Eli
@elienis.bsky.social
Writing a big book about shoegaze. Podcaster at @endlessscroll.bsky.social & Violent Treatment. Bylines at Stereogum, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc. Former editor at Revolver Magazine.
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Frankie Palmeri, frontman of the very popular deathcore band Emmure, went mask-off Nazi last week.
I wrote about his demented worldview, the ideological void of deathcore, and why Emmure are the 21st century's most prescient band. Nihilistic, violent, extreme.
www.elienis.com/emmure-death...
I wrote about his demented worldview, the ideological void of deathcore, and why Emmure are the 21st century's most prescient band. Nihilistic, violent, extreme.
www.elienis.com/emmure-death...
Emmure, deathcore extremism, and hitting the edgelord dead-end
Why Emmure -- nihilistic, violent, extreme -- are the 21st century's most prescient band.
www.elienis.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Frankie Palmeri, frontman of the very popular deathcore band Emmure, went mask-off Nazi last week.
I wrote about his demented worldview, the ideological void of deathcore, and why Emmure are the 21st century's most prescient band. Nihilistic, violent, extreme.
www.elienis.com/emmure-death...
I wrote about his demented worldview, the ideological void of deathcore, and why Emmure are the 21st century's most prescient band. Nihilistic, violent, extreme.
www.elienis.com/emmure-death...
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Here's @elienis.bsky.social with the definitive feature on They Are Gutting A Body Of Water
He Is Getting Real: TAGABOW's Doug Dulgarian Tells All
The shoegaze maverick on new album 'LOTTO,' his battle with heroin, how the Philadelphia Eagles bind his adopted hometown, and preserving the "dirty" quirkiness that made him fall in love with Philly
www.stereogum.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's @elienis.bsky.social with the definitive feature on They Are Gutting A Body Of Water
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Straight heat from @elienis.bsky.social on All American Rejects’ summer of “DIY shows” as viral branding opportunities www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
August 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Straight heat from @elienis.bsky.social on All American Rejects’ summer of “DIY shows” as viral branding opportunities www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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The new Alex G album is out this week and I really love it. Decided to hash out the highlights of HEADLIGHTS with the great @elienis.bsky.social.
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A Conversation About Alex G’s ’Headlights,’ One Of 2025’s Best Albums
Two critics hash out the latest from the leading indie singer-songwriter.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The new Alex G album is out this week and I really love it. Decided to hash out the highlights of HEADLIGHTS with the great @elienis.bsky.social.
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Thanks to @elienis.bsky.social for the kind words about Ritual Cross. It's been cool to see folks getting what we're going for while also hitting different reference points each time.
Chasing Fridays: FearDorian Q&A, smokedope2016, Find My Friends, more
The only newsletter uniting underground cloud-rap, regional beatdown, and whimsical indie-pop.
www.elienis.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thanks to @elienis.bsky.social for the kind words about Ritual Cross. It's been cool to see folks getting what we're going for while also hitting different reference points each time.
Did my best to dismantle the notion that Sleep Token have any redeeming qualities. For @pitchfork.com
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Sleep Token: Even in Arcadia
Read Eli Enis’ review of the album.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Did my best to dismantle the notion that Sleep Token have any redeeming qualities. For @pitchfork.com
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
It's Friday. I wrote about:
-Loathe's overwrought dud
-Bulls Shitt's smokin' LP
-Sin Against Sin's evil demo
-Boo Boo Spoiler's rippin' punk-gaze
-Talulah Paisley's kooky garage-rock
-Maria Somerville's OK dream-pop
-Magdalena Bay's underwhelming live show
& more
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Loathe's overwrought dud
-Bulls Shitt's smokin' LP
-Sin Against Sin's evil demo
-Boo Boo Spoiler's rippin' punk-gaze
-Talulah Paisley's kooky garage-rock
-Maria Somerville's OK dream-pop
-Magdalena Bay's underwhelming live show
& more
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Loathe, Sin Against Sin, Magdalena Bay live, more
Eight reviews that run the gamut from severely underwhelmed to sufficiently whelmed.
www.elienis.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's Friday. I wrote about:
-Loathe's overwrought dud
-Bulls Shitt's smokin' LP
-Sin Against Sin's evil demo
-Boo Boo Spoiler's rippin' punk-gaze
-Talulah Paisley's kooky garage-rock
-Maria Somerville's OK dream-pop
-Magdalena Bay's underwhelming live show
& more
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Loathe's overwrought dud
-Bulls Shitt's smokin' LP
-Sin Against Sin's evil demo
-Boo Boo Spoiler's rippin' punk-gaze
-Talulah Paisley's kooky garage-rock
-Maria Somerville's OK dream-pop
-Magdalena Bay's underwhelming live show
& more
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Bleary Eyed, Cortisa Star, Coma Cinema, more
All the Chasing Sundays bases are covered: beguiling shoegaze, sad indie-rock, blown-out internet rap, and old-school metalcore.
www.elienis.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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this is the most i’ve ever suffered for my writing. i put my biceps on the back burner for this piece. please make my juice worth the squeeze by reading
www.invisibleoranges.com/meshuggah-wo...
www.invisibleoranges.com/meshuggah-wo...
I Worked Out to Meshuggah for 90 Days and Here's What Happened
Driven by a singular madness, writer Colin Dempsey talked to other metal/meat-heads and tried a workout regime entirely driven by Meshuggah. Is Meshuggah the solution to your workout woes?
www.invisibleoranges.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
this is the most i’ve ever suffered for my writing. i put my biceps on the back burner for this piece. please make my juice worth the squeeze by reading
www.invisibleoranges.com/meshuggah-wo...
www.invisibleoranges.com/meshuggah-wo...
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Bleary Eyed, Cortisa Star, Coma Cinema, more
All the Chasing Sundays bases are covered: beguiling shoegaze, sad indie-rock, blown-out internet rap, and old-school metalcore.
www.elienis.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Bleary Eyed's potential to drop an era-defining shoegaze classic
-Cortisa Star's hyperpop/drill twist
-Coma Cinema's first song in 8 years
-Hotline TNT's new tune
-This Day Forward's 2000 metalcore gem
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
Improbably, Greet Death Found Some Kind Of Peace
Hear "Country Girl" from new album 'Die In Love' and read our interview with the shoegaze greats.
www.stereogum.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
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I don’t think you can summarize the fatal problem with modern liberalism any better than “My issue with the way people are being deported and disappeared is procedural.”
April 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I don’t think you can summarize the fatal problem with modern liberalism any better than “My issue with the way people are being deported and disappeared is procedural.”
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Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Molly Burch Quit Music For A Good Cause
The singer-songwriter on the passions, priorities, and industry changes that led her to launch Picnic Studio, "a progressive art space for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
www.stereogum.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
Improbably, Greet Death Found Some Kind Of Peace
Hear "Country Girl" from new album 'Die In Love' and read our interview with the shoegaze greats.
www.stereogum.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Greet Death's members were actually greeted by death. It finally gave them the will to live.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304205/gree...
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@elienis.bsky.social spoke to the great songwriter Molly Burch about quitting a demoralizing indie music career to start Picnic Studio, an art non-profit for adults with IDD, focused on inclusivity and getting the artists paid.
Read: www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Donate: www.picnicstudiola.com
Read: www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Donate: www.picnicstudiola.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@elienis.bsky.social spoke to the great songwriter Molly Burch about quitting a demoralizing indie music career to start Picnic Studio, an art non-profit for adults with IDD, focused on inclusivity and getting the artists paid.
Read: www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Donate: www.picnicstudiola.com
Read: www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Donate: www.picnicstudiola.com
Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
Molly Burch Quit Music For A Good Cause
The singer-songwriter on the passions, priorities, and industry changes that led her to launch Picnic Studio, "a progressive art space for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
www.stereogum.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Had an inspiring chat with Molly Burch about how difficult the indie music business is, and why she's a million times happier with her drastic career pivot.
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
For @stereogum.bsky.social
www.stereogum.com/2304181/moll...
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For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: 2hollis, Jane Remover, Turnstile, more
A glimpse at pop's future, hardcore's recent past, indie's now, and screamo's history.
www.elienis.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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Essentially the end of the first amendment and it’s in service of Zionism — a collaborative effort from both parties and their biggest representatives to frame criticism of Israel and their massacre as terrorism.
Per his attorneys, Mahmoud Khalil asked to address the court at his immigration hearing today, where a judge gave the green light to the Trump admin to deport him.
“This is exactly why the Trump administration has sent me to this court, 1,000 miles away from my family.”
“This is exactly why the Trump administration has sent me to this court, 1,000 miles away from my family.”
April 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Essentially the end of the first amendment and it’s in service of Zionism — a collaborative effort from both parties and their biggest representatives to frame criticism of Israel and their massacre as terrorism.
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: 2hollis, Jane Remover, Turnstile, more
A glimpse at pop's future, hardcore's recent past, indie's now, and screamo's history.
www.elienis.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Jane Remover and 2hollis's visions for a post-rage, post-hyperpop future
-Turnstile's first-ever mediocre single
-Kitchen's folky slowcore
-La Dispute's 'Wildlife' and why it still works for me
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
My newsletter, Chasing Sundays, just surpassed 1500 subscribers! To celebrate, I've got a longer-than-usual edition going out tomorrow morning.
Sign up to get it in your inbox and see what all the fuss is about: www.elienis.com
Sign up to get it in your inbox and see what all the fuss is about: www.elienis.com
Chasing Sundays
Writings on music by Eli Enis
www.elienis.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My newsletter, Chasing Sundays, just surpassed 1500 subscribers! To celebrate, I've got a longer-than-usual edition going out tomorrow morning.
Sign up to get it in your inbox and see what all the fuss is about: www.elienis.com
Sign up to get it in your inbox and see what all the fuss is about: www.elienis.com
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Amira Elfeky's metalcoreification of major label "nu-gaze"
-The most important hardcore tour of 2025
-New ones from Skrillex, Raisa K, YT, J Brekkie, Cootie Catcher, kuru, and DJ Python
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Amira Elfeky's metalcoreification of major label "nu-gaze"
-The most important hardcore tour of 2025
-New ones from Skrillex, Raisa K, YT, J Brekkie, Cootie Catcher, kuru, and DJ Python
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Amira Elfeky, 7 mini-reviews, Daze tour report
Mainstream nu-gaze, s-tier digicore, nose-cracking hardcore, and more.
www.elienis.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-Amira Elfeky's metalcoreification of major label "nu-gaze"
-The most important hardcore tour of 2025
-New ones from Skrillex, Raisa K, YT, J Brekkie, Cootie Catcher, kuru, and DJ Python
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-Amira Elfeky's metalcoreification of major label "nu-gaze"
-The most important hardcore tour of 2025
-New ones from Skrillex, Raisa K, YT, J Brekkie, Cootie Catcher, kuru, and DJ Python
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
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Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Introducing Liberation Weekend, a two-day music and arts festival taking place in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 30th, and Saturday, May 31st, during WorldPride 2025.
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
Proceeds go to @genderlib.com.
Tickets on sale now: linktr.ee/liberationwknd
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For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Azshara, After, smokedope2016, more
Am I fiendishly tapped-in or woefully tapped-out? Plus: metalcore, screamo, ambient, and "Y2k trip-pop."
www.elienis.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Chasing Fridays: Azshara, After, smokedope2016, more
Am I fiendishly tapped-in or woefully tapped-out? Plus: metalcore, screamo, ambient, and "Y2k trip-pop."
www.elienis.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about:
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
-smokedope2016 thru the prism of: am I tapped-in or tapped-out?
-Azshara's half-hearted melodeath
-After's "y2k trip-pop"
-bulletsbetweentongues's metallic screamo
-Gas's ambient lodestar 'Pop'
www.elienis.com/chasing-frid...
Btw, any journalistic entity or so-called civil rights org that gave even an INCH to the idea that anti-zionism=anti-Semitism shares responsibility for this.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Btw, any journalistic entity or so-called civil rights org that gave even an INCH to the idea that anti-zionism=anti-Semitism shares responsibility for this.