Chasing Fridays

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Chasing Fridays: Shoegaze check-in, Beach House live, Oral Q&A, more

Where is shoegaze in 2026? Why are Beach House THE dream-pop band? What's up with my favorite new group, Oral? And more.

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Chasing Fridays: Oral, my NYC escapades, Cicada Q&A, more

The next frontier for screamo, Sam Hyde punk spaces, and a Q&A with laptop-twee's most surefire stars.

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Chasing Fridays: Turnstile live, 300SkullsAndCounting, Slow Pulp Q&A, more

Mosh pit euphoria, outré screamo, unfairly good tweemo, and a Q&A with some indie-rock workhorses.

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Chasing Fridays: DIIV, Fine, Bassvictim, more

On cloud-rock balladry, hyperclash letdowns, getting ZIRP'd, and more.

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Chasing Fridays: Sacred Holes, road trip playlist, Tommy Fleece Q&A

Laptop tweemo, a bunch of old indie-rock songs I love, and an interview with the best L.A. larper in pop.

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Chasing Fridays: untitled (halo), Rio Da Yung OG live, Computerwife Q&A, more

A song review, a couple show reports, and an interview with an important figure in the bedrot-pop underground.

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Chasing Fridays: Lucy Bedroque, sevenmillion, Holidays in United States Q&A, more

Emo-rap, rage-rap, hardcore, house show, and an interview with Brooklyn's bastions of sixth-wave emo.

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Chasing Fridays: Discontent, god of war, Melaina Kol Q&A, more

Three gigantic leaps from good to great, an electro-pop pluck from obscurity, and a Q&A with a JWAR auteur.

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Chasing Fridays: Throw Spark, Starr 67, if i was a pony Q&A, more

Numero-core newbies, itchy indie from Utah, and an interview that I wager will age very nicely.

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Chasing Fridays: First Day Back, Tommy Fleece, Worldpeace DMT Q&A, more

Attempting to surf emo's sixth wave, dousing my ears in neon, and interrogating some psych-pop peacemakers.

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Chasing Fridays: Pain of Truth, sixth-wave emo, Caden Clinton Q&A, more

Checking in on the new, catching up on the old, and Chasing Down my tapped-in roommate.

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Chasing Fridays: Guilt, twentythree, Greg Mendez Q&A, more

Checking in on the metalcore revival, crowning the song of the summer, and interviewing the patron saint of Philly indie.

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Chasing Fridays: EsDeeKid, georgie, katmoji Q&A, more

Hidden gems, surefire hits, and hot garbage. Plus, an interview with the new face of tweemo.

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Chasing Fridays: This Is Lorelei, $quib, b7lanket Q&A, more

Thoughts on the decade's best indie-rocker, some esoteric bullshit, and an interview with a laptop twee prodigy.

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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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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.

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

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

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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.