2025

2025 Mix 32: Juking the regional stats with a glut of South African tracks, plus Ukrainian Eurovisioncore, gentle horsewave, a Caribbean block, and lots…

Aug 14 •

2025 Mix 31: The A-pop series nears its conclusion, some hemming/hawing about platform unpleasantness, and great music from all over as always -- the…

Aug 7 •

When it's not fun anymore

2025 Mix 30: An indie nine-darter, uneven funk crossovers, Eftalya Yağcı and Dani Nigro (with an "I," no relation) return, and I no longer confuse…

Jul 31 •

We jumped into the margins

2025 Mix 29: Obligatory KPOP DEMON HUNTERS thoughts before enjoying the sounds of scene outsiders rapping, rocking, and ama-popping to strange and…

Jul 24 •

I'm not that little

2025 Mix 28: The end of American (flag) pop, religious and jingoisitic controversies, universal clave feel, and the triumphant return of amapiano

Jul 17 •

This is making no sense to the average listener

2025 Mix 27: Scanning half-year recommendations, plus CMAT, Flavien Berger, Aya Nakamura, and the usual global grab-bag

Jul 10 •

We’ve got these terrible plans

2025 Mix 26: A shallow dive on 1975, then various outsiders try their hand at making amapiano, gqom, funk, phonk, and batida go cosmo-pop

Jul 3 •

A late night host of the in-between

2025 Mix 25: Lil Wayne's endearing taste chaos; coming back around to MARINA; lots of chill electro in French, Spanish, and Italian; and a serendipitous…

Jun 26 •

Are you ready to beat my heart?

2025 Mix 24: Accidental protest anthems, catching up on various Francophone scenes, Xtian Xrossover, and the curious case of an easy listening smash hit…

Jun 19 •

You don't belong to nobody, baby

2025 Mix 23: Titans of hypo-pop, political pop expected and left-field, and Jonathan Bogart's song of the summer...of 2024.

Jun 12 •

Literary swamp bitch

2025 Mix 22: Trap Daniels vs sunshine snap, Kate Nash yells at transphobes, Zee Nxumalo reps Spongebob, and light Brazilian pop to indulge my cravings

Jun 5 •

You're going offline at the wrong time

2025 Mix 21: Rihanna (technically) returns, Renée Rapp (maybe) arrives, and Ida Maria (finally!) comes through

May 29 •

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