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.

On Parish, Esposito is in the literal driver’s seat. His titular character, Gracián “Gray” Parish tries to maintain his ordinary, family man life after long abandoning his shadowy past as a mob getaway driver. But Gray’s ability to handle Formula 1 worthy hairpin turns is needed for one last job. Sadly, the series can’t outrun such clichés any more than Gray can escape his mob origins.

​Karen Young stars in an overlooked revenge film from 1983.

Pete Jolly’s most famous work is masterful but traditional jazz piano. Seasons is a completely different beast.

Under the Radar headed to Derby last weekend for the very first WFR Central and discovered a host of electronic musical talent.

I remember sitting in a Nottingham, England bar with Mark Gardener nearly 10 years ago when the Ride singer/guitarist told me the iconic ’90s shoegaze band were reforming.