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Since her self-released debut, Jenny Owen Youngs has already had a fascinating and wide-ranging career, including soundtrack work for film and TV, pop song co-writes with Pitbull and Panic! At the Disco, and retrospective re-watch podcasts on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and X-Files. Amidst all that, she’s also managed to write some great music of her own.  » Read More

If Lael Neale’s second album, 2021’s Acquainted with Night, was an attempt to find space and calm whilst surrounded by the neon and noise of Los Angeles, then her follow-up, Star Eaters Delight, is about reaching out from isolation and looking to reconnect with the world.  » Read More

The National have surprise-released a new album, Laugh Track. It’s the band’s second album of 2023, following the April release of First Two Pages of Frankenstein, and is out now digitally via 4AD. The album features Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, and Rosanne Cash. Stream it here.  » Read More

This year, NYFF boasts a spectacular lineup, and working through the festival’s slate–which is divided into four sections (Main Slate, Currents, Spotlight and Revivals) can be overwhelming. To assist with the task, here are the 10 films we’re most excited to see.  » Read More

Let’s state the obvious. Sonically, Nation of Language sound like the world’s greatest New Order cover band.  » Read More

Brigid Mae Power’s fourth album starts with a muffled punctuating sound of mellotron on the opening track, “I Know Who Is Sick.” The traditional song, previously known from The Clancy Brothers’ version, appears here in the spell-binding rendering.  » Read More

The news was confirmed by Grinstead’s sister and fellow 702 member Lemisha Grinstead. “She was not only beautiful on the outside, but also within.”  » Read More

Wenner was criticized for remarks he made in a New York Times interview that were widely seen as racist and sexist  » Read More

“I love the people I’ve worked with, but it’s time to find new challenges,” Boilen wrote in his departure note  » Read More