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I could not believe the name I read when I opened this email from Hearing Things. I completely forgot about this album. It consumed me for years. Please read this interview from Andy.
on occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives
Dawn of Midi's Eternal Return
The legendary experimental band on the making of their opus, 'Dysnomia,' and coming back to its obsessive rhythms 13 years later.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I could not believe the name I read when I opened this email from Hearing Things. I completely forgot about this album. It consumed me for years. Please read this interview from Andy.
on occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives
Dawn of Midi's Eternal Return
The legendary experimental band on the making of their opus, 'Dysnomia,' and coming back to its obsessive rhythms 13 years later.
www.hearingthings.co
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
on occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives
I wrote a little tribute to Bob Weir, through the lens of "Playing in the Band"
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January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I wrote a little tribute to Bob Weir, through the lens of "Playing in the Band"
www.gq.com/story/bob-we...
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something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...
The Psychological Horror of Diana Ross' "Upside Down"
A close look at the mysterious underpinnings of a disco classic.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...
it's January so I finally published my longstanding crank theory about an all-time disco classic
Diana Ross' "Upside Down" is a dancefloor staple, a good-time classic—and the most haunting and effective exploration of the subconscious ever to hit No. 1 on the pop charts. Allow me to explain.
The Psychological Horror of Diana Ross' "Upside Down"
A close look at the mysterious underpinnings of a disco classic.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
it's January so I finally published my longstanding crank theory about an all-time disco classic
my year end list is here :) www.hearingthings.co/andys-favori...
Andy's Favorite Music of 2025
From drizzly digital grunge to jackhammering club music, lo-fi guitar explorations to glacial jazz standards, this is the music that moved me most this year.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
my year end list is here :) www.hearingthings.co/andys-favori...
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Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.
here's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Strangers From the Universe
Read Andy Cush’s review of the album.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.
here's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Strangers From the Universe
Read Andy Cush’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
here's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
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The Guitar-Bass Hybrid That Gives Tortoise Its Lonesome Sound
Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Douglas McCombs has made the cult-favorite Bass VI a staple of the post-rock legends’ palette.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
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www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
i'm trying to remember a line from an essay where the writer describes being a kid and lamenting that his friends who started bands took guitar-bass-drums as a given, that they didn't star glockenspiel-trumpet-cowbell bands, etc. thought it might be Lethem or Klosterman but can't find it. any ideas?
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i'm trying to remember a line from an essay where the writer describes being a kid and lamenting that his friends who started bands took guitar-bass-drums as a given, that they didn't star glockenspiel-trumpet-cowbell bands, etc. thought it might be Lethem or Klosterman but can't find it. any ideas?
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Very helpful piece by @cushac.bsky.social unpacking the problem of AI Slop
A list of recent targets includes Uncle Tupelo, Sophie, Blaze Foley, and Wild Pink. What is going on here?
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
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October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Very helpful piece by @cushac.bsky.social unpacking the problem of AI Slop
wrote about slop www.hearingthings.co/why-is-it-so...
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
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October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
wrote about slop www.hearingthings.co/why-is-it-so...
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Asher White is so good at interviews!
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September 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Asher White is so good at interviews!
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I had such a great time talking to the young GOAT Asher White about her brilliant new album and her days as a tweenage noise musician www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites...
Asher White's Short, Strange Trip
The young experimental pop auteur talks about her life in music so far, from her days as a tweenage noise musician, to the bad acid experience that pulled her toward songwriting, to her thrilling new ...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I had such a great time talking to the young GOAT Asher White about her brilliant new album and her days as a tweenage noise musician www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites...
🚨I interviewed Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka about Boris, Milton Nascimento, Weather Report, and the Smashing Pumpkins🚨 www.hearingthings.co/joshua-chuqu...
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka Breaks Down 6 Perfectly Produced Records
From Bolivian charangueada to Japanese heavy metal, these are the productions that inspire the visionary guitarist.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨I interviewed Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka about Boris, Milton Nascimento, Weather Report, and the Smashing Pumpkins🚨 www.hearingthings.co/joshua-chuqu...
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Zohran Mamdani can lower housing costs by getting everyone who jets between New York and the South of France to leave the city for good
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Zohran Mamdani can lower housing costs by getting everyone who jets between New York and the South of France to leave the city for good
there's been a scandal brewing on nerdy guitar-centric corners of YouTube for the last couple of months about a guy who got caught copying other people's guitar solos and presenting them as his own. i wrote about that bizarre saga here www.hearingthings.co/the-great-in...
The Great Instagram Jazz Guitar Plagiarism Scandal
What Giacomo Turra shows us about the strange intersection of jazz and social media
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June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
there's been a scandal brewing on nerdy guitar-centric corners of YouTube for the last couple of months about a guy who got caught copying other people's guitar solos and presenting them as his own. i wrote about that bizarre saga here www.hearingthings.co/the-great-in...
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including my favorite smartphone/internet-free (really!) nyc dead freak on drums. saw him DJ 2 cassette tapes of "the other one" simultaneously for a true "anthem of the sun" effect at ye olde williamsburg dead night.
I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...
Three Days in Prison
On the road with one of America’s freakiest rock’n’roll bands.
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June 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
including my favorite smartphone/internet-free (really!) nyc dead freak on drums. saw him DJ 2 cassette tapes of "the other one" simultaneously for a true "anthem of the sun" effect at ye olde williamsburg dead night.
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Ham trucks in France: Are they real? defector.com/dave-mckenna...
Dave McKenna Insists They Have Ham Trucks In France | Defector
The topic in Defector’s internal chat on Friday was a ban, in the nation of France, on smoking in most outdoor spaces. How can the French—the French!—ban smoking? David Roth observed that “this feels…
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June 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ham trucks in France: Are they real? defector.com/dave-mckenna...
I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...
Three Days in Prison
On the road with one of America’s freakiest rock’n’roll bands.
www.hearingthings.co
June 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...
Hearing Things is now 100% worker owned. it's a big, exciting step, and it means we need the support of our readers more than ever. www.hearingthings.co/hearing-thin...
Hearing Things Is Now 100% Worker-Owned
A word from your fearless founders
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May 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hearing Things is now 100% worker owned. it's a big, exciting step, and it means we need the support of our readers more than ever. www.hearingthings.co/hearing-thin...
very grateful to be on the road playing rock n roll with my friends Paul Major, Doug Shaw, and Matt Lily, blasting the Stooges and Black Sabbath on late nite drives, passing the spliff around, getting stories from Paul about seeing Television in 77 and buying Led Zeppelin I at Kmart when it came out
May 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
very grateful to be on the road playing rock n roll with my friends Paul Major, Doug Shaw, and Matt Lily, blasting the Stooges and Black Sabbath on late nite drives, passing the spliff around, getting stories from Paul about seeing Television in 77 and buying Led Zeppelin I at Kmart when it came out
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"… perhaps it’s because new [artists] are thrust immediately into the homogenizing machines of the streaming platforms, taught to think of themselves not as oppositional outsiders but as aspirants on the same playing field as global celebrities."
Tune In, Drop Out →
Tune In, Drop Out →
Tune In, Drop Out
The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"… perhaps it’s because new [artists] are thrust immediately into the homogenizing machines of the streaming platforms, taught to think of themselves not as oppositional outsiders but as aspirants on the same playing field as global celebrities."
Tune In, Drop Out →
Tune In, Drop Out →
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Really good piece here by @cushac.bsky.social on musicians and labels who are turning their backs on the streaming behemoths
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www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
Tune In, Drop Out
The independent musicians and labels who are saying no to streaming.
www.hearingthings.co
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Really good piece here by @cushac.bsky.social on musicians and labels who are turning their backs on the streaming behemoths
www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...
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This, from a woman in Oklahoma talking to her local news station, is better than the vast majority of political speeches you'll hear today.
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
April 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This, from a woman in Oklahoma talking to her local news station, is better than the vast majority of political speeches you'll hear today.