From a year ago: Wrote about records from Beeef, Mo Dotti, 40 Watt Sun, and Tanukichan:

Poor PWEI; up against a record whose biggest hits are, like, the 5th and 6th best tracks on the album.

Subtly downgrade a band: Front 241

The latest from Total Wife is a *ride* music.apple.com/us/album/com...

Reposting for signal boost. Kanopy is an incredible resource!

Live look inside my head just now; really coulda gone either way here…

I'll take all of this ya got! open.spotify.com/track/2c6m3d...

lizzo singing 4 non blondes is like the final boss of annoying mall pop

What was the book that radicalised you? Mine:

William Contreras already went to Pat Murphy’s office after the game and told him he wants to play tomorrow. X-rays were negative.

Steve Miller: Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Me: seriously? Steve: Some call me the gangster of love Me: I call bs Steve: some people call me Maurice Me: ok that one sounds believable

For me, this comes down to Reni having better beats than BDP…

The world is watching:

My .02 on Kite: "Not every edge has to always be sanded off, you know, but after a listen or two, I've decided that’s a feature, not a bug." My .02 on Kate: "...if all you know of Bush is Hounds of Love, your next stop should be The Sensual World." My .02 on them facing off today: Well, shit...

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

In today's Sound Advice, I take a look at the latest from BRNDA, Die Sptiz, Grant Pavol, and Water from Your Eyes. (Spoiler: They're all great) @craftedsounds.bsky.social #music

Today, on this holiest of days, we honor the incredible Cocteau Twins’ “Heaven or Las Vegas” turning 35 by (checks notes) sharing a clip of Miley Cyrus covering the title track: youtu.be/emkO5pGwF1w?...

Today, on this holiest of days, we honor the incredible Cocteau Twins’ “Heaven or Las Vegas” turning 35 by (checks notes) sharing a clip of Miley Cyrus covering the title track: youtu.be/emkO5pGwF1w?...

If this were just about singles, I'd be posting insufferably about EPMD and "So Wat Cha Sayin'." Still a banger. Alas, it's not, and taken as a whole, Like a Prayer was far more innovative/provocative than Unfinished Business.

I am in my Slim Dunlap era: open.spotify.com/track/2nYXC7...

Not nearly enough chatter about this Redford classic:

Man, I love Depeche Mode!

We are so cooked…

For Wire, their career was all in the art of stopping, then restarting. Anti-nostalgia will consume itself. Colin Newman brought the melodies. Happy birthday. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/09/29/r...

I am on the Liquid Mike bandwagon. music.apple.com/us/album/hel...

They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale. But they want us to think they do.

I’ve been on here, like, a day. incredible levels of predictability on my part.

Baller move, tbh.

Happy birthday, Cannonball Adderley! My favorite album of his is the Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus. That band was ridiculous. #music #musicsky #jazzsky #jazzmusic #happybirthday youtu.be/H-Q1SBIyOfQ?...

We are so cooked

I am in my Nitzer Ebb era. music.apple.com/us/album/con...

January 6th happened. And the GOP wants you to forget it.

Terrible day for Dylan fans… Incredible day for Shadrach fans…

I’m in my Second Story Man era: music.apple.com/us/album/sid...

Without downloading new pictures, where are you mentally?

“Alexander appears to have been radicalized after spending years arguing with pedants in aviation forums.”

1000x yes!

Matthew Dowd should call his Substack ‘I Told You So’.

Under The Radar is right, the new Cords single is pretty special. "...more reflective than the band’s earlier singles while still carrying their sharp sense of melody. ...the record sets out The Cords as a band with a clear identity and a growing ambition." www.undertheradarmag.com/news/the_cor...

I'm gonna do my best not to be obnoxious while the polls are open. No guarantees. I'll just say this: A vote for New Order is a vote for all that is good in the world.

Technique was NO's last great record and perhaps their strongest ever - a landmark statement to end the 80's. Not many albums from 1989 finished on a higher note than "Dream Attack" - it is the sound of a sledgehammer thrown down as they strut forward into the next decade.

Vote Technique!

We moved on to the Oh Sees part of the workday: open.spotify.com/track/5AAFsv...

Aces…

9/10 suburban dads agree: Today’s a really, really good day to vote for Technique

Vote Yo La Tengo!