I have attended GalaxyCon Richmond for several years now, alongside my wife Wendy and our daughter Rose (now 11), and every year without fail William Shatner is there and each year he is one of the highlights of the event.

Colin Farrell joins the pantheon of time honored gumshoes with Sugar, which premieres with two episodes on this new series. The leading man’s eponymous John Sugar is a private investigator with quips hard boiled enough to satisfy the cravings of any noir diehard.

A day prior to the release of Vampire Weekend’s self-titled debut album in January 2008, Pitchfork’s Nitsuh Abebe called it “already one of the most talked-about and divisive records of the year.”

Allen Ginsberg, one of the key Beat Generation writers, managed to achieve the equivalence of rock-star status in the world of poetry.

Anglo-American duo Still Corners return with their sixth album, Dream Talk, a 10-track exploration of ethereal dream pop soundscapes.

Five years is a long time in music, which in some cases can only be a good thing. Take experimental noise-rock combo Drahla for instance. Having released their debut album, Useless Coordinates, back in 2019 to a fanfare of critical acclaim, it seemed like the only trajectory was up.

Pull any average singer off a porch in Appalachia and surround them with fiddle, guitar, piano, mandolin, banjo, accordion, pedal steel and you’re likely to come up with something pretty nice to listen to.

There are certain things in this life that naturally go together, as if inextricably bound by some unspoken rule. Peanut butter and jelly. Hot dogs and baseball. Midnight and true crime documentaries. And, of course, hip-hop and high fashion.

Candy-O is The Cars’ 1979 sophomore album. This high fidelity vinyl reissue is the essential pressing.