Sporadic and Underbaked Thoughts on Music
Todd PortnowitzNew Releases and Old Discoveries
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Mid-Year Roundup, 2025
Well, I’ve waited too damn long between posts and left myself no choice but to do a mid-year roundup, rather than my usual (and much preferred) deeper dive into just a few albums.
All tracks added to my running Sporadic & Underbaked playl...
Giant Nose with a Mustache
New Releases
jasmine.4.t - You Are the Morning
The first international signee to Phoebe Bridgers’s record label, Saddest Factory (get it, “satisfactory”). A four-piece band based in Manchester, England. And the whole boygenius cre...
Slow Burn
New Releases
Sahra Halgan - Hiddo dhawr
I’ll be very surprised if this doesn’t end up one of my top five albums of the year. And even more surprised if the album’s title track, “Hiddo dhawr,” doesn’t end up my top song. It’s so da...
Right Back to It
New Releases
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee’s gotten popular enough at this point that, to retain their street cred, her snootier fans feel like they have to excuse themselves for liking her, or at least pretend they’re hi...
Go Left, Go Right
New Releases
Office Dog - Spiel
Since I first heard this album, when it was released in late January, I don’t think I’ve made it a day without listening at least twice to “The Antidote.” As Laura put it, this song was designed in...
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