RIP FRED SMITH then man who stepped into richard hell's shoes in television, making the band far less chaotic but a whole lot more "musical." later a vintner & animating presence at the great jones. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

AUCTION OPEN FOR STEVE ALBINI'S COPY OF THE LED ZEP 6LP BOX WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIM BY JIMMY & ROBERT PLANT DURING THE "CLARKDALE" SESSIONS www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction

rec of the day: HELENE BARBIER "panorama" (bonsound LP) third great solo slab by this MTL-based singer/bassist who was in moss lime. mixes post-punk instrumental lumpery with vocals based in the eternally-fulfilling birkin model. smooth, sharp & swingin'. helenebarbier.bandcamp.com/album/panorama

NYT did a great obit for JIMMY REED as part of their "overlooked" series no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS TODAY SAT JAN 31 4 PM TASHI DORJI + CHE CHEN TOMORROW SUN FEB 1 4PM ROGER MILLER (KING OF THE ROAD TO SPACE) 221 PINE ST #141 FLORENCE MA DONATIONS - PWYC

rec of the day: DAN MELCHIOR "reveries" (cudighi LP) unlike any other rec i know in dan's massive discography. slurping instrumentals for guitar and electric organ, almost in the style of those oddball lounge records tom verlaine used to love. bodacious! cudighirecords.bandcamp.com/album/reveries

newly uncovered warhol footage to be screened in nyc www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...

SLY DUNBAR RIP www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/a...

RIP JOHNNY LEGEND not always my cup of tea, but a genuine freak & proud of it. the premier of his film, "my breakfast with blassie" was the last time i saw andy kaufman on this earth. sending love to johnny's sister, lynn, another stone bad-ass of a different sort www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/a...

rec of the day: EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH "eggs a little late" (petty bunco LP) missed EPA's last LP, but this one's a wide-ass listen in terms of sound & variety. post-post-post-prog eclecticism of the finest sort available. fully outside time & space. equipmentpointedankh.bandcamp.com/album/eggs-a...

RIP ALVARO PENA ROJAS i translated this from a chilean news site, so it's a tad glitchy, but i couldn't find anything in english

Nice NYT piece on Uncle Floyd (RIP) no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...

rec of the day: BILL ORCUTT "another perfect day" (palilalia LP) solo at cafe oto in '23. tom carter's description of it as "punk rock" is correct, inasmuch as the attack is well-chopped & moves forward organically, but it's still quite melodic and groovy billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...

because out old buildling is not very happy in the extreme cold & the parking lot can be quite a mess in snow

DUE TO WEATHER ISSUES, ROGER MILER'S SHOW AT FEEDING TUBE HAS BEEN PUSHED TO SUNDAY FEB 1 AT 4PM. stay warm in the meantime!

RIP UNCLE FLOYD floyd was one of the real underground heroes of the nyc metro area. his approach was to take the early 60s kids show tv format and apply it to the punk era, and it worked like crazy. deadline.com/2026/01/uncl...

shockingly on-point editorial in the nyt today by jamelle bouie no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

THIS SUNDAY JAN 25 '26 AT 5 PM ROGER MILLER LIVE AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS PRETTY SURE I HEARD THIS WOULD BE ACOUSTIC, BUT WHO REALLY KNOWS?

rec of the day; HARVEY MILK "WhaRvEy milK" (chunklet LP) live on WREK in '94, this is some damn sweet sludge from this athens trio in the days when they were still a singles band. slo-mo genius in the raw, the band was far more than "the melvins of the south." chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/wharve...

RIP TUCKER ZIMMERMAN not as well known as some of his contemporaries, but one of great expatriate american folk artists driven from our shores by previous fascist regimes. a sad end for a very talented artist. www.clashmusic.com/news/tucker-...

It also includes a bilingual french-english montage of the great poet Byron Coley reading "On a skunk" from his essential collection "Contre les caves - Defense Against Squares".

STRANGEPROGRAM "strange program" (strange program LP) while not as whacked as, say timmy's organism, this detroit trio manages to combine really great garage propulsion with weird psych touches that push 'em into the realm of otherness. wizards vs. thugs? strangeprogram.bandcamp.com/album/strang...

rec of the day: "L'OIE DE CRAVAN 33 ANS SOUS LES MERS (l'oie de cravan LP) sweet 33rd birthday present to/from this great montreal press, music (minutemen live, a michael hurley tune by glenn jones & myriam gendron), spoken word (in french) & fine vibes galore. www.oiedecravan.com/livres/colle...

RIP WALTER STEDING as a weird underground nyc violinist steding was always second (in my mind, anyway) to boris policeband, but that ain't hay. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...

Free your mind and your ass will follow... thequietus.com/interviews/s... @byroncoley.bsky.social @thequietus.com

THE AUCTION FOR STEVE ALBINI'S BRITISH GOLD DISC OF PJ HARVEY'S "RID OF ME" IS UP FOR ONE MORE WEEK. IT CLOSES THURS JAN 22 AT 4:30 PM (EASTERN) DON'T BE SHY! www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction

rec of the day: WINGED WHEEL "desert so green" (12XU LP) 3rd dashing album from a scattered troupe (now including steve shelley) who recorded this one in person. sweet cluttered groove-rock w/ krautly post-punk/psych splat & dream pop icing. real damn good. wingedwheel.bandcamp.com/album/desert...

myriam gendron's show at belltower records last night was absolutely transcendent. do yourself a solid & catch one of her other rare u.s. dates!

youtube.com/watch?v=nahP... @byroncoley.bsky.social Harmonic Clipping & Pussy Galore & Of Course Expresso

rec of the day: JAD FAIR & YO LA TENGO "strange but true" (bar-none/joyful noise LP) 27th anniversary re of this crucial alb, which is the most fully integrated fair/YLT collab on record. 2 of our finest sonic-adventure-units on the trail of pure genius. www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/str...

rec of the day: MIDNIGHT MINES "feel like i'm slipping away" (minimum table stacks LP) 3rd totally great album by this uk band has a transcendent approach to crap-rock that lands equidistant from the cheaters slicks and early marychain. bo-fuckin-dacious! midnightmines.bandcamp.com/album/feel-i...

rec of the daty: MATCHEZ "unraveled" (special powers LP) excellent new collection of synth-cracked underground weirdness from a michigan lifer, best known as a sidekick to the monumentally fried nicodemus. solid, smokin' avant-thug grunt. specialpowers.bigcartel.com/product/matc...

aw fuck. RIP AMOS POE the real king of no wave cinema (among other things) & a very nice guy no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/a...

excellent nyt piece on tom verlaine's archives. he was such a great guy i miss him still. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

New auction up for the gold disc Steve Albini got from BPI for PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me hitting the mark in ‘93. Please pass the word to any PJH fans. The auction runs until 4:30 PM (eastern) Thursday January 22, 2026. www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction

rec of the day: HUMAN HAIR "human hair" (daksina LP) swinging debut album by nyc duo -- pat murano (nnck/decimus/etc.) and richard hoffman (sightings/organs obsolete.) electric string sounds sail & wobble like hornets looking for an angry fix & all is not well. decimus.bandcamp.com/album/human-...

rec of the day: TERRINE "jazz band theory" (bruit direct LP) another great LP from claire gappen's untaggable solo project. tastes of everything from french post-industrial smudge to jandekian guitar wandering. terrine does it all! and well. bruitdirectdisques.bandcamp.com/album/terrin...

lydia & tim just posted the podcast we did about the now jazz now book. lydianspin.libsyn.com

my new years resolution is to try & get back to posting a rec of the day. been so wrapped up in albini stuff & writing work it kinda slipped out of my mind. but i will try to re-focus. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER BYRON N COLEY RESIDENT OF THE FREE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS

pretty good guide to streaming brigitte bardot as of today. my fave is definitely godard's "contempt," but they're all worth seeing. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/m...

Myriam Gendron 3 shows in January 14-01-26 Bell Tower Records, North Adams, Mass w/ Wednesday Knudsen --- 15-01-26, Public Records, NYC,NY w/ Zoh Amba --- 16-01-26, Tubby's, kingston, NY w/ Lucy Sante --- @byroncoley.bsky.social

RIP brigette bardot. her preference for animals over humans made sense. sadly, her choice in humans wasn't great. but that was years after this very inspirational poster graced my high school dorm room's wall, when i imagined she was part of paris's revolutionary spring of '68. ah well...

FE just posted a piece i did about the process of putting together the "now jazz now" book. www.forcedexposure.com/Features/Lat...

we're all drawn towards the void, but each day we continue to exist & try to do good for our friends & culture is worth celebrating. so let's raise a toast to US as well as those who are gone, vowing to continue our fight to bend the arc of society in the direction of ecstasy rather than despair.

scorcese wrote a beautiful tribute to rob & michele reiner in the nyt today. we might all pause this morning to remember & celebrate the many friends & heroes we have all lost this past year. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...

I made this playlist of Super K bubblegum singles across various record labels a while back. At the time, no one else seemed to have ever bothered doing this. music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...

RIP jerry kasenetz. although he was kind of a scam artist, there are some real stompers hidden amidst his vast catalog. no firewall www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/a...

would be curious to know what people think of the nowjazznow book if anyone's gotten a copy besides mr. lost treasures. having read through it, i'm quite happy with the way it finally turned out, but it was such a long process i really have almost no way to know what a sane person makes of it.