Buck Meek on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'The Mirror' - Our Culture The camera catches Buck Meek hanging onto a fence, illuminating the boundary between him and total darkness, which even his black suit seems to be blending into. On the cover of his new album The Mirr...

i had the pleasure of talking to Buck Meek about some of the inspirations behind his new album, 'The Mirror' ✨
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Nothing on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'a short history of decay' - Our Culture We caught up with Domenic Palermo to talk about nostalgia, Williams H. Gass’ The Tunnel, and other inspirations behind Nothing's new LP.

i had a beautiful conversation with Nothing’s Domenic Palermo about some of the inspirations behind their new album, 'a short history of decay':
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In Conversation: Marissa Nadler and Maria BC - Our Culture Rian Bobbitt-Chertock, the Oakland-based artist who makes music as Maria BC, remembers first encountering Marissa Nadler’s music about a decade ago, when Bury Your Name was released. In a newsletter p...

what a delight to watch Marissa Nadlet and Maria BC - truly kindred spirits - in conversation ahead of the release of the latter’s fantastic new album ‘Marathon’ on @sacredbones.bsky.social ✨
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Album Review: Mitski, 'Nothing’s About to Happen to Me' - Our Culture Mitski's eighth and longest album (at 35 minutes), Nothing's About to Happen to Be might be her boldest, most cohesive statement to date.

the new Mitski album, out this Friday, might be her boldest and most cohesive to date:
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Artist Spotlight: hemlocke springs - Our Culture We caught up with hemlocke springs to talk about the trajectory of her debut album, realizing the viability of a musical career, and more.

i had a really fun and honest conversation with hemlocke springs about her fantastic debut album, which is out today
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Artist Spotlight: Remember Sports - Our Culture Remember Sports is an indie rock band that formed in 2012 when its members were attending Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Having put out their first album (as Sports) on Bandcamp in 2014, they signed...

really enjoyed chatting with Carmen from Remember Sports about the band’s new album ‘The Refrigerator’ ✨
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Mandy, Indiana on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'URGH' - Our Culture We caught up with Mandy, Indiana to talk about physicality, video game atmospheres, and other inspirations behind their new album URGH.

a couple of years ago Mandy, Indiana mentioned Moana and Coil as inspirations, so naturally i had to follow up and ask about some of the things that influenced their brilliant second album ‘URGH’
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Ratboys on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'Singin’ to an Empty Chair' - Our Culture Have you actually tried it? In the lead-up to Ratboys’ new album, singer/guitarist Julia Steiner has outlined in one interview after another the therapeutic exercise that gives Singin’ to an Empty Cha...

had such a wonderful conversation with Julia Steiner about some of the inspirations behind Ratboys’ tremendously open-hearted new album ✨
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Artist Spotlight: Softcult - Our Culture We caught up with Softcult to talk about releasing a debut album the second time, self-producing, twin factor, and more.

caught up with Softcult’s Phoenix Arn-Hor to talk about their debut LP:
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Searows on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'Death in the Business of Whaling' - Our Culture Alec Duckart, the Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter who records as Searows, was looking for a title for his new album when he stumbled on just the right passage from Herman Mellville’s Moby-Dick:  “...

talked to Searows about some of the inspirations behind his new LP, ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’
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Artist Spotlight: Sassy 009 - Our Culture We caught up with Sassy 009 to talk about her musical upbringing, intrusive thoughts as a kind of daydreaming, and more.

i had a lovely conversation with Sassy 009 about her mesmerizing debut LP, 'Dreamer+' ✨
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Album Review: Victoryland, 'My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras In It' - Our Culture If the evocative title of Victoryland’s label debut grabs your attention, I’m here to tell you that My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras In It totally earns it. The Brooklyn-based project of Julian McCa...

pretty amazed by Victoryland’s label debut:
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Album Review: A$AP Rocky, 'Don't Be Dumb' - Our Culture Rocky's energy may sometimes be misdirected, but it hardly wanes throughout his recklessly chaotic first album in eight years.

wrote about ‘Don’t Be Dumb’:
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In Conversation: Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore - Our Culture It’s remarkable that it took over a decade for Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore to make an album together. Two of the biggest figures in contemporary ambient music, the composers developed a friend...

had the pleasure of speaking with Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore ahead of their wonderful collaborative album 'Tragic Magic':
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Artist Spotlight: Jenny on Holiday - Our Culture Jenny on Holiday is the solo project of Jenny Hollingworth, who has been making whimsical, glimmering alt-pop as one half of Let’s Eat Grandma since she was 16. Although she and Rosa Walton wrote the ...

my first interview after the holidays is with Let's Eat Grandma's Jenny Hollingworth, aka Jenny on Holiday, about her soaring solo debut:
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Album Review: Dry Cleaning, 'Secret Love' - Our Culture Secret Love might be Dry Cleaning's darkest or most optimistic album, blurring the line between harmlessness and real horror.

wrote about the “hidden messages” in Dry Cleaning’s new album:
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The 25 Best EPs of 2025 - Our Culture The question of what constitutes an EP did not go away in 2025. A certain artist who topped our EPs list several years ago and has managed to do so again – with a very different project – stirred up t...

my final list of 2025, topped by the same artist who did so a few years ago:
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The 50 Best Songs of 2025 - Our Culture Our list of the best songs of 2025, featuring Geese, Sabrina Carpenter, Wednesday, Bad Bunny, HAIM, and more.

featuring new blurbs on ‘You got time and I got money’ and ‘DtMF’, and a bunch of old ones on songs i’ve loved throughout the year:
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The 50 Best Album Covers of 2025 - Our Culture Our list of the best album covers of 2025, featuring Jane Remover, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Momma, Deftones, and more.

gathered quotes from Wednesday, Ryan Davis, Ninajirachi, Quadeca, and many more about the best album covers of the year, always my favorite list to put together:
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Album Review: Tobias Jesso Jr., 'shine' - Our Culture With s h i n e, Tobias Jesso Jr. takes the crown for the most low-stakes comeback of the year.

wrote about Tobias Jesso Jr.'s low-stakes comeback:
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Artist Spotlight: Sword II - Our Culture We caught up with Sword II's Certain Zuko to talk about the influences behind Electric Hour, their upcoming tour, Guitar Hero, and more.

caught up with Sword II about their blissfully disorienting new album, 'Electric Hour':
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Keaton Henson on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'Parader' - Our Culture As you grow into adulthood, the young version of yourself becomes as mythical as the things that captured that person’s imagination. For Keaton Henson, who came up playing in hardcore and emo bands be...

it was a real pleasure talking to Keaton Henson about some of the inspirations behind his wonderful new record, 'Parader':
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Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never, 'Tranquilizer' - Our Culture More often stupefying than sedative, but more emotional than heady, Tranquilizer gives itself over to the slipperiness of time.

an OPN record is not the easiest to dive into track by track, but 'Tranquilizer' lends itself to it better than most - loved it quite a bit:
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Hatchie on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Liquorice' - Our Culture We caught up with Hatchie to talk about intimacy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and other inspirations behind her new album Liquorice.

had a lovely conversation with Hatchie about the inspirations behind her dizzying new album 'Liquorice':
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Album Review: FKA twigs, 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' - Our Culture EUSEXUA Afterglow doesn't dim so much as continue to ride the high of the original, which also arrives reimagined.

it's hard to imagine coming out of 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' wishing it were just another deluxe album:
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Austra on 9 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Chin Up Buttercup' - Our Culture We caught up with Austra to talk abou Ray of Light, the five stages of grief, and other inspirations behind her new album Chin Up Buttercup.

i had a wonderful conversation with Austra about the inspirations behind her new album ‘Chin Up Buttercup’:
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Artist Spotlight: runo plum - Our Culture We caught up with runo plum to talk about growing up in Minnesota, the heartbreak that inspired her debut album, and more.

had a nice conversation with runo plum about her poignant debut album, 'patching':
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Westerman on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'A Jackal's Wedding' - Our Culture We caught up with Westerman to talk about the Athens heat, Robby Müller's cinematography, and other inspirations behind his new album.

caught with Westerman to talk about the inspirations behind his magnificent new album:
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Stella Donnelly on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Love and Fortune' - Our Culture Stella Donnelly had to resist the urge to turn ‘Year of Trouble’, the piano ballad that anchors her new album Love and Fortune, into a Robyn-esque moment of dancefloor melancholy. She almost took it o...

it was a real pleasure chatting with Stella Donnelly about the inspirations behind her new album ‘Love and Fortune’:
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