Brat Summer to Wraith Winter
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Charli XCX
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Claire Rousay Breaks Down 7 Perfectly Produced Songs
The ambient experimentalist dissects records by faves including Elliott Smith and Charli XCX, and details the process behind her twilit new album, ‘A Little Death.’
How Much Charli XCX Is Too Much Charli XCX?
The pop star grappled with that very 2025 question on stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night.
Jill’s Favorite Music of 2024
Getting right back to it with Mag Bay’s cosmic art-pop, J-Pratt’s dispatches from another century, the Ginger Root cinematic universe, and a sage-of-mind country duet from Waxahatchee x MJ Lenderman
Julianne’s Favorite Music of 2024
A non-hierarchical list of music that kept me going in the Year of the Basura
I Still Think About It All the Time
Twenty-nine brain fizzes on Charli XCX’s ‘Brat,’ the year’s most omnipotent pop album
100 Songs That Define Our Decade So Far
Consider this an introduction to our taste, both individually as veteran music journalists and together as Hearing Things.