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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

grief is only love that's got no place to go

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the strokes last night “tyrants of the mellow moon”

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ladies and gentlemen, the taylor-swift gag order has been switched off. You are now free to tell us how you really feel. however, for your safety, we recommend that you don't get too carried away, since not all that much has changed recently.

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"All my life I’ve been obsessed with adolescence, drunk on it. Even when I was little, I knew that teenagers sparkled. I knew they knew something children didn’t know, and adults ended up forgetting." —Lorde, 2016 (the day before her 20th birthday)

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

wish i had a minute just to turn me off

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

drivin n cryin tonight at lucinda’s (the old brownies space) “fly me courageous”

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

STAND BY ME—my favorite movie—is 40 years old today youtu.be/l7r-R61W1DQ?...

youtu.be

Stand By Me (1986) - Ending scene

YouTube video by Facundo Verdun

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

black n' blue wreckx-n-effect drivin' n' cryin' kid n' play bone thugs-n-harmony salt-n-pepa alice n' chains (original name of alice in chains) guns n’ roses

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"derivative, uninteresting, bland" "absolutely no distinct personality" "lacking in self-awareness" "unseasoned, flavorless wallpaper" "everything gracie does on this record, there is a better version of it out there somewhere" youtu.be/4xBwQjVlT6k?...

youtu.be

Gracie Abrams' Daughter from Hell is NOT GOOD

YouTube video by theneedledrop

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

would’ve, could’ve, should’ve

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Dance is hot Country continues to boom (Morgan Wallen, Ella Langley) Latin is more mainstream than ever (Bad Bunny) And pop (Olivia Dean, Taylor Swift), rock (Noah Kahan) & world music (BTS) have gained ground.. But hip-hop -- even at this low point -- remains the No. 1 genre

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

First half of 2026 Genre market shares across all U.S. music consumption (streaming or otherwise) R&B/hip-hop 23.9% Rock 20.2% Pop 12.2% Country 8.6% Latin 8.1% Dance/electronic 4.2% World Music 2.6% Source: Luminate

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

sza : rihanna :: olivia dean : adele

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

jeezy x jay-z “seen it all”

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

jay-z x rihanna “run this town” (first performance since Super Bowl)

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

the most underappreciated pop album of 2025

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

the strokes tonight @ td pavilion in philly “f.o.o.l.”

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

RIP one of the best New Yorker writers ever, Mark Singer

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

front-row super-deluxe VIP seats for ovven tonight @ elsewhere “thermal fuse”

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Los Thuthanaka tonight at Elsewhere

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

third, a lead-guitar hook (a similar/overlapping descending & ascending phrase, the song's central motif, left of center) all in the first 45 seconds

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

first, a bass hook (accompanied seven seconds later by a watery left-speaker guitar, then a jangly right-speaker guitar, too) second, a synth hook (a descending & ascending phrase, front-and-center)

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

most pop songs don't have one good hook 'just like heaven' stacks three hooks on top of each other, right out of the gate open.spotify.com/track/76GlO5...

open.spotify.com

Just like Heaven

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Neil Shah @hamsterradio.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Radiohead : Coldplay :: The Strokes : The Killers :: Amy Winehouse : Adele Kanye West : Travis Scott :: Lorde : Olivia Rodrigo :: Jason Isbell : Zach Bryan :: Kacey Musgraves : Ella Langley

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