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Haven't been here in a while, craving a different social media vibe. Here's a band I discovered recently in my Search For the World's Finest Emo. For fans of bands like The Appleseed Cast or Mineral.
Jul 14, 2025
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i heard about this band from EmoPeterGriffin explaining fifth wave emo with a minecraft parkour letsplay in the background
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Argentinian post-rock/math rock/post-hardcore/etc. that suits exactly the obscurantist taste that I cultivated via the blogosphere in high school. They seem very pretentious, but the songs are quite short, which feels generous of them... you don't need to sit through 5 minutes of bells to hear the cool riff (see Frances the Mute). In fact, their whole 17 song output is only a 43-minute long playlist on Spotify, which I've linked here. RIYL: Tera Melos, Kayo Dot, maybe Deafheaven
Feb 13, 2024
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Jul 14, 2025
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Watching this video from Mina Le about the current state of social media, and I have to say, I've really been feeling a lot of nostalgia for the era of social media from 2010-2019 or so. It seemed like a totally different world. I think it's one of the reasons I found myself attracted to Pi.FYI--it reminded me of this now-halcyon era of the internet when it felt more like a cloud of folks sharing what they loved and kind of blogdumping, before the rise of rage-fueled algorithms and the consolidation of major social media outlets into the hands of 2-3 companies.
Feb 20, 2025
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Some faves:
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. He's one of my absolute favorite writers. I'm listening to his new book, There's Always This Year, and I swear he just gets better.
I also liked The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser. Though I think it gets into a little appropriation from the author towards the end, it was an incredibly eye-opening book for me about the rich world of queerness and gender beyond the Western binary around the world.
Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr is THE account of The Replacements, and Mehr pulls no punches with recounting the band members' lowest points, even as it's clear how much he admires their artistry.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib. He's one of my absolute favorite writers. I'm listening to his new book, There's Always This Year, and I swear he just gets better.
I also liked The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser. Though I think it gets into a little appropriation from the author towards the end, it was an incredibly eye-opening book for me about the rich world of queerness and gender beyond the Western binary around the world.
Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr is THE account of The Replacements, and Mehr pulls no punches with recounting the band members' lowest points, even as it's clear how much he admires their artistry.
Feb 20, 2025