Jill Mapes - Hearing Things (Page 2)

I'm one of the founders of Hearing Things. I host our podcast Waste or Taste. I also teach @ NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. Previously edited features @ Pitchfork. Been doing this long enough to make ppl go, "wow you're still writing"

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Five Albums

The Five Most Overrated Albums of 2026 (So Far)

Others frothed over these. We did not.

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Essay

How to Disappear Mostly

Considering Radiohead’s liminal existence at their Motion Picture House experience.

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Five Songs

Is There a Difference Between "AI Music" and "Music Made With AI"?

1010Benja walks the line

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Five Albums

Queer Reggaetón Mexa and Cerebral Dutch Twee

Plus, an experimental scene veteran drops a suite of communal optimism and a promising young upstart conjures 808s and indie-rock riffs.

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Five Songs

For the Baddies Just Trying Not to Lose It

Remember the name Earthsignchels

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Five Albums

An Instant Party-Starter Anywhere on Planet Earth

Plus: a melancholy world of glass-topped coffee tables and Armani suits, and a rapper with a vocab sure to melt even the thickest thesaurus.

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Podcast

Just Be Grateful That Rivers Cuomo Isn’t Your Dad

Waste or Taste takes on Weezer’s latest attempt at relevance, a viral 9-year-old singer’s spin on an OutKast classic, and a blistering track from one of the coolest artists currently working.

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Five Albums

Old Sounds Made New

Wake-and-bake breakup anthems, lost sessions from a modern indie-rap classic, and a post-punk singer who sounds like Lou Reed after a three-week bender.