The Weekender #24: Roundball Rock

Your guide to the perfect weekend is here: new records, playoff hoops, and your next cult obsession.

Apr 18, 2025

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The Wax Museum is a vinyl-centric missive, but every now and then, we step out of the record stacks and into the wider world with The Weekender — a curated mix of must-listen tunes, must-watch gems, and must-read treasures to give your weekend a sensory upgrade. Let’s dive in!

What to Listen to This Weekend

quickly, quickly - I Heard That Noise

Stream: Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

Get Vinyl: Frosted Coke Bottle

I just finished Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine, a scathing deep dive into Spotify’s dystopian playlist economy, and one section stuck with me — how ambient and lo-fi music is being overrun by AI-generated slop and ghost artists. Among the interviewed casualties was Graham Jonson, aka quickly, quickly, whose real, breathing instrumentals were being quietly erased by Spotify’s profit-driven mission to turn music into cheap, anonymous filler.