English Teacher – This Could Be Texas and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | April 17th
Ya know, I’m gonna go ahead and choose to focus on how spring is in the air this...
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Summer Like The Season – Aggregator and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | April 10th
We had an absolutely tremendous bounty of music this week. I became a sociopath in the way I...
Mount Kimbie – The Sunset Violent | Growing Up Never Sounded So Good
I talk often about artistic growth. Hearing a favorite musician organically expand their palette makes me happy. Experimenting...
NERVES – Glórach and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | March 20th
Ooooooh boy. What an absolute beast of a week this was for music. We had four final contenders...
Vultures, Hyenas and Coyotes – S/T and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | March 13th
Every week, Friday is the big release day for new music, but I usually get a slow trickle...
Pissed Jeans – Half Divorced and The Coolest Stuff of The Week | March 6th
Oh? What’s this? The February 2024 edition of Cool Stuff dropped just last week, and we’re already back...
Better late than never: The Best of the Last of 2023
A “best of the last two months of the year” list to offer the appropriate justice and consideration for those artists dropping great shit super late.
APN’s Indie Inspection – November 2023
Welcome to “The Indie Inspection!” In this monthly feature, I dive into new releases from a handful of...
Riot Fest 2023: A Restoration Of Power
Even as summer draws to a close, the Douglass Park neighborhood of Chicago isn’t ready to go quietly....
Editor’s Note: Best New Music January 2023
Hi! Hello! I’m not dead or I’m back from the dead or did anyone notice that I was...