As a reminder, this show is coming up in about a month. Another chance to see @averysafecat.bsky.social, @joshkrahn.bsky.social, Erin O and I play music together of course, but much more than that. Sensor Ghost rules and I am excited to see Clenchers live for the first time. Good people, good music.

Really excited to announce an interactive website for my As Time Draws Near story, done by Nick Violi. Nick has seamlessly put together my music with the words as you scroll. We’re offering this for free, but encourage you to donate to MSMA (Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid). As Time Draws Near

essay i mentioned previously on how independent music gives you the basic tools for organizing even if you didn’t realize you were building those skills, and how great it’s been to watch people hit the ground running

It’s Bandcamp Friday, and my label released this album by the late, much-missed pedal-steel player Susan Alcorn and the Philly duo Nomad War Machine, and if you’re in the market for volcanic improvisation, I recommend it.

YES! It's bandcamp friday, and you can use code vhf30 for 30% off everything at vhfrecords.bandcamp.com - get the new joints by Drew Gardner, Daniel O'Sullivan & Richard Youngs, and Universal Light!!! I still have some rooster stickers left! @nofansrecords.bsky.social @dos777.bsky.social

Also it is always a good time to support @danielbachman.bsky.social, but in particular he has a new record out that is a very textured cool set of drones. Daniel has been putting in a ton of work and it is a treat to follow along. Check it out: danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/revolu...

An event happening tonight (2/6) in Charlottesville is this @teenbeat.bsky.social art/design show opening at Infinite Repeats! This should be very cool as of course Teenbeat Records has always had a singular and cool design bent to go along with the music. Should be a good time with good folks.

Generally deleting more posts than I leave up these days. Learning? Getting over my shit? Being boring? Who knows, but for now it is the thing I land on. Just deleted another one and now am posting about it lol.

New record! It's been five years since I recorded Music for Four Guitars and it's time for a new jam — proud to present the latest four guitars LP, "Music in Continuous Motion," up for preorder today and shipping next month. billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

Next show at Visible Records in Charlottesville will be w/ the very cool, very unique Sensor Ghost outta DC (their last record on Dischord, Irritation on Demand, is great). Also joining will be no-wave-y skronkers Clenchers outta Richmond & Radon Abatement. Should be a good time. Saturday, March 14.

Excited to share this event honoring the first Virginia folk performer to get an Encyclopedia Virginia entry, Texas Gladden. We will share lots of music from the archive & have ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle speak to her influence in her work. Texas Gladden & the Art of Appalachian Ballads

Announcing my new record “Revolutions” out Feb 6 at Bandcamp & streaming services. This record was written during a 7 week course I took through Plum Village Monastery with monastics & climate science professionals discussing the role engaged Buddhism can play in a world experiencing worst case…

Two @radonabatement.bsky.social show flyers featuring the impeccable Catherine O’Hara, who will live forever. The first one, by @sarahwhateverton.bsky.social was the inspiration for the second, by me.

Unfortunately this show is being postponed due to the potential weather complications coming our way. It is the right thing to do but also a bummer as I was looking forward to this. Hopefully it will get moved to a new date down the line.

Also for those interested my partner in life and band mate in Radon Abatement has a list in Maximum R'n'R again, which you can take a look at here if you are inclined. Some really good records listed if you like art-pop/interesting rock and punk. www.maximumrocknroll.com/article/2025...

Today is a day I needed to remember that this song exists, which requires me to play it at least 4 or 5 times. It is a necessary thing now and again as it never fails to lift me in some way. Monumentally good and eternally inspiring: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNE...

Excellent show coming up this Saturday at Infinite Repeats in Charlottesville! Two members of Flin Flon are playing, which is exciting on its own, but of course Mark Robinson is known for much more than that (Unrest and Teenbeat Records for a couple). It will be an excellent night all around!

My stupid thought of the day for those interested is that I have not called seeing live music a "concert" in years I don't think unless I am talking to someone like my parents. The word "concert" is fine it just occurred to me that I don't think of my music watching as concerts any more.

Jennifer is a cool & dedicated writer who's kept a flame alive for music that does not simply make its way to the world via PR teams & hype cycles. Dusted has meant a lot to me over the years it's been rolling out reviews, but of course she writes elsewhere too. Good cause to help if you are able.

Pretty amazing line-up for this festival if you are around that way. My partner Erin is playing this with Outer World on Sunday, but every night has great stuff going on (Pylon Reenactment Society being an extremely good case in point).

Really cool to be included on this list and a big thank you to folks who checked out the album these past few months 🙏🏻 And thank you to RCU generally for all the great music coverage over the years.

Here is a song I wrote in reaction to the atrocities of ICE yesterday. Proceeds from Bandcamp sales go to the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund. Fuck Ice. Death to Fascism. The Empire is a Death Cult. jordanperry1.bandcamp.com/track/plume

The people in Minneapolis are the people in Chicago are the people at the Gate of Heavenly Peace are the people in your home are the people who woke up that morning and said, I will be there. They're us. We're them. When the time comes, know that we are them, and be amazed.

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All tapes & CDs are $5 for the next few days. Except that STOP MVP Comp. That’s $10 because it’s a 2xCD and it’s for charity. ✌🏼🐓✌🏼 warhenrecords.bandcamp.com/music

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Spent 2025 learning that collapse is cumulative, intimate, and somehow full of unexpected beauty. Music was essential this year, not as escape but as companion and survival strategy. Here are the albums that helped me stay present and keep dreaming anyway.

If anyone is checking in later and might be interested in some drifting improv amongst friends

Latest Grand Banks set w/ @gorgonparis.bsky.social sitting in is now up for listening. It's a pleasure playing with Jordan regardless of the context, he is a killer musician and improvisor. I think this is a pretty enjoyable listen, but of course I am biased: grand-banks.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...

This reminds me that Grand Banks with the really good-looking Jordan Perry plays tonight at Infinite Repeats! Day for Night, and The Caribbean swing in from out of town with “cosmopolitan flair”. Bring food for the Neighborhood Food Pantry while yr at it. So large.

Tonight is the night. Head on out if you are in or around Charlottesville. It will be a good night.

Daniel is on a roll. He puts a ton of work into what he does, it is not simply "shit that sounds cool" even though it is also that. I imagine his next batch or work is going to dig even deeper. Well worth supporting directly if you are able to.

Tomorrow in Charlottesville with @thecaribbeandc.bsky.social and Grand Banks @davisqueue.bsky.social @averysafecat.bsky.social & @gorgonparis.bsky.social where Day for Night will be expanded to included @walter-wright.bsky.social.

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Excited to play Saturday sitting in with the mighty Grand Banks alongside Day for Night and The Caribbean. @davisqueue.bsky.social @abstracttruth.bsky.social @averysafecat.bsky.social

Coming up fast. This should be a good night all around. Looking forward to seeing everyone play and getting to do a set with @averysafecat.bsky.social and @gorgonparis.bsky.social. Come on out on Saturday night if you are around Charlottesville, Virginia.

Lol sometimes I post in an extremely dry & boring manner. I chalk it up to character limits to a degree, but "singular and cool" is not as good as "singularly cool." You get the gist I imagine, but yeah The Caribbean is delightfully unique art rock. Very beautiful, wry, and full of subtle surprise.

Show coming up at Infinite Repeats in a week: @averysafecat.bsky.social & I (Grand Banks) will play in trio form w/ the excellent @gorgonparis.bsky.social. Also excited to share a bill w/ @abstracttruth.bsky.social's Day For Night crew. Happy to see the singular & cool band The Caribbean again also.

Will probably forever be a grump about this day until it doesn't exist. For me it soured when some of the people who created Bandcamp Friday & pushed to imagine the enterprise as a better, worker-focused place (unionized etc.) were pushed out. Using the branding just feels off to me personally.

If all goes well we will record a decent take of the final Radon Abatement song to go on our first release tonight. I really love this song and hope we get it. It has been a long road but it will feel very good when we can finally share this thing. I love every song that will go on it.

There are thousands of records released each year worth noting, tons of them good to very good to great. No one needs to apologize for "sleeping on" or missing a bunch of them, as who in their right mind could listen to it all? List culture does lots of things to folks but this one is unnecessary.

For anyone who follows along to this kind of thing, I believe that this Grand Banks set from a bit ago is one of our best of recent times. @averysafecat.bsky.social & I love feedback, & I think we use it well here. Perhaps pastoral feedback is for you too? grand-banks.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...

In a couple of weeks @averysafecat.bsky.social & I will play our third Grand Banks show of the year in collaboration with the one and only @gorgonparis.bsky.social. Very excited about this, Jordan is the best. Been about 2 years somehow since we did it last: grand-banks.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...

Every season is the season for Clear Channel, but you can surprise and delight any number of people who don't know this already by playing this song for them. Do they deserve it? Probably not, but if you are feeling generous lay it on 'em. clch.bandcamp.com/track/wish-l...

The new Optic Sink record rules, just a great moody nighttime record. Very cool sounding throughout, but this song in particular really knocks me out: m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlh...

I think unfortunately social media has primed many people for engaging in relationships with chat bots etc. Essentially they've been doing it for years already. I've been trying to pull myself out of social media quite a bit & to a degree I've succeeded, but it isn't hard to remember me circa 2020.

This show ended up about as good as I could've imagined it. Thanks to those who came out and helped make it a good night. Felt both lucky and glad to know a bunch of those people. A real cross-section of some of my favorite people, both old friends and new. I think we played pretty well too.

I cannot imagine outsourcing your sense of humor. I mean, biting someone else's joke is occasionally fine & fun to do. If someone hasn't heard it before you may be doing them a solid, but nothing works without the delivery of said joke being good/effective. You in fact cannot outsource this.

Oh, should you come to the TLA/Added Dimensions/Radon Abatement show at Visible Records tomorrow night (and you should), bring stuff for the community fridge!