i tried to learn about all of the 2026 VMA Best New Artist nominees and then i got upset

When the MTV Video Music Awards announced the nominees for Best New Artist, my favorite podcast Who? Weekly said it all by simply retweeting the @PopBase tweet of their names with no commentary. As a deep-fried millennial whose pop cultural consciousness-raising came pretty much directly from watching the

Music Moots with Dan Boeckner

We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have Dan Boeckner! A Canadian indie rock legend who has played in some incredible

a roundup of indie music videos with the effervescence of a freshly opened can of seltzer

I ENJOY MUSIC VIDEOS! Here are some that I have enjoyed lately. "Love Is In The Rain" - Lane Love me some Lane. "Summer's here and there and everywhere /I can't complain" - yes! Wow, this is their first video—a collage affair directed

through the portal at the king gizzard synth table pop-up

Much has been made of our current urban culture of line waiting. Frozen yogurt, matcha, pop-ups where you can try new beauty products, limited edition Trader Joes miniature tote bags. When I was in New York a few months ago, a street in Soho was shut down and segmented

thinking about "ray of light" as i often tend to do

The Ray Of Light album was the first Madonna album that came out after I started caring about and remembering music. I had already been listening to '80s Madonna since I was a kid—True Blue was one of the only albums I had on cassette, I would often

i saw every group with "wolf" in their name at osheaga 2026, AMA

Sunday evening at Osheaga I couldn't stop crying! First I caught the end of Clipse's set and they played "The Birds Don't Sing" which is about the deaths of Pusha T and Malice's parents. Their visuals for that song were

Three Music Thingz with Josaleigh Pollett

We are so back with another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Josaleigh Pollett! Pollett is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based singer-songwriter and a longtime fave of the I Enjoy

I ENJOY MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE: Tod Lippy - "The Ache"

A new premiere on I Enjoy Music (and I Enjoy Music Videos) awaits, and it rips. Walk with me... ...a while back, I interviewed the filmmaker Kyle Garrett about the video he did for Car Colors, the current musical identity of Charles Bissell of The Wrens... behind the music video:

an interview with Matthew S (Illegal Art + Myth Math)

It was 2006 and I was sixteen in Burlington, Vermont. If you needed to track me down, you could generally find me in the sale section of Urban Outfitters, looking for a $4 t-shirt that would make me feel 2% cooler than I was. I had an older sister

Three Music Thingz with Super Steve (Steve Delamater)

We are so back with another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Super Steve! That's the six-piece nerd rock band led by L.A.'s own Steve Delamater.

behind the video with Buds. ("Time Well Spent")

I find the "compilation of clips shot while going on tour" style of music video to be so poignant. Besides providing evidence of life lived in person—going to places, hanging out with people, being Outside—there's an intentionality and commitment that comes with making such

I'M CALLING IT: THE SONG OF THE SUMMER IS THE INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE TAME IMPALA / JENNIE SONG "DRACULA"

2026, we're all just here doing our best. Different countries are playing soccer. Basketball just wrapped up with great results for the Knicks. Madonna put out an amazing album, she should be very proud of herself. Meanwhile me, my finger ever on the pulse, my consciousness mind-melding