Translation (C.M. Crockford) Shirou Aoyama (Wikimedia Commons) The ghost of Yukio Mishima sits atThe back of the Imperial, 1972,Two years after his ritual seppuku and failed coup,To take in Pippin’s opening night on Broadway.T…

New today on the site: a poem by @cmcrockford.bsky.social on Mishima, Pippin, and life itself

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Just Who Was Eve, Anyway? (Isobel Cunningham) Peter Trimming (Wikimedia Commons) I have been a volunteer guide at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the oldest and most prestigious museum in the city, for almost 15 years. I’ve been surprised by…

New today on the site: Isobel Cunningham asks, just who was Eve, anyway?

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The podcast tile for the E Street Shuffle (by Vanessa McKee)

The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run

On the podcast feed: another E Street Shuffle—in fact the first of TWO Born to Run episodes! Join Greg McGrath and @ethanwarrenauthor.com to discuss…the greatest album of all time? We’re just asking questions. Get it where you pod! (🎨: @vanessamckee.bsky.social!)

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If you’re waiting on a response to a pitch—just know we (Ethan) put that call out casually while on vacation, not really expecting this volume of amazing work to come in! We’ll get back to you next week.

The Broad Soundtrack (August 2025) “Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…

Today on the site: the first edition of the Broad Soundtrack, a new monthly rundown of great new songs, with writeups and accompanying playlist!

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The Broad Soundtrack (August 2025) “Got a New Car” (Tyler Ballgame) — Tyler Ballgame is an explosively rising star in the indie world; having recently signed with Rough Trade, he’s spending this year performing on the same bill as a…

Today on the site: the first edition of the Broad Soundtrack, a new monthly rundown of great new songs, with writeups and accompanying playlist!

broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/05/t...

Runaway American Dreams (Ethan Warren) Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…

Today sees the release of the first of two books celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run. Read @ethanwarrenauthor.com's review of both: broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/02/r...

If you’re diving into Vineland in the run-up to the PTA maybe-probably-sort-of-sure-why-not adaptation, why not read along with some smart cats (one of whom literally wrote a if not the book on PTA himself)? It’s fun!

BROAD SOUND: An Evergreen Call for Pitches BROAD SOUND An Evergreen Call for Pitches As a freelancer, I wonder if you’ve had this thought: “I’d love to write about that, but there’s just no home for it.” It’s a pain I know too well. A topic...

Dear freelance writers: Broad Sound (a journal of arts and culture) is looking for new pitches to run at broadsoundmag.com beginning in November (queue’s full through then!) Pay is $100 per piece. Write us the essay of your dreams. Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The Broad Soundtrack - Submission Use this form to submit singles for consideration for Broad Sound's monthly digest of capsule reviews and Spotify playlists. It costs nothing to submit, and coverage is free. Because this is a labo...

Hey #indiemusicians and #indiebands with #newmusic on #musiciansky! Broad Sound is launching a monthly spotlight on new songs featuring capsule write-ups and accompanying playlists of under-heard tracks we love. We hope you consider submitting a song!
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The cure for male loneliness is to create your own journal of arts and culture but nobody talks about this

Runaway American Dreams (Ethan Warren) Art by Lydia Silver Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday, August 5, 2025 Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years Sean Egan Quarto, September 23, 2025 The…

New today on the site: @ethanwarrenauthor.com reviews two new books celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run

broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/02/r...

The cover of Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland

New today on the podcast feed: @justinh94.bsky.social and @ethanwarrenauthor.com talk through chapters 4 and 5 of Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland! Search Broad Sound Podcast wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...

The title of a Spotify playlist: the Broad Soundtrack - August 2025

Coming soon: we made you a mix tape

My latest piece: On the particular dissonance of finding your hometown show up in a Don DeLillo novel

An Aberration in the Heartland of the Real (Micah Rickard) Photo by Clint Miller (Wikimedia Commons) A man stares at a county courthouse. It is a warm spring day—April 17th, 1963. Perhaps it is the warmth of the sun, or the mythic purpose he carries with h…

New today on the site: @micahrickard.bsky.social makes his Broad Sound debut with a look at Don DeLillo’s Libra and the literary life of hometowns: broadsoundmag.com/2025/08/01/a...

The podcast tile for The E Street Shuffle: A Broad Sound Podcast

The cover to Bruce Springsteen’s The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle

New today on the podcast feed: on the E Street Shuffle, @ethanwarrenauthor.com is joined by Morris Shamah to discuss The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Search Broad Sound Podcast wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...

It is a privilege in so many ways to be part of the Broad Sound family. I’m proud of this one

John Darnielle’s Falsetto (Danny Cohen) John Darnielle sings most of “Dinu Lipatti’s Bones” in falsetto. “Falsetto” is one of those terms like “hip-hop” or “polyamory”; ask ten people to define it and you’ll hear ten definitions, all sta…

New today on the site: another excerpt from our The Sunset Tree at 20 issue, it's @mr-e-motion.bsky.social on "Dinu Lipatti's Bones" and John Darnielle's falestto

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Singapore’s Hell’s Museum Is a Gruesome Reminder to “Do No Wrong” (Sonia Sarkar) photograph courtesy of Hell’s Museum After losing someone very precious at the tender age of eight, a deep, subconscious fear of losing loved ones became ingrained in my mind. While I still s…

New today on the site: Sonia Sarkar says Singapore’s Hell’s Museum Is a Gruesome Reminder to “Do No Wrong” broadsoundmag.com/2025/07/25/s...

The cover for the podcast The E Street Shuffle

The cover for the Bruce Springsteen album Greetings from Asbury Park NJ

New today: on the podcast feed: the premiere of the E Street Shuffle, a Springsteen listen-through podcast, with Frank Falisi and @ethanwarren.bsky.social discussing Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. Search Broad Sound podcast wherever you pod! Art by @vanessamckee.bsky.social

The cover of the Unicorns’ Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?

New today on the podcast feed: another Eye of the Beholder with @eyeoftheduckpod.com co-host @adamvole.com discussing the perfection of the Unicorns’ Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? Available wherever you pod! www.buzzsprout.com/2389600/epis...

After a short delay, we’re back—with friends!