Exploits Feature Modernism and Auto-Tune By Noah Springer • March 20th, 2020 “I see auto-tune playing the same role in hip hop in the last two decades as photography played in art in the 19th and early 20th century.”
Musings Rock is Dead. Long Live the Dirty Nil. By Blake Hester • March 12th, 2020 The Dirty Nil, in just one 39 minute album, is more intelligent, interesting and fun than most classic rock out there.
Noteworthy Hip Hop Noteworthy Hip Hop – February 2020 By Noah Springer • March 6th, 2020 This month’s column includes one of the more powerful albums Noah’s heard in a while.
Feature Excerpt Heavy Metal Hits the Tabletop By Tom G. Wolf • February 21st, 2020 For both metal and tabletop gaming, the allure of the forbidden draws in similar crowds.
Coaxing Out Creative Confessions By Levi Rubeck • February 13th, 2020 Hardcore is living, breathing music and this is a producer who understands that perfection is often the antidote to the swirling energy that swarms around good art.
Noteworthy Hip Hop Noteworthy Hip Hop – January 2020 By Noah Springer • February 4th, 2020 Noah checks out what the ’20s have in store.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – December 2019 By Astrid Budgor • January 12th, 2020 Astrid shares her favorite metal hits from 2019.
Noteworthy Hip Hop Noteworthy Hip Hop – December 2019 By Noah Springer • January 12th, 2020 Noah says “goodbye” to 2019 by saying “hello” to a few albums he overlooked during the year.
Exploits Feature The Goth Revival By Stu Horvath • January 2nd, 2020 When the end of that world is nigh, goths will make the music to dance to.
It’s Us Or Them By Matt Marrone • December 29th, 2019 The Lumineers’ album III is a stunning record with beauty and tragedy and hope – and hooks.
Best of 2019 The Best Albums of 2019 By Team Unwinnable • December 27th, 2019 Crank up the best albums of 2019 and drown out the cacophony of nonsense that surrounds us.
Hungry for Fresh Chavez Every Day By Levi Rubeck • December 19th, 2019 Cockfighters isn’t enough. I’m hungry for fresh Chavez every day.
Rookie of the Year #Monster25 By Matt Marrone • December 10th, 2019 With the re-release of REM’s Monster, Matt Marrone is 16 again.
The Usurper Noteworthy Metal – November 2019 By Astrid Budgor • December 3rd, 2019 A double dose of metal albums you should check out.
Noteworthy Hip Hop Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2019 By Noah Springer • December 3rd, 2019 Fresh November beats!
Musings Concerts Suck, But Landon Tewers Doesn’t By Blake Hester • November 11th, 2019 Blake sees his first concert in four years and it’s…weird.
Noteworthy Hip Hop Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2019 By Noah Springer • November 7th, 2019 Just like a white girl’s cup filled with pumpkin spice, Noah’s ears runneth over with great hip hop this month.
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.”
