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It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the devastating, grungy existentialism of Lily Seabird’s TRASH MOUNTAIN, out now via @lameorecords.bsky.social, and the springy Midwest anti-folk of Case Oats’ LAST MISSOURI EXIT, out now via @mergerecords.bsky.social!
Bandcamp Picks: Case Oats & Lily Seabird - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the devastating, grungy existentialism of Lily Seabird's TRASH MOUNTAIN, out now via Lame-O, and the springy Midwest character centric songwriting of Cas...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the devastating, grungy existentialism of Lily Seabird’s TRASH MOUNTAIN, out now via @lameorecords.bsky.social, and the springy Midwest anti-folk of Case Oats’ LAST MISSOURI EXIT, out now via @mergerecords.bsky.social!
Portland, OR recording artist Amulet offers a bit of everything on their latest, TONGUE OUT SELFIE, a hyperpop-laced clubby carnival ride. We chat with them about Portland, the albums many sonic textures, and how that production will translate live!
Interview: Amulet Takes Us on Their Chaotic Carnival Ride - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Portland, OR recording artist Amulet offers a bit of everything on their latest, TONGUE OUT SELFIE. Acoustic textures shimmer, violin and sax samples cut through hyperpop-laced electronics, and the tr...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Portland, OR recording artist Amulet offers a bit of everything on their latest, TONGUE OUT SELFIE, a hyperpop-laced clubby carnival ride. We chat with them about Portland, the albums many sonic textures, and how that production will translate live!
"It really wasn’t a question of would I die, it was when. I’m really grateful I didn’t, and that now I don’t think I’m gonna die—I hope I make it past 30, I think I will. I don’t think it’ll be my own doing, I know that much."
Interview: Collapsing With Nussy Andrews - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
When Nussy Andrews tells me she’s an open book, I believe her. On her stellar 2024 album, VENUS, BABY, the New York City-based, New Jersey-raised singer-songwriter is morosely honest. “Autopsy,” the r...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"It really wasn’t a question of would I die, it was when. I’m really grateful I didn’t, and that now I don’t think I’m gonna die—I hope I make it past 30, I think I will. I don’t think it’ll be my own doing, I know that much."
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now. It's full of strange, exhausting, and often bad creative decisions that weigh the album down.
On VIOLENT NATURE, I Prevail Can’t Convince Us to Buy the Act - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now. It's full of strange, exhausting, and often bad creative decisions that weigh the album down.
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now. It's full of strange, exhausting, and often bad creative decisions that weigh the album down.
On VIOLENT NATURE, I Prevail Can’t Convince Us to Buy the Act - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I Prevail's VIOLENT NATURE comes across as too self-conscious, as though they're too embarrassed to commit to a sound they’ve been barreling toward for years now. It's full of strange, exhausting, and often bad creative decisions that weigh the album down.
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Wrote some stuff about an artist that’s never taken a break from being an artist. Danny Brown consistently shows us what it means to create without fear and embrace humanity, and his newest is no exception. Give it a read if so inclined!
Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Half a decade later he might be in the conversation for the greatest of all time.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
Danny Brown is the Greatest of All Time - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Checking in now, he might be in the conversation for the greatest artist of all time.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Wrote some stuff about an artist that’s never taken a break from being an artist. Danny Brown consistently shows us what it means to create without fear and embrace humanity, and his newest is no exception. Give it a read if so inclined!
Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Half a decade later he might be in the conversation for the greatest of all time.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
Danny Brown is the Greatest of All Time - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Checking in now, he might be in the conversation for the greatest artist of all time.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Five years ago, we claimed Danny Brown was the best artist of the 2010s. Half a decade later he might be in the conversation for the greatest of all time.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
On the difference five years makes, QUARANTA, his podcast, and the brilliantly colorful STARDUST.
Author Maggie O’Farrell's book Hamnet has been adapted for the silver screen and is set to release on November 26th. We chatted with her about the nature of film adaptations, working with Chloé Zhao, the development status of Audrey Diwan's adaptation of The Marriage Portrait, and more!
"Everybody Has Their Own Shakespeare Inside Their Head": A Bookstore Chat with HAMNET’s Maggie O’Farrell - MGRM
Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell discusses the nature of adapting her work into films, working with Chloé Zhao, and the development status of Audrey Diwan's adaptation of The Marriage Portrait!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Author Maggie O’Farrell's book Hamnet has been adapted for the silver screen and is set to release on November 26th. We chatted with her about the nature of film adaptations, working with Chloé Zhao, the development status of Audrey Diwan's adaptation of The Marriage Portrait, and more!
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring @zayallcaps.bsky.social's modern madcap pop spectacle ART POP * POP ART and bloodsports' thrillingly aggressive ANYTHING CAN BE A HAMMER! Read about both and then check them out over on @bandcamp.com!
Bandcamp Picks: zayALLCAPS & bloodsports - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring zayALLCAPS' modern madcap pop spectacle ART POP * POP ART and bloodsports' thrillingly aggressive ANYTHING CAN BE A HAMMER!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring @zayallcaps.bsky.social's modern madcap pop spectacle ART POP * POP ART and bloodsports' thrillingly aggressive ANYTHING CAN BE A HAMMER! Read about both and then check them out over on @bandcamp.com!
Lifeless in execution with a confounding script, Scott Cooper's vision of Bruce Springsteen is disheartening. SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE is one of the biggest whiffs for an artist biopic of this size and scale ever, and a disservice to the Boss.
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Goes Absolutely Nowhere - MGRM
Scott Cooper's vision of Bruce Springsteen is astounding (derogatory). SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE is perhaps the biggest whiff for an artist biopic of this size ever, and a failure to the so...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lifeless in execution with a confounding script, Scott Cooper's vision of Bruce Springsteen is disheartening. SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE is one of the biggest whiffs for an artist biopic of this size and scale ever, and a disservice to the Boss.
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Big thanks to CJ at Merry-Go-Round for this fantastic write up on the Sweet Nobody album.
Click through for a premier of the whole thing!
Click through for a premier of the whole thing!
Sweet Nobody's latest, DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE, is their fullest sounding yet, a wonderful mix of summer bummer tunes that act as a meeting point between angsty '60s surf rock and cloudy 2010s internet indie pop. It's out tomorrow via @repeatingcloud.com but get an early listen below!
Your Car Stereo Has Been Waiting For Sweet Nobody's DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE - MGRM
Sweet Nobody's third album, DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE, is their fullest sounding yet, a wonderful mix of summer bummer tunes that act as a meeting point between angsty '60s rock 'n roll and 2010s interne...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Big thanks to CJ at Merry-Go-Round for this fantastic write up on the Sweet Nobody album.
Click through for a premier of the whole thing!
Click through for a premier of the whole thing!
Sweet Nobody's latest, DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE, is their fullest sounding yet, a wonderful mix of summer bummer tunes that act as a meeting point between angsty '60s surf rock and cloudy 2010s internet indie pop. It's out tomorrow via @repeatingcloud.com but get an early listen below!
Your Car Stereo Has Been Waiting For Sweet Nobody's DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE - MGRM
Sweet Nobody's third album, DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE, is their fullest sounding yet, a wonderful mix of summer bummer tunes that act as a meeting point between angsty '60s rock 'n roll and 2010s interne...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sweet Nobody's latest, DRIVING OFF TO NOWHERE, is their fullest sounding yet, a wonderful mix of summer bummer tunes that act as a meeting point between angsty '60s surf rock and cloudy 2010s internet indie pop. It's out tomorrow via @repeatingcloud.com but get an early listen below!
Our relationship with our own art, especially older works, is complicated. None know this better than Nussy Andrews. We chat with her about the complicated emotions that come with writing and recording music, the most recent album VENUS BABY, and more!
Interview: Collapsing With Nussy Andrews - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
When Nussy Andrews tells me she’s an open book, I believe her. On her stellar 2024 album, VENUS, BABY, the New York City-based, New Jersey-raised singer-songwriter is morosely honest. “Autopsy,” the r...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Our relationship with our own art, especially older works, is complicated. None know this better than Nussy Andrews. We chat with her about the complicated emotions that come with writing and recording music, the most recent album VENUS BABY, and more!
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week featuring the latest stadium sized self-titled album from Plight, out now via à La Carte Records, and Tuskers' cheeky country colored record START CALLING MORGUES, out now via Just For Now. Read about both and listen today over on @bandcamp.com!
Bandcamp Picks: Plight & Tuskers - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Plight's latest massive feeling alt-rock vision, out now via à La Carte Records, and Tuskers' cheeky country colored album START CALLING MORGUES, out now...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week featuring the latest stadium sized self-titled album from Plight, out now via à La Carte Records, and Tuskers' cheeky country colored record START CALLING MORGUES, out now via Just For Now. Read about both and listen today over on @bandcamp.com!
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Two weeks ago, my buddy Jon and I attend a 24-hour horror movie marathon at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social. I wrote about my love for horror movies, lifelong friendships, and the experience of watching films in a theatre full of like-minded folks for @mgrmagazine.bsky.social.
Surviving 24 Hours at Music Box of Horrors - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Repertory, art house, and indie theaters across the country come alive during October with horror programming, especially the all night marathon. But what is it like to actually survive one? Jack Probst offers a full log of just that experience at Chicago's Music Box of Horrors!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Two weeks ago, my buddy Jon and I attend a 24-hour horror movie marathon at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social. I wrote about my love for horror movies, lifelong friendships, and the experience of watching films in a theatre full of like-minded folks for @mgrmagazine.bsky.social.
Repertory theaters across the country come alive during October with horror programming, the crown jewel being the all night marathon. But what is it like to survive one? @jackprobst.com walks us through 24 hours of scares attending @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social's 2025 Music Box of Horrors!
Surviving 24 Hours at Music Box of Horrors - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Repertory, art house, and indie theaters across the country come alive during October with horror programming, especially the all night marathon. But what is it like to actually survive one? Jack Prob...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Repertory theaters across the country come alive during October with horror programming, the crown jewel being the all night marathon. But what is it like to survive one? @jackprobst.com walks us through 24 hours of scares attending @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social's 2025 Music Box of Horrors!
From the frontlines of AFI Fest 2025, writer Michael Fairbanks breaks down the cognitive dissonance required to tackle a modern film fest, where going from a doc like THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB to a drama like BAD APPLES forces you to do mental gymnastics.
The Space Between THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB and BAD APPLES - MGRM
From the frontlines of AFI 2025, writer Michael Fairbanks breaks down the cognitive dissonance required to tackle the modern film festival, where the move from a documentary like THE VOICE OF HIND RAJ...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
From the frontlines of AFI Fest 2025, writer Michael Fairbanks breaks down the cognitive dissonance required to tackle a modern film fest, where going from a doc like THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB to a drama like BAD APPLES forces you to do mental gymnastics.
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Great. Phenomenal. Two words that fit feeo's debut record and her exploration of the enormous cityscape, and Jules Reidy's transformative new album, evoking their voice into otherwordly territory. Certainly AOTY contenders!
My write-up on feeo and Jules Reidy's albums is up on MGR Mag!
My write-up on feeo and Jules Reidy's albums is up on MGR Mag!
It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the stirring electronic textures of feeo’s GOODNESS, out now via @ad93rec.bsky.social, and the left-field avant-pop compositions of Jules Reidy’s GHOST/SPIRIT, out now via @thrilljockey.bsky.social! Read about both and listen today!
Bandcamp Picks: feeo & Jules Reidy - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the stirring electronic textures of feeo's GOODNESS and the left-field avant-pop compositions of Jules Reidy's GHOST/SPIRIT!
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October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Great. Phenomenal. Two words that fit feeo's debut record and her exploration of the enormous cityscape, and Jules Reidy's transformative new album, evoking their voice into otherwordly territory. Certainly AOTY contenders!
My write-up on feeo and Jules Reidy's albums is up on MGR Mag!
My write-up on feeo and Jules Reidy's albums is up on MGR Mag!
"I remember there’s a scene in the film where Sosé says, like, 'We fought the world’s most modern weapons with this,' and she’s holding an AK-47 from the 1970s, and I think that kind of tells you everything there is to say about this conflict."
Interview: Emily Mkrtichian on the Triumphs and Tribulations of THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Emily Mkrtichian discusses her new film THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT, breaking down the characters, the visceral immediacy of the conflicts facing the production, and the challenges and triumphs of connec...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"I remember there’s a scene in the film where Sosé says, like, 'We fought the world’s most modern weapons with this,' and she’s holding an AK-47 from the 1970s, and I think that kind of tells you everything there is to say about this conflict."
It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the stirring electronic textures of feeo’s GOODNESS, out now via @ad93rec.bsky.social, and the left-field avant-pop compositions of Jules Reidy’s GHOST/SPIRIT, out now via @thrilljockey.bsky.social! Read about both and listen today!
Bandcamp Picks: feeo & Jules Reidy - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the stirring electronic textures of feeo's GOODNESS and the left-field avant-pop compositions of Jules Reidy's GHOST/SPIRIT!
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October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the stirring electronic textures of feeo’s GOODNESS, out now via @ad93rec.bsky.social, and the left-field avant-pop compositions of Jules Reidy’s GHOST/SPIRIT, out now via @thrilljockey.bsky.social! Read about both and listen today!
Perry Eaton's spent the last 10 years writing dazzling rock hooks for his project Beeef. He's now back with Ivy Boy, an airy singer-songwriter project that's sonically somewhere between Bread and the Clean. His effervescent debut is out tomorrow, but you can give it an early listen now!
IVY BOY Cements Perry Eaton As One Of Boston's Best Songwriters - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
There’s certainly a case to be made that Beeef are the best indie rock band in Boston these days—that very argument is one of their top Google hits courtesy of u/corwin on Reddit last year, and who am...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Perry Eaton's spent the last 10 years writing dazzling rock hooks for his project Beeef. He's now back with Ivy Boy, an airy singer-songwriter project that's sonically somewhere between Bread and the Clean. His effervescent debut is out tomorrow, but you can give it an early listen now!
We're thrilled to have Jobber's Kate Meizner step back into the ring with Hard Time Blues to discuss the new album JOBBER TO THE STARS, out now via @eisrecords.bsky.social. We chat about noted wrestling fan Bob Mould, the state of the AEW and WWE's women's divisions, SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and more!
Hard Time Blues vs. Jobber [Round 2] - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Jobber's Kate Meizner steps back into the ring with Hard Time Blues to discuss the new album JOBBER TO THE STARS, Bob Mould, the state of the AEW and WWE's women's divisions, and more!
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October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We're thrilled to have Jobber's Kate Meizner step back into the ring with Hard Time Blues to discuss the new album JOBBER TO THE STARS, out now via @eisrecords.bsky.social. We chat about noted wrestling fan Bob Mould, the state of the AEW and WWE's women's divisions, SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and more!
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the post-hype folksy wonder of Molly Tuttle's SO LONG LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, out now via @nonesuch.com, and the dazed country of The Pink Stones' THANK THE LORD… IT’S THE PINK STONES, out now via Normaltown!
Bandcamp Picks: The Pink Stones & Molly Tuttle - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the post-hype Americana brilliance of Molly Tuttle's SO LONG LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and the Pink Stones' swirling cosmic country on THANK THE LORD… IT’S TH...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring the post-hype folksy wonder of Molly Tuttle's SO LONG LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, out now via @nonesuch.com, and the dazed country of The Pink Stones' THANK THE LORD… IT’S THE PINK STONES, out now via Normaltown!
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Ending a podcast series is seemingly like ending a TV show in some ways. Some do it well, some don’t. Much like how he pioneered the medium, Maron is the first of his kind to end it like this. So how did the finale of WTF WITH MARC MARON go?
WTF Do We Think About Maron’s Last Episode? - Merry-Go-Round Magazine
Ending a podcast series is like ending a TV show in some ways. Some do it well, some don’t. Much like how he pioneered the medium, Maron is the first of his kind to end it like this. So how did the fi...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ending a podcast series is seemingly like ending a TV show in some ways. Some do it well, some don’t. Much like how he pioneered the medium, Maron is the first of his kind to end it like this. So how did the finale of WTF WITH MARC MARON go?