Daniel James Leith
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Music Writer. Check out my blog: danthecritic.weebly.com
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2025 albums up! Might seitch around a bit later:
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the dawn of british folk horror
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the dawn of british folk horror
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"In the years after her husband John’s death, the harpist discovered a sound all her own, a jazz rooted in acts of spirit and will."
The Visions of Alice Coltrane:
The Visions of Alice Coltrane:
The Visions of Alice Coltrane
In the years after her husband John’s death, the harpist discovered a sound all her own, a jazz rooted in acts of spirit and will.
www.thenation.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"In the years after her husband John’s death, the harpist discovered a sound all her own, a jazz rooted in acts of spirit and will."
The Visions of Alice Coltrane:
The Visions of Alice Coltrane:
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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It's from Odetta Sings Dylan, from March 1965, where she absolutely kills it on a dozen Dylan songs - and her version of "Tambourine Man" came out a month before Dylan's own.
You guys ever heard Odetta's version of "Mr Tambourine Man"? It's so cool. Extremely slow 12/8, bluesy seventh chords, phrasing like Billie Holiday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOEP...
Odetta - Mr. Tambourine Man
YouTube video by Irapoan Nogueira Filho Alford
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December 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's from Odetta Sings Dylan, from March 1965, where she absolutely kills it on a dozen Dylan songs - and her version of "Tambourine Man" came out a month before Dylan's own.
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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t by Eiffel 65, Aqua, Vengaboys, or Rednex
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t by Eiffel 65, Aqua, Vengaboys, or Rednex
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hearing that everyone wants to know specifically what my 25 favourite albums of the 21st century are, would be wrong to disappoint my fans smdh
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
hearing that everyone wants to know specifically what my 25 favourite albums of the 21st century are, would be wrong to disappoint my fans smdh
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Terrible news that Perry Bamonte of the Cure has died. www.thecure.com/news/2025/12...
The Cure Official Site
Latest updates on forthcoming releases, tour dates and news
www.thecure.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Terrible news that Perry Bamonte of the Cure has died. www.thecure.com/news/2025/12...
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woah santa, what’s my name!
December 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
woah santa, what’s my name!
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Finally, belatedly, calling it a wrap:
Here's where we stand for my 50 favorite albums of 2025
Here's where we stand for my 50 favorite albums of 2025
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Finally, belatedly, calling it a wrap:
Here's where we stand for my 50 favorite albums of 2025
Here's where we stand for my 50 favorite albums of 2025
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Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ...
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ...
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
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if anyone cares here’s my top 20 songs and albums of 2025
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
if anyone cares here’s my top 20 songs and albums of 2025
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New!!! Part 4 of 7-part rundown of my 80 favorite 2025 singles: 1400 words, this time, focused on Eastern Europe (Sw@da x Niczos, Simona); Tanzania's Zucho; indie rock (Saya Gray, Panic Shack, Horsegirl, Haku); and what used to be new wave (Joplyn, M[h]aol, Inspector Spacetime, Caroline Kingsbury.)
80 Best Singles of 2025 (+5), Part Four
Sw@da x Niczos x Msss_gia x Rydlevskaya “Huki Nočy”; Sw@da x Niczos “Uzory Vyšvat’”; Koob & Sw@da “Zubraniatka”; Simona “Cocon”: If you’re a stickler for literal calendar dates, you might want to skip...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New!!! Part 4 of 7-part rundown of my 80 favorite 2025 singles: 1400 words, this time, focused on Eastern Europe (Sw@da x Niczos, Simona); Tanzania's Zucho; indie rock (Saya Gray, Panic Shack, Horsegirl, Haku); and what used to be new wave (Joplyn, M[h]aol, Inspector Spacetime, Caroline Kingsbury.)
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Final year-end — 50 songs! Are they the best ones?
www.otherdavemoore.com/p/best-of-20...
www.otherdavemoore.com/p/best-of-20...
Best of 2025, Pt. 4 - Songs
50 good songs instead of the approx. 1,000 other good ones
www.otherdavemoore.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Final year-end — 50 songs! Are they the best ones?
www.otherdavemoore.com/p/best-of-20...
www.otherdavemoore.com/p/best-of-20...
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Tony’s Macaroni (1999-2000): Little macaroni shaped like the "HBO" logo, in a box covered with images of the cast of "The Sopranos". It was released as a promotional item to the media and collectible outlets for the series premiere
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Tony’s Macaroni (1999-2000): Little macaroni shaped like the "HBO" logo, in a box covered with images of the cast of "The Sopranos". It was released as a promotional item to the media and collectible outlets for the series premiere
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is it a bad sign that Kamasi Washington released an Emmy-nominated soundtrack to a show by the creator of Cowboy Bebop in 2025 and I haven't seen anyone else talking about it
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
is it a bad sign that Kamasi Washington released an Emmy-nominated soundtrack to a show by the creator of Cowboy Bebop in 2025 and I haven't seen anyone else talking about it
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My fave albums of 2025, #1-10:
Tamino—Every Dawn's a Mountain
Turnstile—Never Enough
Lady Gaga—Mayhem
Sam Fender—People Watching
Lily Allen—West End Girl
Uwade—Florilegium
Free Range—Lost & Found
Feine Sahne Fischfilet—Wir kommen in Frieden
The Beaches—No Hard Feelings
Lorde—Virgin
Tamino—Every Dawn's a Mountain
Turnstile—Never Enough
Lady Gaga—Mayhem
Sam Fender—People Watching
Lily Allen—West End Girl
Uwade—Florilegium
Free Range—Lost & Found
Feine Sahne Fischfilet—Wir kommen in Frieden
The Beaches—No Hard Feelings
Lorde—Virgin
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My fave albums of 2025, #1-10:
Tamino—Every Dawn's a Mountain
Turnstile—Never Enough
Lady Gaga—Mayhem
Sam Fender—People Watching
Lily Allen—West End Girl
Uwade—Florilegium
Free Range—Lost & Found
Feine Sahne Fischfilet—Wir kommen in Frieden
The Beaches—No Hard Feelings
Lorde—Virgin
Tamino—Every Dawn's a Mountain
Turnstile—Never Enough
Lady Gaga—Mayhem
Sam Fender—People Watching
Lily Allen—West End Girl
Uwade—Florilegium
Free Range—Lost & Found
Feine Sahne Fischfilet—Wir kommen in Frieden
The Beaches—No Hard Feelings
Lorde—Virgin
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I like to imagine that Bob Dylan only knows of Weird Al from "UHF." He doesn't realize he had a whole career of being a musical parodist. He's just like "oh yeah I loved his film. It had the spirt of Groucho in him. Not with the brothers, but when he was on You Bet Your Life"
Feels like all of us music writers should check in with Dylan's office to see if Bob wants to provide a quote, no matter who the subject is, just to be on the safe side. Tortoise, Weird Al, Lana Del Rey - maybe Bob's got something to say!
Bob Dylan writes about Willie Nelson in a new New Yorker profile
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I like to imagine that Bob Dylan only knows of Weird Al from "UHF." He doesn't realize he had a whole career of being a musical parodist. He's just like "oh yeah I loved his film. It had the spirt of Groucho in him. Not with the brothers, but when he was on You Bet Your Life"
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Stopping hiking mountains if you aren't prepared and know what you're doing.
You're not built different - you're just an asshole putting others in danger to save your dumb ass.
You're not built different - you're just an asshole putting others in danger to save your dumb ass.
Mass. hikers who reportedly ignored advice from authorities rescued from N.H. mountain
Two Massachusetts men were rescued from a New Hampshire mountain on Saturday after reportedly ignoring advice from authorities.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Stopping hiking mountains if you aren't prepared and know what you're doing.
You're not built different - you're just an asshole putting others in danger to save your dumb ass.
You're not built different - you're just an asshole putting others in danger to save your dumb ass.
December 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations
December 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM