Andy Cush

4 days ago | hearingthings.co | Andy Cush

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend you the new records that you need to hear. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer. This week’s selections, as is often the case with our (now 100% independent!) staff of worker-owners, are all over the map.

5 days ago | hearingthings.co | Andy Cush

It must have sounded like a spaceship landing in the next room, Paul says to no one in particular, and I wake from the sort of light sleep that comes 10 minutes at a time in the back seat of a van. The van is a 15-year-old Toyota Sienna with a front bumper held together by zip ties and a busted back door handle. To close it after getting out, you have to reach inside and give one big pull on the heavy sliding door from there, then quickly clear your forearm from the opening before it gets crushed.

1 week ago | hearingthings.co | Andy Cush

One weird part of starting a website is that when people ask how things are going, our collective brain goes in 12 different directions and we’re not sure how to answer. The fact that a new music journalism platform exists at all in 2025 feels like a miracle, and the growing community of music lovers we’ve gathered is incredibly meaningful to us. At the same time, building up a new outlet is hard and slow.

2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Andy Cush

It’s EP Week Cloud-rap travelogues, dank post-rock, sampledelic soul, and more. You gotta hear this Discover new music in your inbox each week. It’s free! Great! You’ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in. You've successfully subscribed to Hearing Things. Your link has expired. Success! Check your email for magic link to sign-in. Success! Your billing info has been updated. Your billing was not updated.

3 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Andy Cush

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend you the new records from across genres that you need to hear. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer. It’s edging towards summer in the tri-state area and the newfound sunlight got us all twisted up.