Tapes

I make sure to get all of my betting recommendations from ESPN Bet Live, the show produced by the people who get paid if you lose

my first pitchfork byline, about the first official radiohead live album since 2001? sure why the hell not pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Underrated Bob. Very good as is and with a few tweaks would be a stone cold classic

Listening to Faces for the first time in a while and even though they're super well known and respected I'm coming away feeling like they're still kind of underrated?

Covering this all timer for Tape Study tomorrow, subscribe so you don't miss it tapestudy.substack.com

Can you guess the 2005 movie?

*please imagine the below is paired with enticing thumbnail where a guy looks surprised* You WON'T believe who did cinematography on Ray Davies' directoral debut. Click here to be shocked (and to read about Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dinosaur Jr, and others) tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

What are we going to revive after Shoegaze and Nu Metal? I hope it's Big Music

The Best of Badfinger is GOATed when saying "Wait, that's by Badfinger?" is the vibe

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Just relistened to Pretty Years for Tape Study and that's a record that did not get it's due. Arguably stronger than Lose. Like it more every time I hear it.

Pick 3. I'm going Lose, Hell Hath No Fury, Here and Nowhere Else with We Have the Facts just missing the cut

Just dropped a very Cure heavy edition of Tape Study. Check it out: tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

The IDF killed more than 40 people with an airstrike on a coffee shop where Palestinian students go to use the internet and study for exams. www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/m...

I got to write about the emotionally charged new EP from @carefulgaze.bsky.social for the Best of Q2 round-up on @swimintosound.bsky.social. Please listen to this record. It's only three tracks, but it's as powerful as anything else they've done. swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/6/...

Coming to think that prime Crowded House is on par with prime Squeeze

I don't mean to belabor the point, but technically speaking, Arthur Russell (d. 1992) has lived in New York City more recently than Andrew Cuomo.

This shit is crazy

It's my birthday a week from today and look, if you're trying to think of the perfect present I think being a bestselling author would be a great way to celebrate turning 43. Grab a copy of my book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman wherever books are grabbed. 📚🔗: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477331484/

Never been the biggest outtakes/b-sides guy but listening through Superchunk's Misfits and Mistakes and it's crazy how good some of their non-album stuff is

Randomly dawned on me this weekend how good this release is: tidal.com/browse/track...

i honestly do not know what to say, other than if you’re trans, i love you, and if you have trans loved ones, i love them too

Wrote about my favorite Cloud Nothing's record and some other great music for this week's Tape Study, check it out: tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

Due for more positive reevaluation imo

Don't sleep on this one tidal.com/browse/album...

I wrote a piece addressing arguments I often hear from people who are ostensibly progressive but take issue with those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. If you're someone who doesn't get why people call for a ceasefire I hope it helps you understand. cutawaycar.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/a...

I wrote a piece addressing arguments I often hear from people who are ostensibly progressive but take issue with those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. If you're someone who doesn't get why people call for a ceasefire I hope it helps you understand. cutawaycar.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/a...

A little late to it but the new Alien Boy 👀

ALBUM IS OUT! Listen loud. We’re so proud of this thing. labradortunes.bandcamp.com/album/my-ver...

Greatest day of my tape collecting life

SINGLE PREMIERE: Afloat are back with “Special,” part of a split that they’ll be releasing on May 23rd with their friends in Dummy Pass. Get a sneak peek of the song here in advance of Friday’s release: swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/5/...

Beginning the process of turning this into a Squeeze meme page. Please be patient during this time of change

New Tape Study out today, features screamo, power pop, me being bitter about comedy, and more! Check it out: tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

Groucho Marx by Liquid Mike? Sterling Hayden by Telethon? One things for sure: movies and movie stars are back in a big way

we all have to live the rest of our lives knowing that the people of gaza were left to fend for themselves www.thenation.com/article/worl...

First Bedhead record is too good

It's horrific that Netanyahu is just saying this out loud and world powers are letting them go through with it. This is a plainly stated intention to wipe out Gazans. A moral fucking atrocity. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

Think I'm fully in on this new Car Seat Headrest

Sick

Revisiting Wondrous Bughouse for the first time in a while and it's so sick

It's awesome that they made a restaurant where instead of fries you can get hush puppies and a chicken quesadilla

Came across some Talladega Malort

Making plans

Ryan Blaney kicked a field goal during a timeout. UFL rules

Dart family wifi was eating the Sanders family's wifi's lunch on the live feed. Likely was a factor

Small sample size to draw from but history shows that Al Horford likes to win a second championship immediately after his first

Speak It Into Existence, @pulsesva.bsky.social's sophomore album, turned five years old last week. @rhiannon-comma.bsky.social sat down with the band to discuss their creative process behind the record and the impact it has had on her and countless other fans. swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/4/...

RYM is so funny (review of Emmylou Harris' Wrecking Ball era live album Spyboy)