HEART 2 A FEATHER YouTube video by Sideshow - Topic

endlessly fascinated by the drums on this

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Joji: Piss in the Wind Read Mehan Jayasuriya’s review of the album.

i wrote about joji and what it takes to be an alpha sadboy

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Effie: pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it's gonna be a fuckin moviE EP Read Mehan Jayasuriya’s review of the EP.

i wrote about my favorite song (and EP) of the year: MAKGEOLLI BANGER by the korean rapper/hyperpop artist effie. few things this year made me feel more alive than this three minutes of gloriously fluorescent music.

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i wrote about MUSIC for the list

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Effie - MAKGEOLLI BANGER (Official Video) YouTube video by Effie

this song makes me feel invincible

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i was boarding a flight to san francisco and the woman in front of me was casually checking her bank balance on the jet bridge—dear reader, it was one hundred and fifty thousand british pounds

bladee - KING NOTHINGG (Official Music Video) #ColdVisions YouTube video by drain gang

even more to the point:

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Playboi Carti - UR THE MOON (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Aiden London

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same

i wrote about the pharcyde for the p4k rap list...also, congratulations to all of us for choosing the correct best rap album of all time:

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100%…i’m just saying this is kind of an interesting, unintentional peek behind the curtain for everyone else. but if i actually enjoyed and wanted the proper UY SCUTI album on wax, i’m sure i’d be pissed too

based on what i read from journalists who heard the record months ago, this does seem like it might be a frozen-in-time version of the album as it stood before label machinations, clearance issues, etc…which kind of makes it an interesting relic? but yeah, essentially a completely different album

i pre-ordered the UY SCUTI vinyl assuming it would be good (i was wrong) and what arrived is a totally different tracklisting with a bunch of new songs…it’s a short, mediocre, weirdly tender thug record as opposed to the 75+ minute datadump that’s on streaming

me listening to barter 6 during the fourth of july cookout

Such Great Heights 9781250363381 - Macmillan The definitive history of 21st century indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shift...

Today is my birthday, and I'm not above leveraging that for book sales. As a gift to me, if you're interested in indie music 2000-2020 (and its gradual metamorphosis into pop), pre-order SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion and recirculate this post.

thank you to the barista who shared with me her frankly insane opinion that the swirlies are better than my bloody valentine—gen Z is out here WYLIN

Jim Legxacy: black british music (2025) Read Mehan Jayasuriya’s review of the album.

i wrote about one of my favorite new artists of the last few years, jim legxacy:

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i been doing god’s work

how did i miss this 😭😭😭

Young Thug's 'Barter 6' Turns 10 One of the most bizarre videos that Young Thug ever posted to Instagram — and that is saying a lot — is one where he promotes the imminent release of Barter 6 by threatening his idol, Lil Wayne. The v...

happy 10 year anniversary of the best young thug album to all who celebrate:

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Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power Read Mehan Jayasuria’s review of the album.

10 years gone as a pitchfork contributor, so i had to write about DEAFHEAVEN:

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lmao

i guess what i’m saying is more club bangers with guitars please

what i can say about the new yeule record is that the title track made me go back to CUT COPY for the first time in 10+ years

i will miss porridge radio

quite possibly my favorite song of the last 5 years