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In April: A concert recap, an essay, a poem and a Record Store Day story
A four-part blog on Kendrick, SZA, Fust, Charli, turning 24 and meeting the vinyl shoppers who camped 16 hours in Davenport for the 'Wicked' soundtrack
May 11
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April 2025
The music nerd's NFL Mock Draft
A draft board and an Album of The Year ranking are basically the same thing, if you really think about it
Apr 23
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Gannon Hanevold
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March 2025
Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
Meandering thoughts on 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' 'Flow,' the new Pynch single 'The Supermarket' and finding connection
Mar 4
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Gannon Hanevold
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Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
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February 2025
How are you doing? Have you listened to these 10 great albums from 2025?
1) My best 2) Yes. And you should, too
Feb 23
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Gannon Hanevold
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How are you doing? Have you listened to these 10 great albums from 2025?
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The new Winona Fighter album doesn't have any love songs
Pop-punk songwriter Coco Kinnon talked with Sounds Great about the Nashville punk scene, "I Think You Should Leave" and never writing love songs.
Feb 14
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Gannon Hanevold
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Q&A: Michigander on meeting Sylvan Esso, buying a Costco Guys endorsement and releasing their debut self-titled album
Jason Singer of Michigander has been releasing music for a decade. The timing is finally right for a debut album.
Feb 7
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Q&A: Michigander on meeting Sylvan Esso, buying a Costco Guys endorsement and releasing their debut self-titled album
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January 2025
Cut The Kids in Half: How a pair of teenage brothers wrote one of 2025's first great indie rock records
'What We Became,' the debut from Boston rockers Cut The Kids in Half, is out now
Jan 31
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Gannon Hanevold
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Cut The Kids in Half: How a pair of teenage brothers wrote one of 2025's first great indie rock records
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Good is the enemy of great and so am I
Confessions of a former teenage rapper.
Jan 11
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Gannon Hanevold
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Good is the enemy of great and so am I
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The music fan's guide to the NFL Playoffs
Do you know more about Kacey Musgraves than Luke Musgrave? Is Dan Campbell just the guy from The Wonder Years to you? This is your NFL Playoffs primer.
Jan 6
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Gannon Hanevold
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The music fan's guide to the NFL Playoffs
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December 2024
The Top 50 albums of 2024, and a resolution for 2025
50: yungatita - Shoelace & A Knot
Dec 30, 2024
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July 2023
A eulogy for an Optima; Or, an ode to sad music
Been thinking a lot about my affinity for listening to music in cars, and why more often than not, the songs are sad. This essay is somewhat scattered…
Jul 25, 2023
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