Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.

Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club). Review by Daniel Fuller.

Founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst takes readers on a very personal tour of the people, places, and events that made goth an enduring movement and vital subculture, in GOTH: A History. Bob Pomeroy reviews.

In the news today: Osees, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Riot Fest, The Cure, The Mars Volta, The Postal Service, Turnstile, The Sisters of Mercy, Andy Rourke, The Smiths, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, Knower, Patti Smith, Pavement, The Walkmen, The National

Arrangements (Flemish Eye). Review by Steven Cruse.

To Repel Ghosts (Static Blooms Records.). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Grecian Urn (Taxi Gauche Records). Review by Scott Adams.

Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.

No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.

Anyone. Review by Stacey Zering.

Quântico.(Discmidia Music) Review by Stacey Zering.

The Story of the Most Influential Radio Station in America

The Alarm came “marching on” through Orlando, and Michelle Wilson relived her 80s alternative heyday.

A Sentimental Education (Double Feature Records). Review by James Mann.

It’s been thirty years after Roi Tamkin saw 10KM take the stage at the 40 Watt Club….

Tired of Tomorrow (Relapse Records). Review by Jen Cray.

Death And The Internet (Fire Talk Records). Review by Jen Cray.

The Post Romantic Empire Album (Our Sweetest Songs). Review by Carl F Gazue.

Optica (Merge). Review by Laura Pontillo.