Swiss collective Soft Loft have spent the last several years making ascendant indie pop, transmuting frontperson Jorina Stamm ...

Closer “It Only Makes Me Bitter” has a skittering, ricocheting drum part and some more guitar and harmonic homage to ...

Indie singer/songwriter Aymen Saleh began recording as Holy Pinto while living in the UK, debuting with his 2016 album ...

Since their 1976-1980 existence, there have been several previous attempts to capture the recorded and live legacy of ...

American debut novel from Japanese author Maiko Seo. It is the story of Yuko, a girl who has had an untraditional upbringing.

If you’re a cinephile, chances are you’ve been subjected to a seemingly endless barrage of biopics, a genre so routine and “Oscar bait”-y that the majority of its films almost feel indistinguishable.

The act of revolution in Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi’s latest feature, It Was Just an Accident, exists within the filmic text ...

Australian singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin is releasing a new album, The Gem, on September 25 via 4AD. Now she has shared its ...

Beck has announced a new album, Ride Lonesome, and shared a new song from it, “In the Night,” via a music video. Ride ...

Lava La Rue has shared “Prince Of Bologna”, released as part of Speedy Wunderground’s single series, with a limited 7” out ...

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) are releasing a new album, Half-Told Tales, on September 4 via ...

Welcome to the 25th Songs of the Week of 2026. This edition actually covers the last three weeks. The week before last was ...