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Had no choice but to bring up Tom Herman's pee color chart in my blurb about the new Coco & Clair Clair stereogum.com/2506876/the-...

Loved this column from Brad about AI in metal and Fear Factory's extremely prescient '90s run

Man's Not Obsolete: Fear Factory At The Dawn Of The AI ResistanceA look at the prophetic 'Obsolete' and metal's current anti-AI movement. Plus: the best metal tracks of the month.stereogum.com

Guess I support Boro now

I have no idea which song will win our Song Of The Summer poll this year (guessing it won't be the objective SOTS "Choosin' Texas") and I'm excited for you to help me discover the answer by casting your vote

Vote For The Song Of The Summer 2026We’re nearing the end of July and rapidly approaching the dog days of August, which means by now you should have some music attached to your memories of this season. It also means the time has come to...stereogum.com

Is This It was first released 25 years ago today. (The Australians got it months before the rest of us.) It's a deeply important album to me, and I will be annoying about it forever. Here's what I wrote about it five years ago when it turned 20:

Is This It Turns 20My hair has rarely been longer than it was on my Ohio University student ID. I’m not sure it ever reached proper mullet length, if only because it mainly grew outward. Reasoning that the Strokes all l...stereogum.com

Read this column to see which track Ted called "a melting popsicle for headphones"

The zoomer belief that The New Abnormal is the best Strokes album is even more egregious than the young millennial belief that In Rainbows is the best Radiohead album

It's Katherine on Gracie

Gracie Abrams' Hell Is Other People's ExpectationsOur review of 'Daughter From Hell.' Plus: the best new pop tracks of the month.stereogum.com

Ace Of Base the most waterpark-coded musical act of all time

Annual pilgrimage

Trust the process

"I win, search me up." - Curt Cignetti

Gotta say, this chapter soundtrack really hits the spot while driving around the great state of Montana in July

Chapter 9 Soundtrack: Terminally ChillThe playlist accompanying this chapter from my book features vibey psychedelia for fashion, fests, ads, and algorithmssuchgreatheights.substack.com

Theoretically Nick Hakim makes soul music, but I CAN SEE is more like visiting spirit music. I wrote about one of the best albums of the year:

Album Of The Week: Nick Hakim 'I Can See'Theoretically, Nick Hakim makes soul music, but it’s more like visiting spirit music. The Queens-based polymath, a trusted collaborator for figures as disparate as Adrianne Lenker and Lil Yachty, can ...stereogum.com

Reviewed the new Steve Lacy, one of the most enjoyable albums of the year. If man could avoid writing Kanye-grade lyrical clunkers I might call it a masterpiece.

Premature Evaluation: Steve Lacy 'Oh yeah?'It’s all so fluid. The songs on Steve Lacy’s new album Oh yeah? seem to spill out of him with ease, without regard for definition or expectation. Lacy’s interviews about the new LP — his first since 2...stereogum.com

Swapmeet's album is so good that I decided to become the one millionth person to interview them about it

Band To Watch: SwapmeetIt’s the songs. A lot of indie bands these days are filtering ’90s alt-rock inspo through the lens of Alex G-era Bandcamp, but Swapmeet have the tunes to set them apart from the pack. The Adelaide qua...stereogum.com

I like it right here, but I cannot stay

It's a bitter sweet symphony, this column

The Alternative Number Ones: The Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen"In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This colum...stereogum.com

I don’t know the source of this meme but it makes me happy

I have two panels at Columbus Book Festival at the main library this weekend, 1 p.m. Saturday on debut authors and 10:30 a.m. Sunday on music books. More importantly, Deez Cookies created a cookie based on my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS! They’ll be selling it in 92-98 row of Topiary Park all weekend!!!