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First Look
Soft Cell Escape the Mundanity of Everyday Life in New Video for “In Heaven (When I Dance with You)”

The electronic duo’s final album Danceteria will arrive at the end of September.

July 30, 2026
Reviews
Ween, “12 Golden Country Greats” [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Embellished with over 20 unreleased demos and session outtakes, the brothers’ 1996 foray into country was as devoted to a single sound as they would ever be.

July 29, 2026
Art & Culture
Tim Heidecker and The Onion’s Ben Collins Are at War with Disinformation

The Onion’s CEO discusses relaunching Infowars as the satire outlet the one-time right-wing conspiracy hub never intended to be.

July 28, 2026
Reviews
Charli XCX, “Music, Fashion, Film”

The pop star’s guitar-strewn reset is the stuff of savage, searing power-pop with primal, minimalist rhythms and a hint of sleek, sizzling electronics.

July 24, 2026
Reviews
Mojave 3, “Mojave 3: 1995-2006”

The Slowdive offshoot’s five melancholic LPs were remastered to more clearly express Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead’s vision of hillbilly heartache and dustbowl romanticism.

July 24, 2026
Film & TVFilm Review
Sumptuous and Thrilling, “The Odyssey” Coasts on Casting Just as Much as Spectacle

As gorgeous and grotesque as Christopher Nolan’s sword-and-sandal epic looks on the widest of screens, it could’ve done just as much with a Super 8 camera and a lute.

July 20, 2026
Reviews
Steve Lacy, “Oh Yeah?”

With a warmer, looser take on anthemic soul-pop, the guitarist and songwriter’s third solo effort sees him move way beyond the reach of The Internet.

July 17, 2026
Reviews
Scritti Politti, “Cupid & Psyche 85” [Deluxe Edition]

Seduced by the sound of sleek American R&B of the early ’80s, Green Gartside fashioned the tone of his band’s second album around irresistible melodies and crisp drum programming.

July 13, 2026
Reviews
Madonna, “Confessions II”

Reteaming with producer Stuart Price for a sequel to her 2005 nu-disco LP, the pop star capitalizes on the velvet cordiality of her vocals with a sparkling new brand of arrangements.

July 06, 2026
In Conversation
The Reds, Whites, and Blues of Baby Rose

The alt-R&B vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist talks continuing to grow up fast with her desire- (and guitar-) filled new album Yearnalism.

July 01, 2026
Reviews
Del the Funky Homosapien, “Future Development” [Reissue]

Its wily wordplay and metal-to-rubber production aided in making the Bay Area rapper’s third album something that was out-of-time back in 1997, and handsomely timeless now.

June 29, 2026
Jazz Is Dead and TBWA\Chiat\Day Are Cracking Down on AI in Music with Played by Humans

JID co-founder Andrew Lojero and reps from Los Angeles–based advertising agency TBWA discuss their new program aiming for a more transparent future when it comes to human-made sounds.

June 23, 2026
In Conversation
The Lemon Twigs on Moving Into the Present (Kind of) with “Look for Your Mind!”

Brian D’Addario discusses opening a new chapter with the group’s unexpectedly of-this-world sixth album, as well as how the project has evolved over the past decade.

June 18, 2026
Reviews
Swamp Dogg, “Swamp Dogg Contemplates the Afterlife”

The country-R&B cult hero crafts an album about the afterlife that’s reflective of decades filled with hurt and hurting.

June 17, 2026
Reviews
Of Montreal, “Aethermead”

Kevin Barnes rallies something bracingly emotional on their 20th album in 30 years, sounding more crisply, contagiously, singularly psychedelic than they have in ages.

June 16, 2026
Reviews
Goose, “Big Modern!”

At once their most even-keeled and explosively hook-crowded album yet, the jam-grinding ensemble’s latest is a stretch toward something uniquely slick and end-timey.

June 15, 2026
Reviews
Vince Staples, “Cry Baby”

On his first release away from Def Jam, the emcee spends more time looking outward than inward, peering into a communal politic with more rock to his roll than ever before.

June 09, 2026
Reviews
Boards of Canada, “Inferno”

The Scottish duo’s first album in 13 years is their most evocative yet, presenting a series of down-tuned tones and dark chordal scores rippling with cryptic samples and robo-voice blips.

May 29, 2026
Reviews
Bleachers, “Everyone for Ten Minutes”

The bigness that Jack Antonoff holds on his band’s latest album is dedicated to the human spirit and the hope of something better—and rockier—for our future.

May 22, 2026
In Conversation
Rostam’s Stories Are Your Stories, Too

The producer, songwriter, and former Vampire Weekend member discusses his humanist exploration of queer Iranian-American identity on American Stories.

May 15, 2026
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