How many posts do we have to see about this?
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This is what “mainstream rock” was in 1989.
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Analyzing Every Frame of “Pork and Beans”
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Why has Vampire Weekend never had a hit?!
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The state of women’s 10,000 qualifying before the U.S. Championships
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Lauryn Hill concerts are cursed, even when she shows up.
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Spotify or TikTok: which arm of our present-day algorithmically-focused music dystopia falls out of favor first?
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The Pat Finnerty-Hop Along crossover we need.
Hop Along is Frances Quinlan, Mark Quinlan, Tyler Long, and Joe Reinhart who all went to rural suburban high schools (except for Joe, who went to a suburban suburban high school). Eventually they moved to Philly and started playing music together.
Oh yeah, Pat’s a musician.
a place to talk about all things Pat Finnerty, talk about songs that stink, and what makes them stink, or just music stuff in general. please be civil.
POLL: Which of Todd’s theories about “Ordinary” is most plausible?
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Can Alex G save us from the Hootin’ & Hollerin’ scourge?
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What are we calling this trend?
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Got Bandle In One Today…
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This gets to the bottom of my instinctive dislike of “Ordinary.”
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OHW Suggestion: “Kiss the Rain” - Billie Myers
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What’s the most “American” hit song?
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What’s the worst song you’ve listened to in 2025 so far?
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Which current Billboard “Hot Songs” number-one hit is the least representative of its assigned genre?
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Was there really a Third British Invasion in the 2010s?
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This reads like a counter-argument against Modest Mouse’s “Strangers to Ourselves” being a Trainwreckord.
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“Failed follow-ups” by Hendrix Clause artists
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OHW Suggestion: “Shattered (Turn the Car Around)” - O.A.R.
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What Does “Alternative” Even Mean?
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