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.

The first sign of Snocaps and a poet’s ‘Resting Bitch Face.’

Returning to the music of Brandi Carlile and important phrasing from Kelly Corrigan.