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Interview

DIIV talk going corporate, rejecting shoegaze, "looking like shit," more

On their new album 'ZIRP!', the indie vets rediscovered fun by "rebelling against the history of the band."

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Chasing Fridays: Laptop twee roundup, brakence, novelty Q&A, more

Refining the definition of the year's breakout genre. Plus: music that sucks, music that rules, and music that's novel.

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Chasing Fridays: Knifeplay, a gud comp, Madman Q&A, more

Tear-jerking shoegaze, cerebral electronica, witchy electro-pop, dusky indie, and an interview with the best band in hardcore.

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Chasing Fridays: Shoegaze check-in, Beach House live, Oral Q&A, more

Where is shoegaze in 2026? Why are Beach House THE dream-pop band? What's up with my favorite new group, Oral? And more.

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Chasing Fridays: Oral, my NYC escapades, Cicada Q&A, more

The next frontier for screamo, Sam Hyde punk spaces, and a Q&A with laptop-twee's most surefire stars.

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Chasing Fridays: Turnstile live, 300SkullsAndCounting, Slow Pulp Q&A, more

Mosh pit euphoria, outré screamo, unfairly good tweemo, and a Q&A with some indie-rock workhorses.

Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: DIIV, Fine, Bassvictim, more

On cloud-rock balladry, hyperclash letdowns, getting ZIRP'd, and more.

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Chasing Fridays: Sacred Holes, road trip playlist, Tommy Fleece Q&A

Laptop tweemo, a bunch of old indie-rock songs I love, and an interview with the best L.A. larper in pop.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: untitled (halo), Rio Da Yung OG live, Computerwife Q&A, more

A song review, a couple show reports, and an interview with an important figure in the bedrot-pop underground.

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Lucy Bedroque, sevenmillion, Holidays in United States Q&A, more

Emo-rap, rage-rap, hardcore, house show, and an interview with Brooklyn's bastions of sixth-wave emo.

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Chasing Fridays: Discontent, god of war, Melaina Kol Q&A, more

Three gigantic leaps from good to great, an electro-pop pluck from obscurity, and a Q&A with a JWAR auteur.

Longform

Dragons, holograms, deep lore: a guide to 2hollis’s unreleased music

Contributor Danielle Chelosky explains why the rapper-producer's music evokes the quaint thrills of an older, better internet.

When the Sun Hits

Pre-order my book "When the Sun Hits: The High-Volume History of Shoegaze"

Tracing the whole genre from its proto years to the present day. Out March 30, 2027 via St. Martin's Press.

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Chasing Fridays: Throw Spark, Starr 67, if i was a pony Q&A, more

Numero-core newbies, itchy indie from Utah, and an interview that I wager will age very nicely.

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Chasing Fridays: First Day Back, Tommy Fleece, Worldpeace DMT Q&A, more

Attempting to surf emo's sixth wave, dousing my ears in neon, and interrogating some psych-pop peacemakers.

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Chasing Fridays: Pain of Truth, sixth-wave emo, Caden Clinton Q&A, more

Checking in on the new, catching up on the old, and Chasing Down my tapped-in roommate.

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Chasing Fridays: Guilt, twentythree, Greg Mendez Q&A, more

Checking in on the metalcore revival, crowning the song of the summer, and interviewing the patron saint of Philly indie.

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Chasing Fridays: EsDeeKid, georgie, katmoji Q&A, more

Hidden gems, surefire hits, and hot garbage. Plus, an interview with the new face of tweemo.

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List

The 25 best albums of 2026 (so far)

"I want something for real." You got it.

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Chasing Fridays: This Is Lorelei, $quib, b7lanket Q&A, more

Thoughts on the decade's best indie-rocker, some esoteric bullshit, and an interview with a laptop twee prodigy.

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Playlist

100-song playlist: Seefeel, Salem, Namasenda, more

Plus: cryptic shoegaze, dancey laptop twee, neurotic pop, fuck-up pop-punk, etc.

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Chasing Fridays: YHWH Nailgun, truegaze, Chanel Beads Q&A, more

Music Critic Zany-Core, Kafkaesque pop, loud-ass shoegaze, and an interview with America's preeminent cloud-rocker.

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Interview

ear are still getting to know one another

A long talk with Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan about indulgence, ambiguity, manifesting, and 'Rumspringa.'

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Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: Single Print Index, cleo walks through glass, RIP Magic Q&A, more

Vengeful hardcore, mangled internet-pop, weird shit from my ambient barber, and a Q&A with dance-punk's next stars.

Chasing Fridays

Chasing Fridays: fakemink, Feeble Little Horse, Slide Away L.A. recap, more

Some reviews, an epiphany, and a glimpse into the near future of heavy hardcore.