Hearing Things

2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new (or newly relevant!) song we like and write about why we can’t stop listening to it. These are tracks that speak to us in particular, and we have a good feeling they will speak to you, too.

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.

2 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

When Raquel Berrios told Luis Alfredo Del Valle, her bandmate in Buscabulla, that she was writing personal songs about the rift in their romance, he initially balked. “Our careers thus far had never really been about our relationship, so it was definitely one of these things where I was like, Man, do we really have to go there? Is it anybody’s business?” says Del Valle.

3 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Ryan Dombal

There’s a quote I’ve been thinking about a lot recently: “Who wants a solo career? There’s a thing happening.” The line is uttered by one of the many, many members of the great Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene in It’s All Gonna Break, a tenderhearted new documentary about the group’s unlikely rise in the 2000s. And the “thing” in question could be a lot of things.

3 weeks ago | hearingthings.co | Adlan Jackson

This story first ran in Hell Gate, a worker-owned, subscriber-funded news outlet about New York City. As a fellow cooperative publication, we are excited to share this review of Mk.Gee's recent show at the legendary Stone Pony.