I listen to dozens of new albums every week. I make all kinds of playlists. Music is such a fixture of my life. But ask me “What have you been listening to lately?” or god forbid “What's your favorite band?” and I will punch you in the face out of panic and run away

Who said there have to be 10 albums in a top 10 list? (Everyone. Literally everyone.) www.newbandsforoldheads.com/p/best-album...

more like the albums I've listened to the most during the first half of 2025 www.newbandsforoldheads.com/p/best-album...

oh to be a blissfully ignorant youth, unaware that your favorite songs will be tomorrow's grocery store muzak

One of the best music curators around is my guest today @meandtimory.bsky.social from New Bands for Old Heads! We talk about being part of the My So Called Life generation, making playlists for people, and of course her most embarrassing musical moment. patrickhicks.substack.com/p/episode-5-...

sick of the antipoptimism. time to fight it with music theory.

Your Grandparents made the first great record of the summer… and you didn’t even call to check up on them? Shame on you!

I've started interviewing some very special people (and condiments) about their musical nostalgia and making mixtapes for them based on their responses. meandtimory.substack.com/p/new-music-...

Virtually every single record that receives any kind of review at all receives a positive one. So who is an album score even helping? meandtimory.substack.com/p/album-scor...

meandtimory.substack.com/p/best-album... in case you missed it...

Also for our non-Philly friends who want to hear the new album early, join us on @meandtimory.bsky.social discord at 4pm today!! Limited spots available: ko-fi.com/s/a8bd494570

In an age of playlists and digital music sharing, can you still make a mixtape than means something to the recipient? @meandtimory.bsky.social wanted to find out, and I wanted to be a part of it. Click through to see how it went! #music

My newsletter New Bands for Old Heads was literally made for anyone asking these questions: meandtimory.substack.com

all music critics are a bunch of frauds -- nobody can pick the "best" when we don't listen to everything. but I hope you choose me, the best fraud of them all, to help you find new music, instead of relying on algorithms to feed you AI slop. meandtimory.substack.com/p/best-album...

Want to hear our new record early? Very excited to work with @meandtimory.bsky.social to present a Discord Listening Party via New Bands For Old Heads! Join the Discord today & listen along with us on April 13th: t.co/veBC8X2nQ4

“If you like X, then you'll like Y”…. no English allowed edition. We've moved away from the prereq that musicians must sing in English to be successful, & the world has been listening to more & more non-English music. Tons of examples in many genres within, plus a 3 hour playlist for paid subs

Have you ever wondered how bands manage to get discovered? Sometimes it’s just knowing how to write a decent email. meandtimory.substack.com/p/music-subm...

The Best Albums of January 2025 open.substack.com/pub/meandtim...

I'm not gonna lie -- I'm really nervous to listen to this! But I had a blast recording it, and you definitely SHOULDN'T be nervous to listen. I had the fever to tell.

This was way too much text for bluesky but if you're wondering what the hell my whole deal is, it's all this nonsense. substack.com/@meandtimory...

All this bc the left couldn’t get behind a black woman. Your hatred will make everyone suffer. It’s not their fault that black women are educated and capable and you’re jealous.

Opening a can of worms with this one... but the real headline here is that nothing is as black and white as it seems, and this is me doing a lot of handwringing over it. Bonus: best discussion my articles have ever generated in the comments! meandtimory.substack.com/p/i-stopped-...

Hey "Gabbie" is me! Thanks, that's for sure what I was trying to get at. We cling to memories. It's a Proustian response.

TikTok was incredibly enjoyable, annoying, frustrating, comforting, and stressful. Creators know commenters were equal parts exhausting and exhilarating. Be kind to people who miss it. Think of it as a summer camp you never went to and never really got.

Does new music have to be brand new, or just new to you? open.substack.com/pub/meandtim...

The bigger my platform gets (elsewhere obviously) the more people think they found an ally in me for opinions like “new music is all derivative." Sorry, I'm not on your side. I love new music, and I definitely think the kids are alright. I can live with the hypocrisy of gatekeeping the gatekeepers.

here's the last installment of my series of best albums of the year for people who don't pay attention to new music... these are seven albums that deserve a #1 slot

Actually my Spotify wrapped would unmask me as a complete fraud and bring shame upon my ancestors, so I'll just silently be creeping on all of yours.

Part 3 is late but it's here! Best albums of 2024 for people who don't pay attention to new music: Albums worthy of a top 10 list.

what i should be doing: catching up on work, writing, recording and editing tiktok videos, exercising, cleaning. what i'm actually doing: learning how to crochet a babybel cheese.

Part two of the New Bands for Old Heads best albums of 2024 series is up and running

the countdown continues

Hopping on the emotional roller coaster

I don't do traditional end of year album lists... but I'm not avoiding them entirely. Obviously. Here's the first of four installments of best new releases for people who don't pay attention to new music.

Thought I'd give this a try. Here are a few great music writers to follow on here and read on Substack. #musicsky go.bsky.app/MQUE4Ey

I've started counting down the best albums of 2024 for people who don't pay attention​ to new music over on TikTok. (Not to be confused with my personal top 10, but I'll leave the annoying/pretentious details of that distinction to a newsletter post.)

this account is run purely on FOMO

Play catch-up on 2024 in music.