My Echobox.radio show from yesterday is archived here: www.echobox.radio/shows/heavy-... Listen to me play the most exciting new music I was able to gather. Playlist:

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

Listen to me live at the top of the hour on Echobox.radio for two hours of cool new music by Roll Deep, Bb trickz, Snõõper, Batu, Facta, Luomo, Anna Kost, Al Xapo x Benzoo, Bancal, Spacemoth, Horse Lords, Gilla Band, Speaker Music, ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ, Bae Bae, FaltyDL & more in Heavy Rotation

I'm listening to Bonnie Tyler's Faster than the Speed of Night for the first time... I was not prepared for the reggae song coming straight after Total Eclipse.

What do you mean there’s no World Cup match today? Here’s five, and you can vote for the winners!

The initial reaction from senior sports federation officials in Europe is that reinstating Russia while the occupation of Ukraine is ongoing will likely lead to a mass European boycott of the LA Olympics, and there will be pressure on Canada to join it.

One of most embarrassing goals I’ve ever seen in a World Cup match as if it were sucked toward the net by the gravitational pull of loser narcissism so powerful not even light can escape it

Well there goes NATO, totally worth it 🥰

My fav new album this week is by ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ AKA Four Tet, his first under this alias. 5 of its 8 tracks have been previously released, from trippy house to trippy hop to full on bangers and ambient. Despite the obscure font, it is anything but inaccessible. 00000ooooo.bandcamp.com/album/--5

VEEERRRRY punchy statement by UEFA on the reversal of the American red-card suspension. And quite right, too. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

George Hurrell was one of the great portrait photographers of Old Hollywood. He helped provide glamour to stars like Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow & Clark Gable. Late in his career Hurrell did album covers for rock & pop groups in the 70s & 80s. Here's a thread! 🧵 Talking Heads: True Stories, 1986

Some of us were already pulling for Belgium, for all sorts of reasons. But here's hoping the USMNT get smashed

This week I watched my country get knocked out of the World Cup, and updated my playlist with 🌀 new music from 🇺🇸 Rich the Kid, 🇫🇷 Bancal, 🇬🇧 Batu & 🇮🇹 Donato Dozzy, 🇬🇧 Ido Plumes, 🇺🇸 Allah-Las, 🇫🇮 Luomo (not on Spotify), 🇬🇧 ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ, 🇺🇸 FaltyDL and 🇷🇺🇩🇪 Anna Kost on Apple Music and Spotify

Trump admits he and his family are criminals.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

new metaphor just dropped

In 🇳🇱 Nederland: Apeldoorn

This Blondie-sampling single by Rich the Kid, produced by RiotUSA (of Ice Spice fame), is good ☎️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVs...

Just listened to all nine Village People singles sung by Victor Willis and A) 'Y.M.C.A.' really is their greatest hit, B) the desperation in 'Macho Man' (lyrics and vocal performance) is agonizing, C) 'I Am What I Am' is and underrated banger www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBW...

For the past 9 years, Victor Willis has tried to turn the Village People from a band specifically created and designed for the LGBTQIA community in Greenwich Village into a MAGA band whose songs are TOTALLY not about Gay themes at all. Yesterday, the last day of Pride Month...Victor Willis died.

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

this is the kind of 1-to-1 deep connection artists dream about fostering with an audience

This album’s release is closer to the moon landing than to the present day

Just found out Germany is eliminated from the World Cup as well, feeling better already

My fav new album this week is Inward Eye, the psychedelic and krautrock-driven second album from Oakland-based pop producer, musician and singer Spacemoth. She knows how to build an irresistible groove and expand it even further. ssspacemoth.bandcamp.com/album/inward...

This guy understands the Zohran magic better than every single 7-figure consultant on the Dem payroll rn bsky.app/profile/ohro...

It’s all stoppable. Great message here!

Imagine if it turns out Cape Verde is absolutely amazing at penalties and they just win the World Cup by holding every single team to 0-0 for 120 minutes before smashing in five perfect pens.

Extraordinary detail in the new book on Trump's second term administration

The goalie reveal is legit awesome.

This will be a thread of thirteen Singles of the Week for the summer of '26. Up first: cool-as-a-breeze off-beat club music "for the sunrise hours" from Rotterdam-based producer Seb H. The gorgeous 'Pondlife' is the A1 of his second EP, Untitledtoo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=btWT...

The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊

Apologies for not doing the proper #PPP96 guidelines but it has been HOT AS BALLS - broadly speaking what you need to know is... NOMINATIONS: 4PM Saturday 27th YOU SHOULD PICK: 1 MAIN and 3 Bonuses WHAT'S ELIGIBLE: Anything first released in 1996 or the last 2 weeks of 1995

Not only was this new release wrongly uploaded to the account of one of my favourite Canadian house producers, apparently a generic "GenerativeAI" is now a normal songwriting credit?

oh my god

This is one of the most strange, fascinating, and unsettling stories — and one of the best pieces of reporting — I’ve read about American politics in my life. Tulsi Gabbard took orders for her stances and bills in Congress (+ since?) from a secretive Hawaiian cult leader who wants to rule the world

Juxtapose that with the one bisexual lawyer whose whims/instincts OK’d the major label careers of Janis/Santana/Bruce/Billy Joel/Chicago/Aerosmith/EWF/Manilow/Patti Smith/Whitney/Alicia Keys and revived Aretha/Dionne/Carly Simon/The Kinks/Grateful Dead’s commercial fortunes

Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…

My fav new album this week is Best in the Game Mixtape by veteran grime collective Roll Deep, their first in 14 years and a magnificent return to form after crossing over to unlistenable pop rap in the early ’10s. All that and no Wiley in sight, fortunately. rolldeep.bandcamp.com/album/best-i...

@lokpolokpo1.bsky.social I have a feeling you and @otherdavemoore.com will like this Merveille mini album open.spotify.com/album/7rs9gn...

James Burrows was not a giant in sitcom directing. He was THE giant. The primary director of Cheers and Taxi. The only director (I believe) of Will & Grace. The director whose pilots for Friends, Third Rock, Frasier, and Big Bang Theory got them on the air. The king. RIP. people.com/james-burrow...

Strong thread and discussion!

President Trump signing an instrument of defeat at Versailles. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

screaming www.tumblr.com/reggiemess/8...

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Not many records this important and beautiful, RIP Abdullah Ibrahim www.youtube.com/watch?v=udBE...

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