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  • 1 week ago | hearingthings.co | Jill Mapes |Jillian Mapes

    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. Each of this week’s picks feels quintessential to its selector’s taste.

  • 2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Jill Mapes |Jillian Mapes

    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 batch of albums feels particularly inspiring. It’s a lot of great music (obviously), made by musicians who you can’t help rooting for.

  • 1 month ago | hearingthings.co | Jill Mapes |Jillian Mapes

    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. Welcome back to reality from what we hope was a chill and restorative holiday weekend, or a crazy hard-partying one—whatever vibe suits you.

  • 1 month ago | hearingthings.co | Jill Mapes |Jillian Mapes

    It’s hard to imagine Arcade Fire winning over any new fans with their seventh album, Pink Elephant. The hope and fervor that once powered their anthems curdled somewhere around the mid-2010s, when the music grew poppier but the attitude felt more cynical. The ranking of their albums is pretty straightforward, following chronological order: 2004’s Funeral, 2007’s Neon Bible, 2010’s The Suburbs, 2013’s Reflektor, followed by a steep drop-off in quality.

  • 1 month ago | hearingthings.co | Jill Mapes |Jillian Mapes

    Back in October, the Nashville-based musician Sophie Allison—who makes beautiful and brooding indie rock as Soccer Mommy—became the envy of every Stardew Valley fan when she got her own avatar in the video game’s signature SNES style. It was a must if she was going to release “Abigail,” a writing-exercise-turned-single inspired by her preferred love interest—a purple-haired weeb hottie—in the wildly popular farm sim.

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Jill Mapes
Jill Mapes @jillian_mapes
20 Dec 24

RT @hearingthingsco: Mag Bay’s cosmic art-pop, J-Pratt’s dispatches from another century, the Ginger Root cinematic universe, and a sage-of…

Jill Mapes
Jill Mapes @jillian_mapes
11 Dec 24

had a ton of fun w/ Candice on ICYMI!!!! luv 2 gab w/ fellow v online girlies!!!

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Jill Mapes
Jill Mapes @jillian_mapes
10 Dec 24

also, I’m a Bluesky girlie now https://t.co/Oo716sJqyi