The rocky exoplanet depicted here in this artist’s illustration, with a fuzzy atmosphere. (Melissa Weiss/CfA) As the famous ...

A decision made on any recording is whether to capture its setting or obscure it – keep the recording earthed to the real ...

A Light for Attracting Attention, out today through XL, sounds like the quintessential Radiohead album: it's got the interlocking arpeggios of In Rainbows, the snarling alt-rock of The Bends, the ...

The inside of the UFO is quiet again today. The noise of Earth is as constant as ever, but once you get used to it, it's like a lullaby. The subjects of observation are humans. They are talking on ...

To me, Ozu films are super punk! I have never seen anything this outrageously punk. I am not saying this for laughs. I am truly, seriously saying that this is punk. The Sex Pistols are like mere ...

A radio station often plays as background music at one of our local restaurants. Not very loud but enough for me to hear, usually. I was there at noon one day, and suddenly the Star-Spangled Banner, ...

This Friday’s arrival of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny serves as a reminder of the pivotal role composer John Williams has played in the cinema for more than five decades. Williams may have ...

Is there anything better than putting songs in order? Well, probably a few thousand things. But, I’ve come to thoroughly enjoy the curation that goes into crafting a list like this. I don’t see song ...

When Duran Duran was at the peak of their stardom 40 years ago, conventional wisdom suggested that the quintet was an inevitable flash in the pan—New Romantics destined to be forgotten once their ...