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  • 1 week ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

    Existential Playlist is an interview series where artists tell us about the music they want played at their own memorial service, delving into some of life’s biggest questions along the way. (Note: The following article discusses suicidal ideation and substance use disorder.)Yeule is sitting in the middle of a dim, blood-splattered corridor, nonchalantly chewing a stick of gum.

  • 3 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

    Takahashi Kuzan’s Take No Hibiki is not your typical running music. There’s no discernible tempo or arc. It’s quiet. And it’s exceedingly spare. The album features Kuzan—a master of the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese flute made of bamboo—playing his instrument with slow, painstaking intention. Each trembling note lingers, expressing tenacity and frailty; Kuzan was likely in his 80s when he recorded the album. The music seems more suited to soundtrack a cleansing sound bath than a 10K run.

  • 3 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

    Across nearly a quarter-century, Italy’s C2C festival has earned a reputation as one of Europe’s coolest, most adventurous music events. Its bookings are impeccable, drawing mostly electronic acts who work at the genre’s bleeding edge: Aphex Twin, Autechre, Arca, Sophie, Nicolas Jaar, and A.G. Cook, to name a few.

  • 1 month ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

    Yes, the current Brat arena tour is a well-earned victory lap. But because we’re talking about Charli XCX, one of the most self-aware pop stars of the last 15 years, it’s also more than a victory lap. It’s an interrogation of what a victory lap can mean in the culture at large. It’s a show that both contemplates and shakes its ass at the idea of oversaturation, of something being played out.

  • 1 month ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

    Here’s an embarrassing thing about me: I still watch a ton of late-night TV. Every morning, as I munch on some Wheaties and groggily sip a cup of tea, I fire up YouTube and scroll through my subscriptions in search of a few clips to ease me into the day.

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8 May 24

really loving evan’s newsletter, such a joy to read!

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Ryan Dombal
Ryan Dombal @ryandombal
16 Apr 24

profiled claire rousay, whose album sentiment is my favorite of the year thus far

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‘Gender and sexuality on a spectrum – I started to unravel all of that’: musician Claire Rousay on dating, depression and Jeff Tweedy https://t.co/7LKiFJ1WXL

Ryan Dombal
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15 Feb 24

feeling proud. and frustrated. we really did a lot of incredible work.

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