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Taylor Swift revisits 1989, Keanu Reeves resurrects Dogstar, pop queen Kylie Minogue returns, and country legend Dolly Parton is ready to ... rock?

The last time Mark Linkous visited his younger brother, Matt Linkous, in Richmond, Virginia, he was excited about making albums again. By that poin

For a decade, the last recordings of the psychedelic pop auteur behind Sparklehorse seemed lost or simply unusable. His family found and finished them.

Mark Linkous was the creative force behind the band Sparklehorse. Songs he recorded in 2009 are finally being released this fall, propelled by work by his…

Sparklehorse's last album, “Bird Machine,” finally takes flight on Sept. 8.

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This month's free Uncut CD features 12 tracks from artists including Wilco, Pretenders, Jaimie Branch, PG Six and more

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the July 4th holiday falling on a Tuesday, leaving less songs to consider. So, this week’s Songs of the Week is supersized and incorporates tracks from the last two weeks.

Welcome to our second weekly survey of new tracks that have caught our ears.

If you liked the last Sunshine Convention track we posted, “Dawned On Me,” you’re probably in the market for some more extremely fuzzy, melodically charged sonic manna, yeah? Jake Whitener shared his soaring and monolithic lo-fi sing-along “The Spark” last week. Today, in one last offering before the band’s self-titled LP drops, he’s back with “Penny Lids.” I’m told it includes a nod to Mark Linkous (big week for Sparklehorse heads) and...