe in Washington. A conspiracy in Beijing. + What’s Afrobeat?
6 min read
22
Aug
‘Pillows Plumped for the Guests’
David Grubbs, the avant-garde guitarist and piano player (in Gastr del Sol and other bands), has put together a collaborative
21
Aug
Hurricane Erin
So far, 2025 has been a fairly quiet season for tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean—but Hurricane Erin did
1 min read
20
Aug
‘Wilderness’
The cover of Farshad Akbari’s new album, Echoes of Nothingness, shows a sand-bleached skull sitting on dunes of empty
18
Aug
‘Wedding in Leipzig’
Block out some time to take in Jens Lekman’s new single, from his upcoming album, Songs for Other People’
15
Aug
‘I Never Dream About Trains’
The Northern Californian singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has a new LP out, Interior Live Oak, on August 15. It’s some
14
Aug
Euroheatwave no. 4
Southern Europe continues to roast in its fourth heat wave of the season, with thermometers topping out above 40 degrees
1 min read
13
Aug
‘Cherry on Top’
The Jamaican singer and songwriter Naomi Cowan mixes pop, R&B, and reggae in her new album, Welcome to