i wrote about toxic carti fans, fakemink cosplay and rico’s best album in years: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Rico Nasty: RX

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endlessly fascinated by the drums on this youtu.be/KWRAjK5U7iI?...

HEART 2 A FEATHER

YouTube video by Sideshow - Topic

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i wrote about joji and what it takes to be an alpha sadboy pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Joji: Piss in the Wind

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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. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Effie: pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it's gonna be a fuckin moviE EP

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i wrote about MUSIC for the list pitchfork.com/features/lis...

this song makes me feel invincible youtu.be/sZxLJLj9o38?...

Effie - MAKGEOLLI BANGER (Official Video)

YouTube video by Effie

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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

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: pitchfork.com/features/lis...

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

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.

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...

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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

i wrote about one of my favorite new artists of the last few years, jim legxacy: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Jim Legxacy: black british music (2025)

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i been doing god’s work

Lars Gotrich@totalvibration.bsky.social · last yr.

Shout out to my dude @mehanj.bsky.social who told me way back in the day that I should really listen to Hell Hath No Fury. Really set me on a path.

how did i miss this 😭😭😭

happy 10 year anniversary of the best young thug album to all who celebrate: www.stereogum.com/2304344/youn...

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...

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10 years gone as a pitchfork contributor, so i had to write about DEAFHEAVEN: pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power

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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