no one is going to make a better final album, just impossible

i dare an american station to bankroll a season of a Later With Jools Holland-style hourlong program, where 4-6 artists play 1-2 songs each. get elijah wood to host or some shit, i don't care. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/film-t...

if i were an A&R guy i'd be combing this regional list like crazy, an embarrassment of riches

I’ve compiled local ‘2025 best-ofs’ from every alt-weekly, daily, radio station, or whatever I could find here. Lmk if I'm missing one you've seen sipsman.substack.com/p/sipsman-co...

Excellent recommendation from Wilco of Thomas Dollbaum's 'Drive All Night' EP! (amazing list all around) ✨ @dearliferecs.bsky.social

Saturday afternoon at Fred's Lounge in Mamou

Justice to Clifford's "Sugar Pill" here and its "layers of sublimely wounded harmonizing" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cch3... Also do click thru to check out Lily Seabird's favorite song of 2025. Thx Luke!

Saints won yday, mainly because I was there

a fav 2025 record you may have missed iykyk avaluna.bandcamp.com/album/ava-luna

Die Hard but when the terrorists arrive to the holiday party they're not terrorists just friendly attendees and the movie's just situational holiday party comedy/drama

No. 2 Thomas Dollbaum: Drive All Night @dearliferecs.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-e...

this one is SUCH a jam, prob the best example of the studio-as-instrument approach Imarhan took on their new record Essam, out Jan 16 via City Slang imarhan.lnk.to/AA_Video

you and me both. here's one from @portlandmercury.com: www.portlandmercury.com/winter-guide...

I miss your average altweekly's regional albums of the year list. Please send any you see my way.

My main beef with Getting Killed is the drummer doesn't know when to stfu

Lest you forget:

May grab a drink at the gym after I use it

Cigarette < car cigarette < bike cigarette

Sunday nite at Saturn Bar w/ Louis Michot's Swamp Magic

love SML and this album is so fantastic riyl ESG and MMW and In a Silent Way go @intlangelorg.bsky.social intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/how-yo...

Solange album before the year is done wouldn't that be great

📰🗞️📰🗞️📰🗞️📰 sipsman.substack.com/p/communique...

they're thirsty as HELL:

Imarhan live from France right now www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...

BRAVE: THE SIPSMAN ¢£€ARAN¢€ $A£€ IS LIVE 🥤 sipsman.bandcamp.com

Did you know that Spotify is extending the deadline for submitting a Clip for this year's Wrapped? I do! Because they sent me two emails about it, four minutes apart!! Sounds like it's going great!!!1

i have to be the one to say it? damn, okay: the chord progression of "Dopamine" is too similar to "Honey"

this new Kalia Vandever album is nice and a little more trad than i anticipated. still out there, don't fret. trombone is a top five instrument. kaliavandever.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...

RIP pennies giving me the upper hand www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9aM...

New Imarhan single out today, "Tellalt," from their forthcoming album Essam, due Jan 16 via City Slang. Just the most casual shredding: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwO...

attn UNC fans us.karhu.com/products/kar...

HEY PAL, WHY DON'T YOU GO send me an underrated record of 2025 to listen to

happy juana molina release day juanamolina.bandcamp.com/album/doga

Lede imgs that go hard

What is it about pasta sauce that makes you think you reinvented the wheel every time you make it from scratch

November is the best month to be in new orleans

respect is due to @clppng.bsky.social

never heard of this drink, never made it for a customer, but it's back baybee!! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...

tremendous band alert

anyone care to loan me $50k to get a good music festival for independent artists off the ground in new orleans

Listen to the Convenience's jangly new college rock single "Angel"

kinda feel like the role of criticism is to provide a point of view other than popular crowd consensus which is what we get literally everywhere else

🥤 SIPSMAN COMMUNIQUE: October 2025 sipsman.substack.com/p/sipsman-co...

Helped my folks quit spotify yday ✌️

since i left mailchimp my press releases get 15% more opens. substack newsletter/communique 10%. fuk mailchimp lol.

Proud to be working with Imarhan around their new album Essam, out Jan 16 via City Slang sipsman.com/Imarhan youtu.be/H8tOs9ZVoQc?...