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Over the course of this year, we dreamed up a new independent music website. Then we built it. Then we launched it. Then we filled it with the kinds of stories we wanted to read. Catch up on some of our favorite articles to date. hearingthings.co/hearing-things… hearingthings.co/hearing-things…

NYC! We still have some tickets available for tomorrow night's Pop Pantheon live show where Nora Princiotti, J. Escobedo Shepherd, Jason P. Frank and I will be counting down our favorite pop songs of 2024! Tickets are on sale with the code: BLACKFRIDAY events.humanitix.com/pop-pantheon-l…

Israel just destroyed a 2,000-year-old site in Lebanon. Israel has attacked Lebanon more than 52 times since the ceasefire was agreed.

wrote about seeing Mach-Hommy’s first-ever show (and face!!!) the day before Thanksgiving for Hearing Things hearingthings.co/mach-hommy-fin…

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just so we’re all clear, the NYPD did not catch luigi mangione despite deploying drones, dna testing, divers, and who knows what else. he got caught by some bored wack mcdonald’s worker in the middle of pennsylvania.

An absurdly deep dive on the question on everybody's minds—or at least ours: Are Luigi and Chuck Mangione related? hearingthings.co/the-smooth-jaz…

I mustered all the reporting chops at my disposal in an attempt to answer a burning and extremely unimportant question and I still don't know the answer. Are Luigi and Chuck Mangione related? hearingthings.co/the-smooth-jaz…

🚨My new investigation for Drop Site exposes a U.S. nonprofit that’s raised over $300,000 for an Israeli sniper unit associated with the killings of unarmed Palestinians. The link to the full article is in the next tweet 👇

Andy Cush According to artists’-rights advocates, the case against Live Nation is strong, and the evidence shows that opposition to the concert-industry behemoth is non-partisan—one of the few things we can all agree on. Read Andy's report: hearingthings.co/universal-loat…

I'm happy to announce that Slate Music Club is back this year as a special episode of Chris Molanphy's Hit Parade podcast, w/ me, Chris, NPR's Feeling Distant and J. Escobedo Shepherd of Hearing Things. Our wide-ranging exchange on the sounds of 2024 drops Fri Dec 27 on all the podcast apps!

“The press vests we are wearing mark us as a target. They do not protect us … Because we are Palestinians we have only one right which is to die and be maimed.” EVERY SINGLE WESTERN JOURNALIST should watch this and hang their heads in shame.

Whereas Bad Bunny's global superstardom led some to speculate that he had put aside his anticolonial megaphone in the face of Anglo acclaim, this album makes clear where he stands: in total devotion to his motherland. hearingthings.co/bad-bunny-albu…

No one from Los Sures needs to be told who Toñita is, but for everyone else who was introduced to her for the first time this week, courtesy of Benito Antonio and Jimmy Fallon, read J. Escobedo Shepherd on the queen, Maria Antonia "Toñita" Cay: hellgatenyc.com/williamsburg-c…

spoke to MIKE (MIKE) about spending $$$ on Chrome Hearts glasses, panther suits, and Japanese strip clubs for our Credit History series at Hearing Things hearingthings.co/mike-explains-…

On March 20—the first day of spring!—we’ll be hosting our first live event: an evening at the Ridgewood, Queens, DIY hub Trans-Pecos, featuring a special performance from Afro-pop auteur Lollise and DJs spinning records all night long. hearingthings.co/were-throwing-…

had a very fun talk with Panda Bear about his favorite record production, incl Clube Da Esquina, Dean Blunt, King Tubby, and more hearingthings.co/panda-bear-bre…

I know Zohran Kwame Mamdani isn’t running away from me !!!