Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth). Wishing you a perfect day. Read Lee’s MAGNET Feedback on the Beatles, Bowie, the Cribs, Joanna Newsom, Sleater-Kinney, Sharon Van Etten, Neil Young and more: The post Happy Birthday Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Yout... more info

Stereogum — Sharon Van Etten has one of the most anticipated albums of the year with Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. The singles “Southern Life (What It Must Be Like)” and “Afterlife” are impressive, and today’s “Trouble” continues the... more info

Stereogum — Bob Dylan’s catalog is too vast, varied, and accomplished to crown one album as the absolute best, but Blood On The Tracks is a strong candidate. The archetypal breakup LP is so potent that, when I was 19, the proprietor of my local independent ... more info

Stereogum — There are lots of big albums to anticipate next year, and at least one of them is showing up early. In February, Sharon Van Etten and her band the Attachment Theory will release their new self-titled LP. You should be excited for this one. This on... more info

Stereogum — This new Sharon Van Etten album is legit. Van Etten, one of the definitive indie singer-songwriters of her era, has written and recorded a full album with her backing band, the Attachment Theory. It’s brought something fresh and vibrant out of h... more info

Stereogum — In the wake of inconceivable destruction from Hurricane Helene, musicians are coming together to help raise funds for organizations doing relief work. Cardinals At The Window, out today, is a 135-track benefit compilation featuring unreleased song... more info

Stereogum — Bad Monkey, the Apple TV+ comedy-noir show with Vince Vaughn, takes place in the Florida Keys, and it’s got a fun gimmick. The show’s soundtrack is a tribute album dedicated to the late, great Floridian Tom Petty, and every episode features d... more info

Stereogum — The Bad Monkey Tom Petty covers keep piling up. The soundtrack for the new Vince Vaughn-starring Apple TV+ series includes a boatload of Petty songs recorded by a mostly esteemed cast of contributors including Eddie Vedder, Jason Isbell, the War O... more info

Stereogum — Hey, more Tom Petty covers from the Bad Monkey soundtrack! Today we’re hearing the tracklist’s opener, a faithful reading of “You Wreck Me” by the War On Drugs, as well as a significant reworking of “Yer So Bad” by Bogotá’s own Meri... more info

Stereogum — Carl Hiaasen’s 2013 novel Bad Monkey is an extremely fun read — a sort of Elmore Leonard-style Florida noir that plays out more like a farce. Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has now turned Bad Monkey into an Apple TV+ miniseries with a cast that ... more info