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Five new albums (and one EP) that I love from 2025
I’ve started doing an annual refresh of my “There’s No Good Music Anymore” playlist on Spotify, adding new songs from 2025 and removing those from 2014.
Jan 29
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Siskel and Ebert on Taylor Swift’s new album
I know it’s only been ten days, but it seems a lot longer
Oct 13, 2025
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“There’s no good music anymore”
After hearing too many people say that the heyday of good music is over, I had the obvious response: I created a playlist:
Jan 6, 2023
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When I became a Springsteen fan
I had a job at a concert arena in college.
Jan 18, 2022
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1,000 (great) songs in my pocket
The iPod was released on October 23, 2001 with the catchy slogan of 1,000 songs in your pocket.
Mar 7, 2021
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My favorite musical artists: COVID edition
Every few years I like to look at the list of songs I’ve liked in Spotify so I can see who my favorite artists are.
Aug 3, 2020
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My favorite music, 2020 edition
People always ask “what’s your favorite music”—a harder question to answer than it might seem.
Feb 13, 2020
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The perfect album
Everyone likely has their list of greatest albums.
Jan 12, 2020
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David Byrne playlist
Short version
Dec 9, 2019
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My favorite musical artists, 2019 edition
When someone asks me this, I can always rattle off a few I’ve always loved, but then everything else is this giant soup and I can’t really rank them.
Jun 27, 2019
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