Chasing Fridays

A collection of 57 posts

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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, 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.

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Chasing Fridays: 2hollis, Jane Remover, Turnstile, more

A glimpse at pop's future, hardcore's recent past, indie's now, and screamo's history.

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Chasing Fridays: Amira Elfeky, 7 mini-reviews, Daze tour report

Mainstream nu-gaze, s-tier digicore, nose-cracking hardcore, and more.

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Chasing Fridays: Azshara, After, smokedope2016, more

Am I fiendishly tapped-in or woefully tapped-out? Plus: metalcore, screamo, ambient, and "Y2k trip-pop."

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Chasing Fridays: Wisp, Playboi Carti, Huremic, more

Musings on shoegaze, post-rock, digi-emo, power-pop, slowcore, and plain 'ole 'MUSIC.'

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Chasing Fridays: Feeble Little Horse, Gridiron, Glixen live, more

Some thoughts on new music, old music, and a live show where I felt my advanced age.

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Chasing Fridays: Cloakroom, Bassvictim, Alien Boy, more

Shoegaze, electroclash, power-pop, and...more shoegaze.

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Chasing Fridays: Cigarettes for Breakfast, Nicolas Jaar, Mojave 3, more

The most overrated (and underrated) shoegaze of 2025 thus far, some 2024 catch-up, and my long-overdue love affair with Mojave 3.

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Chasing Fridays: Cryogeyser, flyingfish, Durutti Column, more

Four singles that hit, an album that almost gets there, and a new-to-me classic that's now with me for life.

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Chasing Fridays: The Callous Daoboys, Fakemink, Klein, more

What do Dance Gavin Dance slander, obscure Miniclip game references, and praise of avant-guitar music have in common? This newsletter.

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Chasing Fridays: Final Resting Place, 9Million, Circle of Dead Children, more

Thoughts on the trendiest non-hardcore band in hardcore, singular shoegaze, and when a band's iconography outweighs their music.

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Chasing Fridays: Deafheaven, Quannnic, Jivebomb, more

Six new single reviews -- blackgaze, indie-pop, not-so-indie pop, more -- and a dive into the Texas shoegaze vault.

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Chasing Fridays: Cameron Winter, High., Novulent, more

I weigh in on the latest indie sensation, review some good and bad shoegaze, and look back at Swirlies' underrated 1998 remix LP.

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Chasing Fridays: Computerwife, Closedown, Hooky live, more

Reviews of shoegaze of all kinds -- new, old, and live.

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Chasing Fridays: Ethel Cain, Asian Glow, Bowery Electric, more

My review of 'Perverts' and two shoegaze-adjacent South Korean albums. Also, a celebration of Bowery Electric's underrated swan song.

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Chasing Fridays: Whirr, Jane Remover, Tex Patrello, more

Reviews of Whirr's surprise album, a 2024 gem, and a 2025 hit. Also, a shoegaze rec from 1994.