Welcome to the 11th Songs of the Week of 2025. It was quite a week for songs from ’90s artists. As a teenager, in 1995, I once saw Stereolab open for Pulp at the Brixton Academy in London and both ...

In 2020, as the pandemic gripped the world, many sought solace in alternate realities they hoped to find through art. The Weeknd’s “After Hours”, a concept album influenced by Dante Alighieri’s ...

Going to hell is usually a tough break. But the poet Michael Palma doesn't seem to mind. To course through bitter waters presently, My wit’s small craft hoists sails for embarkation And takes its ...