Happy world goth day zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

If yr in the market for some heavily distorted keyboard/drums crust punk… painist.bandcamp.com/album/too-ma...

Pretty bold to have a top five of Harry Styles second album, U2’s Joshua Tree, Life of a Showgirl (Deluxe Version), a thirty second clip of Meredith Graves interviewing Beyoncé, and Dookie. But tbh I respect it.

Don’t worry, I included both Lana Del Rey and the Suicidal Tendencies album w/Thundercat

'Are Faucheuse the world’s only powerpop crust band? If this project is their means of sneaking tuff glam and boogie rock protein into the spikey jacket set’s collective diet, then godspeed.' FAUCHEUSE - Comme Un Poignard: Punk & HC For May buff.ly/KyuXKoH

Any list with both Weekend Nachos and Dwight Yoakam is going to be extremely my shit. Didnt disappoint.

hell yeah

Punk bands with song titles the same as their band names, brutal lyrics over tender music and at least one Donna Lewis reference over at yellowgreenred.substack.com today

Don’t worry, I included both Lana Del Rey and the Suicidal Tendencies album w/Thundercat

Thank you. Thats very kind. And for those who don’t enjoy elaborate metaphors… I get it! I therefore included a lot of fun hyperlinks. Treat it like a list, baby. What do I care!

I'm not gonna listen to all of these but the blurb for the Raphael Saadiq record near the top will absolutely make you want to hear it, and there's a few other things I am gonna check out. Lipez is maybe the best music writer around on a sentence level if you love elaborate metaphors & wordplay

Part 3, in which the narrator asks you to reconsider that Lou Reed/Metallica album. Great stuff, full of surprises.

The 250 Rock and Roll and Folk Albums of the 21st Century So Far. Part Three: 2011-2015 zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

The 250 Rock and Roll and Folk Albums of the 21st Century So Far. Part Three: 2011-2015 zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

if you're playing along in the @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social you may enjoy Zachary's 2001 — a lot of overlap, a lot of daylight

Going to post Part Three (2011-2015) today so you should probably set aside a couple hours to read Parts One and Two, just so you’re up to speed. Otherwise you’re not going to know who any of the characters are! zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock... zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

If yr at Austin Psych Fest, I am too! Zohra is performing with Al Qasar and it’s going to be bonkers.

Speaking new wave, truth, etc…. Have you all purchased the new Drakulas album? It’s great! Arguably the peppiest Mike Wiebe album since Something To Crow About! (I don’t actually want to argue about this) dirtnaprecords.bandcamp.com/album/midnig...

Good day for all u sociopaths w/hearts of gold… new Sheer Terror! tkorecords.bandcamp.com/track/squat-...

New Abundant Living @sohoradio up on Mixcloud! The greatest songwriters, dead or undead, of the post-punk world! Some of the worst as well! Those are the best ones! Track list below! Check it out! www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ab...

Bandcamp Friday is here again and if yr looking for suggestions, there are a number of labels collaborating to donate proceeds from the next few days’ sales to grassroots charity in Lebanon. (Clearly not all my purchases are that but a bunch are!)

I’m not as up as I should be on every, for lack of a better term, generally alt band that’s moderately popular these days, but I really really like like this Robber Robber album. robberrobber.bandcamp.com/album/two-wh...

RIP Gregg Foreman, best known as Cat Power's longtime musical director, but also the livewire frontman for the rama-lama-fa-fa-fa-fantastic Delta 72: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_2...

My feelings about the Strokes at Coachella are complicated. On one hand, it’s good to share images w/ a receptive, maybe unaware of USA foreign policy history, crowd. On the other hand, when my band opened for them 26 years ago, the Strokes didn’t even put our name on the flyer.

Just saw that Shiran Kaïdine has died. Awful news. A wonderful musician, from his epic Year of No Light to the doooom of Monarch. All the way to his brilliantly vibrant and expressive d-beat band, Faucheuse, whose recent LP has been one of this year’s best. faucheuse.bandcamp.com/album/comme-...

No idea if this is accurate, but a banger all the same. plasticwoundrecords.bandcamp.com/track/henry-...

at least I was in the ballpark

New project by 3/5th of Blood Brothers is sounding real nice in those jeans. evilisland.bandcamp.com/track/tiger-...

UBSCRIBE TO CREEM MAGAZINE. WE COVER INDUSTRY PLANTS ONE FULL ALBUM BEFORE THEY’RE PLANTED. WHEN THEY ARE JUST SPROUTS. NOT TWO ALBUMS BEFORE THOUGH. THAT’S TOO EARLY. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S SECOND ALBUM WHERE THEY START TO SOUND MORE LIKE JEFF LYNN ERA THE MOVE. www.creem.com/archive/arti...

he returns! (please give some love to this brilliant ranking that must have taken all the blood, sweat and tears one man can produce to write up such a mammoth of a list)

Also, for fellow elderly fans of extremely niche Brooklyn noise rock… good new stuff from members of Pollution (?!?!!!!) silkwoodnyc.bandcamp.com/album/faithv...

Pre-orders are up for Lost Legion singles/demos LP. Simply the best of all the nü skinhead/Oi! bands and one of the best punk bands on the planet. utgrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lost-l...

Great writing on the best music of the leeeean years, including a surprising paternity claim regarding Egg Punk, and a Riverboat Gambler going Bananas!

Part Two of my massive, wild, arguably pointless, undertaking: *The* 250 Rock & Roll & Folk Albums of the 21st Century (So Far). It’s time to get into the fallow years, baby! zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

Finally some recognition for Young Offenders

This time period is the time when I was least plugging in to music. There was at least one baby in my house during this time, for one. So while I don't know as much about this music, I'll learn about some fun stuff and it's a great time to read anyway.

A list that has the Sweeny Todd Broadway Revival *and* YoYoYoYoYo by Spank Rock right next to one another? What is this my college iPod?

This is tremendous

Proof of listening, proof of life: I reviewed 100 recordings for THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE Thank you for reading, for subscribing, for telling a friend open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...

Part Two of my massive, wild, arguably pointless, undertaking: *The* 250 Rock & Roll & Folk Albums of the 21st Century (So Far). It’s time to get into the fallow years, baby! zacharylipez.ghost.io/the-250-rock...

This new album by Memorials is increasingly blowing me away with each listen. There’s so much going on, and all of it goes real hard. memorialsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-cl...

One of the bands I will shout at people about given even the slightest provocation. BIKINI RED *easily* one of the best albums of 1987.

What’s it called when you get super into a once somewhat known, now pretty obscure, band and you totally love every song while still thinking that the band was, all in all, neither over nor underrated? (Yes, I *am* on a Screaming Blue Messiahs kick.)

generational differences aren’t real. It’s all a con invented by Volkswagen. Nixon won half the youth vote. Gen Xers aren’t any more fluent in sarcasm than anyone else. Millennials, also, are not a thing. It’s all tarot dealt by social scientists. Cut it out. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Strong album of the year contender from Maryam Saleh. Even those of you who like the pretty indie that I sometimes make fun of will dig this. Just great & gorgeous songs. maryamsaleh.bandcamp.com/album/syrr

Normally I don’t love nasal singing or new bands that are this ‘90s indie coded buuuuut, for whatever reason, I am very into this new album by Kissed By An Animal. The songs just have the stuff, ya know? I suspect a number of you will flip over it. kissedbyananimal.bandcamp.com/album/middle...

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If first track is indicative of whole album, this is going to be Downtown Boys’ best. downtownboys.bandcamp.com/album/public...