As I recover from an abnormally late Sunday evening full of shenanigans, @idieyoudie.bsky.social’s Tracks Post arrives; that fresh cup of strong black coffee slapping the sleep from my face every Monday morning.

I have no idea and am without pithy ideas for fake band names.

I saw and briefly chatted with Mecha Maiko’s Hayley Stewart when they opened for Priest of all bands back in 2023. Fantastic then and no different now. They do have a connection to the scene in having at one point been a vocalist for synthwave/darkwave act Dead Astronauts.

A really cool chat with Health is certainly something you should be checking out. Get on it.

A bracing and full-bodied blast of maximalist darkwave from Chile's Diavol Strâin makes a strong early bid for darkwave record of the year.

Having exhausted all food analogies to suggest taking up a new batch of Monday tracks collated by the distinguished gentlemen @idieyoudie.bsky.social, may I instead humbly suggest that you do so? Hmm...maybe "good eating"? Nope, that's terrible. In any event, ignore me & check it out anyway.

Be sure to check out this week’s WHaT; offering up the venerated two album discussion format. The Neon Judgement has always been a songs not albums band for me. On the other hand, I love that Witch of the Vale release something fierce.

Veteran synthpop/rock fusionists Mesh draw together some of their best songwriting and arrangement manoeuvres. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/04/01/m...

More food for your ear holes awaits in @idieyoudie.bsky.social’s weekly Tracks Post; a part of any balanced diet and almost certainly tastier than bran.

Big commentary on WHaC this week. Tune in!

This kid can not be stopped, he’s up to 36 goals on the season. 🤯 🎥: @nhl

Discussion of new EPs by Marie Ann Hedonia & Corpse Dust. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/27/o...

This week's We Have a Technical is a lot of fun and you should give it a listen. As to a few of my favourites, they're in the replies.

Depressive Euro post-punk is the order of the day on the latest from The Violent Youth. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/25/t...

Prolific producer Fredrik Djurfeldt takes a brooding and reflective tack with his latest project.

Goals.

It’s Track’s Post, your true and faithful weekly go to for a generous sampling of fresh ear candy!

Clad in a blue rain poncho, sitting in second row splatter zone at Wolf Performance Hall with Shannon McMillan awaiting Evil Dead the Musical to begin. There’s a song called “Do the Necromicon”, apparently. I am both amused and terrified.

New material from Group Rhoda and Nick Viola is examined. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/20/o...

An album I adore and an artist I listen to sparingly are taken up and discussed this week from the folks @idieyoudie.bsky.social. WHaT has long been a part of my Thursday routine and it should be a part of yours as well.

The latest from Statiqbloom links Fade Kainer's recent techno focus with classic powernoise. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/18/s...

New shirt design, "Light Alone is Not Enough" now out for spring over at my threadless! Front and back print on black and white tees, long sleeves and pullover hoodies! zeroillo.threadless.com

Irish duo Chalk bring machine rhythm to the forefront of their industrialized post-punk debut LP. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/17/c...

I missed this yesterday (still recovering from the shows attended last week and the travel involved), but another fine group of tracks are up for consideration on @idieyoudie.bsky.social's Monday Tracks Post. Go. Make your ear holes happy.

Thoughts on Hugo Dirac's new EP and a split from L A N D S R A A D & Psychic Hood.

A very timely subject is taken up and chewed over on this week’s WHaT. Don’t miss out.

Dejan Samardzic's minimal electro outlet DSX returns in a new form that speaks to his history within and without the project. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/11/d...

Current commission in progress, based on a 1904 furniture ad by Koloman Moser. #medusa #art #kolomanmoser #commissions

I’m not promising that by checking out today’s Tracks post by @idieyoudie.bsky.social you’ll immediately become happier and more fulfilled, I’m simply saying it couldn’t hurt.

I'm very much screen averse when reading, wanting instead to turn the pages of a paper I've inadvertently graced with coffee rings. Today brought @clareblackwood.bsky.social’s mayoral piece in the Toronto Star. It was delightful bit of wit and joy after combing through the sadly usual daily horrors.

Thoughts on new and archival work from Mal-Ism and In The Nursery, respectively. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/06/o...

It's Bandcamp Friday! The inbox is stuffed so the morning will be spent wading through the new releases, announcements and discounts to be found therein. NECRØ has a bangin' new single out today, why not start there?

Actors always come correct.

For a contemporary comparison to 120 Days of Genitorture, perhaps Madonna's sex book would be appropriate. Both garnered a whole lot of attention but when examined seemed calculated and measured and thusly less exciting than what any controversy may have suggested. I dunno. @idieyoudie.bsky.social

The latest from veteran rhythmic noise project Monolith takes a turn into contemplative tribal industrial. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/04/m...

Snow is finally melting, I can smell grass and sun and that means the synthpop albums get dusted off and trotted out. I keep forgetting how great this album is.

49 today and as such, I'm celebrating in a manner most appropriate: getting an evening bone density scan.

Long-running ritual industrial act This Morn' Omina delivers a varied, if often ambient album for Cryo Chamber. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/03/03/t...

A bangin’ clutch of tracks are up and ready to be devoured. Head on over to @idieyoudie.bsky.social for these select choices and scads more of your favourite and soon to be favourite “darker alternatives”.

Good Morning, time to get moving!

Happy 30th, The Process!

Thoughts on new EPs by Feyleux and Body System. www.idieyoudie.com/2026/02/27/o...

I like this better than the original.

Regarding the last repost, holy hell do I overuse commas. I need someone keyboard-side to slap my hand.

Two albums up for discussion on WHaT this week from the gents @idieyoudie.bsky.social. I can't really speak to Fiction 8, but I got into Ikon with 2004's Psychic Vampire EP, which has my favourite of their's, "Garden of the Lost" on it so this album was a bit of a surprise going back. Check it out

New Converter wasn’t supposed to happen. That was one of those “only Uncle Ben stays dead” or “you watch anything Ron Perlman’s in” axioms. To have a certain collaborator involved is in and of itself surprising but at the same time, perfect.

The second LP since Flesh Field's reactivation links the project's newfound guitar focus back to the project's ambitious cyber roots.

New DSX was a nice surprise. Check it and other fresh cuts out on the latest edition of ID:UD's Monday Tracks Post.