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Music Featured: Top of Home Page Features Interviews Music Features

Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart Is All Covered Up on New Record

By
Brian Stout
/ 4 March 2026

Born from a cover-song subscription model, Xiu Xiu’s latest album unearths the raw humanity in pop confections. Jamie Stewart discusses this and more.

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Alice Coltrane: Conjurer of the Majestic

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/ 4 March 2026
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How ‘Aguirre’ and ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Defy the Wrath of the Green Inferno

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Ryan Dyer
/ 4 March 2026
Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema
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Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema

By
Michael Barrett
/ 3 March 2026
The Queer Comfort of Liminal Space
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The Queer Comfort of Liminal Space

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Ollie Peterson
/ 3 March 2026
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Gorillaz at 25 Are a Cultural Force for the Good

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Ana Yorke
/ 2 March 2026

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/ 4 March 2026
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/ 4 March 2026
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Rich Wilhelm
/ 4 March 2026
ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of February 2026
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ElectroMatters: The Best Electronic Music of February 2026

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Cyril Neville and King Youngblood Serve Up Inspiring Gumbo

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Tōth Finds the Clarity of His ‘Voice’ Through Constraint
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Tōth Finds the Clarity of His ‘Voice’ Through Constraint

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Emily Votaw
/ 2 March 2026
William Clark Green Sings About Good Ol’ Texas
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William Clark Green Sings About Good Ol’ Texas

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Steve Horowitz
/ 2 March 2026

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Lykke Li’s ‘Wounded Rhymes’ Is Seriously Heavy and Excellent

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Rural Alberta Advantage’s ‘Departing’ Is Jaw-droppingly Stunning

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Zachary Houle
/ 28 February 2011
Lucinda Williams’ ‘Blessed’ Is Truly a Blessing
Music

Lucinda Williams’ ‘Blessed’ Is Truly a Blessing

By
Thomas Britt
/ 27 February 2011

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/ 4 March 2026
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/ 4 March 2026
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Mariachi El Bronx Suit Up Again After a Decade Away

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/ 2 March 2026
Al Stewart’s “Time Passages” Completes His “Year of the Cat”
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Al Stewart’s “Time Passages” Completes His “Year of the Cat”

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/ 26 February 2026
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Lynn Miles on the Discipline of Emotional Balance

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/ 26 February 2026

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Ryan Dyer
/ 4 March 2026
Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema
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Teuvo Tulio’s Martyrs for Love and Cinema

By
Michael Barrett
/ 3 March 2026
Ichi the Killer’s Scar Couture
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Ichi the Killer’s Scar Couture

By
Ryan Dyer
/ 26 February 2026
‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible
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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible

By
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
/ 23 February 2026
‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays
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‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays

By
Paul Risker
/ 19 February 2026
Charli XCX Immortalizes a Moment
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Charli XCX Immortalizes a Moment

By
Matthew Dwyer
/ 17 February 2026
‘Krakatit’ Shows How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb
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‘Krakatit’ Shows How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb

By
Michael Barrett
/ 16 February 2026

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/ 4 March 2026
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Mary Chiney
/ 25 February 2026
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Brian D’ Ambrosio
/ 24 February 2026
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‘Playmakers’ Explores the Chutzpah That Made Kids’ Toys

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Susan Blumberg-Kason
/ 28 January 2026
Justin Townes Earle’s Unrealized Future
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Justin Townes Earle’s Unrealized Future

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Brian D’ Ambrosio
/ 27 January 2026

Television

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What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?

By
Ashcharya Wickramage
/ 17 February 2026
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How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy

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Iain Ellis
/ 16 February 2026
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2025 Marks Pop Music’s Gilded Age

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Matthew Dwyer
/ 29 January 2026
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Dance Moms’ Ferocious Appetite

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Hannah Kurien
/ 28 January 2026

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/ 4 March 2026
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Marty Lipp
/ 2 March 2026
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Brian D’ Ambrosio
/ 26 February 2026
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/ 24 February 2026
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/ 17 February 2026

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/ 25 February 2026
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/ 23 February 2026
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/ 11 February 2026
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/ 10 February 2026

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