Those who claim there is no good new music: How does it feel to be a ridiculous clown failure?
Music
Early Hope
This is worth watching the first part of for a brief glimpse of Hope Sandoval when she was very young. In the video she’s 21 and though she doesn’t say anything or sing, she has the affect and mannerisms of someone much younger.
Just looking at that brief clip, if I had to guess her age I’d say she was 15-16. She also looks vastly different than her later much more goth-y look.
Strange seeing her like that, really. You almost get to hear her laugh.
Yvette Young Covers Beach Boys On The Spot (Ft. Covet)
That’s fun. They’re all great — but that drummer is amazing, though her style isn’t really very shoegaze-y.
Vana
That is pretty funny at least. Not clear if the original tweet is a joke? In a meta sense, it’s a joke no matter what.
If you want actual modern transgressive artists, check out Skuzland or Tokky Horror or Lambrini Girls or Pudeฬnduฬm or Witch Club Satan.
There are tons more!
Some At Least
Not even two full days into the new year and I’ve already found 21 new songs I like. And no, none of them are AI-generated.
What’s that about there being no good new music?
Horsegirl Chat
I have to like a band or an artist quite a lot just to listen to them talk. Horsegirl is one of those bands. They have wide-ranging taste, which is about what I expected given their sound and their sonic callbacks.
What’s up with the ridiculously-loud and super-repetitive background music, though? Bad producing choice. Perhaps to make up for the terrible mic.
Glazes and Hazes
I fairly commonly listen to bands called Fazerdaze, Glazyhaze, Sungaze and Honeyglaze.
That gets a mite confusing.
Not Too Petty
One of the best things about Tom Petty’s songwriting is that he deeply liked and had great empathy for women.
Stand In
Soap&Skin’s cover of Robert Johnson’s “Me and the Devil Blues” is one of the greatest of all time.
It makes so much difference when an artist actually understands a song.
Boomdown
If I can find on average 10-20 new songs a day that I like, what the fuck is wrong with all y’all?
Half Note
It’s almost unfair to the rest of y’all how good I am at finding new music.
Tonight, I listened to all or part of 322 new (to me) songs. I liked 21 of those.
Hit Hit
Things went pretty well in the music mines tonight. I listened to all or part of 280 new (to me) songs. Of those, I liked 18. That’s a 6.4% success rate. Not bad.
Hash
Told my son Iโm sad that DโAngelo died so young.
Son, โWasnโt he 96 years old. Most of the music you like is 96 years old.โ
These kids are villains.
— Natalia Antonova ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ (@NataliaAntonova) October 22, 2025
I listen to music that is 96 minutes old. It’s so much more fun than constantly rehashing the past.
Picky Picky
I listened to all or part of 961 new (to me) songs since 3AM today. Of those, I liked 47. This took approximately five hours.
That’s a success rate of approximately 4.89%. And that’s what you gotta do if you want to find new music.
Bridge
This line from Phoebe Bridgers’ “I Know the End” might be the best bit of poetry written in the last decade.
The billboard said, “The end is near”
I turned around; there was nothing there
Yeah, I guess the end is here
Dang lady you did not have to SHAME US ALL SO with your Tennyson-like succinctness and congruity. Ok, I’m glad you did. But still.