Off Stillness As you would expect from an ensemble led by a drummer, there is rhythm in the music of Thomas Strønen’s new ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where the pop star praised most for being a songwriter put out a lyrically narrow ...

I’d love to counter all that by saying 2025 was an unambiguously great year for music—but that wouldn’t be entirely true ...