The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – September 2019 By Astrid Budgor • September 30th, 2019 Prepare your ears for lots and lots of doom and grind.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2019 By Noah Springer • September 30th, 2019 Noah alternates between the unknown and known with this month’s hip hop.
Rookie of the Year Live From a Picnic Bench at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival By Matt Marrone • September 13th, 2019 In the words of Caamp: Woo-hoooooooo.Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo …
Portrayal of Guilt and the Gift of Concision By Levi Rubeck • September 12th, 2019 Portrayal of Guilt wants to understand the nature of this grief, to luxuriate in totality of experience, which requires a balance—dissonant plucked chords and surgically precise blast beats.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2019 By Noah Springer • August 29th, 2019 Noah’s endlessly fascinated by the deep range and mutability of hip hop’s subgenres.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – August 2019 By Astrid Budgor • August 28th, 2019 Metal waits for no one, and Astrid’s got a pile of records to share after a recent cross-country move.
Memescape Choose Your Own Twitter Thread By Alyse Stanley • August 6th, 2019 A.K.A. when Twitter role-played as Beyonce’s assistant.
Does die Hoffnung Get Played at Emo Nights By Levi Rubeck • August 1st, 2019 Love Songs, by die Hoffnung, inspires Levi Rubeck to poetry.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2019 By Noah Springer • July 31st, 2019 Noah’s got another month’s worth of fresh beats and wants to hear if you’re digging his tastes.
Craig Finn’s Love for Scoundrels By Levi Rubeck • July 26th, 2019 I Need a New War makes its way with people that are difficult and neigh impossible to love, but demands that we do so anyways with a kind of firm tenderness.
Nothing in this Episode is Funny – The Gruesome Tale of the Castrati By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • July 9th, 2019 In this episode, Jen tells you about history’s most tragic child stars.
When the World was Ready, Jawbox Returned By Levi Rubeck • June 27th, 2019 Intricate while free of self-indulgence, threaded with pop structures but heated up and twisted into gnarly, liminal forms, Jawbox was music that forced you to pay attention.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – June 2019 By Noah Springer • June 27th, 2019 Noah Springer’s hip hop musings make the jump from the web to Unwinnable Magazine proper.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – June 2019 By Astrid Budgor • June 26th, 2019 A little summer heat never stopped anyone from moshing.
Feature Excerpt Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats To Have a Nervous Breakdown To By Ana Diaz • June 25th, 2019 At least an entire generation working themselves to death can listen to some cozy beats while they do it.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – May 2019 By Noah Springer • May 31st, 2019 May was an eclectic month for hip hop. All sorts of flavors here, but mostly: Lizzo!
Downtown DIY By Steph Knarr • May 24th, 2019 The musicians of Pittsburgh’s DIY community are well-aware of their music’s past, but also keenly attuned to what’s currently popular.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – May 2019 By Astrid Budgor • May 24th, 2019 This month’s top contenders include two DBSM records because Astrid is a self-described predictable goth.
Breakups, Dear You, and Jawbreaker By Blake Hester • May 17th, 2019 The history and legacy of Jawbreaker almost seem at odds with each other.
Navigating Through Grief in La Dispute’s Panorama By Khee Hoon Chan • May 16th, 2019 As an creative extension of their latest record Panorama, the post-hardcore outfit La Dispute released an ephemeral but evocative game that accompanies their music
The 5+1 Best Songs Played on World Cups By Nicole • May 7th, 2019 Soccer and music have the power to bring people together, and when combined they are even more powerful.
Exploits Feature A Seven-Year-Old’s Taste in Music By Ed Coleman • May 1st, 2019 “Having all the music in the world readily available has not stopped kids from obsessively playing their favorite songs over and over. And over. And over. And three more times.”
Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2019 By Noah Springer • April 30th, 2019 Noah’s got new hip-hop for April!
Let Jawbreaker Live By Levi Rubeck • April 4th, 2019 They were young, money and booze and tour life made things shitty, then it all fell apart, it’s nothing really new or altogether special.
The Burnt Offering Metal is My Church By Stu Horvath • April 4th, 2019 Stu Horvath ponders the alchemy behind taste as he reconsiders a “cheeseball” artist from his nascent metal education.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – March By Astrid Budgor • April 3rd, 2019 Astrid Budgor’s got a whole slew of albums for fans this month, including an oldie but a goodie you can still find on vinyl.
Noteworthy Hip Hop – March 2019 By Noah Springer • March 26th, 2019 Fresh hip hop selections for March!
Best metal and rock songs in the Eurovision Song Contest By Alan Smithee • March 22nd, 2019 It is fair to say that the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t normally associated with the genres of metal or rock music.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – February By Astrid Budgor • March 8th, 2019 Astrid casts a wide net this month and catches an eclectic mix of metal to melt your face off.
The Slither and the Bop By Levi Rubeck • February 28th, 2019 While there are many bands I love that I feel don’t get their due, I’m particularly chapped that I can hardly find mention of Just a Fire online
The Might of Keiki Kobayashi’s Ace Combat 7 Soundtrack By David Shimomura • February 19th, 2019 Keiki Kobayashi might not be Hans Zimmer but in terms of effect achieved he’s damn close.
Best of 2018 Unwinnable Listens to the Best Music of 2018 By Team Unwinnable • January 31st, 2019 Unwinnable reflects on this year’s Can You Hang Challenge.
This Mortal Coyle Rochelle By Deirdre Coyle • January 30th, 2019 If the outbreak happened outside my window, I’d be digging through drawers for my most metal band shirts and cursing my lack of foresight in not purchasing a black Violator babydoll.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – December By Astrid Budgor • January 11th, 2019 In the spirit of List Season, Astrid made a roundup of metal records she missed over the course of the 2018.
Rookie of the Year 2018 and Everything After By Matt Marrone • December 28th, 2018 Matt Marrone’s picks his favorite album of 2018 and celebrates 25 years of friendship.
Best of 2018 The Best Music of 2018 By Team Unwinnable • December 28th, 2018 Our soundtrack for 2018 was as weird and wide-ranging as ever.
The Gentle Furor of GDJYB’s Math-Folk By Khee Hoon Chan • December 13th, 2018 Asian math rock band GDJYB has all the intricate musical structures of regular math rock, but centers soft, politically charged vocals.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – November By Astrid Budgor • November 30th, 2018 Astrid’s on a K-pop kick right now, so you know this month’s metal has to be good if it pulled her away.
