2024 highlights
Minecraft Is an Infinite Sandbox Thatβs Being Beaten in Minutes New York Times The Frenetic Frailty of Ambient Rap Nina The Faceβs Guide to the American Rap Underground The Face Bladee Cold Visions Best New Music Review Pitchfork Justice Came Back Just in Time for the Indie Sleaze Revival, but They Didnβt Plan It That Way GQ Lethal Companyβs Cosmic Capitalist Catharsis Vulture Nia Archives Silence Is Loud Album Review Pitchfork The Rebirth of Queer Bushwick Venue Rash No Bells
Essays on the internet and music
Corecore part II: Is it a radical artform or gibberish shitposting? No Bells
Corecore part I: What are these mosaics of audiovisual mayhem? No Bells
I spent all night on TikTok Live and discovered a wasteland Insider
The manic spawn of AI remixes, sped-up edits, and mashups No Bells
How Roblox sparked a chaotic music genre, robloxcore The New York Times
Gorgeous glitches and nightcore melodies: The rise of digicore and hexD Complex
Astral squeaks: How hyperspeed vocals became rapβs final frontier Highsnobiety
Can a streaming platform - Spotify - create a niche music genre? No Bells
How TikTok is taking the tunes out of pop Highsnobiety
How Drain Gang rose from meme to myth No Bells
Deep-internet bubbles: How microgenres are taking over No Bells
Jane Remover Insider
quinn Insider
Hasan Piker Insider
DotComNirvan Insider
DJ Mandy Insider
dismiss yourself Bandcamp
Influencer and artist profiles
Album reviews
Destroy Lonely - If Looks Could Kill Pitchfork
Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork Pitchfork
Yeat - Lyfe Pitchfork
quinn - quinn Pitchfork
Dazegxd & quinn - dSX.EP Pitchfork
Surf Gang - SGV1 Pitchfork
DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT Pitchfork
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red Highsnobiety
Miscellaneous favorites
An interview with TikTokβs biggest shitfluencer Insider
A review of the AI Seinfeld show before it was banned for transphobia Insider
Why a Welsh town councilor resigned after people alleged he was Banksy Insider
TikTok enters its moral panic era over hoaxes like βNyQuil chickenβ Insider
TikTokers are using fake war clips to exploit the Ukraine invasion for virality Insider