I made another 100-song playlist of new-to-me music and blogged 10 highlights by Jane Remover, Big Thief, Dexter in the Newsagent, Shlohmo, Olivia O., and some others that no one's ever written about. Read the blurbs and browse the full playlist on Chasing Sundays. www.elienis.com/100-song-pla...

My first for @dropsitenews.com: after a grueling three-year strike, workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette returned to work in victory. This week, the 240-year-old paper’s wealthy owners decided to shut it down. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Chasing Fridays is back. Wrote about: -Seeing 15 bands at Syracuse's NYD hardcore matinee -Home Front's protest synth-punk -Getting Dream Fatigued -Bellcave's elegant dream-pop Plus, a Q&A with Sign Crushes Motorist's cloud-rap alter ego Carson Clay. www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Gonna try to be on this site a lot more in 2026, but I also recently made a Chasing Sundays Instagram where I'm promoting my work, posting what I'm listening to, and documenting other run-ins with music (physical media, live shows, etc.). Give it a follow if IG is your thing.

For my last piece of 2025, I had a long, personal convo with Karly Hartzman. We talked about the next Wednesday album, the band's early years, how she's handling their growing popularity, her evolving music taste, regrets/successes, and much more. www.elienis.com/karly-hartzm...

I already liked this band, but I like them even more now that I know their leader's favorite bands are Swirlies and Unwound

This was a really great conversation to read. Very intrigued by the possibility of a Wednesday hardcore record.

Eli’s newsletter is good and I learn about a lot of new music from it. Including iirc my best song of the year www.welcometohellworld.com/the-best-50i...

For my last piece of 2025, I had a long, personal convo with Karly Hartzman. We talked about the next Wednesday album, the band's early years, how she's handling their growing popularity, her evolving music taste, regrets/successes, and much more. www.elienis.com/karly-hartzm...

I had a very compelling conversation with Ned Russin about Glitterer, the practicality of independence, "hustler culture" poisoning punk, the weirdness around Title Fight's legacy, money, careerism, individualism, optimism, and much more.

Frankie Palmeri, frontman of the very popular deathcore band Emmure, went mask-off Nazi last week. I wrote about his demented worldview, the ideological void of deathcore, and why Emmure are the 21st century's most prescient band. Nihilistic, violent, extreme. www.elienis.com/emmure-death...

Here's @elienis.bsky.social with the definitive feature on They Are Gutting A Body Of Water

Straight heat from @elienis.bsky.social on All American Rejects’ summer of “DIY shows” as viral branding opportunities www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

The new Alex G album is out this week and I really love it. Decided to hash out the highlights of HEADLIGHTS with the great @elienis.bsky.social. . uproxx.com/indie/alex-g...

Thanks to @elienis.bsky.social for the kind words about Ritual Cross. It's been cool to see folks getting what we're going for while also hitting different reference points each time.

Did my best to dismantle the notion that Sleep Token have any redeeming qualities. For @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

It's Friday. I wrote about: -Loathe's overwrought dud -Bulls Shitt's smokin' LP -Sin Against Sin's evil demo -Boo Boo Spoiler's rippin' punk-gaze -Talulah Paisley's kooky garage-rock -Maria Somerville's OK dream-pop -Magdalena Bay's underwhelming live show & more www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic -Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist -Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years -Hotline TNT's new tune -This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

this is the most i’ve ever suffered for my writing. i put my biceps on the back burner for this piece. please make my juice worth the squeeze by reading www.invisibleoranges.com/meshuggah-wo...

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic -Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist -Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years -Hotline TNT's new tune -This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live. For @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...

I don’t think you can summarize the fatal problem with modern liberalism any better than “My issue with the way people are being deported and disappeared is procedural.”

Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot. For @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...

Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live. For @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...

@elienis.bsky.social spoke to the great songwriter Molly Burch about quitting a demoralizing indie music career to start Picnic Studio, an art non-profit for adults with IDD, focused on inclusivity and getting the artists paid. Read: www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll... Donate: www.picnicstudiola.com

Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot. For @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future -Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single -Kitchen's folky slowcore -La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Essentially the end of the first amendment and it’s in service of Zionism — a collaborative effort from both parties and their biggest representatives to frame criticism of Israel and their massacre as terrorism.

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future -Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single -Kitchen's folky slowcore -La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

My newsletter, Chasing Sundays, just surpassed 1500 subscribers! To celebrate, I've got a longer-than-usual edition going out tomorrow morning. Sign up to get it in your inbox and see what all the fuss is about: www.elienis.com

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Amira Elfeky's metalcoreification of major label "nu-gaze" -The most important hardcore tour of 2025 -New ones from Skrillex, Raisa K, YT, J Brekkie, Cootie Catcher, kuru, and DJ Python www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025. Proceeds go to @genderlib.com. Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out? -Azshara's half-hearted melodeath -After's "y2k trip-pop" -bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo -Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop' www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out? -Azshara's half-hearted melodeath -After's "y2k trip-pop" -bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo -Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop' www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Btw, any journalistic entity or so-called civil rights org that gave even an INCH to the idea that anti-zionism=anti-Semitism shares responsibility for this.

Columbia University buckles to fascists, setting the stage for the end of higher education as we know it in the United States. Cataclysmic: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Blogged abt a lot this week: -Parannoul's brilliant Huremic side project -Wisp's new song prod. by aldn -aldn's new digi-emo tune -Planning for Burial's return -Coolant's new EP -Carti's best/worst 'MUSIC' moments -A perfect indie-pop song from 2008 www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

lemme get this straight: in the last week, they’ve proposed to ban trans health care on the aca exchanges, nancy mace sicced the death threat mob on a random trans teacher, and elon musk went on a massive anti-trans rant about hormones making people violent & none of it is getting MSM coverage

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -Feeble Little Horse's comeback single -Gridiron's unavoidably fun rapcore -Horse Vision's magical Alex G-core -Glixen's zeitgeist-affirming live show -Camera Obscura's 'Let's Get Out of This Country' www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about: -flyingfish's leap from TikTok-gaze to noisy emo -Cryogeyser's unevenly great new LP -Cootie Catcher's delightful twee -Club Night's unexpected return -Horse Vision's continued excellence -The Durutti Column's 'LC' www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

For this week's Chasing Fridays roundup I wrote about: -Reluctantly not rocking with the new Daoboys -that fakemink song we all got into this week -Crate's second song -Klein's staggering new avant-guitar LP -My lifelong journey with Electric Wizard www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Despicable cretins.

Every genre has band's bands, but hardcore also has mosher's bands. Final Resting Place are currently the No. 1 seed among people you don't want to stand near on the dancefloor. Wrote about their new EP, as well as some new shoegaze and some old-school death-grind. www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...

Wrote about a boring record that changed everything. www.elienis.com/title-fight-...

Wrote a scene report for @pghcitypaper.com about some new shoegazey bands following the path Feeble Little Horse carved in Pittsburgh. Philly is no longer the only shoegaze hotspot in PA. www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-enterta...

Wrote about a boring record that changed everything. www.elienis.com/title-fight-...

Still live on YouTube playing Grammys bingo and reacting to the (mostly pleasant!) surprises in real-time. Join us: www.youtube.com/live/KiwXhTH...

Live in 30 mins #beckmentioned

🎵 @EndlessScroll.bsky.social will be doing a very special Pivot to Video event tonight as we provide commentary, guesses, and goofs about Music's Biggest Night. 🎵 Watch the stream live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/KiwXhTH...