Chasing Fridays

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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.

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Chasing Fridays: Spirit of the Beehive, Magic America, Seefeel, and more

Catching up on some 2024 releases I missed, and cracking open a record that was closed to me all year.

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Chasing Fridays: Grimes, Ted Williams, Vomit Forth, more

Getting my 'Visions' checked, screamo I actually like, and just making sure I'm different at the hardcore/deathcore twofer.

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Chasing Fridays: 2hollis, Shower Curtain, Drook, and more

My budding obsession with the maven of hyper-rage, a couple indie-rock reviews, and a joint album rec/live review of a band who have the juice to be huge.

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Chasing Fridays: Sunshy, Knifeplay, Wisp, and more

Shoegaze factors into these four reviews in one way or another – and one is a buzzer-beating AOTY candidate.

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Chasing Fridays: Leaving Time, The Hellp, Slow Pulp live, and more

I review five albums ranging from shoegaze to electroclash, and then recap a live show from the hungriest band in indie-rock.

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Chasing Fridays: Superheaven, kuru, Panchiko live, and more

I review a couple comeback singles, a visionary new album, and reflect on indie-rock that the zoomers love.

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Chasing Fridays: Trauma Ray, 9Million, Polo Perks live, more

Short blurbs on some 2024 consensus picks, longer blurbs on a couple shoegaze rippers, and a live report from the internet rap trenches.

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Chasing Fridays: Gina Gory, Greg Mendez, Sunami live, and more

Reviews of Pittsburgh slow-gaze, Japanese ambient, and more. And a recap of Sunami's Pittsburgh takeover.

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Chasing Fridays: Greet Death, Blue Smiley, Schema, and more

Reviews of two new shoegaze stunners, a hardcore wallop, and an old record that came to me in the YouTube trenches.

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Chasing Fridays: Her New Knife, Scowl, Haywire, more

I recap a long and eventful night of hardcore, ruminate on a couple singles, and re-up my annual dose of rangey psych-rock.

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Chasing Fridays: Julie, Being Dead, The Hives, and more

A couple shoegaze reviews, some thoughts on another great album, and how it felt to see my first favorite band.

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Chasing Fridays: Greg Mendez, Big Nick, Fallen God, and more

I review a handful of singles, a couple EP's, and one album — and have nice things to say about almost all of them.

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Chasing Fridays: Dummy, Draped In Black, ELO live, and more

I review a new shoegaze-ish album, a hardcore-ish EP, and then recap two memorable live shows.

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Chasing Fridays: Duster, Destroy Lonely, Built to Spill live, and more

Three new album reviews — slowcore, rage rap, and grunge-metal — and two live show recaps, one indie-rock and one hardcore.

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Chasing Fridays: Ex-Pilots, Nails, Dimension Six, and more

Album reviews that run the gamut from shoegaze to grindcore, a little bit of hardcore commentary, and then a serious confession.

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Chasing Fridays: Geordie Greep, Starflyer 59, Tanukichan, and more

A review of a shoegaze "comeback" album and takes on three new singles —one great, one fine, one atrocious.