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Hearing Things
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On our Waste or Taste podcast we only answer the most important questions, such as: In 2026, if given the chance, would YOU hop on a duet with Weezer?
This week in Five Songs, we've got two anthems for Pride Month, a Must Hear song from a rapper at the intersection of plugg and cloud rap, house music to worry to, and a slice of contemplative synth-pop described as "Frankie Knuckles meets The Boss."
The omnivorous queer pop star Cain Culto is becoming increasingly known as a paragon of artistic confidence: a vamping, twerking powerhouse with a sly, silver-grilled smile. But it took him a whole lot to get here:
In a world where Olivia Dean’s easy-listening throwback soul is the hottest shit in Grammyland, Imani Imani’s bringing a bit of grit to soul-nourishing R&B for the morning after
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien explains how he uses this specific instrument to conjure sublimely eerie soundscapes: “It’s just got the juju"
𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 is like if James Blake produced a Sade album that was exclusively tracked in a bottomless cavern.
Waste or Taste takes on Weezer’s latest attempt at relevance, a viral 9-year-old singer’s spin on an OutKast classic, and a blistering track from one of the coolest artists currently working.
There should be an urgency to Vince Staples’ 𝘊𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺, his so-called rock album, but it is consistently dragged down by the tepid music at its core.
MXKA’s bilingual R&B corridos are the genre mash-up we direly needed.
With everything happening at once, at an extremity of volume that’s difficult to convey in writing, it’s all you can do to hold the sound of your own section in your mind. Trying to hear the whole piece is like trying to hear the whole world. www.hearingthings.co/a-symphony-f...
Turns out there's more gas left in the tank of ye old Death Cab.
Hearing Things
Plus a Must Hear rap song, house music to worry to, and more.
Wake-and-bake breakup anthems, lost sessions from a modern indie-rap classic, and a post-punk singer who sounds like Lou Reed after a three-week bender.
