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Best of 2025 roadtrip playlist
99 new songs + notes. Play loud, love hard, stay positive, drive safely.
Jul 3
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June 2025
Bruce's "Lost Albums" (pt 3)
Springsteen channels lush 1960s pop radio balladry (think Neil Diamond, Glen Campbell), nailing its beauty and existential dread. Plus: some hot stray…
Jun 29
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Bruce's "Lost Albums" (pt 3)
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Springsteen country ("Lost Albums" pt 2)
Honky tonk w/ pedal steel. Mexicali ballads w/ mariachi. "Tracks II: The Lost Albums" shows Springsteen's American music — and notably, his immigrant…
Jun 25
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Springsteen country ("Lost Albums" pt 2)
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Sly. Brian. Charli. Margo. Weekend links.
Sound and vision: David Byrne, Hotline TNT, Air/Charli XCX. Also: the importance of cowbells. RIP Brian Wilson. RIP Sly Stone.
Jun 22
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Sly. Brian. Charli. Margo. Weekend links.
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"The Lost Albums" unpacked (pt 1)
35 years of Springsteen castoffs — from "Born In the USA" to the present — complicate his narrative. That's a good thing. My notes on "LA Garage…
Jun 17
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"The Lost Albums" unpacked (pt 1)
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Springsteen at 75
He remains a musician writ large. Thoughts in advance of "Tracks II: The Lost Albums."
Jun 14
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Springsteen at 75
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Saoirse Ronan is Psycho Killer
We are all Psycho Killer. Qu'est-ce que c'est? Also: some weekend links.
Jun 8
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Saoirse Ronan is Psycho Killer
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Pavements
More movies about movies about music.
Jun 6
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Pavements
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May 2025
New music for June: Sault, Lucius, Goose, Astropical, Tune-Yards, Hotline TNT, Cam, Wednesday, Hailey Whitters, Sofi Tukker.
Our monthly curated playlist w/ notes + links. 60 songs. 4+ hours. Eff the algorithms.
May 31
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New music for June: Sault, Lucius, Goose, Astropical, Tune-Yards, Hotline TNT, Cam, Wednesday, Hailey Whitters, Sofi Tukker.
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Wilco/Waxahatchee. Little Simz (again). Arcade Fire. Turnstile. Christy Moore. The McGarrigles.
Some great weekend reading, with soundtracks
May 25
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Wilco/Waxahatchee. Little Simz (again). Arcade Fire. Turnstile. Christy Moore. The McGarrigles.
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Movies about movies about musicians
New films about Swamp Dogg, Pavement, the Zombies, Garland Jeffreys, and Broken Social Scene freak music doc formula.
May 23
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New Song of the Day #44: PinkPantheress "Girl Like Me"
Riding Basement Jaxx's "Romeo," TikTok poster-turned-club-pop star rewinds heady days of brazen sampling.
May 14
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New Song of the Day #44: PinkPantheress "Girl Like Me"
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