There’s something about failed sci-fi musicals that seemingly inspires an artist’s best work. Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is perhaps the most famous example of this phenomenon, scrapping an entire space ...

With a meandering, six-minute-plus sci-fi-sounding opening track, it was clear that Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner was out to make music that was beyond the three-minute-pop found on her solo ...

“I want it all” Michelle Zauner wistfully and repeatedly cries on this album’s opening track ‘Diving Woman’. It’s a lyric that describes the tone of this whole second album, as her ambitious spirit ...

Every pop album is a concept album about humans falling in love with machines, but Japanese Breakfast’s new Soft Sounds from Another Planet, out since July, is especially so. “Machinist,” the lead ...

“I’ve been listening to a recording of a show I did in Norway,” says Vashti Bunyan. “And I’m just amazed at how soft it is. When I’m listening back I think, my goodness, it sounds like a child up ...

When the 1970s rolled around, music fans craved something smoother than the hard-hitting rock dominating the airwaves. Soft rock bands delivered the perfect remedy with their mellow melodies, ...

Overview:  Smart alarm clocks in 2025 focus on calm waking, not loud noise. Light and soft sound now guide the body out of ...

Electric vehicles, and many hybrids, are fundamentally quiet at low speeds. So to be sure they’re heard in crosswalks and on city streets, they need to make sounds. Yes, that means adding “fake” ...