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.

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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!

Pick one up when you see True Love Always, Added Dimensions, and Cville’s own Radon Abatement tomorrow!

Excited to play a show tomorrow night. The third Radon Abatement show of the year. We've been working on stuff around the shows, hopefully we'll be able to share it not too far down the line. If you're around Charlottesville head on out. True Love Always & Added Dimensions are playing, which rules.

Hometown record release show, tonight at @rhizomedc.bsky.social!

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I believe that my band is the best guitar+baritone guitar+keyboards+bass+drum machine (w/ occasional saxophone and triple guitar/no bass configurations) band in Charlottesville. Only one way for you to cast your vote, come to this show on Saturday!

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Coming up this Saturday. The fact that this particular group of people is getting together to play a show at this particular moment in time is very special to me. It is gonna be a good time, but also quite a bit more I think. I am looking forward to it very much, come on out if you are around!

Not sure why but this song (cover) popped into my head. It is a wonderful song and a great performance of it, and more than that it makes me feel better pretty much any time I hear it. A thing of tough but elegant beauty. Maybe you could use it too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0hu...

In the meantime, the fruits of this sudden inspiration can be gathered at this upcoming show, which promises to be a true joy and is something I have looked forward to for months. It will not be annoying. (poster by @joshkrahn.bsky.social)

Not much to say online these days. How about instead of us chopping it up here you come to this excellent show happening in ten days. I am pleasant enough in person, and regardless the rest of the folks who are playing are delightful. I believe that this is guaranteed to be a good time, head on out!

What kind of sandwich was the sandwich?

If anyone is up D.C. way you should go see Added Dimensions, MESH, and Smashing Times tonight in the Black Cat small room. Just saw MESH and AD last night and both played excellent sets. New MESH songs are great, should be a good night all around.

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New tape/digital album out from my friend @cercamusic.bsky.social. All his records are very good, especially if you like layered, interesting & well-played guitar. A comp I always land on is the great Steven R. Smith and his various projects. Excellent stuff: cercamusic.bandcamp.com/album/cross-...

Cool to see reviews keep popping up for @sarahwhateverton.bsky.social's excellent new Added Dimensions LP. While I'm biased (my partner plays in the live band & I'm happy to call Sarah a friend), this review nails why it's so good so no need to listen to me: daily.bandcamp.com/best-punk/th...

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Radon Abatement has not played out since June. We should play out more maybe, but in the meantime we have been working on stuff and hope to be able to share some things soon. This show would be great without us, but I am excited to be a part of it. Live music is still the best.

Gonna keep posting this one. It will be a good night. I know I could use a good night. So yeah, let’s have a good night.

Excellent flyer courtesy of @joshkrahn.bsky.social is ready so that means I am gonna post about this show: True Love Always comes through for the first time in 20 years or so on Sat., Nov. 22! The killer Added Dimensions is also playing along with Radon Abatement. I am very excited about this.

My new album is out today. You can stream it on Bandcamp and its on its way to the other streamers too. Give it a listen. I'm celebrating by going to the spot I reference on track three who have no idea they're immortalized in song as "the atonal bagel place" jefftobias.bandcamp.com/album/one-hu...

Perhaps we can now add the phrase "deeply uncool" to the list of phrases like "that's so punk rock."

Pretty cool video of Added Dimensions rocking at U4 Fest in Philly last weekend. Album release show in Richmond this weekend with a pretty stacked line-up of AD, Hard Copy, Outer World, and Kitchenette. No band alike, all very good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o02M...

Really good band, so if you are in Richmond head on out. Description below.

I had not really thought too much about seeing ESG live, as I never really thought I would, but that was better in many ways than I expected it to be. Musically it was great, they did a good job laying down all the hits with charm and aplomb, but there were extra layers to all of it.

Going to share this Grand Banks set I'm very proud of again. You don't need to wait until Friday to engage, it is free as it's a live set / bootleg and moment in time rather than a "release." It is as good as any release of ours though. Pastoral feedback in the woods amidst the insects/critters.

Hey this crazy Philly show is coming up fast! My partner is getting to open for ESG with her band Added Dimensions, which is pretty damn great. I will be there and hey I think @averysafecat.bsky.social probably will be as well. A good time I imagine, we will try not to fuck it up.