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...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Effie: pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it's gonna be a fuckin moviE EP
Read Mehan Jayasuriya’s review of the EP.
pitchfork.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Effie - MAKGEOLLI BANGER (Official Video)
YouTube video by Effie
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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...
pitchfork.com/features/lis...
September 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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...
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
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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
August 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
me listening to barter 6 during the fourth of july cookout
Reposted by mehan
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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August 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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.
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
July 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Jim Legxacy: black british music (2025)
Read Mehan Jayasuriya’s review of the album.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i wrote about one of my favorite new artists of the last few years, jim legxacy:
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
i been doing god’s work
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.
July 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
i been doing god’s work
happy 10 year anniversary of the best young thug album to all who celebrate:
www.stereogum.com/2304344/youn...
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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April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
happy 10 year anniversary of the best young thug album to all who celebrate:
www.stereogum.com/2304344/youn...
www.stereogum.com/2304344/youn...
10 years gone as a pitchfork contributor, so i had to write about DEAFHEAVEN:
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power
Read Mehan Jayasuria’s review of the album.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
10 years gone as a pitchfork contributor, so i had to write about DEAFHEAVEN:
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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
March 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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
February 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
i will miss porridge radio
quite possibly my favorite song of the last 5 years
November 16, 2024 at 8:28 PM
quite possibly my favorite song of the last 5 years