Christopher Long takes us on a personal journey of rediscovering the magic of music. It’s just the inspiration I needed to continue my own.

September 22, Breeders will release Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition) on 4AD. Remastered from the actually not-lost original analog tapes, the two-disc special includes unreleased tracks for the megastans.

In the news today: Blur, Spoon, Vinyl, Hopscotch Music Festival, Pavement, Japanese Breakfast, American Football, Siouxsie Sioux, Cruel World 2023, Pavement, American Football, Bridget St John, Yoshiki, Sueños Music Fest, Andy Rourke, The Smiths, Blur, Reunion Tour

In the news today: The Dillinger Escape Plan, R.E.M., Breaking Benjamin, Jasen Rauch, Janelle Monáe, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandaddy, Nikki Sixx. Mötley Crüe, Ghost, Vinyl, Rammstein, Eurovision, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Four Tet, Kieran Hebden, William Tyler, Willie Nelson, Imagine Dragons, The Hives, Gorilla Biscuits, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks

In the news today: GIDEON, Woz, Pussy Riot, Woody Guthrie, Kamala Harris, Vinyl, George Harrison, Tenacious D, Animals As Leaders

Sleep unveil Dopesmoker deluxe LP featuring real cannabis leaves in vinyl; the album is returning to streaming services this Friday.

Group Sex (Trust Records). Review by Scott Adams.

Texas Piano Man (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

Somehow, Ben Vaughn manages to make time for an interview with Ian Koss in the midst of his many moods and projects.

Matthew Moyer unveils the secrets of this month’s 45 Grave.

45 Grave is a monthly column dedicated to a physical music medium that is way too fun to go quietly into digital limbo, no matter how long its author suffers from a turkey coma.

45 Grave is a monthly column dedicated to a physical music medium that is way too fun to go quietly into digital limbo, no matter how eagerly cloud zombies want to fashion the coffin.

The history of teeny, tiny labels that launched some really big bands. Before the out-crowd became the in-crowd.

Dead EP (Thrill Jockey Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Carl F Gauze gets a kick out of kitsch. Flipping through this photovolume of forgotten Jewish album covers, you will too.

LP (btb management ltd. ). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Theme for A Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (Wantage USA). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Precipitate8 takes in every trashy, messy and confusing corner of Los Angeles in a whirlwind immersion. Or vacation, I guess.