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April 3, 2026

April 3, 2026

Holy Fuck supplies the soundtrack for this electronic apocalypse.

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In Friday Five

March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026

New Zealand’s Yumi Zouma creates a rock-and-roll dream.

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In Friday Five

March 20, 2026

March 20, 2026

Mitski’s back—and so is the Friday Five!

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In Friday Five

February 13, 2026

February 13, 2026

No ‘Fall-Off’ from J Cole and one of the best memoirs in recent memory.

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In Friday Five

January 30, 2026

January 30, 2026

A return to Cat Power, and returning power to the “People” through a recent book.

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In Friday Five

Feeling Minnesota: A Playlist

January 26, 2026

30 songs from Minnesota artists: Dessa to Dylan, Lifter Puller to Low and much more.

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January 23, 2026

January 23, 2026

Revealing Dry Cleaning’s “Secret Love” and considering the way Whitman touches a poet’s life.

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In Friday Five

January 9, 2026

January 9, 2026

A rock legend and two Texas bands lead the first Five of 2026.

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In Friday Five

My Most Memorable Reads of 2025

December 20, 2025

Reviewing my year in books, one experience at a time.

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Aarik's Favorite Albums of 2025

December 9, 2025

Treasured singer-songwriters, dearly-departed rappers and psych-rock debutantes lead the year that is/was in music.

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Aarik is a Midwestern journalist, essayist and poet whose writing exists at the four corners of literature, human dignity, pop culture and theology.


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