#HotTakes | Week of 11.02.26
Featuring: BLEU, Aubory Bugg, Alela Diane, pyncher, Sufjan Stevens, Aaron Frazer
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Mixtape | October 2026
Two sides, like a record. Side A still thinks it’s summer, Side B settles into longer nights. Flip it after White Roses and let it run.
#HotTakes | Week of 10.26.26
Featuring: TÁR, Mondo Cozmo (feat. Jim James), Miko Marks, The Chats, Chris Acker, Nathan Evans Fox, The Sways
#HotTakes | Week of 10.19.26
Featuring: Rayland Baxter, The Devil's Twins, St. Panther, The Decemberists, Caroline Rose, Ane Brun (ft. Röyksopp), James Felice, My Wonderful Boyfriend, Hot Chip, Grey DeLisle, Mountain Grass Unit & Hayes Carll
#HotTakes | Week of 10.12.26
Featuring: Seun Kuti & Egypt80 (ft. Kabaka Pyramid), Charissa Hoffman, Bryan Andrews, Jake Bugg, Oscar Lindsey, The Paris Match, Flora Hibberd, Hiss Golden Messenger, Felice County Fair, Stephen Wilson Jr., The Kick
Photos | Medium Build + Ken Yates @ Royale
Medium Build brought the King of Having Fun tour to Royale on Saturday night, and—true to form—Nick Carpenter was able to make a packed room of strangers feel more like a gathering of long-lost friends. Maybe it's because he produces genre-crossing music that mixes
#HotTakes | Week of 10.05.26
Featuring: THAO (ft. Adrian Quesada), Cooper Kenward, MT Jones, The Talking Hearts
Mixtape | September 2026
September had death on the brain, apparently. I didn't plan it, but "Death Drive," "The Price and the Cost," and "Death's Commuter Blues" all landed in the pool around the same time, and once Eliza Edens was the opener I
#HotTakes | Week of 09.28.26
Featuring: Willi Carlisle, Lime Garden, Lee Emi, FRIEDA STAR, Skinshape, Mei Semones, Hudson Freeman, Blu Miller, Grey DeLisle (ft. Dave Alvin)
#HotTakes | Week of 09.21.26
Featuring: Eliza Edens, Ethan Regan, Jonah Smith ft. Family Company, Rayland Baxter, Frank Mastra, James Felice, Miko Marks, Feral Foster, Prima Queen, CHVRCHES
#HotTakes | Week of 09.14.26
Featuring: Caroline Rose, DAVIE, Stephen Wilson Jr., Kyshona, Palmyra, Slimdan, Thee Sinseers, Jake Klar, Sylvan Esso
#HotTakes | Week of 09.07.26
Featuring: Cooper Kenward, Frank Mastra, Ratboys, Sports Team, Valerie June, The War On Drugs, The Lumineers, Margo Cilker
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#HotTakes | Week of 08.31.26
Featuring: Sondre Lerche, Junior Pro, The Quahogs, Nathan Evans Fox, Sawyer Hill, Eliza Edens, Oscar Lindsey, DEAR TASH, RIO KOSTA, Grey DeLisle, Aaron Frazer, Tyler Lyle, Dent May, Margaret Glaspy, Medium Build
Mixtape | August 2026
Eventually Sure This one's uncertain from the jump, and that's on purpose. Started pulling songs I couldn't stop playing this month and realized most of them were sitting in that in between space, not sure yet, moving anyway. So I leaned into it. It
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#HotTakes | Week of 08.24.26
Featuring: Willi Carlisle, Twisted Teens, Lee Emi, Rayland Baxter, Liam Kazar, THAO (ft. Neko Case), Skinshape, Kate Bollinger, Neighbour Club, Dead Gowns, The Jayhawks, The Talking Hearts, Grumpy, CMAT, Ian Noe, Miko Marks, Feral Foster
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#HotTakes | Week of 08.17.26
Featuring: Squirrel Flower, Old Crow Medicine Show, Blythe Woods, Pug Johnson, Brother Bird, Friko, Jack Larkin, Taylor Ashton, Wishy
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#HotTakes | Week of 08.10.26
Featuring: Rayland Baxter, Israel Nash, The Suitcase Junket, Jonathan Something, JP Harris, Royal Blood, Castle Rat, Jawdropped, Jacob Jeffries (ft. Vulfmon)
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#HotTakes | Week of 08.03.26
Featuring: Imperial Teen, Riley Downing, Way Dynamic, Kam Franklin (ft. Kevin Morby), Margo Cilker, The Avalanches (ft. Portraits Of Tracy), Jawdropped, Slimdan, Pokey LaFarge, Palmyra
Hippo Campus Somehow Blew Up And Stayed A Secret At The Same Time
I think about that a lot honestly, how a band can have a song sitting at 137 million streams and still feel like something you have to put people onto. Landmark was my way in, same as it was for a ton of people, that's just how the
Mixtape | July 2026
Somewhere around the fourth or fifth pass through this month's pile I noticed half these songs are about money. Cheap beer, twenty dollar bills, imitation wood grain, diamond rings, a guy literally wandering around Home Depot trying to price out a life he doesn't have yet.
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#HotTakes | Week of 07.20.26
Featuring: Ruby of Thanks, Ian Kieffer, Alex Lambert, Mama's Broke, Dunsun
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#HotTakes | Week of 07.13.26
Featuring: Riley Downing, Palmyra, Willi Carlisle, The Suitcase Junket, Tyler Ballgame, Jake Xerxes Fussell, The Bird Calls, Labrinth, Fantastic Negrito, The Linda Lindas & Hayley Williams, STRANGE LOT
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#HotTakes | Week of 07.06.26
Featuring: Son Lux, Wishy, Slow Pulp, The Womack Sisters, Madi Diaz, Django Django, Steven Dayvid McKellar
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#HotTakes | Week of 06.29.26
Featuring: Troy Mercy, Jaco Jaco, Dinosaur Jr.. GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite, Kate Prascher, JP Harris