I absolutely love this idea from @caltropspress.bsky.social , to say nothing of the verse from RAMA caltropspress.substack.com/p/caltrops-q...

𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨' 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙒𝙊𝙂 ᴄᴀʟᴛʀᴏᴘꜱ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇ 23 available now including the final installment of my writings on the album 32 pages with a staple-bound, kraft cardstock cover DM or email ([email protected]) to cop 💀 read + subscribe 💀

ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕖𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝: 95 ᴅᴇꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴀᴘ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ꜱᴜɴᴍᴜɴᴅɪ & ꜱᴀꜱᴄᴏ’ꜱ "ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ" thee album of the year courtesy of Sunmundi & @sascomusic.bsky.social 💀 💻 💾 🌐 read [incl. footnotes!] + subscribe [if u desire]

ＲＡＰＳ ＋ ＣＲＡＦＴＳ #４１: ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER one of the most talented eMCees operating today: a relentless, catch reckless, rhizomatically rhyming within the static microphone fiend. 💀 read + subscribe 💀

ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ [ʜᴀʀꜱʜ] ɴᴏɪꜱᴇ [ᴡᴀʟʟ]: ᴬᵈʲᵃᶜᵉⁿᶜⁱᵉˢ & ᴬᶜᶜᵉⁿᵗᵘᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ & ᴬˡˢᵒˢ ᵒᶠ ᴰᵉᶠʳᵃᵍ ᴿᵃᵖ words on the continued racket, rips, + panics of... UURYDON ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER MILLENIUM herratic Fatboi Sharif GDP

Caltrops Issue 22: The Birth of Defrag Rap is available for order now. -Sage green cardstock cover (limited to 50 copies). -Staple-bound -Cover photography by Suchi -28 pages

ɪᴛ’ꜱ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴀ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴇꜱ: 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜’ 𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 “𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎” 💀 read + subscribe 💀

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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗚 𝗥𝗔𝗣: ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴜʙ[ᴛᴇʀʀᴀɴᴇᴀɴ]ɢᴇɴʀᴇ a critikal + choral look at the incendiary recent work of... shemar Outside House KLG Klergé xdeadbeat Snotnoze Saleem MILLENIUM ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER

Oooh Chef Mike, Detroit's Alchemist Stunt Double, really outdid himself on the CD layout flipping that @caltropspress.bsky.social main piece sankofa.bandcamp.com/album/monste...

(if i havent already done so) please allow me recommend joe rathgeber's poetry collection, GANGSTA LIEN. it's my absolute favorite collection of the 21st century. im not sure any copies remain but check with joe @caltropspress.bsky.social — i know ive rec'd it before but i can't recall to who.

An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

No School is OUT NOW! stream / download / pre-order the vinyl here: gregdavis.bandcamp.com/album/no-sch...

caltrops press ruminates on billy woods' BLK ZMBY @caltropspress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/caltrops...

𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜' "𝙱𝙻𝙺 𝚉𝙼𝙱𝚈": 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 + 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 + 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 💀🖤💀

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜: 𝘈 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘭-𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴' "𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺" 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 + 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 + 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 💀🖤💀

𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔶-𝔬𝔫𝔢 featuring： ＥＬＵＣＩＤ ｄｏｓｅｏｎｅ @doseone.bsky.social Ｈｅｍｌｏｃｋ Ｅｒｎｓｔ ｍｉｌｅｓ ｃｏｏｋｅ @milescooked.bsky.social essay, show reviews, interview, poem minimal design; muted blue available now. DM/email for a copy. 💀

𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗦 + 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗦 #𝟯𝟵: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗱 poet-rapper? rapper-poet? when you've been this dope for this long, the distinctions blur and we luxuriate in the words that level us. learn a bit about the legend Mike Ladd's writing habits. 💀 read + subscribe 💀

when I see that @caltropspress.bsky.social email on a friday night

FUCK WHO THAT I OFFEND, Vol. 1 𝔄 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔬𝔣𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰. 💀 subscribe + support 💀

My esteemed colleague @misterminsoo.bsky.social is too busy getting dragged across X by K-pop enthusiasts to post here so it is incumbent on me to share this sprawling 9K-word interview of the many-ringed and -voiced @doseone.bsky.social. Do enjoy! toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-...

talked to the hometown alt-weekly about my music and general philosophy ahead of my show with BASIC (@chrisforsyth.bsky.social nem) on tuesday 3/11 at @richmondmusichall.bsky.social

ＲＡＰＳ ＋ ＣＲＡＦＴＳ #３8: Kevin Beacham The scholarly MC presently known as 7x3=21, fresh off his album with @augustfanon.bsky.social, takes the time to excavate his personal and artistic history. Are you an overthinker? You might find a kindred spirit here. read + subscribe 💀

@caltropspress.bsky.social asked me for the best Robert Pollard solo album. I realized I’ve never listened to one. So I’m gonna go through them all. Why am I not surprised he has like fucking thirty of em 🫨 tidal.com/album/632811...

I've been blessed to hear this new @saccoandvanzetti.bsky.social record and yeeesh There's a propulsion here created by the avalanche of grief of modern (middle aged) life and the refusal to acquiesce to it. Dylan Thomas would be proud theshah.bandcamp.com/album/sorry-...

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ＲＡＰＳ ＋ ＣＲＡＦＴＳ #３７：𝙶𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚜 𝙶𝚞𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚊 @fatpossumrecords.bsky.social read about his approach to writing and how it brought him to his latest project "Goyard Ibn Said" read + subscribe 💀

do yourself a favor and check out this album by Indianapolis's finest Sirius Blvck + @scottmatelic.bsky.social. the versatility of Sirius, not to mention his hooks, and Matelic's production are not to be slept on. dispense with your non-coastal biases. siriusblvck.bandcamp.com/album/daily-...

𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 | 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆'𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 A report from ELUCID's REVELATOR tour @fatpossumrecords.bsky.social Quelle Chris @backwoodzstudioz.bsky.social Jon Nellen @skech185.bsky.social read & subscribe! 💀

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whatta ya know about this @djmayonnaise.bsky.social?

WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHAOLIN’ How do you write about a record none of us have heard? How about: Shkreli, NFT grifters, Walter Benjamin, Schrödinger’s box, Neanderthal bone flutes, long time art, and a Swedish sci-fi poem. elmattic.medium.com/what-we-thin...

Part2 of fav music 2024 Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bsky.social is up, includes: @seawindofbattery.bsky.social @richjonesmusic.bsky.social @sealionwoman.bsky.social KA(words from @caltropspress.bsky.social) @hivemindrecords.bsky.social @solilians.bsky.social & loads more.. ihrtn.net/radio-shows-...

𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝟭𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 | 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 (𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲) Reporting back from the @doseone.bsky.social, blackchai, & ShrapKnel show. Plus thoughts on Dax Pierson. caltropspress.substack.com | subscribe!

“Dreamcatchr” video out now and streaming DSPs as of midnight tonight!

from @humthrush.bsky.social's year-end wrap-up:

Shakespeare's Sampson in Romeo & Juliet: "I will push Montague’s men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall."

ＦＥＥＤＢＡＣＫ ＬＯＯＰ ＃15: 𝘏𝘦𝘮𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘴𝘵 + 𝘐𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴' "𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴" Hemlock Ernst & Icky Reels join with ELUCID, courtesy of Beans' Tygr Rawwk Rcrds. Subscribe & never miss a post.

just seeing this sad news about Holocaust/Warcloud. man, I can't begin to tell you how we geeked out over his Bobby Digital guest verse. off that verse alone we were calling him one of the best. RIP. @theshah.bsky.social - it was Ed who put me up on the verse!

subscribe: caltropspress.substack.com 💀🖤💀🖤 social media platforms become boneyards, but email is forever-ish. I’ve moved the entire Caltrops Archive to substack. retiring the tumblr page. When I get 100 subscribers, I’ll post a new piece.

A week off from my day job coming up and now my reading is determined. Shoutout to @caltropspress.bsky.social

𝑅𝒜𝒫𝒮 + 𝒞𝑅𝒜𝐹𝒯𝒮 #𝟥𝟨: 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻 On the eve of his new album produced entirely by Blu, chiggity-check out how Bryson the Alien manifests his words. Alien transmissions skidding across galactic planes. 💀👽💀👽 caltropspress.tumblr.com/post/7703400...

if i were to do a graphic about end of year accolades, i'd have to include @caltropspress.bsky.social saying i was the only raps + crafts respondent he didn't have to copy edit ... THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME

CALTROPS ISSUE #20 AVAILABLE NOW Ostensibly an issue dedicated to the startling work of Wave Generators (@wavegenerators), this issue marks a milestone of sorts for the zine project. Four years in, and no end in sight.

𝑅𝒜𝒫𝒮 + 𝒞𝑅𝒜𝐹𝒯𝒮 #𝟥𝟧: 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 Hester Valentine has managed to mystify in both his music & his maneuvering. enigmatic perhaps, but each verse reads & vibrates like a coil of kinetic energy. a most propitious emcee. 💀 ✍️ caltropspress.tumblr.com/post/7686978...