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Konstantinos Pappis
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had a lovely conversation with Hatchie about the inspirations behind her dizzying new album 'Liquorice':
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Hatchie on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Liquorice' - Our Culture
We caught up with Hatchie to talk about intimacy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and other inspirations behind her new album Liquorice.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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it's hard to imagine coming out of 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' wishing it were just another deluxe album:
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Album Review: FKA twigs, 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' - Our Culture
EUSEXUA Afterglow doesn't dim so much as continue to ride the high of the original, which also arrives reimagined.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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i had a wonderful conversation with Austra about the inspirations behind her new album ‘Chin Up Buttercup’:
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Austra on 9 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Chin Up Buttercup' - Our Culture
We caught up with Austra to talk abou Ray of Light, the five stages of grief, and other inspirations behind her new album Chin Up Buttercup.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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had a nice conversation with runo plum about her poignant debut album, 'patching':
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Artist Spotlight: runo plum - Our Culture
We caught up with runo plum to talk about growing up in Minnesota, the heartbreak that inspired her debut album, and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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caught with Westerman to talk about the inspirations behind his magnificent new album:
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Westerman on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'A Jackal's Wedding' - Our Culture
We caught up with Westerman to talk about the Athens heat, Robby Müller's cinematography, and other inspirations behind his new album.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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it was a real pleasure chatting with Stella Donnelly about the inspirations behind her new album ‘Love and Fortune’:
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Stella Donnelly on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Love and Fortune' - Our Culture
Stella Donnelly had to resist the urge to turn ‘Year of Trouble’, the piano ballad that anchors her new album Love and Fortune, into a Robyn-esque moment of dancefloor melancholy. She almost took it o...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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wrote about the best songs of October:
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The Best Songs of October 2025 - Our Culture
Discover the best songs of October 2025, featuring tracks by Rosalía, Hatchie, Sugar, Westerman, Oklou, and more.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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had to rave about Snocaps:
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Album Review: Snocaps, 'Snocaps' - Our Culture
Backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook, the Crutchfield sisters' return is as warm and easygoing as it is thorny and subtly miraculous.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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wrote about the new Florence + the Machine record:
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October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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i had a wonderful conversation with @elizamclamb.bsky.social about her incisive sophomore album, ‘Good Story’:
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Artist Spotlight: Eliza McLamb - Our Culture
Eliza McLamb is a singer-songwriter who grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was a student at George Washington University when the pandemic forced her to move back to her childhood home, which...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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not a fan:
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Album Review: Tame Impala, 'Deadbeat' - Our Culture
Beneath its big, thumping beats, Deadbeat is a portrait of man spiraling that feels oddly vacuous, vast, and repetitive.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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wrote about the latest bar italia record:
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Album Review: bar italia, 'Some Like It Hot' - Our Culture
bar italia's approach on Some Like It Hot is still a predominantly cheeky, spiky, and infectious, but it finds the trio at a crossroads.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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wrote about TAGABOW’s astounding new album:
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Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO' - Our Culture
Douglas Dulgarian has a phrase for every piece of food that just doesn’t taste like it’s been sold: “Disney bread.” It comes up on ‘trainers’, an early standout from They Are Gutting a Body of Water’s...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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had a fun chat with Jay Som about some of the inspirations behind her new album ‘Belong’:
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Jay Som on 5 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Belong' - Our Culture
We caught up with Jay Som to talk about Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American, the O.C. soundtrack, and other inspirations behind her new album.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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i had a wonderful conversation with Jenn Wasner about the inspirations behind her latest Flock of Dimes album:
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Flock of Dimes on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'The Life You Save' - Our Culture
We caught up with Flock of Dimes to talk about the Yamaha FG75, Björk’s Vespertine, Altadena, and other inspirations behind her new album.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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had a fun conversation with bloodsports about their blistering debut album:
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Artist Spotlight: bloodsports - Our Culture
We caught up with bloodsports to talk about their earliest musical influences, moving to New York, making Anything Can Be a Hammer, and more.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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really enjoyed talking to Peter Silberman about the inspirations behind the Antlers’ disarming new album:
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The Antlers on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'Blight' - Our Culture
The Antlers’ new album, Blight, widens the scope of Peter Silberman’s songwriting by reckoning with environmental catastrophe, taking cues from a range of science fiction media. But it begins in a hom...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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i had a wonderful conversation with Hannah Frances about her fantastic new album, ‘Nested in Tangles’, out Friday via @firetalkrecs.bsky.social :
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Artist Spotlight: Hannah Frances - Our Culture
Hannah Frances is a Vermont-based vocalist, songwriter, and dancer with roots from Chicago. Her fusion of avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz can be traced all the way back to 2018’s White Buffalo,...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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starts out pretty good but derails itself in the second half, is my opinion:
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Album Review: Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' - Our Culture
. There is a tight, smart, tender pop record hidden in there, but The Life of a Showgirl feels perfunctory and terminally front-loaded.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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in the words of Taylor Swift, “it’s beautiful. It’s rapturous. It is frightening.”
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Album Review: Agriculture, 'The Spiritual Sound' - Our Culture
The title of Agriculture’s astounding new album is lifted from the statement that’s printed onto their T-shirts: “I love the spiritual sound of ecstatic black metal by the band Agriculture.” On the fo...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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the new Geese album, i can only agree, is revelatory stuff:
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Album Review: Geese, 'Getting Killed' - Our Culture
Getting Killed wastes no time pointing to the carnage all around while spending most of it in a fervid, ludicrous freefall.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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had a fun interview with Scarlet Rae about her debut EP, ‘No Heavy Goodbyes’:
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Artist Spotlight: Scarlet Rae - Our Culture
We caught up with Scarlet Rae to talk about her earliest musical inspirations, her songwriting process, making No Heavy Goodbyes, and more.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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really enjoyed chatting with Total Wife about their breathlessly inventive new album, ‘come back down’:
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Artist Spotlight: Total Wife - Our Culture
Total Wife is the experimental shoegaze duo of composer/producer Luna Kupper and lyricist/vocalist Ash Richter, who have been friends since high school. Having formed the band in 2016, they moved from...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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wrote about the wonderful new Joan Shelley album:
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Album Review: Joan Shelley, 'Real Warmth' - Our Culture
Singing with quietly blazing conviction, Joan Shelley delivers another album of easygoing, nuanced, endlessly hummable tunes.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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delved into the relentless, cathartic new Wednesday album, track by track:
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Album Review: Wednesday, 'Bleeds' - Our Culture
Feeding off the gnarly, blazing energy of its predecessor, Bleeds is a relentless tangle of funny, tragic, beautiful stories.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM