Crucial Releases: middle of June edition
New releases from S.G. Goodman, Hotline TNT, HAIM, and Yaya Bey highlight this issue.
Jason
I am a patient boy.
My Favorite Albums at Mid-Year
A mid year review of my favorite albums so far...
Crucial Releases: June 6 edition
New releases from Turnstile, Little Simz, Lifeguard, and Activity.
Crucial Releases: rest of May edition
A whole lot of new music in May!
May 2025 Changelog
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Crucial Releases: May 2
New music by Men I Trust, Carriers, Mei Semones, PUP, Club Night, and Samantha Crain.
The joy of Crucial Tracks
My favorite thing so far is the slow, serendipitous nature of the Public Tracks feed.
April 2025 Changelog
* Initial 1.0 release
* User profiles and authentication
* Entry creation and management
* Apple Music search
* A view of all public
Crucial Releases: April 25
New music from Viagra Boys, Emma-Jean Thackray, Beach Bunny, Samia, and... Wu-Tang!
Crucial Recap: 2025.ep8
In this recap: new music, a new app, record winners, and more.
Crucial Releases: most of April edition
Geez, April is almost over isn't it? Lots of good music this month -- Bon Iver, Momma, Speedway, Casper Skulls, Blu, quickly quickly, Ribbon Skirt, Black Country New Road, Florist, Scowl, Bedridden, Julien Baker & TORRES, Superheaven, The Convenience, and Valerie June.
Crucial Tracks, the app
Announcing the Crucial Tracks app – a music journal to share the songs that made you.
Crucial Recap: 2025.ep7
Time to stretch out and prep for the weekend... it's recap time! The latest from Crucial Tracks and some fun bonuses.
Crucial Tracks 008: Annie Mueller
For Crucial Tracks #8, please welcome Annie Mueller, blogger and professional writer. One of my *favorite* bloggers!
Crucial Releases for March 28
New music from Perfume Genius, Great Grandpa, Bria Salmena, Free Range, Lucy Dacus, and Sam Akpro.
Crucial Releases: March 14/21 super post
New albums from Japanese Breakfast, Men I Trust, Courting, terraplana, Saba, Weatherday, Goya Gumbani, Dutch Interior, Greentea Peng, and My Morning Jacket. A big one!
Crucial Releases for March 7
The latest new albums from Divorce, Bob Mould, Downward, Hamilton Leithauser, Jason Isbell, SASAMI, and HotWax.
Crucial Tracks 007: Kevin Humdrum
This month's Crucial Tracks interview features Kevin Humdrum, host of the webzine foofaraw amongst other adventures.