Been keeping this under wraps for months and it almost doesn't feel real, but it is: I'm writing the definitive book on shoegaze. It'll be out 2026 via @StMartinsPress.

No Chasing Fridays today cause I've been doing WNY lake shit all week. But I listened to plenty.

Wrote about Empty Shell Casing: the only nu-metalcore band worth caring about. Really intrigued by their proximity to both hardcore and screamo, and how they're mastering one of the most underwhelming recent trends in heavy music. My scene report:

RT @eli_enis: Wrote about Greet Death, Empty Shell Casing, I Promised the World, Addison Rae, This House Is Creaking, and then did a fun li….

Wrote about Greet Death, Empty Shell Casing, I Promised the World, Addison Rae, This House Is Creaking, and then did a fun lil Q&A with Winter.

It's impossible for "liberal" zionists to square the circle that Israel's biggest supporters are seething anti-Semitic fascists. So they just ignore it while coordinating smear campaigns against powerless anti-zionists (musicians, students) and popular anti-fascists (Mamdani).

RT @elivalley: 🚨 NYT is now outsourcing to Nazis—and giving them anonymity!—its efforts to ratfuck the most promising opponent of fascism i….

Twitter's so broken that it won't let me update my avi. So just pretend this is my new avi.

Pittsburgh hc on top rn.

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Exactlyyyy.

RT @eli_enis: For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about new music from Hotline TNT, crushed, Golden Apples, Jobber, and Ekolali. Plus,….

For this week's Chasing Fridays I wrote about new music from Hotline TNT, crushed, Golden Apples, Jobber, and Ekolali. Plus, an emotional Q&A with Wisp about seeing Whirr, her fave discoveries of 2025, and the influences/inspirations behind her debut LP.

The thing about seeing Joyce Manor is you know all the songs and they're all perfect.

yeah pretty much

RT @eli_enis: I talked to Mat Cothran of Coma Cinema and Elvis Depressedly about spending his whole life expecting to die at any moment. Ex….

RT @SUMMERTIMEINHEL: i had a long talk with @eli_enis a great writer and thoughtful person who likes a lot of the same music i do. https://….

Cothran is a polarizing figure. He's made a lot of people angry online. I've been criticized for continuing to cover his work given his reputation. To that I say: if you read this interview and still hate the guy, then we just have fundamentally different views on humanity.

Cothran on survival.

Cothran on forgiveness: a major motif on Coma Cinema's brilliant new album 'Grand Delusion,' and a prominent topic of our discussion.