the time has come: Hear Hear’s List of Lists is here! 🎶

my annual guide through the year in music, pulling from my favorite tastemakers & critics to spotlight the albums & songs you shouldn’t miss.

this one is a labor of love — share it with anyone you know who loves music discovery!

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

first Hear Hear of the year is jam-packed! featuring:

📺 SNL50 // Kendrick (covered by @cloverhope.bsky.social @newyorker.com @craigsj.bsky.social) // Grammys

🎵 Hamilton Leithauser, Japanese Breakfast, Julien Baker + Torres, Lucy Dacus, Perfume Genius, Bad Bunny, Junior Varsity, Saya Gray

+ more

It seems we are already losing sight of the fact that a handful of billionaires effectively turned our information ecosystem into a Superfund site, no one knows how to clean up the mess, and simply telling the truth and hoping people find it is woefully insufficient