Konstantinos Pappis
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music editor at Our Culture
i had a really fun and honest conversation with hemlocke springs about her fantastic debut album, which is out today
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/13/a...
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Artist Spotlight: hemlocke springs - Our Culture
We caught up with hemlocke springs to talk about the trajectory of her debut album, realizing the viability of a musical career, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/13/artist-spotlight-hemlocke-springs/
3 days ago
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really enjoyed chatting with Carmen from Remember Sports about the bandâs new album âThe Refrigeratorâ â¨
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/12/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Remember Sports - Our Culture
Remember Sports is an indie rock band that formed in 2012 when its members were attending Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Having put out their first album (as Sports) on Bandcamp in 2014, they signed...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/12/artist-spotlight-remember-sports/
4 days ago
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a couple of years ago Mandy, Indiana mentioned Moana and Coil as inspirations, so naturally i had to follow up and ask about some of the things that influenced their brilliant second album âURGHâ
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/09/m...
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Mandy, Indiana on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'URGH' - Our Culture
We caught up with Mandy, Indiana to talk about physicality, video game atmospheres, and other inspirations behind their new album URGH.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/09/mandy-indiana-urgh-interview/
7 days ago
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had such a wonderful conversation with Julia Steiner about some of the inspirations behind Ratboysâ tremendously open-hearted new album â¨
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/06/r...
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Ratboys on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'Singinâ to an Empty Chair' - Our Culture
Have you actually tried it? In the lead-up to Ratboysâ new album, singer/guitarist Julia Steiner has outlined in one interview after another the therapeutic exercise that gives Singinâ to an Empty Cha...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/06/ratboys-singin-to-an-empty-chair-interview/
9 days ago
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caught up with Softcultâs Phoenix Arn-Hor to talk about their debut LP:
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/04/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Softcult - Our Culture
We caught up with Softcult to talk about releasing a debut album the second time, self-producing, twin factor, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/04/artist-spotlight-softcult/
12 days ago
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talked to Searows about some of the inspirations behind his new LP, âDeath in the Business of Whalingâ
ourculturemag.com/2026/02/03/s...
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Searows on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'Death in the Business of Whaling' - Our Culture
Alec Duckart, the Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter who records as Searows, was looking for a title for his new album when he stumbled on just the right passage from Herman Mellvilleâs Moby-Dick: â...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/02/03/searows-death-in-the-business-of-whaling-interview/
13 days ago
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i had a lovely conversation with Sassy 009 about her mesmerizing debut LP, 'Dreamer+' â¨
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/27/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Sassy 009 - Our Culture
We caught up with Sassy 009 to talk about her musical upbringing, intrusive thoughts as a kind of daydreaming, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/27/artist-spotlight-sassy-009/
20 days ago
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pretty amazed by Victorylandâs label debut:
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/23/a...
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Album Review: Victoryland, 'My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras In It' - Our Culture
If the evocative title of Victorylandâs label debut grabs your attention, Iâm here to tell you that My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras In It totally earns it. The Brooklyn-based project of Julian McCa...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/23/album-review-victoryland-my-heart-is-a-room-with-no-cameras-in-it/
24 days ago
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i'm looking to get into writing artist bios - this is me saying i'm open for commissions, but also if you're a fellow music writer with experience in this i'd love to hear from you DM/email me: pappiskonstantinos@gmail dot com
26 days ago
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wrote about âDonât Be Dumbâ:
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/21/a...
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Album Review: A$AP Rocky, 'Don't Be Dumb' - Our Culture
Rocky's energy may sometimes be misdirected, but it hardly wanes throughout his recklessly chaotic first album in eight years.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/21/album-review-aap-rocky-dont-be-dumb/
27 days ago
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had the pleasure of speaking with Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore ahead of their wonderful collaborative album 'Tragic Magic':
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/16/i...
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In Conversation: Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore - Our Culture
Itâs remarkable that it took over a decade for Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore to make an album together. Two of the biggest figures in contemporary ambient music, the composers developed a friend...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/16/in-conversation-julianna-barwick-and-mary-lattimore/
about 1 month ago
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my first interview after the holidays is with Let's Eat Grandma's Jenny Hollingworth, aka Jenny on Holiday, about her soaring solo debut:
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/14/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Jenny on Holiday - Our Culture
Jenny on Holiday is the solo project of Jenny Hollingworth, who has been making whimsical, glimmering alt-pop as one half of Letâs Eat Grandma since she was 16. Although she and Rosa Walton wrote the ...
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/14/artist-spotlight-jenny-on-holiday/
about 1 month ago
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wrote about the âhidden messagesâ in Dry Cleaningâs new album:
ourculturemag.com/2026/01/09/a...
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Album Review: Dry Cleaning, 'Secret Love' - Our Culture
Secret Love might be Dry Cleaning's darkest or most optimistic album, blurring the line between harmlessness and real horror.
https://ourculturemag.com/2026/01/09/album-review-dry-cleaning-secret-love/
about 1 month ago
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my final list of 2025, topped by the same artist who did so a few years ago:
ourculturemag.com/2025/12/23/t...
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The 25 Best EPs of 2025 - Our Culture
The question of what constitutes an EP did not go away in 2025. A certain artist who topped our EPs list several years ago and has managed to do so again â with a very different project â stirred up t...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/12/23/the-25-best-eps-of-2025/
about 2 months ago
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featuring new blurbs on âYou got time and I got moneyâ and âDtMFâ, and a bunch of old ones on songs iâve loved throughout the year:
ourculturemag.com/2025/12/17/t...
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The 50 Best Songs of 2025 - Our Culture
Our list of the best songs of 2025, featuring Geese, Sabrina Carpenter, Wednesday, Bad Bunny, HAIM, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/12/17/the-50-best-songs-of-2025/
2 months ago
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gathered quotes from Wednesday, Ryan Davis, Ninajirachi, Quadeca, and many more about the best album covers of the year, always my favorite list to put together:
ourculturemag.com/2025/12/11/t...
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The 50 Best Album Covers of 2025 - Our Culture
Our list of the best album covers of 2025, featuring Jane Remover, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Momma, Deftones, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/12/11/the-50-best-album-covers-of-2025/
2 months ago
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wrote about Tobias Jesso Jr.'s low-stakes comeback:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Album Review: Tobias Jesso Jr., 'shine' - Our Culture
With s h i n e, Tobias Jesso Jr. takes the crown for the most low-stakes comeback of the year.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/28/album-review-tobias-jesso-jr-shine/
3 months ago
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caught up with Sword II about their blissfully disorienting new album, 'Electric Hour':
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Sword II - Our Culture
We caught up with Sword II's Certain Zuko to talk about the influences behind Electric Hour, their upcoming tour, Guitar Hero, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/27/artist-spotlight-sword-ii/
3 months ago
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it was a real pleasure talking to Keaton Henson about some of the inspirations behind his wonderful new record, 'Parader':
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/21/k...
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Keaton Henson on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'Parader' - Our Culture
As you grow into adulthood, the young version of yourself becomes as mythical as the things that captured that personâs imagination. For Keaton Henson, who came up playing in hardcore and emo bands be...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/21/keaton-henson-parader-interview/
3 months ago
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an OPN record is not the easiest to dive into track by track, but 'Tranquilizer' lends itself to it better than most - loved it quite a bit:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/21/a...
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Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never, 'Tranquilizer' - Our Culture
More often stupefying than sedative, but more emotional than heady, Tranquilizer gives itself over to the slipperiness of time.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/21/album-review-oneohtrix-point-never-tranquilizer/
3 months ago
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had a lovely conversation with Hatchie about the inspirations behind her dizzying new album 'Liquorice':
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Hatchie on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Liquorice' - Our Culture
We caught up with Hatchie to talk about intimacy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and other inspirations behind her new album Liquorice.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/19/hatchie-liquorice-interview/
3 months ago
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it's hard to imagine coming out of 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' wishing it were just another deluxe album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/18/a...
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Album Review: FKA twigs, 'EUSEXUA Afterglow' - Our Culture
EUSEXUA Afterglow doesn't dim so much as continue to ride the high of the original, which also arrives reimagined.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/18/album-review-fka-twigs-eusexua-afterglow/
3 months ago
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i had a wonderful conversation with Austra about the inspirations behind her new album âChin Up Buttercupâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/14/a...
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Austra on 9 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Chin Up Buttercup' - Our Culture
We caught up with Austra to talk abou Ray of Light, the five stages of grief, and other inspirations behind her new album Chin Up Buttercup.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/14/austra-chin-up-buttercup-interview/
3 months ago
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had a nice conversation with runo plum about her poignant debut album, 'patching':
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/13/a...
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Artist Spotlight: runo plum - Our Culture
We caught up with runo plum to talk about growing up in Minnesota, the heartbreak that inspired her debut album, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/13/artist-spotlight-runo-plum/
3 months ago
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caught with Westerman to talk about the inspirations behind his magnificent new album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/07/w...
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Westerman on 7 Things That Inspired His New Album 'A Jackal's Wedding' - Our Culture
We caught up with Westerman to talk about the Athens heat, Robby MĂźller's cinematography, and other inspirations behind his new album.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/07/westerman-a-jackals-wedding-interview/
3 months ago
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it was a real pleasure chatting with Stella Donnelly about the inspirations behind her new album âLove and Fortuneâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/05/s...
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Stella Donnelly on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Love and Fortune' - Our Culture
Stella Donnelly had to resist the urge to turn âYear of Troubleâ, the piano ballad that anchors her new album Love and Fortune, into a Robyn-esque moment of dancefloor melancholy. She almost took it o...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/05/stella-donnelly-love-and-fortune-interview/
3 months ago
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wrote about the best songs of October:
ourculturemag.com/2025/11/04/t...
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The Best Songs of October 2025 - Our Culture
Discover the best songs of October 2025, featuring tracks by RosalĂa, Hatchie, Sugar, Westerman, Oklou, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/11/04/the-best-songs-of-october-2025/
3 months ago
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had to rave about Snocaps:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/31/a...
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Album Review: Snocaps, 'Snocaps' - Our Culture
Backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook, the Crutchfield sisters' return is as warm and easygoing as it is thorny and subtly miraculous.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/31/album-review-snocaps-snocaps/
4 months ago
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wrote about the new Florence + the Machine record:
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https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/31/album-review-florence-the-machine-everybody-scream/
4 months ago
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i had a wonderful conversation with
@elizamclamb.bsky.social
about her incisive sophomore album, âGood Storyâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/24/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Eliza McLamb - Our Culture
Eliza McLamb is a singer-songwriter who grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was a student at George Washington University when the pandemic forced her to move back to her childhood home, which...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/24/artist-spotlight-eliza-mclamb/
4 months ago
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not a fan:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Album Review: Tame Impala, 'Deadbeat' - Our Culture
Beneath its big, thumping beats, Deadbeat is a portrait of man spiraling that feels oddly vacuous, vast, and repetitive.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/21/album-review-tame-impala-deadbeat/
4 months ago
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wrote about the latest bar italia record:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Album Review: bar italia, 'Some Like It Hot' - Our Culture
bar italia's approach on Some Like It Hot is still a predominantly cheeky, spiky, and infectious, but it finds the trio at a crossroads.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/21/album-review-bar-italia-some-like-it-hot/
4 months ago
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wrote about TAGABOWâs astounding new album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/17/a...
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Album Review: They Are Gutting a Body of Water, 'LOTTO' - Our Culture
Douglas Dulgarian has a phrase for every piece of food that just doesnât taste like itâs been sold: âDisney bread.â It comes up on âtrainersâ, an early standout from They Are Gutting a Body of Waterâs...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/17/album-review-they-are-gutting-a-body-of-water-lotto/
4 months ago
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had a fun chat with Jay Som about some of the inspirations behind her new album âBelongâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/16/j...
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Jay Som on 5 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'Belong' - Our Culture
We caught up with Jay Som to talk about Jimmy Eat Worldâs Bleed American, the O.C. soundtrack, and other inspirations behind her new album.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/16/jay-som-belong-interview/
4 months ago
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i had a wonderful conversation with Jenn Wasner about the inspirations behind her latest Flock of Dimes album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/14/f...
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Flock of Dimes on 7 Things That Inspired Her New Album 'The Life You Save' - Our Culture
We caught up with Flock of Dimes to talk about the Yamaha FG75, BjĂśrkâs Vespertine, Altadena, and other inspirations behind her new album.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/14/flock-of-dimes-the-life-you-save-interview/
4 months ago
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had a fun conversation with bloodsports about their blistering debut album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/13/a...
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Artist Spotlight: bloodsports - Our Culture
We caught up with bloodsports to talk about their earliest musical influences, moving to New York, making Anything Can Be a Hammer, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/13/artist-spotlight-bloodsports/
4 months ago
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really enjoyed talking to Peter Silberman about the inspirations behind the Antlersâ disarming new album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/09/t...
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The Antlers on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'Blight' - Our Culture
The Antlersâ new album, Blight, widens the scope of Peter Silbermanâs songwriting by reckoning with environmental catastrophe, taking cues from a range of science fiction media. But it begins in a hom...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/09/the-antlers-blight-interview/
4 months ago
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i had a wonderful conversation with Hannah Frances about her fantastic new album, âNested in Tanglesâ, out Friday via
@firetalkrecs.bsky.social
:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/08/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Hannah Frances - Our Culture
Hannah Frances is a Vermont-based vocalist, songwriter, and dancer with roots from Chicago. Her fusion of avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz can be traced all the way back to 2018âs White Buffalo,...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/08/artist-spotlight-hannah-frances/
4 months ago
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starts out pretty good but derails itself in the second half, is my opinion:
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/06/a...
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Album Review: Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' - Our Culture
. There is a tight, smart, tender pop record hidden in there, but The Life of a Showgirl feels perfunctory and terminally front-loaded.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/06/album-review-taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl/
4 months ago
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in the words of Taylor Swift, âitâs beautiful. Itâs rapturous. It is frightening.â
ourculturemag.com/2025/10/03/a...
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Album Review: Agriculture, 'The Spiritual Sound' - Our Culture
The title of Agricultureâs astounding new album is lifted from the statement thatâs printed onto their T-shirts: âI love the spiritual sound of ecstatic black metal by the band Agriculture.â On the fo...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/10/03/album-review-agriculture-the-spiritual-sound/
5 months ago
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the new Geese album, i can only agree, is revelatory stuff:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/25/a...
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Album Review: Geese, 'Getting Killed' - Our Culture
Getting Killed wastes no time pointing to the carnage all around while spending most of it in a fervid, ludicrous freefall.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/25/album-review-geese-getting-killed/
5 months ago
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had a fun interview with Scarlet Rae about her debut EP, âNo Heavy Goodbyesâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/23/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Scarlet Rae - Our Culture
We caught up with Scarlet Rae to talk about her earliest musical inspirations, her songwriting process, making No Heavy Goodbyes, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/23/artist-spotlight-scarlet-rae/
5 months ago
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really enjoyed chatting with Total Wife about their breathlessly inventive new album, âcome back downâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/22/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Total Wife - Our Culture
Total Wife is the experimental shoegaze duo of composer/producer Luna Kupper and lyricist/vocalist Ash Richter, who have been friends since high school. Having formed the band in 2016, they moved from...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/22/artist-spotlight-total-wife/
5 months ago
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wrote about the wonderful new Joan Shelley album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/19/a...
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Album Review: Joan Shelley, 'Real Warmth' - Our Culture
Singing with quietly blazing conviction, Joan Shelley delivers another album of easygoing, nuanced, endlessly hummable tunes.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/19/album-review-joan-shelley-real-warmth/
5 months ago
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delved into the relentless, cathartic new Wednesday album, track by track:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/17/a...
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Album Review: Wednesday, 'Bleeds' - Our Culture
Feeding off the gnarly, blazing energy of its predecessor, Bleeds is a relentless tangle of funny, tragic, beautiful stories.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/17/album-review-wednesday-bleeds/
5 months ago
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really enjoyed talking to Asher White about her fantastic new album â8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Livingâ:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/16/a...
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Artist Spotlight: Asher White - Our Culture
We caught up with Asher White to talk about living in Providence, the gulf between conceptualizing and executing ideas, and more.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/16/artist-spotlight-asher-white/
5 months ago
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wrote about the new Big Thief album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/09/a...
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Album Review: Big Thief, 'Double Infinity' - Our Culture
A small circle of collaborators that translate the undercurrent of confusion on Big Thief's new album into a sweet, gauzy veil of textures.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/09/album-review-big-thief-double-infinity/
5 months ago
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canât describe how much this one means to me - talked to Jordan Dreyer about La Disputeâs new (and best) album, out in full tomorrow:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/04/l...
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La Dispute on 8 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'No One Was Driving the Car' - Our Culture
We caught up with La Dispute's Jordan Dreyer to talk about some of the inspirations behind their new album, No One Was Driving the Car.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/04/la-dispute-no-one-was-driving-the-car-interview/
6 months ago
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loved the new Blood Orange album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/03/a...
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Album Review: Blood Orange, 'Essex Honey' - Our Culture
Foggy, fatigued, yet clear-eyed, Blood Orangeâs new album loosely revolves around returning to a formative place in the wake of grief.
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/03/album-review-blood-orange-essex-honey/
6 months ago
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i had a wonderful conversation with Hand Habits about some of the inspirations behind their latest album:
ourculturemag.com/2025/09/02/h...
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Hand Habits on 7 Things That Inspired Their New Album 'Blue Reminder' - Our Culture
Even when they make music with words, Hand Habitsâ songs are often more about the emotions lurking underneath. âThe words behind the words,â is how Meg Duffy puts it, talking about the unique cadence ...
https://ourculturemag.com/2025/09/02/hand-habits-blue-reminder-interview/
6 months ago
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