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Hearing Things
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 9h
Sitting here with a pile of used CDs, trying to find the uncensored version of Mama Said Knock You Out on CD (not easy and maybe not possible), I realize that my soul thinks the CD is in some way right, is perhaps the most official-feeling way to present recorded music.
Requiem for a Beam
A journey across the lifespan of CDs, from the cafe to the landfill and back.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 1d
I took this random sighting as a sign from the rock gods: OK fine, I will be the 564th millennial male to write about Geese this month.
A Geese Review That's Not Like Every Other Geese Review
Plus a Massachusetts cellist's untamed rock music, a Cuban repartero's big-leagues gambit, and more.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 1d
"I don’t think I’ve ever fully understood a Kim Deal song, and that’s what I love about her."
Jeff Tweedy on the Lyrics That Changed His Life
One of America’s greatest living songwriters delves into his admiration for Bill Callahan, Lana Del Rey, Kim Deal, and more.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 2d
"Of the modern style of songwriter, there are a lot of people that I admire, and Lana Del Rey is my favorite." – Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy on the Lyrics That Changed His Life
One of America’s greatest living songwriters delves into his admiration for Bill Callahan, Lana Del Rey, Kim Deal, and more.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 3d
As long ago as Cardi likely last saw a half-drunk bottle of Tropical Fantasy tumbling forlornly down the sidewalk, she will always be of and for the city of New York
Cardi B Can’t Contain Her Bronx Rizz
On her second album Am I the Drama?, the captivating rapper cackles through her city-hewn armor.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 3d
Irish/Portuguese quintet Pôt-Pot understand the power of a charismatic frontman in a psych-rock field where many bands are content to throw some slapback and reverb on a noncommittal vocal take and call it a day
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 4d
On his new record, Puerto Rican star Alejandro Rauw’s mass education project expands past La Isla to explore the deeper origins of music across the entire Caribbean
Tracks About Dreaming That Will Wake You All the Way Up
Plus a sparkling ode to Caribbean music history and a crude-but-real pop trifle from Doja Cat.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 5d
Listening to Doja Cat's new album, does it sometimes sound like she's spitting bars as Carly Rae Jepsen's saxophonist solos in the background? Yes, it does.
Tracks About Dreaming That Will Wake You All the Way Up
Plus a sparkling ode to Caribbean music history and a crude-but-real pop trifle from Doja Cat.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 6d
Magdalena Bay's art-funk wallop "Second Sleep" will make you long for the days before the concept of hitting the snooze button even existed
Tracks About Dreaming That Will Wake You All the Way Up
Plus a sparkling ode to Caribbean music history and a crude-but-real pop trifle from Doja Cat.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 7d
Kelly Moonstone's 'New Moon' combines neo-soul, sample-based hip-hop, R&B, and anime into a sprawling romantic odyssey. Read her Going Up profile here
Kelly Moonstone Is Waxing (And Loving It)
The NYC indie singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer on love, loss, and creating her luminous debut album New Moon
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 7d
Alternatives to the status quo are out there, and it increasingly looks like the future of independent music will involve artists and labels figuring out even more ways to circumvent massive tech companies while also trying to pay the rent
So You Want to Remove Your Music From Spotify
Artists and labels on the realities of taking their work off the world’s biggest—and most maligned—music streaming service.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 8d
Even when she snaps, Cate Le Bon never really loses her cool.
Work Music for Not Doing Work
Plus psychedelic dorm poster jams, ripping saxophones, gospel-inspired disco-funk, and more.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 8d
This is music I’ll use to inspire locked-in bursts of productivity, whether it’s whipping through emails and invoices, or cleaning the apartment after smoking a big sativa joint
Danny Brown’s Incredibly Gonzo Hyperpop Blowout
Plus an otherworldly new supergroup featuring Phoenix, Trent Reznor’s latest locked-in score, and more
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 9d
“If we just turned Spotify off overnight, we’d be in a rough spot.”
So You Want to Remove Your Music From Spotify
Artists and labels on the realities of taking their work off the world’s biggest—and most maligned—music streaming service.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 9d
NY singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter Kelly Moonstone dropped her debut album and landed a feature on a Jay Electronica project, all in the same month--and she's just getting started
Kelly Moonstone Is Waxing (And Loving It)
The NYC indie singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer on love, loss, and creating her luminous debut album New Moon
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 9d
The Japanese American composer and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi has talked about how his grandparents were once held in internment camps, and 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘴 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 is a plea to acknowledge the past in order to avoid repeating it
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 10d
Jay Electronica just dropped more music at once than he’s ever officially released in his career—though it’s difficult to get that excited about what feels like rough sketches being sold as the Shroud of Turin
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 10d
This song by Infinite Coles, who is one of Ghostface Killah’s sons, has been going around social media due to its characterization as a “diss track” aimed at his famous father. A close listen to its lyrics, though, shows it’s a reclamation in every way.
Danny Brown’s Incredibly Gonzo Hyperpop Blowout
Plus an otherworldly new supergroup featuring Phoenix, Trent Reznor’s latest locked-in score, and more
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 10d
“It can be a little scary,” Hotline TNT frontman Will Anderson says of taking his music off Spotify, “but one of the things we’re trying to do is illustrate that it might not be as scary as you think.”
So You Want to Remove Your Music From Spotify
Artists and labels on the realities of taking their work off the world’s biggest—and most maligned—music streaming service.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 11d
Maybe it’s because I grew up in a shitty little town where loitering in a pickup truck was a teenage rite of passage and boredom was the quickest path to delinquency, but I can picture every single song on Wednesday's new album so clearly
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 11d
Since I first heard this song a couple of weeks ago, I’ve returned to it perhaps more than anything else Phoenix have done in about a decade
Danny Brown’s Incredibly Gonzo Hyperpop Blowout
Plus an otherworldly new supergroup featuring Phoenix, Trent Reznor’s latest locked-in score, and more
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 11d
Most conscientious music fans know *why* so many artists are choosing to remove their music from Spotify, so I wanted to find out more about *how* it’s being done—and what it means for artists and labels’ financial future moving forward
So You Want to Remove Your Music From Spotify
Artists and labels on the realities of taking their work off the world’s biggest—and most maligned—music streaming service.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 13d
It’s remarkable to hear a rapper in their mid 40s sound so creatively juiced, diving headfirst into a genre spearheaded by artists half his age and sounding like he was there from the start
Danny Brown’s Incredibly Gonzo Hyperpop Blowout
Plus an otherworldly new supergroup featuring Phoenix, Trent Reznor’s latest locked-in score, and more
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 15d
The real Heaven is in our three Must Hear albums this week
Music for the Rapture (Not Today)
Free jazz, ambient drone, doomy metal, and other sounds you need to ascend.
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 15d
It was the “Barracuda” cover that broke me
Chappell Roan’s Live Show Is Very Good and Very Gay
An emotional dispatch from Chappell’s Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things Tour
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