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The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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
A sound wave represented electronically by sound editing software.

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.

The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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 …

A woman, her face cut in half with another image superimposed on top. This is the album art for Gift of Suffering.

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.

The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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.

The Beat Box

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.

Ferocious Spells, Winding Sigils

By Levi Rubeck • June 13th, 2019

Building off similar grunge and noise-rock vibes as Made Out of Babies, Elizabeth Colour Wheel builds out from that frame.

The Beat Box

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!

a blonde in questionable makeup in front of a pink dotted background screaming into a tiny trumpet.

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.

A young band plays, in stark black and white. They look sweaty and tense. The band is Jawbreaker.

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.”

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – April

By Astrid Budgor • April 30th, 2019

Fresh hot metal for you!

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2019

By Noah Springer • April 30th, 2019

Noah’s got new hip-hop for April!

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