Super Empty is a North Carolina hip-hop and R&B newsletter mixing local scene news, event recaps and regional best-of lists with commentary on industry inauthenticity such as AI-generated music. Readers get a regional view of the local scene alongside critical takes on the wider genre.
Website: https://www.superempty.com/
Hearing Things is a worker-owned independent music publication delivering album reviews, artist features, interviews, podcasts and weekly song picks. Readers get original music criticism and profiles outside of corporate media, with some content reserved for paid subscribers.
Long-form essays on experimental music, jazz, and hip-hop history, focusing on landmark albums and overlooked artists. Each issue gives biographical and cultural context for a figure or record, such as the Roots, the Visitors and Julius Eastman.
A music newsletter that revisits milestone albums and profiles lesser-known records, alongside album reviews and weekly roundups of new releases with streaming links. Readers get background stories on artists and curated picks of new music that rarely gets mainstream attention.
CABBAGES is a hip-hop podcast and newsletter that has just ended its six-year run, and its issues mix podcast notes with long-form artist interviews and features about underground rap. Readers get conversational deep dives into rap history and emerging artists, with occasional album and cultural commentary.
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