The most captivating groove of the year so far is "Oo long!" by the Tomeka Reid Quartet that includes an explosive solo courtesy of Mary Halvorson: outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oo-long

Here's one

And here's the other one

Fantastic piece on MMW by Grayson Haver Currin: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Can't help but think the way cubbies in the new iOS distort your phone's wallpaper isn't, somehow, just the tiniest bit influenced by Close.

Great compilation!

Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna is one of the great music podcasts out there, and I was thrilled to jump on and discuss the new Paranoid Style LP 'Known Associates' as well as Bob Dylan, Destroyer, Pavement, the Replacements and a few of our other favorite things! www.patreon.com/posts/ep-106...

Some cool futuristic fonts on these Stanislaw Lem covers.

With Bad Bunny on that electrical pole, I want him to break into "Wichita Lineman"!

I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.

Who's got that cache of gifs from The Secret Agent?

The melody of Jeff Tweedy"s "New Orleans" is perfect, like a hammock.

Get visceral!

The new Geologist album is a breakthrough, achieving that perfect balance of light and shade. It'll be fascinating to watch if it will be as revelatory for the group sound of Animal Collective as Panda Bear's Person Pitch was in the mid '00s. geologist.bandcamp.com/album/can-i-...

will be checking this out!

Cat Power :: What Would the Community Think at 30 aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/06/c... Cat Power's Matador debut captures the wild, raw, unfiltered power of Marshall’s art, an unpredictable electricity that runs through the songs, buzzing and fizzing and threatening explosion at any time.

If I’m entirely honest, I could read Stewart Lee riffing on Neil Young’s back-catalogue all day long. @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Mid '70s rock tours often included a visit to Gerald Ford

NEW FOUR GUITARS MUSIC COMING FROM BILL ORCUTT

Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me

Rich Ruth - last night in Asheville. Some of their new material featuring the bari sax sounds like Morphine! Not so much Morphine in this clip, but transcendent stuff all around.

"32 live performances of Sonic Youth’s 'The Diamond Sea' plunderphoniclly orchestrated by John Oswald (of Grateful Dead 'Grayfolded' fame) – providing two distinctly new experiences of the classic track from Washing Machine."

Two of Neil Young's favorite things: a barn and a full moon. MORE FULL MOON BARN

Enlightening interview with master production designer Jack Fisk!

I'm fascinated and charmed by the Taper's Choice creation myth story in which the members set out to form a jamband. In advance of their Asheville show on Wednesday, I spoke with the band's uber-talented keyboardist Zach Tenorio for Asheville Stages: ashevillestages.com/music/interv...

As usual, @jochenmarkhorst.bsky.social digs as deep as he can and, this time, finds roots connecting Dylan and Terry Allen. He also cites my piece exploring a very specific Dylan-Allen link: reclinernotes.com/2022/10/09/r... Thanks Jochen!

Pullman :: III aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/26/p... This 3rd LP from the ambient folk-blues supergroup explores the connection between memory and physical frailty, finding musical communion amid loss. It’s a quiet, emotionally charged gift...

[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer] This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation. [retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]

Winged Wheel :: Desert So Green aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/26/w... Winged Wheel’s third LP shows off this imaginative and evolving approach with terrific results. Though certain elements remain in place, the dream team sextet seem intent on not making the same record twice.

RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)

This beautiful piece makes me want to go back to London for the first time since the '90s and enact my own dérive.

This collection of stories from people in Minnesota is at once horrifying yet also moving as neighbors are inspired to help their neighbors. racketmn.com/voices-of-th...

The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state.

Polish poster for MYSTERY TRAIN (1989) Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch - BOTD in 1953 Poster designed by Andrzej Klimowski

The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI. 🤷 www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...

I think it would be really helpful if everyone posting their very cool takes on the state of music journalism this week would also encourage people to subscribe to worker-owned outlets & support independent writers trying to make new things happen

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In honor of Pitchfork launching a new service that allows you to pay to write reviews for them, how about we all share our favorite music sites that aren’t owned by Condé Nast. I’ll start with a few: @aquariumdrunkard.com noexpectations.fyi (@joshterry.bsky.social) @foxydigitalis.bsky.social

Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.

"She's Your Lover Now" is Dylan's version of a scene from The Sun Also Rises. Between this and “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)," he was really interested in love triangles in this songwriting period. reclinernotes.com/2022/01/02/s...

Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."

Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963)

My governor and federal reps should be holding press confs and going on tv telling people that one of the largest school districts is closed because of a federal gov’t-led ethnic cleansing campaign run by armed, masked goons who are brutalizing citizen observers and disappearing non-white neighbors.

Every Caleb Williams play

Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...

Jennifer Kelly is facing a tough battle against cancer after her diagnosis on Christmas Day, and the costs are overwhelming. Please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it with others who might help. gofund.me/7a7486b6b

Ghostbusters-> Drums-> Space-> 2001->Ghostbuster’s Reprise