Notes

18
Mar
Fool me twice

Fool me twice

In November 2025, Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker posted on X about a piece in the news startup Semafor
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22
Jan

Breaking noise

What really happened this week in global politics? Essentially nothing. Not that the breaking-news media would have you think that.
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25
Sep

‘Lou Reed Was My Babysitter’

Chicago’s Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco fame, has a new triple-album (!) solo release, Twilight Override, out on September 26. This
24
Sep

‘Snurra På Hjulet’

Now to Stockholm for a new single out of the psychedelic soundscape of Dungen, or Gustav Ejstes—and friends, when
23
Sep

‘Waiting for Love’

Over to Oslo for some new indie-pop from Anna of the North, a.k.a. Anna Lotterud. Anna described this
22
Sep

‘Antidepressants’

The title track of Suede’s latest album has all of the wrenching emotions and ‘90s bombast of the band’
18
Sep

‘Chateau Blues’

Does anyone rock out anymore? The answer is, yes: Austin, Texas’ Spoon. If the name doesn’t entirely ring a
17
Sep

‘Patterns / Solo (Pt. 1)’

We were able to share a preview of the modernist composer Max Richter’s new album, Sleep Circle, in July.
16
Sep

‘Venus Flytrap’

The Bristol-based producer who goes as A Sagittariun (you may remember him) has a new EP out, here with a
15
Sep

‘I Believe in You’

The Liverpool band Ladytron has a new single out featuring a chilly house thump—and an ominous cult-like video to