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Get in Losers, We're Learning About New Music
Whether you're an old head, a new band, both, or neither -- if you've found yourself disillusioned with new music & want to change that, you're in the…
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Gabbie
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If You Like [X] Then You'll Like [Y]
Today, I'm taking a shortcut with a simple new music recommendation formula. Featuring new band recs based on Radiohead, Pavement, New Order, Lauryn…
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Gabbie
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If You Like Nine Inch Nails, The Gossip, TV on the Radio, or Nina Simone...
An "If You Like [X] Then You'll Like [Y]" quick hit.
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The Music Submission Survival Guide
 • Gabbie and Dedicate Your Life To Music
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New Music DNA - Pt. 1: Can I Turn Nostalgia Into Bespoke Mixtapes?
 • Gabbie and Kevin Alexander
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The Best Albums of March 2025
 • Gabbie
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Pop’s Paper Dolls: A Short History of Yé-Yé
 • Gabbie
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A Finely Tuned Sense of Déjà Vu
 • Gabbie
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I Stopped Paying for Spotify... Now I Might Go Crawling Back
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Before You Dismiss Pop Music, Give It An "Academic Listen"
Someone who actually understands music theory helps me take down antipoptimists in a way I never could on my own: by deconstructing actual pop music by…
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Gabbie
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The Ririverse
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The Best Albums of May 2025
This month, 9 great records with a small band focus, an interview you missed, and another listening party announcement. Plus, how do you filter out new…
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Gabbie
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"If You Have Shame, You're Lame"
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos and I shoot the shit about early 2000s indie nostalgia, mental health, how shame makes for bad playlists, and the demise…
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Gabbie
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Pąșśìóň Pïț
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If You Like Sonic Youth, Pixies, Devo, or The Breeders...
An "If You Like [X] Then You'll Like [Y]" quick hit for your long weekend.
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New Music DNA, Pt. 2: When a Music Snob Wants to Go Mainstream
It's hard enough making a mixtape for somebody who used to be a self-proclaimed "judgmental jerk." Harder still when that somebody is a semi-sentient…
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JustSomeMustard
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Swimming in a Sea of 7s: A Playlist of Songs You'd Skip if Scores Mattered
A companion playlist for this week's post, "Album Scores Are Meaningless." More proof that finding a trustworthy source for recommendations is better…
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Gabbie
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Album Scores Are Meaningless
If most records get a 7/10, why bother scoring them at all?
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New Bands for Old Heads
New Bands for Old Heads
New music recommendations for people who don't keep up with new music.
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actually i'm really good at this
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emma withers says new music!
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Historical Hysteria
Queen Kwong
things i collected
things i collected
Shanté
Central Tendency
Central Tendency
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