A few select reviews from week 4 of month 9 (September)

A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

A few select reviews from week 3 of month 9 (September)

A few select reviews from week 2 of month 9 (September)

Notes from a highly personal turning point

Remembering the best of the year’s unsung albums.

Remembering the best of the year’s unsung albums.

A few select reviews from week 1 of month 9 (September).

Rehashing a Music Week introduction with more and more ideas

Nothing Left but the Mess

The AI oligarchs thought they could stuff data centers down the throats of the American people. They thought wrong.

Further notes on the news of August.

A few select reviews from week 3 of month 8 (August)

Sorting new music in the dog days of summer

In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why.

YouTube video by Justin Pierce

A few select reviews from week 2 of month 8 (August).

Capitalism on the verge of a nervous breakdown

A few select reviews from week 1 of month 8 (August).

What the world did while I was counting jazz critic ballots

A few select reviews from week 5 of month 7 (July)

If you want to discover how people feel about the way the world is going, don’t look to language to tell you, not to articles like this one, or even those

"You could both hear a pin drop and see people who looked like they'd just sat on a pin."

Lindsey Graham is finally laid to rest

A few select reviews from week 4 of month 7 (July).

Tyshawn Sorey © Gérard Boisnel Les 10 disques considérés par le collège de 127 critiques internationaux, pour cette première moitié de l'année 2026 (...)

The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Mid-Year

Few things more clearly attest to the endurance of the human spirit and the drive for creativity than the uninterrupted and unstoppable torrent of brilliant new jazz albums we've already seen this yea...

A few select reviews from week 3 of month 7 (July).

A few select reviews from week 2 of month 7 (July)

Reflections from "Tomorrow Is Yesterday."

Israeli forces were reported to have conducted multiple raids today into southwest Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa Governorates. The raids involved the establishment of a checkpoint near the village of Jam...