This car dealership has curated the ultimate play list. It’s called Uncle and it conveniently collects all of the worst songs ever recorded. Even better, they create an aural ambiance where its volume is exactly equal to the nearby tv showing news you’d prefer to ignore!

The Magritte cover grabs your attention initially but the first solo album from Lindisfarne’s singer songwriting comes by its early Elton/Bowie vibes honestly as its engineered by Ken Scott. RIYL Roy Harper or Michael Chapman. (Ack too many dumb snobby reference points for a distinctly original lp!)

Hey BACKROOMS. Make yourself at home in my brain. (I know you’ll be staying around for a bit.)

Make sure you ask them how many AIs they use. Any company that doesn’t use at least 6 AIs will not be able to operate at speed OR at scale.

Looks like a Pavement LP but sounds like the Church or something from Flying Nun circa 1988, has copious amounts of 12 string guitar plus saxophone and is one of the most exciting things I’ve heard this year. It’s Station Model Violence from Sydney, Australia! Thnx staticshockrecords.bsky.social !

You’ll never believe it but this job posting is looking for someone with an “AI-first” and “AI-native” mindset.

The films my middle school kids are watching in school now that equivalency testing is done, grades are due, and break is imminent: Michael, Remember the Titans, She’s the Man. Hit their non existent Letterboxd for reviews…

Take a bow, Widow’s Bay.

New Death Cab album so good it makes me regret selling my copy of We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes. Alternate title: You Seem Pretty Sad For A Guy So Divorced.

Not done thinking about Obsession. Nope.

Inherited this one from my dad but had never played it until today. Sometimes see it go for big bucks? Turns out it’s great! Same swampy soulful vibe as Exile on Main Street. Recorded in a shed in Accokeek Maryland! Crabs likely consumed.

Happy bday to my two favorite Rock Stars With Farm Animals lps!!!

The new Lemon Twigs arrived today. Haven’t had a chance to spin it yet; quite confident it’s characteristically brilliant (D’Addarios don’t miss) but can we just pause a second and appreciate… *an actual jewel case*? In this economy @capturedtracks.bsky.social ?

Your own…personal…Prius

Finnish jazz combo Oiro Peno got a bit of buzz in the nerd jazz community recently. Saw the hand silkscreened art (on recycled reversed covers no less!) and read a reference to hip hop legends Main Source in its description. SOLD! Puts me in the mind of the kind of stuff Don Cherry did in Europe.

Coffee shop playing Stone Roses “Don’t Stop” is a choice (that I fully endorse). Normalize backwards music!

It’s April 15th! Everybody play yr IRS Records!

Happy Absolute Batman day to all who celebrate. This issue RIPS!

Tuesday night means you turn on the thingy and wait for @lordretail.bsky.social to review the weeks new comics…

At the extreme risk of contributing to the literal dumbest timeline, I would to go on the record: I too support the Redd Kross.

Like I dunno…the Ramones(?)…one could plausibly argue you need only one OR every Bonnie Prince Billy album. I guess I land in the latter category predictably. His music is consistently a welcome balm, the newest no exception.

Really really loved this show. Was pretty taken by its many layers and just exceptional performances from the three leads…plus Richard Jenkins who basically stole the whole show. Affecting!

They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off. (Sounds as fresh as spring flowers.)

File along side the recently featured Touch Girl Apple Blossom under: Unusually Good C86-y Songcraft That Belies Its Scrappy Construction aka The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright in the Big 26 slipperssss.bandcamp.com/album/slippe...

If you put a nun or a priest in your book I will very likely read it. Bonus points if you include a marine archaeologist. Well done @dbandry.bsky.social! I picked the right indie #1 for me this week.

The Misha Panfilov fascination continues unabated. Everything this guy touches seems to be magic. mpsc.bandcamp.com/album/to-the...

Where my seasonal candy headz at?

Indiepop with guitar solos…ask yr dealer for Touch Girl Apple Blossom: touchgirlappleblossom.bandcamp.com/album/graceful

Superheroes…they’re just like us.

It’s still early but so far my fave album of 2026 is a live jazz album from an Estonian guitarist/composer and his six multinational friends that was recorded in 2023 but released in 2024 by an independent label based in Detroit. @funknight.bsky.social

Interesting backstory on this one: young LA instrumentalist receives life altering diagnosis, channels grief and coping through music and records solo debut. Hypnotic 70s-era Impulse! album ensues… @leavingrecords.bsky.social

Dang y’all…‘sgood. Real good. Guess you could say I’m….In On In On The Firsttaker.

Got any supremely under the radar bands you’ve been championing for ages? Mine’s Tahiti 80 from France…who hasn’t released anything in the US since 2005(?). But whose quality nonetheless still hasn’t dipped! Were I reductive I’d say like a better version of Phoenix!

Happy Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring finale to all who celebrate! @patrickhorvath.bsky.social you ok?!?! :)

In the past 48 hours I’ve watched one documentary about Paul McCartney’s 70s and another that laser focused on the Beatles’ 1962. The former was fun but inessential the latter completely unmissable. The gift that ceases to keep gifting.

Dunno. Just seemed…apt?

I chose a good year to let my nerd flag fly freely!

More Sedaka adjacency. Truth being stranger than fiction…

Picked this one up a few years back in the midst of my 10cc mania/discovery phase. This was one of the early albums recorded at their Strawberry Studios and they served as the backing band. NS (RIP) said “hey you lads are GOOD! You should make yr own records…” and the rest is history.

Tatjana Wood has apparently passed away at age 99. Her father was Jewish so during WW2 her parents sent her to the Netherlands, then NY. She studied as a dressmaker, met/married Wallace Wood and began assisting him, then pivoted to becoming one of the best colorists in comics.

It doesn’t feel *that* long since Will Oldham put out *another* very excellent Bonnie Prince Billy record. Impressive work rate, truly one of our greats.

Hoping to find my copy asap!

Gonna put Conversation Hearts on my list of holiday-specific candy that gets a bad rap but actually rules. Where my candy heads at?

Something kinda accidentally perfect about these two records getting re-released on the same day as they are…simpatically (made up word?) exemplary specimens of what I’d call respectively first wave and second wave US indie pop.

What a perfect week to finally read the first trade of Absolute Wonder Woman, as this week’s Annual picks up right where its last arc ends. Diana course corrects some Greek Mythology here…and calls out the sometimes distinction bt legend & truth. @kellythompson.bsky.social is a master storyteller!

At the risk of bragging/being a non-romantic find yrself a partner who doesn’t care about VDay! Also play this loud: youtu.be/49lLK0BIYeQ?...

This am’s soundtrack inspired by @andrewmale.bsky.social’s wonderfully informative @mojomagazine.bsky.social review of Live at the Plugged Nickel. *17 year old* Tony Williams drums on half of the record’s tracks.

Awful! People who rob small businesses are a special brand of soulless. BP are THE BEST!

A good 30% of NBC’s Olympic coverage is “can you believe *Snoop* is here? In the *cold*??? And the *snow*????”