Week of August 15, 2025

Dylan Green

15 Aug 2025 — 3 min read

Keeping track of all the new music that drops every week is a nightmare. I’m here to do it so you don’t have to! Welcome to Nu Musique Friday. Pull up some headphones and stay awhile.

My latest piece for Hearing Things is a recap of a pre-screening panel I moderated for Celebrate Brooklyn's screening of The Wiz, featuring show director Schele Williams, musician Bobby Wooten III, and costume designer Dede Ayite. If you like what my co-founders and I are up to, consider subscribing to the site (and paying for it, if you can). We don't bite, promise.

Check out the Reel Notes podcast, dedicated to exploring the relationship between rap and film. The 28th episode, featuring New York singer, songwriter, producer, composer, rapper, and multidisciplinary artist, Cleo Reed, is available now. New episodes drop every Monday on my Patreon for paying members and every Wednesday wherever else podcasts are sold, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more via Buzzsprout. Reel Notes is also available via my personal YouTube channel, and Podcasts on Vevo.

If you're in the Brooklyn area on Saturday, August 30, join me and special guest Navy Blue for Reel Talk #9 at Loudmouth. We'll be watching The Iron Giant and talking about the movie, Sage's catalog and creative process, particularly revolving around his last album, Memoirs in Armour. Doors are at 6PM, movie starts ~7PM. Tickets are $15 via Posh, which you can buy here.

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My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is out right now! Purchase your digital copy on Amazon and read it on the Kindle app (You don't need a Kindle to read it. Buy the book and download the app or read it on your desktop via Amazon).

Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, the Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, The Palestinian Youth Movement, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti. Please also consider donating to The Okra Project, an organization dedicated to helping feed Black trans youth.

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