A look back at 2024, an amazing year in music
Every December, I look forward to the end-of-year ritual where we all reflect on what we watched, read, and listened to. This post is about the music of…
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My favourite albums of 2022
Look, I know I’m late to the party. Everyone shares these lists in late December when there’s nothing going on and everyone is reflecting on the past year.…
Is the first emo album the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds?
Eighteen years ago, a random blogger made an unsubstantiated claim about a popular album. Today, a certain subset of music nerds loves repeating the statement. You’ve likely heard…
I need to find a new way to find new music
I realized recently that I am a musical monster. My plan was to write about how there are several albums that I started out being indifferent toward, but…
Cyberpunk media you won’t be asking to refund
So, the Cyberpunk 2077 saga somehow became more of a shitshow. Sony has pulled the game from the Playstation 4 store. It is also offering refunds to anyone…
Christmas music for people who also despise Bublé
Christmas isn’t the same when you’re older. When I wrote the 2016 version of this post, I chalked that up to the retail-based musical bombardment we must endure…
Mouth Dreams is a masterpiece and a nightmare
Neil Cicierega makes music I would have played on Media Are Plural when it was a radio show. His Mouth series of albums (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, Mouth…