If you’re looking to blow off a little steam and need musical accompaniment, may I suggest Herod’s “Reckoning”? It’s an absolute ass beating for a minute followed by a slow burn, multi-stage outro that absolutely crushes. Masterful heaviness. youtu.be/ZxIsz3NYfLk?...

This record is crushing me. Dark, swirling movie score type stuff with chord changes and voicings you’ll feel in your soul. A perfect example of how heaviness doesn’t always have to mean “super distorted and loud and drop-tuned to hell”. tidal.com/album/315933...

I knew I chose a good band to be my favorite. @thriceofficial.bsky.social @rileybreck.bsky.social

It is Meshuggah Monday. Please celebrate responsibly. tidal.com/album/396315...

Calling for a preemptive Meshuggah Monday due to current events. youtu.be/9v5avhC6tXs?...

This episode was so good I listened to it thrice. Shitty workout form as a parallel to how these goons “govern” is so spot-on. “There’s just no willingness to accept that there’s anyone that knows more than you, or that the knowledge that someone else might have is worth more than your instinct.”

Modal Neurex’s BP-239 MIDI lute has been the talk of the town at NAMM. This plucked string e-instrument utilizes bexagonal mentones and perpendicular twiezal crems aligned seamlessly about the flange. A pre-caved internal dubis provides unmatched versatility for neo-folk artists and hobbyists alike.

TEEEEEEETH. Band slays. Turn up the volume, press play, and let Godzilla punch you in the mouth.

Paraphrasing @jasonkirk.fyi here but if you’re gonna fill my childhood with Sunday School stories about loving the weak and poor don’t blame me if I paid attention and took those lessons to heart.

I get extreme televangelist vibes from both of them. Mendoza is the "Yay Jesus!" type and Cignetti is the "fire and brimstone, fear of God" type.

Mendoza implies the existence of Womendoza.

It’s time.

Hearing Oneohtrix Point Never on @officehourslive.bsky.social last week reminded me that it had been way too long since I’d spun Garden Of Delete. Listened to Tranquilizer a lot last year and loved it, but Garden is still so goddamn good. tidal.com/album/106693...

This made me realize that it had been way too long since I'd listened to "Disintegration Loops". They're brilliant in their simplicity and minimalism, and a great reminder that less can absolutely be more in music (and everything else, really).

This new Zu record is pretty sick. Super heavy, sprawling, twisted Italian prog with horns that kinda leans into Mr. Bungle and Primus territory occasionally. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it. tidal.com/album/488405...

All of Roth's work is great, but this is phenomenal. I'd screenshot a highlight, but every time I tried to do that I'd find something even more highlight worthy in the next paragraph. An absolute must-read about how incredibly fucked this whole situation is.

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Am I the only who is jonesing hard for a new Slugdge record? [waits patiently] OK, so maybe I am, but how could you not want more absolutely bonkers sludgy death-metal about mollusks? So much shredding. Give this LP from 2018 a spin and join me. tidal.com/album/850555...

We’re getting the first new record from Poison The Well in 16 years in March! This first single “Thoroughbreds” rips, and it’s just the tip of the iceberg. So stoked these fellas are back at it. tidal.com/album/486966...

Happy Supervoid Choral Ensemble Day to all who celebrate! Ben (Cloudkicker) sent me this new EP last week and I've been spinning it like ten times a day ever since. It slays -- huge riffs, stellar drumming by Vinny from Gospel, and a huge mix. tidal.com/album/489145...

I bought the Heat 2 audiobook because I wanted something easy and kinda mindless to listen to while I do home reno stuff, but the guy narrating the book has *severe* Action Movie Trailer Voice and it’s killing me. So funny. Not sure I can make it through this whole thing.

Craig & Co. asked me to write about the mess that is the Los Angeles Angels for this year's BP Annual. I didn't pull any punches.

It is Meshuggah Monday. Please perform your civic duty ASAP by playing a Meshuggah song (or songs) as loud as possible on your preferred device and headbanging with StankFace until said song (or songs) is over. tidal.com/album/846928...

Who’s got the better Mouth Agape & Absolutely Dumbfounded look while they pace the sidelines, Pete Carroll or Jim Harbaugh?

This is a must-read.

This DIIV live record that came out Monday is really hitting the spot. Not many bands doing the nü-gaze thing better than they are right now. tidal.com/album/485484...

Neither this, nor the 2026 Los Angeles Angels, have to exist if you choose never to watch them

It is Meshuggah Monday. Please celebrate responsibly. tidal.com/album/396315...

This Steelers vs Ravens game is drunk as hell.

Finally saw K-Pop Demon Hunters. I know “Golden” is The Song, but “Free” is the best jam on that soundtrack. Total banger.

Are we supposed to call our reps and tell them we don’t like when the president engages in overt war crimes, or can we trust them to get there on their own?

If Dry January is your thing, that rules. Godspeed. I will be participating in Moist January. No, not sopping or damp. Just moist. Moist.

I get extreme televangelist vibes from both of them. Mendoza is the "Yay Jesus!" type and Cignetti is the "fire and brimstone, fear of God" type.

Not sure how I whiffed on a Malcolm Catto LP last year, but I did. Sick fuzzy, psychedelic funk with Catto getting super naaasty on the drums and Little Barrie shredding guitar. Record's a must-spin for the drumming alone, but the total package is a killer road trip record. tidal.com/album/429410...

Oh hell yeah.

First music rec of 2026 is the new EP from futurepresent, a new project from Andrew McEnaney (Structures, END, Trade Wind). It's a woozy, trippy, glitchy, downtempo collection of jams that kinda land somewhere in between DJ Shadow, Nosaj Thing, and Tycho played at x 0.5. tidal.com/album/482336...

Buy the book. I might have written too many words about the Angels in it. Only one way to find out.

The latest Author & Punisher LP slays. Crazy heavy, apocalyptic, industrial sludge mixed at skull-crushing levels by Will Putney. Apparently many of the melodies and rhythms were inspired by various bird calls. It was on my year-end list, but it deserves a signal boost. tidal.com/album/445734...

Really digging the latest record from Djrum. Dreamy improvisational piano, layered ambience, and the push and pull of some wild programmed drums and perc holding it all down. A perfect record to decompress with. Absolutely would have made my EOY list had I heard it sooner. tidal.com/album/420061...

The NFL is still trying to make up for blowing a couple calls in the Rams favor during the 2018/19 NFC Championship.

We were invited to the Kerrang Awards in like 2003 and I used the urinal next to a dead elf. Literally scared the piss outta me.

lol got him

It is Meshuggah Monday. Please perform your civic duty. Participate. Celebrate. And tell a friend. tidal.com/album/396319...

Imagine losing touch with music 20 years ago and deciding to blame it on everyone else. I'm sure it's the music, and the country, and whatever else, and not that you're an incurious, deaf old fart with shitty taste.

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Stunned that Driving An iPad isn’t working out.

oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends

It is Soilwork Saturday. Been a while since I've spun this, but it still whips ass. So much shredding. tidal.com/album/108031...