Grant Sharples
@grantsharpies.bsky.social
Contributing writer/columnist at Paste • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, LARB, mtv news (RIP), nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸 • KCMO • I’m writing a novel bc it’s never been done before
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Grant Sharples
@grantsharpies.bsky.social
· Mar 27
The Story Of Every Perfume Genius Album Cover
From ’Learning’ to ’Glory,’ Mike Hadreas reveals the background behind all of his Perfume Genius album covers.
uproxx.com
Call it poetic. Call it kismet. My final piece for Uproxx is the same as my first: an interview with Perfume Genius.
Glory is out tomorrow, and I spoke with Mike Hadreas about the story behind every Perfume Genius album cover:
uproxx.com/indie/perfum...
Glory is out tomorrow, and I spoke with Mike Hadreas about the story behind every Perfume Genius album cover:
uproxx.com/indie/perfum...
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wfnx in Boston always did acoustic indie music so I always listen to acoustic 90s rock
Sorry to prompt tweet but what are some of your favorite thanksgiving albums? I personally love listening to the Band’s Music from Big Pink
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
wfnx in Boston always did acoustic indie music so I always listen to acoustic 90s rock
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The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions
Miles Davis - ‘Round About Midnight
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
David Ruffin - David (The Unreleased Album)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’
Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions
Miles Davis - ‘Round About Midnight
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
David Ruffin - David (The Unreleased Album)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’
Sorry to prompt tweet but what are some of your favorite thanksgiving albums? I personally love listening to the Band’s Music from Big Pink
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions
Miles Davis - ‘Round About Midnight
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
David Ruffin - David (The Unreleased Album)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’
Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions
Miles Davis - ‘Round About Midnight
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
David Ruffin - David (The Unreleased Album)
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’
Sorry to prompt tweet but what are some of your favorite thanksgiving albums? I personally love listening to the Band’s Music from Big Pink
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sorry to prompt tweet but what are some of your favorite thanksgiving albums? I personally love listening to the Band’s Music from Big Pink
Happy anniversary to the best thanksgiving post
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy anniversary to the best thanksgiving post
Throwing it out there that I have a manuscript for my debut novel and am looking for an agent/publisher :)
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Throwing it out there that I have a manuscript for my debut novel and am looking for an agent/publisher :)
Collectively I think we should all instead fight Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan discovers Geese, says they should fight Goose
Billy Corgan Discovers Geese, Says They Should Fight Goose
In recent months, lots of rockers from past generations have discovered Geese, the young band of the moment. Lots of people who are not rockers from past generations have also discovered Geese, but th...
stereogum.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Collectively I think we should all instead fight Billy Corgan
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I really don’t like this website these days, but then i went back over to the other website and remembered how they talk about music and movies over there and woof. Turns out social media is just Bad
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I really don’t like this website these days, but then i went back over to the other website and remembered how they talk about music and movies over there and woof. Turns out social media is just Bad
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A lot going on here
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A lot going on here
Nightmare blunt rotation bc they’d imprison you as soon as you touched the blunt
Front row of the Dick Cheney funeral service: Bush, Biden, Harris, Pence.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Nightmare blunt rotation bc they’d imprison you as soon as you touched the blunt
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Good morning, I wrote about aya’s hexed! for @pastemagazine.bsky.social’s No Album Left Behind series. It’s the best bad time you’ll ever have
No Album Left Behind: aya's 'hexed!' is a grotesque, anti-club concoction
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good morning, I wrote about aya’s hexed! for @pastemagazine.bsky.social’s No Album Left Behind series. It’s the best bad time you’ll ever have
Hayden Pedigo put on one of the most breathtaking performances I’ve seen in a while
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Hayden Pedigo put on one of the most breathtaking performances I’ve seen in a while
Good morning, I wrote about aya’s hexed! for @pastemagazine.bsky.social’s No Album Left Behind series. It’s the best bad time you’ll ever have
No Album Left Behind: aya's 'hexed!' is a grotesque, anti-club concoction
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good morning, I wrote about aya’s hexed! for @pastemagazine.bsky.social’s No Album Left Behind series. It’s the best bad time you’ll ever have
I’m not deleting that post because it got zero likes. I’m deleting it because I value the beauty that lies in the ephemeral.
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I’m not deleting that post because it got zero likes. I’m deleting it because I value the beauty that lies in the ephemeral.
No one tells you that once you write a novel and query agents that it basically just feels like Applying For Jobs
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
No one tells you that once you write a novel and query agents that it basically just feels like Applying For Jobs
Finally watched the first season of Severance and I had a stunning realization: we live in a society
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Finally watched the first season of Severance and I had a stunning realization: we live in a society
People have already pitched and sent me so many cool books. This is so sick
Some exciting news: I am joining @pastemagazine.bsky.social as a ~contributing writer~ with two (!!) monthly columns: Audio Books (interviews with authors of music books) and Cover Me (interviews with bands about all their album covers). Cover Me starts next month. Audio Books starts in January.
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
People have already pitched and sent me so many cool books. This is so sick
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Release day bump! Read my review of the new Ragana / Drowse album for @pastemagazine.bsky.social while you give it a listen
Ragana & Drowse, 'Ash Souvenir' Album Review
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Release day bump! Read my review of the new Ragana / Drowse album for @pastemagazine.bsky.social while you give it a listen
Release day bump! Read my review of the new Ragana / Drowse album for @pastemagazine.bsky.social while you give it a listen
Ragana & Drowse, 'Ash Souvenir' Album Review
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Release day bump! Read my review of the new Ragana / Drowse album for @pastemagazine.bsky.social while you give it a listen
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Happy Birthday to Travis Barker!
🎂🎉🥂
🎂🎉🥂
I interviewed my childhood hero (!!!) Travis Barker about two of my favorite things: drumming and long-distance running 🥲
uproxx.com/music/travis...
uproxx.com/music/travis...
Travis Barker is turning fitness into philanthropy
The Blink 182 drummer talks running, rhythm, and giving back through his Run Travis Run 5Ks.
uproxx.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy Birthday to Travis Barker!
🎂🎉🥂
🎂🎉🥂
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Both ideas are fantastic!
Some exciting news: I am joining @pastemagazine.bsky.social as a ~contributing writer~ with two (!!) monthly columns: Audio Books (interviews with authors of music books) and Cover Me (interviews with bands about all their album covers). Cover Me starts next month. Audio Books starts in January.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Both ideas are fantastic!
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Yay and yay especially for the Audio Books column! Kudos
Some exciting news: I am joining @pastemagazine.bsky.social as a ~contributing writer~ with two (!!) monthly columns: Audio Books (interviews with authors of music books) and Cover Me (interviews with bands about all their album covers). Cover Me starts next month. Audio Books starts in January.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yay and yay especially for the Audio Books column! Kudos
Some exciting news: I am joining @pastemagazine.bsky.social as a ~contributing writer~ with two (!!) monthly columns: Audio Books (interviews with authors of music books) and Cover Me (interviews with bands about all their album covers). Cover Me starts next month. Audio Books starts in January.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some exciting news: I am joining @pastemagazine.bsky.social as a ~contributing writer~ with two (!!) monthly columns: Audio Books (interviews with authors of music books) and Cover Me (interviews with bands about all their album covers). Cover Me starts next month. Audio Books starts in January.