A J Mitchell
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"Good-ass “young people making old people post-punk” indie" is a perfect description of most of my listening.....
"Good-ass “young people making old people post-punk” indie" is a perfect description of most of my listening.....
Hey, I wrote about my favorite albums of 2025! 26 albums on the main list, 65 more on various sublists, 81 in all! Really good year overall! To quote Russell Hammond: "I dig music."
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
Steven Hyden’s Favorite Albums Of 2025
The best music of the year according to Uproxx’s cultural critic.
uproxx.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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"Good-ass “young people making old people post-punk” indie" is a perfect description of most of my listening.....
"Good-ass “young people making old people post-punk” indie" is a perfect description of most of my listening.....
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Finished Andor - what a marvelous thing. So full of tiny, well thought out details. Tiny things like Cass watering his plants in anticipation of coming back in that finale...
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Finished Andor - what a marvelous thing. So full of tiny, well thought out details. Tiny things like Cass watering his plants in anticipation of coming back in that finale...
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In honor of ELECTRIC NEBRASKA entering the world, I decided to go long on "lost" albums and why they're so appealing and romantic to me, focusing on 25 "lost" albums in particular (in list form).
uproxx.com/indie/best-l...
uproxx.com/indie/best-l...
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In honor of ELECTRIC NEBRASKA entering the world, I decided to go long on "lost" albums and why they're so appealing and romantic to me, focusing on 25 "lost" albums in particular (in list form).
uproxx.com/indie/best-l...
uproxx.com/indie/best-l...
This is wonderful
Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
Where nobody knows your name...
Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
joelmorris.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is wonderful
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Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
Where nobody knows your name...
Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.
joelmorris.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...
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Hey, I wrote about Geese and my favorite album of the year.
uproxx.com/indie/geese-...
uproxx.com/indie/geese-...
A Four-Part Rave For Geese’s ’Getting Killed,’ 2025’s Best Indie Album
The buzzy indie group hits a home run with their latest record.
uproxx.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey, I wrote about Geese and my favorite album of the year.
uproxx.com/indie/geese-...
uproxx.com/indie/geese-...
Good review, great album
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Greg Freeman: Burnover
Read Grace Robins-Somerville’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Good review, great album
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
I have, I'm afraid, waded into the latest round of "state of music criticism" discourse. (Please consider subscribing to the newsletter, it's free!) tinyurl.com/46bzzwte
The Real Reason Music Critics Got Nicer
Hint: It's related to how music criticism also got better
tinyurl.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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adebayor scoring against arsenal and running the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of their fans is older than max dowman
the first avatar film is older than max dowman
August 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
adebayor scoring against arsenal and running the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of their fans is older than max dowman
The Dark Knight, me and two other twenty year olds sat beside a boy of about 10. When the big truck flipped he stood up, pointed at the screen, jumped up and down with excitement, turned to us: "WOW DID YOU SEE THAT! THAT WAS SO COOL!". Vigorous nods of agreement from the three twenty year olds
Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema?
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
Someone in my audience had a very audible negative reaction to the dog scene in TOGETHER. So that was fun!
August 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Dark Knight, me and two other twenty year olds sat beside a boy of about 10. When the big truck flipped he stood up, pointed at the screen, jumped up and down with excitement, turned to us: "WOW DID YOU SEE THAT! THAT WAS SO COOL!". Vigorous nods of agreement from the three twenty year olds
Sensational all game from the goalkeeper
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Sensational all game from the goalkeeper
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Hey, for the first time in history, a music critic has compiled a list of their favorite albums of 2025 so far. Here are 22 records I really like this year!
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
Steven Hyden’s Favorite Music Of 2025 So Far
A recap of the year’s best through the first six months, from Alien Boy to Sharon Van Etten.
uproxx.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hey, for the first time in history, a music critic has compiled a list of their favorite albums of 2025 so far. Here are 22 records I really like this year!
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
uproxx.com/indie/steven...
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NEW COMFORT BLANKET!
We finally hit Ghibli, with writer @scriblit.bsky.social Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Darkwood) on Miyazaki’s magical Howl’s Moving Castle.
Found families, sulky wizards, and some astonishing data from the Welsh tourist board.
pod.link/1614879928
We finally hit Ghibli, with writer @scriblit.bsky.social Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Darkwood) on Miyazaki’s magical Howl’s Moving Castle.
Found families, sulky wizards, and some astonishing data from the Welsh tourist board.
pod.link/1614879928
June 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
NEW COMFORT BLANKET!
We finally hit Ghibli, with writer @scriblit.bsky.social Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Darkwood) on Miyazaki’s magical Howl’s Moving Castle.
Found families, sulky wizards, and some astonishing data from the Welsh tourist board.
pod.link/1614879928
We finally hit Ghibli, with writer @scriblit.bsky.social Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch (Horrible Histories, Darkwood) on Miyazaki’s magical Howl’s Moving Castle.
Found families, sulky wizards, and some astonishing data from the Welsh tourist board.
pod.link/1614879928
MJ Lenderman @ Old Fruitmarket
June 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
MJ Lenderman @ Old Fruitmarket
Can't remember a managerial appointment feeling as flat as the potential of Kettlewell to Killie - fans somewhere between a shrug and outright anger...
May 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Can't remember a managerial appointment feeling as flat as the potential of Kettlewell to Killie - fans somewhere between a shrug and outright anger...
Are @footballramble.bsky.social letting @marcusspeller.bsky.social do the transcriptions...
May 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are @footballramble.bsky.social letting @marcusspeller.bsky.social do the transcriptions...
"and now the Popes from Chicago" is very much a Craig Finn lyric....
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"and now the Popes from Chicago" is very much a Craig Finn lyric....
Fellini's "17"
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
Not Coming to America
Not Coming to America
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Strangers on two trains
Strangers on two trains
May 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Fellini's "17"
Wonderful piece - writing as the son of similar dad now trying to be a similar dad to his sons. That's the goal
the most personal essay I’ve ever written? www.hearingthings.co/i-learned-to...
I Learned to Listen From My Dad
He taught me a crucial survival skill when he passed down his rock’n’roll fandom.
www.hearingthings.co
April 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Wonderful piece - writing as the son of similar dad now trying to be a similar dad to his sons. That's the goal
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Wallace and Gromit want a fucking word.
Cleese moaning again.
Lesley Knope, Phil Dunphy, Frasier, most of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine characters?
Lesley Knope, Phil Dunphy, Frasier, most of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine characters?
April 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wallace and Gromit want a fucking word.
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🔹 Revenge
🔹 Team effort
🔹 Donnelly defender
Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 0: Five talking points from a crucial victory
🆓 Read here: killiechronicle.substack.com/p/kilmarnock...
🔹 Team effort
🔹 Donnelly defender
Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 0: Five talking points from a crucial victory
🆓 Read here: killiechronicle.substack.com/p/kilmarnock...
April 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🔹 Revenge
🔹 Team effort
🔹 Donnelly defender
Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 0: Five talking points from a crucial victory
🆓 Read here: killiechronicle.substack.com/p/kilmarnock...
🔹 Team effort
🔹 Donnelly defender
Kilmarnock 2 Ross County 0: Five talking points from a crucial victory
🆓 Read here: killiechronicle.substack.com/p/kilmarnock...