Weekly Music Thread (Jan. 18th-24th, 2026)

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oopsie almost forgot this week

What have you been listening to this week?

Talk about whatever music has marked your radar that you feel like talking about this week.

This week I checked out..

Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen



After hearing the song "Army" a couple times while watching Nirvanna The Band The Show, I decided to check out one of these guys' albums. And y'know what, I'm pleasantly surprised. I like it a lot more than I was expecting to. Lotta catchy tracks. Are they a little dorky? Yes. No way around that. But not to a point where that eclipses my enjoyment. Fave tracks are probably "Fair", "Brick", and "Smoke". Would recommend.
(We will be leaving mention of his "Bitches Ain't Shit" cover for another discussion)

I also relistened to...

Syzy - The weight of the world



God this album is so fucking good. People have called it overhyped yeah but after having most of the EDM scene out of my line of sight for a good chunk of recent history, this album really brought my attention back. It makes me feel like I really got a lot of catching up to do as far as the "dubstep landscape" goes (for lack of a better term). Amazing production, definitely inspiring. Favourite track is probably "In your face".


Aaand a quick plug for our other weekly thread, the Skrillex Book Club! Last week, we checked out the debut EP, 'My Name Is Skrillex'. This coming week, we're checkin' out the classic, 'Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites' (I think - will link once thats up).

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After hearing the song "Army" a couple times while watching Nirvanna The Band The Show, I decided to check out one of these guys' albums.

nirvanna the band the show mentioned . their movie comes out in a couple of weeks and i'm gonna try and cop tickets at Music Box in chicago as soon as possible.

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Silversun Pickups - Carnavas


I heard "Lazy Eye" for the first time a few years ago and it quickly became a personal favorite song of mine. Decided to finally put on the full album it came from after never getting around to it and thoroughly enjoyed it. While there isn't a song on the album better than Lazy Eye there are some close contenders, like the intro song "Melatonin" and "Dream at Tempo 119". The last 2 minutes of this album, however, are fucking insane. Really good kinda sorta shoegazey indie record. Would recommend if you're a Smashing Pumpkins fan.

Gesaffelstein - Enter the Gamma


Gesaffelstein's first ever live album. Was conflicted about whether or not I wanted to listen to this considering it contains a lot of tracks from his most recent album Gamma, which I was not a huge fan of. Luckily, the handful of songs I liked from that album are here, and all the ones I didn't really vibe with are remixed and sound much better than how I remember them being. Made me consider relistening to Gamma. And of course plenty of his best songs from throughout his career are here too (including some tracks he made with The Weeknd and Lady Gaga). Lots of aura and hype moments. Now I'm just patiently waiting for Justice to release their next live album.

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nirvanna the band the show mentioned . their movie comes out in a couple of weeks and i'm gonna try and cop tickets at Music Box in chicago as soon as possible.

yesss bro. some friends and i are def gonna try and go. we wanna try and stop by the rivoli beforehand but i have a feeling it'll be packed lol.