After - Outbound RIYL: hazy Disney Channel reruns in a hotel room when you're five years old, Hilary Duff, Natalie Imbruglia, Windows XP, Lots of acts are doing this kind of early-2000s revival, but nobody is as convincing as After except for maybe Pale Waves once or twice.
Songwriter Alexis "Idarose" Kesselman breaks down her great new single "Cool Around You".
Hi all! Beauty in The Breakdown, my series breaking down music with LGBTQ+ producers, is finally properly returning, and the next few issues will be syndicated on Max Freedman's great Lavender Sound website. I also wrote a review for Mal Blum's excellent new record The Villain,
Boys Go to Jupiter, out in theaters in NY via Cartuna and coming soon to a bunch of other places, is an exceptionally silly new film from Julian Glander. His illustrations have blessed newspapers, Dua Lipa’s music videos, and more. He previously released a sweet short about the life
In her prose and in her lyrics, songwriter Eliza McLamb infuses cultural and societal commentary with a visceral emotional intensity that often feels outright confrontational. This is my reaction to her new song “Like The Boys.”
I've had Nothing Deep to Say/Beauty in the Breakdown on a hiatus, but I'm starting to put together a list for the next batch and I don't want to jinx anything but it's looking really good :) "Dry Chicken", my
People often ask how I find new music, so this is a new series I'm trying out. I don't really do much different than most critics (and I don't travel into the depths of Bandcamp as much as I should anymore), I just pay
Will Wiesenfeld (Baths) on his new album, his approach to production, and why he's not a gear-head
Yes, he has to be a monkey.
A round-up of the best queer music from the last two months, featuring Gordi, Katie Tupper, The Ophelias, and many more!
Roasting you based on your favorite album of 2024