loving this record!

New album from STATION MODEL VIOLENCE is straight-up inspiring and so was this correspondence with the great punk mind Daniel Stewart open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...

Vancouver, BC singer/songwriter Nicholas Krgovich returns with Boss Tape, his first solo release since 2023’s Ducks LP. Self-produced & recorded at home & at the Wise Hall in Vancouver, BC, Boss Tape is a collection of Bruce Springsteen covers. nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com/album/boss-t...

Here's my feature on author Yann Martel about his inventive new novel "Son of Nobody" for The Big Issue Australia

a happy discovery for me (and perfect afternoon work music)

Happy April 8th! Here is the original artwork for "On Avery Island". Hand colored with pastels and taped onto multiple sheets of red construction paper by Jeff Mangum. The t-shirt + vinyl bundle is now available in the Merge Records store for a limited time! mergerecords.com/store/bundle...

We covered a classic by NZ / Flying Nun legends Look Blue Go Purple for a tour 7" last Fall and it's out today digitally for the first time, check out "I Don't Want You Anyway" wherever you digitally enjoy music! superchunk.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...

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Today is Easter, but it is also Roger Corman's 100th birthday! To mark the occasion, I tracked down where you can stream all of the films that Roger directed for free. So, if you're looking to celebrate Roger today, I've got you covered! from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/happy-100th-...

such a brilliant record and episode: highly recommend

For your Easter reading pleasure, my latest Substack missive is live. THE EVIL TOUCH, Australia’s forgotten horror anthology television series, and the lostness of television visual culture in the 1960s and 1970s. andrewnette.substack.com/p/ghost-mess...

Help out Alex if you can.

hey, I wrote about what to watch in April www.broadsheet.com.au/national/ent...

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it's always great to hear Evan gushing about Australian music

RIP Mary Beth Hurt, who was always great, but especially great when given the lead in Joan Micklin Silver’s CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER.

I reviewed the new Telenova album for The Australian

happy 30th to the best Neutral Milk Hotel album

Today’s new albums. See anything u like? 🦗Courtney Barnett 🍆Robyn 🦵🏽RAYE 🐚Snail Mail 🎺Flea 🌸Parissa Tosif ⭕️Tom Misch 🅾️Fcukers ⚡️Cry Club 🫙David Gray 👼🏼HEADSEND 🐟Holy Fuck 🎮YNG Martyr 🐮King Tuff 🌅José González 💲SLAYYYTER ⛪️Melanie Martinez 👁️Lone 🏃Konradsen 🪐The New Pornographers 🤠Melissa Etheridge

In the new Big Issue Australia I interview Yann Martel, the Booker-winning author of "Life of Pi" and the new novel "Son of Nobody". Out today!

PREORDER: 'Call The Doctor (30th Anniversary Edition)' by Sleater-Kinney Twelve indie-punk tracks in under half an hour from the riot grrrl group. @subpop.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2150...

Look I don’t know how this happened but my wife and I are in the video for a new Trash Can Sinatras song

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op shop crime novel double feature

I also reviewed Meg Mac's new album for The Australian

I reviewed Courtney Barnett's new album for The Australian

"The work that Turnbull [Library] did has made it possible.” Thanks Alec Bathgate 🙏 & also to @garysteel.bsky.social for this article on @audioculturenz.bsky.social www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ale...

New album on the way from Simon Joyner. I was lucky enough to book him in my small Australian country town a year ago. One of the best out there! simonjoyner.bandcamp.com/album/tough-...

For the 45th anniversary of The Soft Boys’ UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT, we spoke to Robyn Hitchcock about how it was made. Becoming a songwriter, a young band at its peak, 60s retro in the time of punk, and an album chock full of power pop gems. Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-soft-bo...

Rocketship found its footing somewhere between the jangled & jeweled gardens of twee pop & the headier burbling of Radiophonic plug jockeys like Stereolab, Broadcast, & Unrest. The LP is often at its best while letting its pop impulses become washed away by its more experimental ones. bit.ly/4sTP8Vj

incredible band

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I hopped on ABC Radio's "Nightlife" program to share four new Australian songs. My spot starts at 3:19:15. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

I reviewed Sally Seltmann's new album for The Australian (online only)

America’s “Dimestore Dostoevsky” gets his LOA due today, with the publication of Jim Thompson: Five Noir Novels of the 1950s & 60s! Discover the knockout novels of the underground writer Stephen King called “absolutely over the top.” Order your copy from the LOA Web Store and save 20%.

UK collective-turned-label Upset The Rhythm is home to some of the best off-kilter indie and punk around. Here are some highlights from their catalog.

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the first new album to make me cry in 2026 is the self-titled debut by station model violence. I wrote three paragraphs about it. play it loud. there's a ton of great new stuff this week. two absolutely stellar records on Static Shock Records, the return of Mark Ryan's odex? read all about it.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Cindy announce new album 'Another Country'; hear their dreamy new song "Procession"

Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.

I wrote about what to watch in Australia this month www.broadsheet.com.au/national/ent...

I wrote a cover story for The Music about Jay Watson from GUM, POND, and Tame Impala themusic.com.au/features/its...

Batman: The Animated Series certainly had psychological depth, but this Cartoon Network promo makes it look like a full-on nightmare. It's awesome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCzM...

in less harrowing news, we got new albums announced from Aldous Harding and Carla dal Forno on the same day

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I interviewed EXEK's Albert Wolski about their gorgeous new album, their first for DFA

I've got the lead review in The Weekend Australian (in print and online), covering the elegiac new Gorillaz album

Everyone calls HEAVENLY “twee” but I wondered if they like harsh music substack.com/home/post/p-...