Hey Chicago! I’m playing bass with my friend Hanna in Cheezing this Thursday at Reed’s Local. It’s our first show and we’re playing with Milwaukee greats Brief Candles!

🎵 Running is nice, running won’t stop you, from doing all the things in life you want to 🎵

always happy to have more Whelpwisher (@bengrigg.bsky.social) in the world, wrote about them for the first time since 2019 for @post-trash.bsky.social post-trash.com/news/2025/4/...

Hey hey! We’re on this week’s @pitchfork.com selects playlist!!! 🤙🤪

Last time I got to play with Ovlov and Krill was 2014 at a stacked @eisrecords.bsky.social showcase in Brooklyn. So excited to play with them again on Saturday in Chicago!

New @babereport.bsky.social single out today on @eisrecords.bsky.social! Check it out and come see us on tour in a couple weeks! li.sten.to/babereportdi...

everything is 25% off today using code EIS25 on Bandcamp!! explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com

Ovlov are releasing “Buds Demos” on March 14th. Tapes are nearly sold out. Listen to “The Weekend (Demo)” now. ovlov.bandcamp.com/album/buds-d...

New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in February, featuring @grahamcrackerbox.bsky.social @milkocromlom.bsky.social @bengrigg.bsky.social @cruisinrecords.bsky.social @jtsimons.bsky.social @cheekface.bsky.social @nyxfears.bsky.social @filip.start-track.com @outro-band.bsky.social, Patches & more:

Patent number 3! This one is for the pop filter on the Shure NXN8/S and NXN8/C. It was a real technical challenge to make a pop filter so thin, cost effective, and user-removable, while also making sure it was still a highly effective pop filter. I’m proud of this one!

There's a way for drake to come back from this and that is to make a ska record

MAGA rn: Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!” Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”

Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.

Heyo! We’re hitting the road for a couple weeks in March/April. Playing with so many friends and sick bands! Too many to list here. More updates coming soon!

HELLO! @eisrecords.bsky.social is raffling off four test pressings of Ovlov’s classic debut album AM! All proceeds will go to Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network. Please consider buying a ticket and help spread the word!

here's a playlist of some great punk songs from the start of this bullshit year this post includes an essay about moving through the latest era of upheaval by embracing community + lessons learned from a new year's day tarot reading and the cher memoir see-saw.fun/playlist-the...

Ovlov AM test pressings being raffled off by @eisrecords.bsky.social to benefit LA fire victims! Help spread the word!

some absolute gems from all over the world in this week’s punk column, including a trio of hits from the iconic Italian label Goodbye Boozy + some great stuff from Australia and Tokyo + some effortless Chicago power pop + ELVIS 2 see-saw.fun/punk-this-we...

New Whelpwisher out!

Cannot contain my excitement over playing with Ovlov, Krill, and Bursting! 😍😍😍

I’m so thrilled this is finally announced!!! Shure teamed up with Korneff and Black Lion to make new plug-in and hardware versions of the Level-Loc! I got to meet Tchad Blake and do some very basic maintenance on his Level-Locs, which were accurately and lovingly modeled in physical/plug-in form.

if i was instructed to censor the gestapo forces i’d start to wonder if i was one of the bad guys

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all

Huey Lewis really expects a lot from his drug in “I Want a New Drug.”

✨ The pop won't stop on this week's Cycles Per Second ✨ New indie from Ireland to Indonesia, Amsterdam to Athens (Ohio)... and beyond @edwyncollins.bsky.social @bengrigg.bsky.social @troubleinmind.bsky.social @howlinbanana.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...

New Whelpwisher! I recently did a 2 week song-a-day writing/recording project, and these are the best ones from the batch. They're mostly compact lo-fi basement-pop nuggets. That's usually the best I can muster after a full day of work/life responsibilities. whelpwisher.bandcamp.com/album/same-m...

"Fuzzy Meadows" returns with the BEST NEW MUSIC featuring Blonde Revolver, Degraved, Ismatic Guru, Sölex, Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven, Whelpwisher (@bengrigg.bsky.social), Young Widows (@tempresltd.bsky.social), and more! https://buff.ly/4jeu5J6

i command you to cease your temperature of 20° that feels like 9° as wind is making it feel colder

I’m happy to say that another mic I worked on is out in the world! I was the lead acoustic engineer on the Shure MV7i, the world’s first USB mic with a built in interface for an additional XLR or 1/4” input. No need for an audio interface to get that 2nd mic/guitar/keyboard into your DAW. Go! Buy! 😂

New @eisrecords.bsky.social playlist up!

New year new shows! Playing a free Monday in a few weeks at Empty Bottle with Sprite!

It was an honor to chat with @sun13music.bsky.social about the label and some of my favorite albums! Check it out.

we're thrilled to have released @babereport.bsky.social's full length debut, Did You Get Better, this year! it's a ripper of non-stop hits, and we're so glad to see people keeping it in regular rotation! check it out. the band will be touring next year! babereportchicago.bandcamp.com/album/did-yo...

Heyo!!! We’re on the Qobuz Best of 2024 Punk playlist with some pretty dang good company!

EIS LIVE - 12/7: @kalmarks3000.bsky.social in NYC at TV Eye w/ @psychicgraveyard.bsky.social @babereport.bsky.social in Chicago at Tone Deaf Records w/ Humdrum #Ovlov in Amherst at Marsh House

Hey hey! Show tonight at Tone Deaf Records with @heyhumdrum.bsky.social! It is $FREE$! But some records for that special someone 🥰

#Top20ShortSongs #17 - Babe Report "Turtle of Reaper" (2:06) Moving my posts for this music challenge over to Bluesky from the other place, as it seems to be getting a lot more engagement here. One of the songs of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eW-...

the future was never promised but we potentially have five new albums and two reissues lined-up for the first half of next year. get ready for some fun. big fun.

@bengrigg.bsky.social and myself updated our "recent listening" playlist & it's a doozy. give it a listen. give it a subscribe. do whatever makes you feel a semblance of joy. music from Two Inch Astronaut, Snooper, Juana Molina, Thirdface, Aluminum, Chavez, & more open.spotify.com/playlist/399...

Last Babe Report show of 2024, one week from today. Refer to meme for details! @heyhumdrum.bsky.social @eisrecords.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social

Happy Turkey Trot day to all

Saw this on the 5 minute walk from my house to the bus this morning. Interesting bug or??? 😬

From yesterday! Selections from the blog's favorite record labels! Also featuring Post Present Medium, Don Giovanni, Feel It, Sophomore Lounge, and Candlepin Records:

“live mas tonight” i whisper to myself, slowly shutting the refrigerator door

Next show! Free in-store at Tone Deaf Records with Humdrum @heyhumdrum.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social

Just thinking about how Tommy Bahama’s full name is probably Thomas Bahamas