A deep dive into Marty Stuart’s music and a brief dalliance with Little Simz.

The new Isaiah Rashad is far from awful, and Willy Vlautin tops himself.

Ashley Monroe pens her ode to Nashville while Ira Madison III bets it all on ‘Fun.’

Holy Fuck supplies the soundtrack for this electronic apocalypse.

New Zealand’s Yumi Zouma creates a rock-and-roll dream.

Mitski’s back—and so is the Friday Five!

No ‘Fall-Off’ from J Cole and one of the best memoirs in recent memory.

A return to Cat Power, and returning power to the “People” through a recent book.

Revealing Dry Cleaning’s “Secret Love” and considering the way Whitman touches a poet’s life.

A rock legend and two Texas bands lead the first Five of 2026.