Beauty In The Breakdown: Idarose - Cool Around You
Songwriter Alexis "Idarose" Kesselman breaks down her great new single "Cool Around You".
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Lavender Sound: Why Are the Pop Girlies’ Co-Writers and Co-Producers So Rarely LGBTQ+? (Excerpt)
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,
Doing The Hustle: Boys Go To Jupiter Director Julian Glander on Florida, Karl Marx, and Animating His Beguiling New Movie In Blender
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
Something I Won’t Ever Get: Thoughts On Eliza McLamb’s “Like The Boys”
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.”
Something I Won’t Ever Get: Thoughts On Eliza McLamb’s “Like The Boys” (EXTENDED)
Hannah’s Encounters - June 2025
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
Hannah's Musical Encounters - April 2025
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
Beauty In The Breakdown: Baths On His New Indie Rock Album 'Gut'
Will Wiesenfeld (Baths) on his new album, his approach to production, and why he's not a gear-head
Hannah Rambles About Better Man
Yes, he has to be a monkey.
Transient Peak Music Roundup
A round-up of the best queer music from the last two months, featuring Gordi, Katie Tupper, The Ophelias, and many more!
What Your Favorite Album Of 2024 Says About You
Roasting you based on your favorite album of 2024
Nothing Deep To Say S2E2 - Raybody Breaks Down Her Lush Chamber Pop Single “Puddle”
Katy Rea breaks down her new song "Puddle", her debut under the stage name Raybody
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Something Deep To Say: Gordi Breaks Down Her Cover of "Apple" by Charli XCX
We break down Gordi's cover of Charli XCX's hit "Apple"
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NOTHING DEEP TO SAY SEASON 2 #1: Gordi Breaks Down "Lunch At Dune" (and her Charli XCX cover)
Hey all! I've had trouble finishing this issue, which is why it’s out on Sunday: I’ve been deeply scared about what the next few years hold for myself and my loved ones. Every time I start to garner strength, a new wave of grief overcomes me.
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A Verbose, Messy Defense of Halsey’s Verbose, Messy New Album
A review of The Great Impersonator, Halsey's latest concept record.
New EP + what I've been up to
The accidental hiatus is almost over! Over the past month and a half this is a smidge of what I've been doing: • On Stereogum, I wrote an Artist To Watch article about Fashion Club (who made my AOTY) • On Xtra, I profiled the wonderful Orla Gartland and we
Updates + Hannah EP + Hannah show!!
TL;DR I have a show to celebrate my new music and would love if NYC folks could come <3 HELLO! I've taken an unofficial hiatus from this newsletter (Silent Majority Report is coming!) and that's because I've been doing a million things,
Hannah Rambles About TRAP
I can’t stop thinking about this movie so here’s a bunch of words about it. Will try to get Silent Majority Pop out this week or early next week – I have a lot of very exciting things in the pipeline so it might be delayed! Plenty of spoilers
New series alert and other things!
Hi all! Hope you're all doing well. I got a devastating case of COVID, and that knocked me out for about two weeks. I'm taking a minor break from interviews as I work on several profiles, but I'm starting a review series soon called
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The Depths #2: Bess Atwell On Working With Aaron Dessner and Writing Autistic Anthems
Hey all, if you're just joining us, I'm Hannah Jocelyn and this is my newsletter Transient Peak. Subscribe for exclusive interviews, reviews, and much more! (If you like it, make sure to support me on the paid tier too!) Enjoy this second issue of The Depths,
The Depths #1 part 2- Celeste Taucher of Talker Talks Being Twentysomething, Not Being Easygoing, Making Music Videos, and More
Let’s talk about Twentysomething, because I’m also 26… help me! I'm going to be singing that forever, but I just turned 29. How long have you been holding onto that song? [Long pause] It took too fucking long to figure out what I was doing. I
The Depths #1 - Celeste Taucher (Talker) Talks About Her New Album, Her Love of Collaboration, and Intense Friendships
The Depths #1 - Celeste Taucher of Talker Talks About Her New Album, Her Love of Collaboration, and Intense Friendships (EXCERPT)
Celeste Taucher talks about queer identity, music, and intense friendships in part one of this wide-ranging interview