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Remembering 2025: The ‘Sure, Why Not’ of Years

Huck’s year end wrap-up — From Gen Z uprisings and Katy Perry becoming an astronaut, to the growing omnipresence of AI, the past 12 months have been weird and endlessly revolving. Newsletter columnist Emma Garland attempts to make sense of it all. 

Written by: Emma Garland
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Huck 82: The Music Issue

As music journalism marches towards oblivion, a plea for salvation

We Gotta Get Through This — On reaching 25 years of the independent music blog and online community Drowned in Sound, site founder, label boss, and manager of artists such as Charlotte Church, Sean Adams, explores how music journalism is still limping, and why setting up The Association of Music Editors is an attempt to liberate it from corporate tyranny and neglect.

Written by: Sean Adams

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