New Music Friday: Charli xcx, The Strokes, and more

July 24, 2026 New Music Friday: Charli xcx, The Strokes, and more JULY 24, 2026 Life imitates art imitates death in Music, Fashion, Film Paste Pick: Charli xcx’s Brat follow-up takes us deep into her ouroboros of self-referentiality: each statement contains its own contradiction, and the boundaries between truth and artifice in her autofictional world are blurred. Madison Square Garden turned off its surveillance system for Taylor Swift’s wedding According to WIRED , the historical arena temporarily restricted access to its interior surveillance system during the couple’s wedding weekend. IAN SWEET pauses at the threshold of a breakthrough on Shiverstruck Jilian Medford’s tireless progression as a songwriter stutters on her latest LP, which rehashes conflicts she’s already won and leaves us craving the next chapter in a story ... read