Come to the First Hearing Things Listening Session!
Tonight at 7 p.m. NYC time we will be hopping on a Zoom to play some of our favorite new music and answer questions from members about the site and the songs.
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Charli XCX Was Actually Funny on ‘SNL’
Ms. Brat can act! And her musical performances were pretty good, too.
“Into Your Garden” Is the Most Fascinatingly Weird Song on 070 Shake’s Proggy New Album
How about a classical piano ballad about cunnilingus featuring City Girls’ JT threatening to scrap?!
This Compilation Is a Dream
Four months after the invented genre “hit ’em” first hit, a new benefit compilation chronicles a sound that sprung from one man’s subconscious.
SahBabii Cranks His Surreal Street Rap to 11 On ‘Saaheem’
For a rapper who loves talking about his balls, Sahbabii sounds remarkably mature on his latest.
Doing Karaoke and Talking Fowl With Duendita
With the new EP 'The Mind Is a Miracle,' nature enthusiast and Duendita leader Candace Camacho is making dreamy field recordings for the literal birds
Syntrovert’s Latest EP Makes Experimental Dance Music Feel Like a Fantasy Video Game
On 'Pathfinder,' the emerging Chilean innovator unites deconstructed bass, tribal, and pan-Latin sounds for a narrative-driven adventure.
The Cure’s ‘Songs of a Lost World’ Is What Happens When Goth Starts Getting Real
The legendary band has long contemplated the darker side of life. But at 65, Robert Smith is now writing some of the best songs of his career about grief, aging, and actual death.
Claire Rousay Explains Her Credit Card Statement
The emo ambient experimentalist talks through recent purchases including freeze-dried dog food, an exceptional cappuccino (with whole milk), and so many sour gummy worms.
Ethel Cain Is Only Getting Darker
The gothic doomsayer returns with a droning seance inspired by *checks notes* an infamous murdered pedophile.
It Will Get a Little Sticky—Debating New Songs by Tyler, the Creator and More
Topics discussed in the latest episode of our Waste or Taste podcast include Tyler’s take on Memphis rap, former Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep’s creeps, and what it’s like to have a huge head.