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Robyn, “Sexistential”

The Stockholm-based electropop auteur’s ode to motherhood falls right in line with her always-mature, somewhat-confrontational manner of making desire-driven dance pop.

March 27, 2026
Reviews
Digital Underground, “Sex Packets” [35th Anniversary Edition]

This double LP celebrates the adventurous 1990 debut from the freaks of the industry by offering rare remixes and other unreleased tracks from the era packaged with a 3D gatefold.

March 25, 2026
Reviews
Anna Calvi, “Is This All There Is?”

The British songwriter returns with a four-song EP defined by theatrical arrangements and an actorish guest list featuring Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, and Matt Berninger.

March 20, 2026
Breaking
Angine de Poitrine Put the “Big” in Ambiguous 

After their KEXP session went viral, the anonymous and daringly dissonant duo discusses their upcoming LP Vol. II and finding joy in grooving.

March 19, 2026
Film & TVFilm + TV Essay
Oscars 2026: Quiet Rivalries and Overdue Coronations

Last night’s ceremony finally put the spotlight on several figures who’ve long earned it.

March 16, 2026
Reviews
The Notwist, “News From Planet Zombie”

This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.

March 11, 2026
Reviews
Morrissey, “Make-Up Is a Lie”

It isn’t always hard to trick ourselves into remembering Moz as he once was on this return-to-form solo LP as he matches mischievous observations with a winning brand of melancholy pop.

March 09, 2026
Reviews
Talking Heads, “Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live”

These early live recordings and studio demos of tracks familiar from the band’s first three LPs provide worthwhile peeks into the ensemble’s process as a trio.

March 06, 2026
Reviews
Various artists, “HELP(2)”

The sequel to the Britpop-era War Child comp couldn’t have arrived at a better time, with its guest-filled track list embodying the charity’s mission of healing in the midst of global violence.

March 05, 2026
Film & TVFilm Review
In Defense of Wings: Morgan Neville’s “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run”

The new doc examines the unreasonable expectations placed on McCartney’s second most famous project, one that never shared The Beatles’ world-conquering aspirations.

February 25, 2026
Reviews
Peaches, “No Lube So Rude”

Still stationed at the politicized meeting place of sexuality, queer iconography, feminism, and funk, there’s something sleekly hyperpop about the artist’s first album in over a decade.

February 24, 2026
Essay
The Protest Song of the Elder Statesman: On Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s “American Obituary”

With their recent protest singles, both the Boss and Bono have dispensed with poetry’s folderol of metaphor and allegory and gone straight for the jugular.

February 20, 2026
Reviews
The Beach Boys, “We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years” [Super Deluxe Edition]

Focusing on the band’s mid-’70s run (and its outtakes), this package is among the oddest, most experimental, and most fulfilling in Beach Boys box history.

February 17, 2026
Reviews
August Ponthier, “Everywhere Isn’t Texas”

The alt-country songwriter makes the most out of their first full album and its rush of ideas that bask in a sense of independence—both from a repressive upbringing and major-label backing.

February 13, 2026
Reviews
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, “Laughter in Summer”

The emotional new collection from the 82-year-old composer/vocalist is full of sedative new-age sounds and smartly executed art-pop that skews toward the pastoral and elegiac.

February 10, 2026
Essay
Bad Bunny and the Good Groove of Unity and Love

With elaborate yet homey staging indigenous to his homeland of Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show played to the cameras and to his community.

February 09, 2026
Essay
ICE Out, Rock Is In: Monday Morning Quarterbacking Sunday Night’s GRAMMYs

All the firsts, lasts, celebrations, omissions, and grand statements from last night’s award ceremony.

February 02, 2026
Film & TVIn Memoriam
The Sketch Artist: Catherine O’Hara (1954-2026)

From the stage to the screen, the Canadian actress and writer changed the face and frame of improvisational comedy.

February 02, 2026
Reviews
Geologist, “Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?”

The debut solo album from Animal Collective’s Brian Ross Weitz is an entrancing experiment with the unusual sound of hurdy-gurdy at its highly stylized center.

January 30, 2026
First Look
Ivy’s Andy Chase and Bruce Driscoll on the Music and Memory of Bedroom-Pop Polymath Drew Stroik

The producers introduce a first look at the documentary short Unknown Pop Wizard, which commemorates the legacy of the songwriter whose posthumous debut album 65th & York arrived back in October.

January 29, 2026
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