The new music platform @subvert.fm launches today, and there are already some Western MA artists with music available, including Scott Hsu from Amherst, Darling Coyotes from Easthampton and, of course, Northampton's own @henningo.com. Check it out: www.subvert.fm/discover?loc...

Don't blame the sun for what the clouds have done.

What a beautiful thing! Its by @jasonmazzotta.bsky.social and its lovely. Get it here - jasonmazzotta.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

Another new video from @henningo.com!

Jason Mazzotta's wonderful new album Jason to Jason is available today (Bandcamp Friday) in cassette form! It's so nice to hold a tape in your hand. We suggest you pick one up ASAP, as copies are very limited. jasonmazzotta.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

“…It's no copy of either act, rather the crisp, almost pristine at times sound and song structures just leans that way... this is all new material that stands on it's own merit, it deserves a big audience, something we hope will happen and soon." www.beehivecandy.com/2026/04/telo...

A very nice piece in the French Blog Piggledypop about Jason Mazzotta's new album, Jason to Jason. Click the english translation if you don't know french. "the melodic construction is a masterpiece. The piano shines above the electric guitar, with lyrics as playful as the arpeggios and cymbals."

We've started making playlists based on particular artists. Example "If you like R.E.M...". Obviously, algorythms and robots can do this, but they have no hearts and miss a lot of connections. Maybe you'd like to follow or subscribe to us or the lists. Apple and YouTube links are in thread. Thanks!

A beauty of a new album out today by Jason Mazzotta! You should check it out ASAP! rubwrongways.com/jason-mazzot...

It's a special day. Introducing the brand new album from Jason Mazzotta (@jasonmazzotta.bsky.social)! It's Jason to Jason! Listen and, in the way that you might feel like you know Harry Nilsson, you'll feel like you know Jason a little bit. A personal, sweet record full of heart and groovy sounds.

Since 2016 it's been difficult to make a plan. Then in 2020 it became a million times harder. Do you find it tough to commit to anything that might happen in the future? It's as though the road ahead just fizzled into an open desert mirage where anything might happen. youtu.be/st7jMLKjg0k?...

This new lyric video for my song How Can Anyone Make a Plan, has been online now for 53 seconds and it doesn't even have a million views.

You know that thing where you are hosting a party and you spend the whole day cleaning and shopping and preparing and then when it's time for the party you are exhausted and just wanna sit on the couch and watch TV? That's kind of what it's like when you release an album.

We don't usually post about the weekly playlist because Henning posts it, and we're lazy, but we do want you to know that it's now on YouTube, too! Bonus!

Henning's new album, Almost Always Overwhelmed, is now on Apple Music! You can listen and if you're up for it, save, heart, favorite, and add it to playlists. Teach the algorithm overlords that this music exists. And that it deserves to exist.

I'm very happy to introduce my new album to the world today. "Almost Always Overwhelmed" is ten songs meant for these times. Acoustic, electric, synth, psych, folk, rock, lap steel, bells, drums, raga... When I say Bandcamp, you say Friday. Bandcamp! (Friday!) Bandcamp! (Friday!). What a crowd!

Hey streamers! My new album, Almost Always Overwhelmed, is out on March 6. It'll already be out in some parts of the world tomorrow! If you follow, save, or subscribe to my page on your streaming service it should pop up in new releases. It'd be a really big help. Thanks! Links in thread below.

A mystery!

Thank you to WHUP!

My new solo album Almost Always Overwhelmed is coming out Friday! I'm doing a live stream concert Thurs March 5 at 7:30 (eastern). I’ll be down in the studio beneath the melting snow with my 1973 Guild acoustic. The details are here. RSVP and you'll be in the loop if anything changes. It’s free!

Sly Stone said, "Sing a simple song" and @henningo.com said, "Yes!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6-...

Almost Always Overwhelmed, the new album by @henningo.com with the lovely single "You, So I," is now up for pre-order on Bandcamp (and for those who like their music in a physical format the CD is a limited-run release). henningohlenbusch.bandcamp.com/album/almost...

The week's Freak Scene newsletter has a new album from Valley rock veteran Ray Mason, plus Henning Ohlenbusch ambling through the snow in the video for his latest song buttondown.com/freakscene/a...

Please give this wonderful song by my brilliant friend Henning a listen.

It was so delightful, as always, to hear my songs come to life in the headphones! Tomorrow, I'm going to get back to it for guitars and voices and, well who knows what.

Radio is where it's at.

If you don't wanna follow Henning on YouTube, you can always follow us. We'll have his new video, too! Ha! www.youtube.com/@Rubwrongways

One year ago today we released The Wrong Record (@gentlehen.bsky.social). Since then this ragtag bunch of misfits songs have been having a dreamy time road tripping around the virtual world, seeping out of speakers and headphones and into the ears of monsters and angels. album.link/TheWrongRecord

Very happy to see my new single "You, So I" on the playlist for tonight's show. Thank you, @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social! Single out on Feb 6, album out on March 6.

I've a new single coming out on Feb 6 called "You, So I". It's a pretty simple love song of sorts, something I figure people could use around now. I'm reaching out to DJs, podcasters, music writers. But what about you? Are you a DJ etc? I'd love to get you an advance "copy". Send me a DM? Thanks!

Big news!

A special thank you to those who just downloaded albums from my Bandcamp page on this #BandcampFriday! Seeing those emails come in is always a real boost. henningohlenbusch.bandcamp.com gentlehen.bandcamp.com

Here's a pre-holiday holiday song. Do you know anyone who curates playlists on the streaming services or radio stations? This song has withstood the test of time around these parts but could use a seasonal bump out in the big old cruel world.

Two years ago today we released The Whole Point of the Trip. The songs began before and during the world-shutdown and we ended up with a collection of journeys off of the couch, onto the road, into the world and then back home again. The whole point of the trip (is to get back home) (more...)

We're updating the 25 Songs for this Week playlist a day early this week! 25 songs we're listening to and think you might like, too. Normally, this playlist changes every Monday morning so give it a follow! Have a great week! (apple link in thread): open.spotify.com/playlist/7fy...

We're sending out three of my solo CDs today to fulfill orders made on the label website. It's always a great day when I know that some of my albums are out there in the back of a mail truck traveling across the country to somebody's mailbox. Thanks!

We just found this video of @gentlehen.bsky.social playing their song Willing to Be Forgiven live on January 20, 2017. Enjoy! youtu.be/FAbU5cD4jPg?...

It's been brought to my attention that we released our album Sneaking Up on the Moon on this day eight years ago. According to the bandcamp page though it's two days from now eight years ago. Who are you gonna believe? And why does it matter? Anyway, if you haven't heard it, I hope you will.

Salvation Alley String Band “is deep into tongue-in-cheek romantic disasters on a dozen new tracks rooted in a honky-tonk sound fit for the dancehalls of Bakersfield, and shot through with bits of western swing and old-school rock ’n’ roll.” - Freak Scene

It's a good day today because there's a sweet new single from Jason Mazzotta out there! What number are YOU in Norway?

On the occasion Henning's birthday today, Gentle Hen and the Fawns drummer Brian created this top 40 faves playlist of Henning songs. Enjoy!

🎧 popintherealworld.co.uk/post/summer-sadness-august-angst A new football season is upon us. Here's a few acts that were on the ball and put their albums in the back of the net. Ten Fe. @gentlehen.bsky.social Florist (aka Florist), lost 80s heroes The Mood, Blanche Biau & @david_boulter .

New album from Salvation Alley String Band today! Alert! Alert! salvationalley.bandcamp.com/album/waltzi...

Inspired by the release of Strawberry Moon (single mix) by Jason Mazzotta, we created this playlist of moon songs. And, it's a really good listen! Better than we expected. Enjoy! (apple link in thread)

If you listen to it twice, you’ll be singing it all day. And that’s a good thing. You’ll feel good all day with that tune in your head.

When's the last time you perused the Rub Wrongways Records store? rubwrongways.com/store

A while back, @sittingnexttobrian.bsky.social gave me this Steve Keane Syd Barrett painting and I finally mounted it in a permanent spot in the @rubwrongways.bsky.social studio. Right above Elvis Costello and Beethoven and next to Syd Barrett. Inspiring eyes for making music.

I've got a rare Boston-area solo show this weekend at Village Social Club in Brookline. I've not been there and don't know what to expect. Maybe I'll be background music in a loud restaurant, maybe I'll be the focus. I have no idea. Do you know it? Any thoughts? villagesocialclub.com (free show)

Will everything be a little more psychedelic now? Who can say?

This week's songs!