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From Bill Callahan to Boards of Canada to Sluice to Soft Curse to Wendy Eisenberg to Olivia Rodrigo, here are our favorite albums of 2026 so far.

June 2026, including CC Syndicate, Mike Clark, John Coltrane, Kamila Csengeová, Eumir Deodato // Editor's pick: Eumir Deodato ...

In ancient China, people laid xiantao (a lute-like ancient Chinese musical instrument) with strings to generate music. After a long evolution, the instrument developed into what we call sanxian (three ...

Indie Basement is a weekly column on BrooklynVegan focusing on classic indie and alternative artists, “college rock,” and new and current acts who follow a similar path. There are reviews of new ...

"At the end of this exhausting day, even pausing to catch your breath is a kind of living ..." (from "The Miracle That Is You ...

When a friend, planning a visit to her daughter at Durham University, proposed I join her for a side trip of our own, I ...

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Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced ...

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"Diablo is our 'M for Mature' game. It’s our darker, gothic franchise," Duke explained. "It’s heavier, it’s even more ...

The Diablo 30th Anniversary Infernal Symphony celebrated the music behind my favorite franchise ...