Chasing Fridays

A collection of 72 posts

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Chasing Fridays: Bassvictim, laptop twee, Empty Shell Casing Q&A, more

Why Bassvictim's twee makeover feels important. And why I let some nu-metal kids mob my newsletter.

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Chasing Fridays: Feeble Little Horse, crushed, Balmora Q&A, more

Three album reviews, my take on Pittsburgh indie's biggest night, and a trend-watching Q&A.

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Chasing Fridays: Dead Calm, Total Wife live, Cusp Q&A more

An indie-rock dispatch from Chasing Sundays HQ.

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Chasing Fridays: Frost Children, Wednesday, Nyxy Nyx, more

AOTY contenders, above-average offerings, and some absolute bullshit.

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Chasing Fridays: Deafheaven, Cloud Nothings, Maura Weaver Q&A, more

Three live reports, a couple record reviews, and an interview with a musician I've long admired.

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Chasing Fridays: Fleshwater, Sword II, End It Q&A, more

Reviews, an interview, and a living room mosh tutorial in photo form.

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Chasing Fridays: The Hives, forever ☆, Total Wife Q&A, more

Four album reviews -- shoegaze, garage-rock, "cloud-rock," etc. -- and an interview with a genre-quaking band.

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Chasing Fridays: Cloud-Rock explainer, quannnic Q&A, The Virgos

My assessment of indie-rock's new frontier, an interview with a shoegazer, and a stoner-rock romp: reviewed.

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Chasing Fridays: Ninajirachi, 9Million, Golden Apples Q&A, more

Hardcore, hyperpop, shoegaze, power-pop, post-punk, and my report from the sludge pits.

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Chasing Fridays: All American Rejects live at Sheetz, Unmoved, Jobber Q&A, more

Gas station gonzo reporting, hardcore revelations, fuzz-rock interrogations, and some very 2025 indie-pop.

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Chasing Fridays: No Joy Q&A, The Armed, Fine, more

Noise-rock redemption. Dream-pop discovery. Screamo salvation. And so forth.

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Chasing Fridays: Fleshwater, Scarab, Aunt Katrina Q&A, more

The best hardcore LP of 2025? The year's most underwhelming shoegaze drop? Plus more catching up and checking in.

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Chasing Fridays: Bleary Eyed Q&A, Blood Incantation, Magic America, more

Noise-rock ranting, beatdown signal-boosting, shoegaze gushing, and prog-death frontline reporting.

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Chasing Fridays: Water From Your Eyes Q&A, Double Virgo, She's Green, more

Catching up on shoegaze, "cloud-rock," emo, and talking pop with an art-rocker.

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Chasing Fridays: Greet Death, Empty Shell Casing, Winter Q&A, more

New intrigues, old favorites, trend forecasting, and, of course, a shoegazey Q&A.

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Chasing Fridays: Wisp Q&A, Hotline TNT, crushed, more

Fuzz-rock, trip-hop, ambient – oh my! Plus, an emotional taste profile with shoegaze's "it girl."

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Chasing Fridays: DIIV Q&A, Contrast Attitude, Zastava, more

Six reviews, a crazy-ass live show recap, and a powerful Q&A with a shoegaze titan.

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Chasing Fridays: FearDorian Q&A, smokedope2016, Find My Friends, more

The only newsletter uniting underground cloud-rap, regional beatdown, and whimsical indie-pop.

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Chasing Fridays: Alex G, Wednesday Q&A, forty winks live, more

My favorite artist returns, a convo with an indie mainstay, a report from the shoegaze frontlines, and screamo.

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Chasing Fridays: Feeble Little Horse, TAGABOW Q&A, kuru, more

Gonzo live reporting, a Q&A with a real one, and reviews of four new projects.

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Chasing Fridays: Haywire, Liquid Mike, Midwife, more

The ordination of hardcore's latest genre leaders. Plus, reviews of some other stuff.

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Chasing Fridays: Loathe, Sin Against Sin, Magdalena Bay live, more

Eight reviews that run the gamut from severely underwhelmed to sufficiently whelmed.

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Chasing Fridays: Slide Away 2025 recap + Parquet Courts

My eight favorite moments from this year's shoegaze convention, and a post-punk-related travel blog.

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Chasing Fridays: Big Boy, Addison Rae, Denzel Curry live, more

Some complaints, some praise, some measured analysis, and some hyperbolic glowing. The usual.

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Chasing Fridays: Bleary Eyed, Cortisa Star, Coma Cinema, more

All the Chasing Sundays bases are covered: beguiling shoegaze, sad indie-rock, blown-out internet rap, and old-school metalcore.