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Playlist

100-song playlist: Seefeel, Salem, Namasenda, more

Plus: cryptic shoegaze, dancey laptop twee, neurotic pop, fuck-up pop-punk, etc.

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Chasing Fridays: YHWH Nailgun, truegaze, Chanel Beads Q&A, more

Music Critic Zany-Core, Kafkaesque pop, loud-ass shoegaze, and an interview with America's preeminent cloud-rocker.

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Interview

ear are still getting to know one another

A long talk with Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan about indulgence, ambiguity, manifesting, and 'Rumspringa.'

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Chasing Fridays: Single Print Index, cleo walks through glass, RIP Magic Q&A, more

Vengeful hardcore, mangled internet-pop, weird shit from my ambient barber, and a Q&A with dance-punk's next stars.

Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: fakemink, Feeble Little Horse, Slide Away L.A. recap, more

Some reviews, an epiphany, and a glimpse into the near future of heavy hardcore.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Slide Away Chicago recap, Smerz, coolant Q&A, more

Shoegaze, cloud-rock, slowcore, and a live report on Cryptopsy's zoomer revival.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Slide Away NYC recap, nasty hardcore, Bellows Q&A

Shoegaze hot takes, hardcore heavyweights, and an interview with one of my indie-rock gateways.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: ear, easterlin, Clarion Q&A, more

Catching up with the underground and Chasing Down the latest viral shoegaze breakouts.

Review

Charli XCX's "Rock Music" Must Be a Joke

Some thoughts on the 'Brat' star's attempt at gaming the zeitgeist.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: RIP Magic, Bring Me the Horizon live, Grace Ives Q&A

Dance-punk venerations, mainstream metalcore investigations, and an interview with a rising popstar.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Tiffany Day, Poison Ruïn live, Hooky Q&A, more

Smol pop, footwork, d-beat, metalcore, post-rock, and an interview with the waviest beatsmiths in Philly.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: b7lanket + Luko M, Cleaver Blue, Ivy Knight Q&A, more

Synthetic twee-pop, musty metal, and an interview with a psych-folk city dweller.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: concealer, Car Underwater, Betty Hammerschlag Q&A

Reflections on post-hardcore and metalcore. Plus, the first (and only) interview with a cloud-rock pioneer.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Slayyyter, She's Green, This House Is Creaking Q&A, more

The be$t pop, the hypest shoegaze, timeless hardcore, and an interview with a promising young indie band.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Balmora, smokedope2016, Quiet Light Q&A, more

Checking in on cloud-rap, deathcore, metalcore, and -- you guessed it -- cloud-rock.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: kuru, mishmish, World I Hate Q&A, more

Shoegaze's future, electro-pop's present, and hardcore that reckons with 'Total Nuclear Annihilation.'

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: EsDeeKid, KMRU, ideasforconversations Q&A, more

A log of what I've actually been listening to lately outside of work hours. And an interview with the next Brooklyn breakouts.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Bassvictim, Mori, Operelly Q&A

Environmental cloud-rock, outdoorsy electro-pop, and an interview with the duchess of tiptoe music.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Snõõper, MGNA Crrrta, High. Q&A, more

Live punk, recorded pop, loud rock, emotive electronica, and an interview with some talkative shoegazers.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Terror, Organ Tapes, Lowertown Q&A, more

Weighing in on some hardcore, cloud-rock, and shoegaze. Then, an interview with a pillar of Zoomer indie-rock.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Azshara, 7 mini reviews, Lala Lala Q&A, more

Some glowing praise, a brutal pan, and seven more reactions in between. Plus: a good indie-rocker answers questions.

Longform

Bilmuri, slob brainrot, and the triumph of meme metal

The one-man pop-metalcore meme star is among the biggest acts in modern metal. Is the culture cooked or am I simply too old to get it?

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Chasing Fridays: Ninajirachi, Knocked Loose, flyingfish Q&A, more

Hyperpop vs. indie sleaze, hardcore vs. hip-hop, shoegaze vs. emo. Or something like that.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: xaviersobased, Poison Ruïn, E_Death Q&A, more

Surveying rap's underground, checking in on hardcore, and going deep with a witch house scene report.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: The Femcels, Clothesline From Hell, GUV Q&A, more

Are two crazy girls from London indie-pop's new vanguard? Is indie-rock still great? Does Madchester's spirit live on? Lemme tell ya.