Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Julie Schroer still has the turtle racing trophy she won as a child, as well as the wholesome memories that are attached to ...

Sparhawk playing alongside Americana band Trampled by Turtles feels like Neil Young hooking up with Crazy Horse. Magic ...

As they roared together into the song’s second half, Sparhawk repeatedly bent so far over his electric guitar that his blonde ...

Alan Sparhawk’s first record since the 2022 passing of his wife and musical partner Mimi Parker—felt like an exorcism. Using ...

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event ...

Alan Sparhawk is clearly not a man to let the grass grow beneath his feet. Nor - and clearly comparisons could be drawn with Neil Young or Elvis Costello - is ...

Alan Sparhawk continues to confound expectations on his second solo album since the sad premature end of Duluth, Minnesota ...

When Sparhawk’s wife and bandmate Mimi Parker passed away in 2022, he found some solace in his friends, fellow Dulth, Minnesota musicians Trampled By Turtles who invited him to join them on tour. Out ...

“There’s a running joke in our town,” Alan Sparhawk told a German reporter in 2011. “It says you can’t make a record in ...

The nine songs on "With Trampled by Turtles," which arrives Friday, sound repeated notes of grief. Compositions including "Heaven," "Screaming Song" and "Don't Take Your Light" reference feelings ...

Let’s not forget thatPizza Hut sponsored the infamous Coming Out of Their Shells tour, a wild stage show where the Turtles wore studded denim vests and sang songs like “Pizza Power” to screaming kids ...