Toronto bassist-composer Alex Lakusta returns with "Island Ghosts Pt. 2," a widescreen instrumental that feels more like a ...

Birdsong, like human speech, is learned via auditory experience during a developmentally restricted sensitive period. Within projection neurons of two avian forebrain nuclei, NMDA receptor-mediated ...

Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore have enough in common that it’d be weird if they hadn’t worked together. Both grew up in ...

Greg Freeman’s 2022 debut album, I Looked Out, doesn’t really begin with a song—just sound. True to its placeholder title, opener “Horns” is 44 seconds of sheer noise: a trio of static-y clarinet, ...

At a glance, St. Vincent’s Masseduction finds the artist aiming for pop stardom. Leaving behind (mostly) the angular virtuosity and indie experiments of Annie Clark’s previous work. Yet a deeper dive ...

Released on May 8, 2025, as part of the F1 movie soundtrack, Messy by Rosé opens in the middle of something already unraveling. The first verse doesn’t set the stage – it drops you into aftermath: ...

PRODUCER WEEK 2025: Reverb is one of the most-used effects in the music producer’s toolkit. Indeed, it’s rare to encounter a song from the last 70 years or so that doesn’t involve reverb in some way.

With his extraordinary acting prowess, it’s no surprise that Jeff Bridges made “the Dude” as iconic as the greatest rock stars. However, most fans of “The Big Lebowski” probably aren’t aware that ...

After releasing a number of buzzy singles and EPs, Slow Joy — the recording name of Chicano artist Esteban Flores — has announced his full-length debut album. A Joy So Slow At Times I Don’t Think It’s ...

Plus, John Summit's "Focus," featuring CLOVES, debuts at No. 4. By Xander Zellner Marshmello and Jonas Brothers’ new collaboration, “Slow Motion,” debuts in the top five of Billboard’s newly-revamped ...

A Love From Outer Space, the club night that celebrates music that never goes above 122 BPM set up by the late DJ / producer Andrew Weatherall and his musical friend of over 30 years, Sean Johnston, ...