jill mapes
@jillmapes.bsky.social
oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
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i wrote a lil thing about Rosalía's Lux and Catholicism, finally putting the 17 years i spent in CCD to good use. my mom is still mad i don't go to Mass anymore tho
Rosalía is going for the rafters, as though she went to confession and her penance was to spend it in the dusty library of Gaudí’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família, paging through ancient texts as God peered at her soul through a portal on a stone spire
Rosalía's Orchestral Benediction
Plus: a must-hear album from a virtuosic avant-rock quartet, the fiery return of an essential Chicago rap collective, and more.
www.hearingthings.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i wrote a lil thing about Rosalía's Lux and Catholicism, finally putting the 17 years i spent in CCD to good use. my mom is still mad i don't go to Mass anymore tho
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"I want something new to believe in. I want to stop thinking I missed an idealized past, only to realize in hindsight that I lived through a genuine moment." Great essay about making sense of NYC's past and future in the time of Zohran.
New York, I Love You
On LCD Soundsystem, borrowed nostalgia, and the election of Zohran Mamdani
www.hearingthings.co
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"I want something new to believe in. I want to stop thinking I missed an idealized past, only to realize in hindsight that I lived through a genuine moment." Great essay about making sense of NYC's past and future in the time of Zohran.
I blogged
I wonder how James Murphy will update the "New York, I Love You..." lyrics for Zohran. Your cool socialist mayor's now convinced he's... effecting real change?
New York, I Love You
On LCD Soundsystem, borrowed nostalgia, and the election of Zohran Mamdani
www.hearingthings.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I blogged
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For our 30th birthday we're going to undermine the basic idea of our website
*whistles idly*
*hears something about Pitchfork...ADDING comment sections to their reviews*
*boggles, checks*
Uh.
(It's a beta test...and here's to hoping it stays that way?)
pitchfork.com/news/were-te...
*hears something about Pitchfork...ADDING comment sections to their reviews*
*boggles, checks*
Uh.
(It's a beta test...and here's to hoping it stays that way?)
pitchfork.com/news/were-te...
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For our 30th birthday we're going to undermine the basic idea of our website
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y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize
we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily
that won’t happen without noise
please, bluesky, do what u do best
@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily
that won’t happen without noise
please, bluesky, do what u do best
@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize
we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily
that won’t happen without noise
please, bluesky, do what u do best
@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily
that won’t happen without noise
please, bluesky, do what u do best
@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
interviewed CLB about some perfect records !
Unsurprisingly, Cate Le Bon has elite taste in music!
Cate Le Bon Breaks Down 7 Perfectly Produced Records
The Welsh musician looked to Kate Bush and krautrock for production inspiration on her latest album, ‘Michelangelo Dying.’
www.hearingthings.co
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
interviewed CLB about some perfect records !
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We're also thrilled to announce that thanks to support from our readers, we are partnering with Bitch Media to republish selected classic posts from their archives that will never be behind a paywall, because we believe in preserving feminist media for future generations to enjoy.
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We're also thrilled to announce that thanks to support from our readers, we are partnering with Bitch Media to republish selected classic posts from their archives that will never be behind a paywall, because we believe in preserving feminist media for future generations to enjoy.
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big congrats to the @hearingthingsco.bsky.social crew (@jillmapes.bsky.social, @jawnita.bsky.social, @cinemasai.bsky.social, among others) for celebrating their first birthday in the worker-owned-media game. here's to many more to come! www.hearingthings.co/one-year-of-...
One Year of Hearing Things
Renew those subscriptions cuz we’re just getting started!
www.hearingthings.co
October 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
big congrats to the @hearingthingsco.bsky.social crew (@jillmapes.bsky.social, @jawnita.bsky.social, @cinemasai.bsky.social, among others) for celebrating their first birthday in the worker-owned-media game. here's to many more to come! www.hearingthings.co/one-year-of-...
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If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
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It was the “Barracuda” cover that broke me
Chappell Roan’s Live Show Is Very Good and Very Gay
An emotional dispatch from Chappell’s Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things Tour
www.hearingthings.co
September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It was the “Barracuda” cover that broke me
wrote about chappell, sapphic gestures and the little kid space
Chappell Roan’s Live Show Is Very Good and Very Gay
An emotional dispatch from Chappell’s Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things Tour
www.hearingthings.co
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
wrote about chappell, sapphic gestures and the little kid space
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delightful read on the musical tastemakers that were lorelei and rory gilmore (and of course by extension amy sherman-palladino and daniel palladino) [thanks be to @jillmapes.bsky.social]
Those Gilmore Girls Sure Do Know A Lot About Music
TV’s greatest fast-talking mother and daughter created a discerning but feminine cultural canon, gilded with la-la-las.
www.hearingthings.co
September 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
delightful read on the musical tastemakers that were lorelei and rory gilmore (and of course by extension amy sherman-palladino and daniel palladino) [thanks be to @jillmapes.bsky.social]
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
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The best music of 2025 so far, according to HT
Five Albums: Our 2025 Faves So Far
One near-perfect LP from each of our founder-critics
www.hearingthings.co
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The best music of 2025 so far, according to HT
by me!
Hannah Frances’ guitar playing brings to mind a twisty trip through thickly forested hills — get ready for a good Fall Record
Hannah Frances Makes Prog Rock for Tender Folkies
The Vermont singer-songwriter on her love of Yes, her brilliant new album, and the benefits of not going to music school
www.hearingthings.co
August 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
by me!
yes and Condé Nast also did *nothing* to stop the doxxing against me by swifties, claiming it was against their policy… publishers need to help protect critics if the expectation is brutal honesty
August 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yes and Condé Nast also did *nothing* to stop the doxxing against me by swifties, claiming it was against their policy… publishers need to help protect critics if the expectation is brutal honesty
by me!
Water From Your Eyes' new album 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 is certified Must Hear - read the HT review
Loud-Ass Guitars for a Crumbling Planet
Plus Pile’s most ambitious work, Kaytranada’s return to form, and a Faye Webster associate who channels Holden Caulfield
www.hearingthings.co
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
by me!
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When My Chemical Romance were presented with the key to their NJ hometown this weekend, they showed their gratitude by giving the mayor... a large fish. “This fish is excellent,” frontman Gerard Way said in an Eastern European accent
I Took a Party Bus to ‘The Black Parade’
Submitting to the regime of my new old emo overlords, My Chemical Romance
www.hearingthings.co
August 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
When My Chemical Romance were presented with the key to their NJ hometown this weekend, they showed their gratitude by giving the mayor... a large fish. “This fish is excellent,” frontman Gerard Way said in an Eastern European accent
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have sensed some confusion re: the origins of stomp clap that i'm all too happy to clear up maxread.substack.com/i/170106944/...
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
have sensed some confusion re: the origins of stomp clap that i'm all too happy to clear up maxread.substack.com/i/170106944/...
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Also: People don't seem to realize that "thumbs up, thumbs down" (esp. numerical rating systems) are not the way good critics, like the ones NYT reassigned, prefer to approach most reviews. Context, analysis and synthesis are more rewarding for the writer, too. They also take more time and knowledge
So I guess there was a meeting about the critics' reshuffle at the NYT and people are (rightly) pissed. I just want to point out one thing about the statement from leadership, bc it's really bothering me. It's this:
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Also: People don't seem to realize that "thumbs up, thumbs down" (esp. numerical rating systems) are not the way good critics, like the ones NYT reassigned, prefer to approach most reviews. Context, analysis and synthesis are more rewarding for the writer, too. They also take more time and knowledge
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This is excellent work from @jillmapes.bsky.social, continuing my distant mindmeld with Hearing Things (Jill you wrote about Carter Faith the same week I did, and we both love the KFC Santeria remix, and I'm on WATC discussing Buckingham Nicks tomorrow!)
You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you...
How Fleetwood Mac Won the Classic Rock Wars
You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you
www.hearingthings.co
August 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is excellent work from @jillmapes.bsky.social, continuing my distant mindmeld with Hearing Things (Jill you wrote about Carter Faith the same week I did, and we both love the KFC Santeria remix, and I'm on WATC discussing Buckingham Nicks tomorrow!)
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You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you...
How Fleetwood Mac Won the Classic Rock Wars
You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you
www.hearingthings.co
August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you...
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THIS IS TONIGHT!! Looks like we'll be moving to the indoor private space (we'll provide masks) so space is a little more limited—get your ticket soon! givebutter.com/co-opfest
THURSDAY! Come see great bands & support NYC worker-owned biz. All proceeds go to:
- No Borders, a bookstore&cafe coming to Queens
- Dave’s Lesbian Bar & music venue coming to Queens
- Bluestockings, a Manhattan bookstore fighting to stay open
more info & tickets here: givebutter.com/co-opfest
- No Borders, a bookstore&cafe coming to Queens
- Dave’s Lesbian Bar & music venue coming to Queens
- Bluestockings, a Manhattan bookstore fighting to stay open
more info & tickets here: givebutter.com/co-opfest
July 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
THIS IS TONIGHT!! Looks like we'll be moving to the indoor private space (we'll provide masks) so space is a little more limited—get your ticket soon! givebutter.com/co-opfest
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