Power pop, a soulful spread and remarkable poetry.

Cover songs from a dearly departed friend, a pilgrimage on the page and a trip to Topeka.

The music of Yo La Tengo, an appropriately jangly box set and writing by Esme Wang and KJ Ramsey.

New music by Eddie Vedder and Black Thought, and beautiful, devastating poems and essays.

New records by The War on Drugs, Gillian Welch and Lambchop, a great Chris Cornell bio and the poem of the pandemic.

A long-overdue date with Leonard Cohen, Dave Brubeck’s lullabies, a comic plunges into the soul of Beastie Boys and more.