Terrence O'Brien

Weekend Editor

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Entertainment

What we’re listening to, watching, and reading right now.

There is so much art out there that it’s absolutely impossible to keep up. Whether it’s a slept-on post-punk album from the ’80s, a new sci-fi novel, or a cult classic horror movie, we’re always finding new obsessions here at The Verge — and we want to share those obsessions with you. Sometimes that might be a new release, but often it’s going to be something a little older, something not necessarily plastered all over TikTok or sitting at the top of the charts on Spotify.
We’ve said it before, but the best way to find new music, a new show to binge, or a self-help book that isn’t pure trash is to&nbsp;skip the algorithm&nbsp;and get a recommendation from actual humans. And it just so happens that The Verge employs a number of those (humans, that is). So checkback regularly for new art to fall in love with, and tell us about your latest obsessions in the comments. Maybe your new favorite album will become one of our new favorites, too.

Conclave is the sound of a NYC summer block party

Japanese Gothic is a gorgeously grotesque ghost story

Feeble Little Horse leans into digital weirdness on bitknot

On Trails is a wandering tale that blends hiking, science, and history

Oddity is masterfully tense horror from the director of Hokum

Ashnymph’s Childhood EP is exhilarating dance goth rock

Oh, hey, it’s Bandcamp Friday again.

XOXO has launched a full archive of the festival.

Apple TV’s new horror series is scarier because it’s also hilarious

Tomora’s Come Closer is an ecstatic love letter to ’90s dance music

New Art City is a free virtual gallery filled with beautifully bizarre art.

Horror Lex is a free database of academic literature for horror nerds.

The Stars My Destination is classic proto-cyberpunk

Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop

Los Thuthanaka’s Wak’a is a mellower follow-up to last year’s surprise Pitchfork favorite

Red Rooms makes online poker as thrilling as its serial killer

This is pure joy.

Topical Dancer is propulsive, playful, and political

Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti’s experimental cello pop

You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel’s masterpiece of early ambient music

You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession

You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH

You need to listen to M83’s icy post-rock record Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

You need to listen to Billy Woods’ horrorcore masterpiece for the A24 crowd

You need to read the subversive cosmic horror novella The Ballad of Black Tom

You need to listen to these Christmas deep cuts

You need to listen to Sudan Archives’ violin opus for the club

You need to watch the modern horror masterpiece His House

You need to read the treatise on spacing out, Bored and Brilliant

You need to listen to the searing noise pop album Forever in Your Heart

You need to listen to this compilation of ‘80s Spanish ambient and electronic music

You need to watch the found footage classic, Lake Mungo

You need to listen to the brutally oppressive I’ve Seen All I Need to See

You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night

You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House

Apple’s weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

Can anyone look cool wearing Snap’s $2,000 glasses?

Apple’s smart home camera service is starting to impress me

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