The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far

The best albums of 2025 so far From projects by billy woods to YHWH Nailgun, these are the records we can’t stop spinning. By The FADER Illustration Sabrina Kaune art by Sabrina Kaune Around June is when we start to get a good sense of what this year in music will look like. So far,…

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Eiko Ishibashi glows through the ashes on Antigone

Eiko Ishibashi glows through the ashes on Antigone

The Japanese artist’s first album of songs since 2018 softly delivers dark messages. Eiko Ishibashi. Photo by Shuhei Kojima.   “Ashes fall in August / In October, the blood shines,” Eiko Ishibashi sings in Japanese near the end of “October,” the opening track from Antigone. “Covered with ashes, long winter / Spring is yet to…

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#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

#What Eiko Ishibashi gains in translation

The Japanese composer discusses the circuitous path to her score for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist. Eiko Ishibashi. Photo by Jim O’Rourke.   We open on a long, steady tracking shot through the woods, the camera peering upward through a thin tree canopy into a bright winter sky. Gently swung cymbal triplets trickle up…

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