My thoughts on Tryhardi XCX, Syracuse hardcore's heavyweights, some shoegaze I initially dismissed, and more.

In this special edition of my Friday column I reveal a huge playlist of songs I love, and then write about a handful of 'em.

Reviews of new art-rock, shoegaze, and rap albums, and some hardcore/post-punk gig recaps.

*Velvet Underground voice* Friiiday morning. Yep, it's another one of those, and I'm here with this week's Chasing Fridays roundup. This week, I listened to a bunch of new metalcore (the good kind, don't worry), some indie-rock courtesy of A Country Western,

My thoughts on the pop (flop?) song of the week, some hot new hardcore recs, and my experience at a Louisville hardcore fest.