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Some recent Guardian reviews: The scary and lovely Tim Hecker record theguardian.com/music/2023/apr… Dev Hynes’ UK premiere of classical stuff at the Barbican theguardian.com/music/2023/mar… Katie Gately’s haunted symphonies theguardian.com/music/2023/mar…

Wrote about King Krule, burly sadness and the pursuit of authenticity on his endearingly minor new album pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

like some surrealist invented this pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-a…

I wrote about Blur’s fourth act, their delirious relationship with the British media, the latest return of the 90s and Damon’s strange journey to their lovely, maybe too lovely new album pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

For today’s F+M cover, I spoke to Four Tet about his wild ride and freewheeling integrity. Plus: Coachella, Country Riddim, Skrillex, Fred Againia, embracing the lads, reclaiming EDM, remixing Taylor Swift and doing it all for his daughter theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…

Great piece by Shaad on the risky subject of unpopular pop stars nytimes.com/2023/08/14/art…

“Birthday month” aka 4 weeks intensively stress-testing how much Hour of Bewilderbeast the party playlist can withstand

My heart goes out to all of my brilliant colleagues who were laid off from Pitchfork today. Like the rest of my fellow contract workers on the masthead, I'm completely in the dark about whether I still have a position there. Don't know what else to say.

It seems trivial after last week but for now, I’m still at what’s left of Pitchfork and I’ve reviewed the Smile record, a wonderful thing pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Ludicrous, petty and pointlessly myopic of @condenast to bar laid-off staff from freelancing for its titles. These are some of the most brilliant minds in the game. The company should be doing backflips to keep them in work #IStandWithCondeContracted #P4KWired

In light of the eternal legend and karaoke machine inventor Shigeichi Negishi’s death, I wrote about the valour and folly of karaoke, “at its best a high-stakes spectacle where honour and ridiculousness collide” amp.theguardian.com/music/commenti…

Reviewed the new record from my fave pop surrealist, Julia Holter pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Calling for the Israeli govt to investigate is farcical and clinging on to the notion, long eroded, that it still abides by any standards- it has gone rogue and is making clowns of these political leaders.

Reviewed the debut from Blue Bendy, an endearing, lyrically ridiculous band whose “overzealous internet throbathon magic appeal” I am powerless not to love pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

finally able to mention that some pals and I started our own music publication!!!!!!!!! Hearing Things hearingthings.co