I wrote about playing in Glenn Branca's 100-guitar Symphony No. 13, one of the most profoundly moving experiences of music I've ever had www.hearingthings.co/a-symphony-f...

For non musician music obsessives like me, these In Theory pieces by @cushac.bsky.social are so damn fun; personally, when the vocals come flooding in “Another Day”, I’m reminded of some of DJ Koze’s best work - another guy who fucks around in 7/8

I went on tour with Frank Hurricane, a legend of DIY music and great American storyteller, who built a devoted fanbase show-by-show, without a manager or publicist. And the funniest dude I know. My profile, w guest spots from Ryan Davis and Guerilla Toss: www.hearingthings.co/the-last-fol...

I could not believe the name I read when I opened this email from Hearing Things. I completely forgot about this album. It consumed me for years. Please read this interview from Andy.

on occasion of their quiet return to live performance, I interviewed Dawn of Midi about making Dysnomia, one of my favorite records of all time, and how it feels to come back to such a monumental work now that it's no longer at the center of their lives

I wrote a little tribute to Bob Weir, through the lens of "Playing in the Band" www.gq.com/story/bob-we...

something I've wanted to do for a while: technical writing about songs (naming chords, etc) that is legible to non-technical readers, put together with more broadly interpretive criticism in hopes of getting to a deeper understanding of what the music is doing www.hearingthings.co/the-psycholo...

it's January so I finally published my longstanding crank theory about an all-time disco classic

my year end list is here :) www.hearingthings.co/andys-favori...

Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.

here's me on Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a band too weird for this world pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...

i'm trying to remember a line from an essay where the writer describes being a kid and lamenting that his friends who started bands took guitar-bass-drums as a given, that they didn't star glockenspiel-trumpet-cowbell bands, etc. thought it might be Lethem or Klosterman but can't find it. any ideas?

Very helpful piece by @cushac.bsky.social unpacking the problem of AI Slop

wrote about slop www.hearingthings.co/why-is-it-so...

Asher White is so good at interviews! www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites...

I had such a great time talking to the young GOAT Asher White about her brilliant new album and her days as a tweenage noise musician www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites...

🚨I interviewed Joshua Chuquimia Crampton of Los Thuthanaka about Boris, Milton Nascimento, Weather Report, and the Smashing Pumpkins🚨 www.hearingthings.co/joshua-chuqu...

Zohran Mamdani can lower housing costs by getting everyone who jets between New York and the South of France to leave the city for good

there's been a scandal brewing on nerdy guitar-centric corners of YouTube for the last couple of months about a guy who got caught copying other people's guitar solos and presenting them as his own. i wrote about that bizarre saga here www.hearingthings.co/the-great-in...

including my favorite smartphone/internet-free (really!) nyc dead freak on drums. saw him DJ 2 cassette tapes of "the other one" simultaneously for a true "anthem of the sun" effect at ye olde williamsburg dead night.

Ham trucks in France: Are they real? defector.com/dave-mckenna...

I wrote an essay about life on the road in Prison (the band) and would be delighted if you read it www.hearingthings.co/prison-tour-...

Hearing Things is now 100% worker owned. it's a big, exciting step, and it means we need the support of our readers more than ever. www.hearingthings.co/hearing-thin...

very grateful to be on the road playing rock n roll with my friends Paul Major, Doug Shaw, and Matt Lily, blasting the Stooges and Black Sabbath on late nite drives, passing the spliff around, getting stories from Paul about seeing Television in 77 and buying Led Zeppelin I at Kmart when it came out

"… perhaps it’s because new [artists] are thrust immediately into the homogenizing machines of the streaming platforms, taught to think of themselves not as oppositional outsiders but as aspirants on the same playing field as global celebrities." Tune In, Drop Out →

Really good piece here by @cushac.bsky.social on musicians and labels who are turning their backs on the streaming behemoths www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...

This, from a woman in Oklahoma talking to her local news station, is better than the vast majority of political speeches you'll hear today.

This is maybe the sweetest thing I ever read

you must read @cushac.bsky.social's opus on how some independent musicians and labels are quitting streaming and making their own path for a variety of reasons, not least of which are economic. feels like this is just the start of a way bigger movement www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...

Especially since the publication of 'Mood Machine,' there's a growing sense among underground musicians that we don't have to simply accept our own exploitation by streaming. I wrote about the artists who are dropping out and imagining a future beyond it www.hearingthings.co/musicians-no...

filling in on bass with the mighty PRISON for a few shows on the road next month, catch me in Indianapolis, Chicago, and Pittsburgh 🤘

Beautiful essay by @jillmapes.bsky.social for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social. Who taught you how to listen to music?

wrote about my quest to escape the algorithms and get back to finding new music via human recs only, with some excellent advice from @cushac.bsky.social of @hearingthingsco.bsky.social, who's also had enough of the streaming economy nygroove.nyc/enough-is-en...

I would love to talk to one or two more musicians who have recently pulled their music off streaming platforms for a story I’m writing. if that’s you, drop me a line at [email protected]

really sweet/sad profile of doug shaw by @cushac.bsky.social. fell in love with doug's music when i saw him open for janka nabay. "sleepy at tubby's" is a good starting point, but lots of great soundcloud/bandcamp loosies, too. highlifehighlife.bandcamp.com/album/sleepy...

Excellent piece by Hamilton Nolan detailing how Trump's nihilistic destruction is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs for capitalists. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/divergence...

Of Note 012 is out! Highlighting music writing worth reading from March including pieces from: @cushac.bsky.social @misterminsoo.bsky.social @stevenmps.bsky.social @philipsherburne.bsky.social Laura Snapes Amanda Petrusich Book of the month from Neko Case. buttondown.com/of_note/arch...

one of several times Ryan's interview with Dan Bejar made me laugh out loud

Great piece — Doug Shaw is the definition of a hidden gem.

got knocked over by this piece last night, and listened to the album 3x already since then

Malang Jobarteh, the guy who plays kora on the union square L platform, might be the deepest musician in nyc. fucking spellbinding every time I catch him

reupping this piece, a story of friendship, granular synthesis, dementia, a brush with homelessness, and the greatest NYC songwriter-guitarist u've never heard www.hearingthings.co/doug-shaw-ge...

my favorite thing I've written in some time: a piece about my dear friend Doug www.hearingthings.co/doug-shaw-ge...

at union pool, debut LP soiree for @cushac.bsky.social & domestic drafts, music for the sad sweet hours. plus, @wendyeyes.bsky.social & ryan sawyer as telepathic guitar/drums duo (sublime deconstructions of "foggy notion" & "hands on the wheel"), & skewed c&w-ishness by @katythekyng.bsky.social.

NYC ppl, I'll be celebrating the release of 'Only the Singer' with a show at Union Pool tonight, lethal 6-piece band Domestic Drafts lineup, perfect bill, gonna be a great night of music, come thru

Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with Brooklyn-based musician and Garcia Peoples bassist/vocalist Andy Cush on the heels of the release of Domestic Draft’s debut album, Only The Singer. @cushac.bsky.social @osirispod.bsky.social #DomesticDrafts #OnlyTheSinger

I love packing up records by hand, writing little notes to people, and taking them to the post office to ship out. Makes me feel alive, and like music really matters. Down with big streaming, up with the USPS!!