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Staff Picks

  • Latest, Staff Picks
    November 13, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Elīna Garanča, ODESZA, Judy Collins, and The Sick

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Elīna Garanča Bellini: "Dopo l'oscuro nembo" from Adelson e Salvini Garanča's voice simply soars on this delicately beautiful Bellini aria. Associate ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    November 6, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Backyard Babies, Noname, Neil Young, and mustbejohn

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Backyard Babies "Bombed (Out of My Mind)" It's been 27 years since Sweden's Backyard Babies released the Total 13 album. They ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    October 30, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Ramones, Pink Floyd, Jordana, TV Girl and Lukas Nelson

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Ramones "The KKK Took My Baby Away" A clash of politics amongst the band members reportedly led to one of the ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    October 23, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Woody Guthrie, 9th Wonder, and Better Strangers

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Woody Guthrie "Tear the Fascists Down" Woody knew it way back when. Associate Editor Ruby Risch 9th Wonder "CouldMeetYou!!!" Bliss! Operations ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    October 9, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Sonic Youth, Rihanna, Durand Jones & The Indications, Sufjan Stevens and Angelo ...

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Sonic Youth "Youth Against Fascism" As we all should be. Associate Editor Ruby Risch Rihanna "Higher" It’s short, it’s sweet, and ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    October 2, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Billy Bragg, IQ, Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Billy Bragg & Wilco "All You Fascists" 'Nuff said! Associate Editor Ruby Risch Aerosmith, YUNGBLUD "My Only Angel" This gem dropped ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    September 25, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Jayne County, Sade, and Cameron Winter

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Jayne County "If You Don't Wanna Fuck (Fuck Off)" There's a disturbing anti-trans movement going on right now, and all of ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    September 18, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Jesse Jo Stark, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Marcin, RJ Pasin, and The Living End

    Editorial Intern Anna Jordan Jesse Jo Stark "Tangerine" It only gets better and better every time I listen to it.  Associate Editor Ruby Risch Hermanos ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    September 11, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With CMAT, Mac Miller, A Flock of Seagulls, and Rhiannon Giddens

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood CMAT "Stay for Something" I'm writing this the morning after seeing Irish country-folk-pop sensation CMAT in Hollywood, so I'm still buzzing. ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    September 4, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With David Bowie, Baton Rouge, Stevie Wonder, and Phantogram

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch David Bowie "Five Years" The opening track from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and by ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    August 28, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Orbital, Jay Electronica, Passion Pit, and The Wonder Years

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Orbital "Satan" U.K. '90s electronic music at its finest. Associate Editor Ruby Risch Jay Electronica "Exhibit C" Holy FLOW! Editorial Intern ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    August 21, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with the Trash Brats, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Molly Gordon and Blake ...

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Trash Brats "Just Maybe" The world lost a real one recently, with the passing of Detroit rock 'n' roller Tony Romeo ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    August 14, 2025
    by Brett Callwood

    Staff Picks with Peter Gabriel, Marek Grechuta, Nas, and The Holy Barbarians

    Operations Manager Robin Rose Peter Gabriel "I Grieve" "So hard to move onStill loving what's goneThey say life carries onCarries on and on and on ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    August 7, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Simon & Garfunkel, Faye Webster, The Black Halos, and Brandi Carlile

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood The Black Halos "Three Sheets to the Wind" Gloriously trashy, sleazy punk 'n' roll courtesy of one of Canada's best, this ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    July 31, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With U2, Frank Ocean, Bee Gees, and Sly & the Family Stone

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch U2 "Bullet the Blue Sky" U2 lays it bare in this track—that distortion and fury isn’t easy to ignore, nor should ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    July 17, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Ben Kidson, Little Simz, and Tigertailz

    Editorial Intern Anna Jordan Ben Kidson "Shiver" It's a fun, grungy love song that's charmingly British. Associate Editor Ruby Risch Little Simz feat. Cleo Sol ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    July 10, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Yndling, Lush, J. Cole and Pussy Riot

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Pussy Riot "Make America Great Again" Leave it to Pussy Riot to spell things out! Editorial Intern Anna Jordan Yndling "It's ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    July 3, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Lorde, ABBA, Buffalo Springfield and Shakin' Stevens

    Editorial Intern Anna Jordan Lorde "David" I didn’t know Lorde could get more devastating, but here we are.  Associate Editor Ruby Risch ABBA "If It ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    June 26, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Norah Jones, Lettercamp, Woody Guthrie and Jackson Browne

    Editorial Intern Anna Jordan Norah Jones "The Long Day is Over" I feel like I'm wearing an eclectic outfit made up entirely of knitted clothing while ...
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  • Latest, Reviews, Staff Picks
    June 19, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Dinner Party, Charlotte Hatherley, Tom Petty, Life Without Buildings

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch Dinner Party featuring Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington, Phoelix “Freeze Tag" I’m always a sucker for that soulful ...
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