Here’s a question nobody asked me: What do I think about AI? Fuck it, let’s go. I think it’s nowhere near as great as its backers think it is, but I also think it’s far more useful than its skeptics think it is. So, it’s…somewhere in the middle. This is not an interesting opinion, but it is kind of interesting to me because it’s one of my rarest opinions. I almost never think things are in the middle. I never think that at some point between a good idea and a bad idea lies a better idea. ...
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Spinning by Soft Science
This week’s is “Spinning,” a recent single from Sacramento dream-pop shoegaze band Soft Science and their first off their upcoming record Sand set to be released 4 September 2026. As you would expect, the catchy song features some bright, driving guitars, with a little lightness that is grounded by the bass and drums. Synths fill out the nearly etherial sound. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Move by Tank and the Bangas featuring Lucky Daye
This week, we have New Orleans outfit Tank and the Bangas with a track off their new record The Last Balloon. The Last Balloon finishes a trilogy of albums starting with 2019’s The Green Balloon and continuing with 2022’s The Red Balloon. Since then, Tank and the Bangas also released a spoken-word album, The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, which won a Grammy.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: All the Rage by Wishy
This week’s is from Indianapolis, Indiana dream-pop/shoegaze outfit Wishy, with their new single All the Rage, off their upcoming record Nature’s Pill, due out October 2, 2026. If this is your thing, note that they are currently on tour. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Hot Slob by Sylvan Esso
Back at it this week with a new single from North Carolina-based electropop duo Sylvan Esso. If this is your thing, note they are embarking on a North America tour this fall. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...He can’t take this from us
Patriotism is a weird thing. Like, to be proud or whatever of a country you just happened to randomly, through no action of yourself, be borne into. But it does differ from nationalism; that is to say, it’s not being proud because the people are all the same as you and different from everybody else. No, the Declaration of Independence and Constitution created a people apart from a mere nation—that is to say, the classical notion thereof of a people related and united by blood—a more a body republic of people from all parts of the world...
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Nowhere Left to Go by Pullstring
This week’s is a fairly new single from Minneapolis rock outfit Pullstring. Definitely getting huge 90s vibes from this one with some more contemporary flourishes. Off their upcoming EP “Final Call” due out next week on July 7. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Yip Yip Yow by Caroline Rose
This week we have a long-time live staple of Caroline Rose’s that they just released as a single in May. It’s a genre-bending good time. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Klouds Will Carry Me to Sleep by Gelli Haha
I have no idea how to describe this week’s song. From alternative electric pop star Gelli Haha, “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep” is an alien pop manic dream that was appended (?) to her recent album Switcheroo. On Bandcamp.
Continue reading...Hump-Day Song of the Week: Screwdark by RIP Magic
Anyways, here’s a song. On Bandcamp.
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