Will I have to write a similar post this time next year? It's quite possible. New song and video feat. MC www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE1D...

I never expected to be listening to this much New Found Glory and Future of the Left (and technically blink-182) in 2026 but here we are. #5x5

Madison Cunningham isn't a hip-hop star (yet), but she did have SEVEN features last year. I've collected them all for your listening pleasure below: barkingwiththedogs.com/feature-rich...

TURBO TAX EAT SHIT AND DIE REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS

sending out e-vites for the cootie catcher listening party tonight @ midnight.

Already a huge year for punk songs about where you're from.

Sry I didn't post this on Friday... This was the week I randomly listened to mclusky and immediately clocked the voice from Future of the Left, a band I saw with Against Me! circa '07/'08. I purchased the FotL CD at that show, and also took a picture doing pushups with their old bassist (Kelson).

THIS IS ALREADY MY AOTY

This has been remedied!!

cope, seethe, cry, throw up, etc

You get a 1-5-6-4 pass if you're this fucking cool and talented. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8S...

What a guy.

My most overused phrase is getting "sucker punched" by emotions. I don't know why it still catches me off guard when music stirs something deep in me. I do realize I am describing the "point" of art - reaching into the void and creating concrete proof that we are not alone in the human condition.

Randomly remembered how hard this EP fucking rips. partyhats.bandcamp.com/album/autobi...

I love music, I love Georgia Maq (and her Laurel Canyon sound era), and I love how many phenomenal music videos are being released this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfry...

Bit of a fucked up week lol. #5x5

Reading Marx and drinking Guinness

New Joyce Manor came out, what else was I supposed to do? #5x5

I probably say this a lot, but it's always true for me and my fellow digital crate diggers. There's been a lot of really great music released this month!! #5x5

I am fucking obsessed with these lads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzds...

With all these album announcements, I am hoping that "indie darlings" fare better this year than they did last.

RIP Greg Bovino

POV it's 2009 and Saddle Creek is your favorite label. #5x5

totally in awe of the humor but really how hard this Adam Straus hits. a giant recommend for you all today! "Their dad could curse. Motherfuck this and motherfuck that. My goddamn back’s more fucked up than a football bat." https://www.havehashad.com/xkv25

EAT THE CHICKEN PUSH THE PEDALS

You heard it here first, there's going to be an indie synth-pop revival sometime in the next 2 years. The kids yearn for arpeggios.

Too few people are talking about the blood on Elon Musk's hands. When DOGE slashed foreign aid, it wasn't just numbers on a screen. It was insulin, food, and antibiotics being ripped away from the world's poorest children. Musk is responsible for the death of thousands

THIS ALBUM FUCKING RIPS.

Hey @havehashad.com, I'm getting a 500 error response from your RSS feed (yes, there's at least 1 person using your feed lol). Can you help a guy out? Or if this was intentional please disregard!

RIP Tokyo Police Club, you guys are still the best. #5x5

Wow, I love this. Please keep music videos alive!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnx...

Input logger so you know it's real. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYEO...

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Happy January 10th to all that celebrate 🫶🫶❤️❤️

We asked a long time friend of the Cafe, Josh Ritter, to look back through his catalogue for the latest episode of Backtracking. Josh joins the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social studio to share some stories and songs. www.npr.org/2026/01/09/n...

Great Grandpa writes lullabies for the restless. The indie rock band's thoughtful intensity remains intact at the Tiny Desk, just at a quieter volume. n.pr/49JoTtN

There's a song called "Defiance, Ohio" on the new Iron & Wine album and I am choosing to interpret this as a reference to the band. Also using it as an excuse to link to the last time Sam named one of his songs after a band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ka...

Currently my favorite band. Deep in their sound is an unencumbered, DIY optimism about creating music and art. They are the local band you're friends with who make it big, and you've never been happier watching someone else succeed.

Utada-sama posting www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6fH...

2025 was a bit strange. No clear AOTY for me, and after a good 2024 for listening to more music, I fell off somewhat bigly. I WILL listen to more music in 2026 and I WILL write at least 12 articles on incredibly niche music ideas!!

Today was a good day to walk 5 miles in the snow.

It's 20 years later and all these dogshit Pluribus takes are really vindicating Jeff Bridges in The Squid and the Whale when he called everyone a philistine.

I watched that Balkan coffee shop TikTok last night and got sucker punched by nostalgia for noughties trance music. I have such an emotional connection to this song, and this performance specifically. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZHC...

Hello friends, been listening to my Top Tracks of 2025 playlist, as well as the one from 2024. I also saw a post of a cat, which got Your Cat stuck in my head, and then I proceeded to binge Slaughter Beach, Dawg. Here is me walking in the woods. #5x5

Separating the art from the artist, and it's Bobby Flay and his fall sangria recipe.

My longest running Thanksgiving tradition is listening to this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVW-...

Goatee Bruce is so powerful.

Not sure how I managed to get 25 albums on here since I have had Home Front and Broken Record on repeat for 7 days straight. #5x5

Another astral body to add to this... Elliott Smith playing one of the most beautiful songs ever written with a lit cigarette stashed in his headstock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOe...

you're not cooked, but the oven is heating up.