Abandoning ourselves
Since living requires choosing, we will always feel regret about the paths not taken. But what matters is the future we forge – by Tasha Kleeman Read on Aeon Source: aeon.co
Natalie Wildgoose Shares Video for New Single ‘River Days’
The video for River Days — visuals by Nina Maria Moslechner — shares the same sun-bleached, grain-softened quality as Natalie Wildgoose’s music: images that already look like memory. The song itself is a midsummer diary entry, caught at its edges rather than its centre. Rural Hours arrives April 15th via state51. Source Natalie Wildgoose has […]
867-5309: number from 1980s hit song Jenny now routes callers to cancer support
Music’s most famous number is being repurposed to offer resources for patients and caregivers Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The telephone number immortalized in the enduring Tommy Tutone hit song 867-5309/Jenny has started connecting callers to a cancer support line – as one ad touting […]
Made of steel: how South Yorkshire became the British indie heartland
Galvanised by the Arctic Monkeys and guided by wise heads such as Richard Hawley and the Reverend, disused steel mills and former pit villages are now shaking to the hum of the Sherlocks, Milburn and more – and creating hyperlocal chart successes ● Bingley rockers Marmozets: ‘I learned to walk again’ ● The Yorkshire bands […]
Mike Vernon obituary
Producer, musician and record label executive who worked with artists such as John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Fleetwood Mac For the young generation that grew up in Britain in the 1940s and 50s, a country of grey skies and mostly grey music, to hear the voices of original African-American R&B artists such as Chuck Berry […]
New Documentary Series “The Called Us Outlaws” Premiers in Austin
The project has ballooned into a 10 part, 11-hour series. Consider it like the Ken Burns Country Music documentary that ran on PBS back in 2019, but dedicated to the Outlaw country movement. In the country music realm, you’re used to biopic films and documentaries not getting made despite long-running rumors and efforts to bring […]
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983
Swift leads with 1.6m vinyl sales of The Life of a Showgirl in 2025 while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the LP charts For the first time in over four decades, US vinyl sales have topped $1bn in annual revenue. Vinyl purchases reached $1.04bn in 2025, per a new report by the Recording […]
Morrissey review – classic Smiths songs meet GB News-style talking points
O2 Arena, LondonMorrissey is in impressive voice and the old songs still retain their power, but the conspiracy theorising and nationalist rhetoric are miserable in all the worst ways It could almost be the 90s: at a sold out O2 Arena, a pink-shirted Morrissey and his five-piece band rally the crowd with Suedehead, each oscillating […]
Three new tracks at the intersection of adult contemporary and indie pop — must hear for fans of moody music like Billie Eilish
Sophia Louisa – “Right Behind You”-If you’re a fan of moody, introspective music, definitely check out this new track from Sophia Louisa. It’s a captivating style of songwriting that encourages the listener to lean in and listen close. The overall energy of the track feels a bit mysterious in the best way. The delicate and […]
HUNTR/X went from a complete unknown to winning a Grammy, and now, an Oscar
The band Huntr/x from the hit Netflix film “KPop Demon Hunters” went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now their hit ‘Golden’ has won a Grammy and an Oscar.