Category Rock

murder me by The Haunted Youth

With murder me, The Haunted Youth keep carving out their own corner of dreamy melancholy, where shoegaze haze meets pop instinct. Since their debut, the Belgian project has stood out for turning adolescent heartbreak and existential dread into something strangely…

I Played the Fool by Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt

“I Played the Fool” arrives like a quiet seismic shift: Michael Stipe’s first new song in three years, and a reminder of just how singular his voice remains in modern music. Decades after reshaping alternative rock with R.E.M., Stipe has…

Blame Brett (CBC Music Live) by The Beaches

Some songs are meant for the studio, but Blame Brett by The Beaches was clearly born to be shouted back at the stage. This CBC Music Live version strips away any remaining polish and lets the band’s full personality kick…

God’s Lonely Man by Anna Calvi (feat. Iggy Pop)

With “God’s Lonely Man”, Anna Calvi continues her quiet conquest of the modern art-rock landscape, this time calling on one of rock’s most enduring figures: Iggy Pop. It’s a collaboration that feels both unlikely and completely inevitable, a meeting of…

Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.

In March 1991, R.E.M. released Out of Time, the album that would turn the Athens, Georgia band from beloved alternative heroes into global superstars. Today, 35 years later, that record still shines as one of the most important albums of…