Drew Lamp
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Music’s Gimmick Crisis
Everything is a gimmick. Everyone is a gimmick. If you want to be discovered you need a gimmick. How will the algorithm chose you without a gimmick? I don’t have anything cool about me or my music, I need a… Continue reading
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March 27, 2026
We typically are blessed with one Friday each year that releases a significant amount of sensational music. Last year, it was March 7th. This year, 385 days later, March 27th has blessed us with a near bottomless amount of sensational… Continue reading
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Musing the 1970s
Just about any layperson you talk to will say the 1970s had the best decade for music. I get it, the highs are emphatic. Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Pink Floyd are truly good enough to listen to… Continue reading
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Drew Lamps 2025 Favs
This is long. As such, here are your hyperlinks:Intro || Honorable Mentions || Dishonorable Mentions || Gaga & Español || The List Welcome. If you never search, you’ll only ever be exposed to easily digested mass-produced personality-removed audio. After a… Continue reading
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Drew Lamp’s Artists to Watch & Fav EPs (2025)
I was trying to pack so much into my albums of the year list I decided to make a whole separate list of cool & interesting bands from the year. Many of these projects piqued my interest but contain any… Continue reading
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Drew Lamp’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure Albums
Fair warning, this will be a long read. Everyone has some guilty pleasure music. It’s even more guilty when you know the artist is lacking, their career derailed, or the music is straight up not good. That doesn’t stop your… Continue reading
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I Love My Computer, and Ninajirachi
It has been many, many years since a debut dance project blew me away. The last time I heard an electronic debut that really blew me was ISOxo & Knock2’s project niteharts, and it’s still the best bass house &… Continue reading
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Drew Lamp’s Favs in 2025, not released in 2025
I officially finished my listening backlog of recommended albums delayed listens on 4th of July weekend. My backlog was mostly focused on the emo classics from the early 2000s, a few albums I lost track of in 2022-2024, and a… Continue reading
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The Accessibility, Variance, and Future of Hardcore
It’s really no secret hardcore music has the most eyes on it in history. What was once a basement scene destined for parking lots and extremely stinky rooms is being invited to award shows and billed as headliners. So many… Continue reading
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Music’s Slop Crisis
If there will be any defining feature of the 2020s culture… it’ll be slop. Slop is the low effort mass produced garbage meant to bait algorithms and discourse. It’s infiltrated almost every medium of culture we have already: the dozens… Continue reading
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