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23
Jun
Coming soon
This is obviatemedia.net, a brand new site by Brendan Hilliard that's just getting started. Things will be
30
Dec
Songs of 2025 and Other Stuff
Favorite Songs and Other Stuff of 2025
29
Dec
Favorite Albums of 2025
My list of favorite albums of 2025.
9 min read
03
Oct
Wednesday’s Bleeds Shows a Band Leveling Up in Every Direction
Wednesday steps up with their most confident, devastating record yet — one that refuses to look away.
2 min read
22
Aug
Greg Freeman Levels Up on 'Burnover'
Isn’t it great when a record just jumps out at you out of nowhere? I hadn’t even heard
1 min read
26
Mar
Japanese Breakfast Shifts Gears on For Melancholy Brunettes (And Sad Women)
Japanese Breakfast’s new album, For Melancholy Brunettes (And Sad Women), is a study in restraint and reflection. Where 2021’
1 min read
30
Dec
Songs of 2024 and Other Stuff
Favorite Songs and Other Stuff of 2024
27
Dec
Favorite Albums of 2024
My Favorite albums of 2024.
6 min read
10
Oct
Saying Goodbye to Younger Us with Japandroids 'Fate and Alcohol'
How do you make peace with something you thought was over? When Japandroids announced Fate and Alcohol, their fourth—and final—album, it was a massive surprise. The fact that it was their last? Not so much.
5 min read
25
Mar
On 'Tigers Blood', Waxahatchee's New Life Blooms
It’s a special thing when a record arrives with a sense of timelessness and a feeling that the songs
3 min read