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St. Vincent Goes to the Symphony

June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments All Born Screaming, Annie Clark, Boston, Jules Buckley, Massachusetts, St. Vincent, Symphony Hall

All strings are attached on Annie Clark’s latest tour

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Art Pop Experimental 

Penelope Trappes Hits North America

June 1, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments A Requiem, Cabaret Voltaire, Dania, One Little Independent Records, Penelope Trappes, Saint Etienne, Sarahsson, Smote, Stephen Mallinder

New remix LP, Opvs Novum: A Requiem Reworked, out now as tour begins

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Art Pop Rock 

David Garland: ‘Spark’ Life

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Christian Marclay, David Garland, Guy Klucevsek, Ikue Mori, Iva Bittova, John Zorn, Meredith Monk, Sean Ono Lennon, Sufjan Stevens, Tall Owl Audio, The Spark, Vashti Bunyan

An interview with a New York Renaissance man

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Art Pop Poetry 

Karen Schoemer Remembers ‘August’

October 27, 2025November 2, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2025, August, Dromedary Records, Durutti Column, Karen Schoemer, Mike Watt

How she and her friends created a sweet, strange war between sound and word

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Art Pop Classical Electronic 

Milk Chocolate Motorik and More

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Anna Lapwood, Dark Side of the Moon, EUROPOLIS, Firedove, Immersion, Maria Lettberg, Nanocluster, Roedelius, Swim, Wire

The aural luxury of new releases by Immersion, Anna Lapwood and Maria Lettberg

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Art Pop Rock 

Such a Crumbling Beauty: Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs Turns 40

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1985, 40th Anniversary, Clap Hands, Downtown Train, Hal Willner, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Kurt Weill, Rain Dogs, Rod Stewart, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits, Trevor Horn

Looking back on a vagabond masterpiece

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Rock 

WATCH: Sturle Dagsland Shares ‘Galdring’

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Dreams and Conjurations, Galdring, Mike Patton, Norway, Sjur Dagsland, Sturle Dagsland

Second album from Norwegian avant-rocker, Dreams and Conjurations, out Oct. 10

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Art Pop Experimental New Wave Rock 

Andy Summers: Exploring Vertiginous Canyons

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2024, A Series of Glances, Andy Summers, EP, Eric Burdon, Soft Machine, Synchronicity, The Animals, The Police, Vertiginous Canyons

Talking with the legendary Police guitarist about his unique new EP, the Synchronicity box and the prospect of retirement

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Art Pop Glam Rock 

Mirror Moves: On David Bowie’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Star!

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2024, Box Set, David Bowie, Ken Scott, Marc Bolan, Parlophone Records, Rhino, Rock 'n' Roll Star!, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

A fascinating new Ziggy Stardust box set scrapes the barrel to paint a portrait

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Experimental Pop Rock 

A John Cale Listening Guide

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 4 Comments blackAcetate, Fear, HoboSapiens, John Cale, Lou Reed, Music for a New Society, Paris 1919, POPtical Illusion, Slow Dazzle, The Academy in Peril, The Velvet Underground, Vintage Violence

Looking back at the best titles from the Velvet Underground co-founder’s solo career

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Art Pop Classical Electronic 

LISTEN: Angelica Olstad Shares Music for Healing

May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Ambient Music, Angelica Olstad, Bolero, Culture Lab LIC, Music for Healing, Ravel, Shattered

The 55-minute composition combines soothing sounds and science-backed modalities to create an immersive experience

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Art Pop Pop 

Tension As Release: In Love with The Blue Nile

May 5, 2024May 6, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments A Walk Across the Rooftops, Hats, Jack Antonoff, Matty Healy, Midnights, PJ Moore, Robert Bell, Taylor Swift, The 1975, The Blue Nile, The Tortured Poets Department, Travis Kelce

Looking back at Scotland’s beloved tortured poets after a high-profile name drop

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Art Pop Folk Instrumental Pop 

LISTEN: Stephen Bluhm Shares Early Peek at New Albums

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bard College, Hudson Valley, John Cale, New York, Nick Drake, Out of the Nowhere Into the Here, Pennsylvania, Stephen Bluhm

Both the vocal and instrumental versions of Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here. come out this Friday

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Art Pop Pop Soul World 

The Narcotix: African Art Pop by Way of NYC

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments Adam Turay, Africa, art pop, Becky Foinchas, Dying, Esther Quansah, Matt Bent, New York City, The Narcotix

Inside the duo’s incredible debut LP Dying

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Art Pop Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Ward White Shares New Single “Continuity”

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Burt Reynolds, Continuity, Here Come The Dowsers, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Think Like A Key Music, Ward White

Here Come The Dowsers, his 15th studio LP, out May 17th

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