Talking to the right people
Another strange week in America: Federal judges block the domestic deployment of U.S. military troops while the president continues
‘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
‘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
Ready when you are
Most of us have noticed at one time or another, if we aren’t noticing it all the time, the
‘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
Hurricane Erin
So far, 2025 has been a fairly quiet season for tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean—but Hurricane Erin did
‘Wilderness’
The cover of Farshad Akbari’s new album, Echoes of Nothingness, shows a sand-bleached skull sitting on dunes of empty
The revolution’s the easy part
Throughout July of last year, Bangladeshi student-led protests swelled in Dhaka and other cities. Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina, whose party,
‘Wedding in Leipzig’
Block out some time to take in Jens Lekman’s new single, from his upcoming album, Songs for Other People’
‘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
