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Fatboi Sharif x Driveby on the Music They Want to Soundtrack Their Funerals

3 days ago | hearingthings.co | Dylan Green

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. One of the only things that rapper Fatboi Sharif and producer Driveby enjoy more than making music is going to the movies.
The Beauty in Grief

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.
Three Days in Prison

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.
Hearing Things Is Now 100% Worker-Owned

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.
Yeule on the Music They Want to Soundtrack Their Funeral

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.
Lost Club Classics

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. 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.
The Arcade Fire Problem

2 weeks 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.
HiTech Are Letting Their Freak Flag Fly-and They Think You Should, Too

2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Dylan Green

HiTech bring a nonstop party vibe to everything they do, even through a computer screen. I show up to our video call to find member Milf Melly pacing around his sunny apartment. When I apologize for being a few minutes late after getting caught up trying to find a shirt to wear, he says, “So you just standing there, barbecue sauce on your titties…,” quoting the infamous Vine video with a big laugh.
Um, Jennifer? Takes On the City

2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

It’s not a surprise that Elijah Scarpati and Fig Regan want to meet for our interview at Joe Junior, an old-school lunch counter in Manhattan that’s been serving STEAKS & CHOPS • SEAFOOD, as the sign puts it, since at least the 1970s.
It’s EP Week

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.