Category: Music

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The album cover of Ada Lea’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece”

Stop! Look! Listen! Sarah Burgoyne’s Reading Recommendation

Posted on May 5, 2026

Notes on Ada Lea’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece”

The album cover for The World Is On Fire by Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few

Stop! Look! Listen! Chris Yurkoski's Listening Recommendation

Posted on April 14, 2026

A mostly instrumental form of music like jazz isn’t the most immediate artistic vehicle for political engagement.

The album cover of Roadrunner Twice, the single by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

Stop! Look! Listen! Geordie Miller's Listening Recommendation

Posted on April 7, 2026

Roadrunner Roadrunner / going faster miles an hour

The album cover for The Nightfly (1982) by Donald Fagan featuring a moody, atmospheric photograph of Fagen as a 1950s-era late-night disc jockey named "Lester". Shot by photographer James Hamilton in a New York apartment, the photo captures Fagen in a collared shirt and tie, speaking into a vintage RCA 77DX microphone.

Stop! Look! Listen! Alexandra Oliver’s Listening Recommendation

Posted on February 24, 2026

Ask me about my favourite record and I’ll tell you it’s The Nightfly

The album cover for Recordings from the Åland Islands by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer. The cover is rust read with a light blue image of a wildflower field.

Stop! Look! Listen! José Teodoro's Listening Recommendation

Posted on February 4, 2026

Ripples in air, soft and immense. Bells curl round a hillside to be cradled in an ear. Small animals worry their paws. A dazzle of piano, a glittery sheet of salt water. A cart lopes along a country road. Ghosts play ping-pong. Cascades from outer space. Some strange vessel encircles us in a scalded wood.

The album cover of I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Stop! Look! Listen! Micaela Carren's Listening Recommendation

Posted on January 20, 2026

I feel seen when listening to the gift that is American punk/alt band Mannequin Pussy. Their entire discography is a progression of artistic and musical truth, with each release becoming more unflinchingly personal and exquisitely composed than the last—but their 2024 album I Got Heaven is my personal favorite.