I’ll be on The Afternoon Show with Larry Mizell, Jr. on KEXP.org at 2 PM PT today, sharing clips from an interview I recently did with Beverly Glenn-Copeland and his wife Elizabeth ahead of their upcoming Vancouver BC show. The full interview comes out on the A Deeper Listen podcast in early Feb 🖤

I wrote (and drew) something of a manifesto, a call to arms for writing about music. Our field is in dire straits, but I’m feeling oddly more hopeful than ever. The tides are always shifting, but writing lasts forever. anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/why-write-...

really relate to a lot of what @dustyhenry.bsky.social writes here

Check out our #nonfiction books and authors that are hot this week! 📚💙 bit.ly/4jM73YT #AcWri #NewBooks @dustyhenry.bsky.social#nonfiction#AcWri

This week on Another Thought, I’m digging into the brilliant new Earl Sweatshirt album, Forge from X-Men, and why it’s not cringe to “live laugh love.” anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/earl-sweat...

My need to collect records is insatiable with no end in sight. This week on Another Thought, I wanted to zoom out and self-investigate “why?” I found this to be a great exercise to try to understand why I value collecting so much. anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/why-collec...

Ambient and generally “immersive” music continues to consume my world. This list is far from comprehensive, but I felt compelled to share a few of the albums that fit into this realm that have been meaningful to me so far this year.

this week's newsletter is all about music, environment, and enjoying the sounds of life anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/ambient-en...

Sharp Pins' 'Radio DDR' is one of my favorite albums of the year. I was lucky enough to talk with Kai Slater to dig into the record and the idea of youth, not as age but as a constant pursuit of creativity. Up now on the A Deeper Listen podcast kexp.org/podcasts/a-d...

the person standing behind him makes it look like he has a mullet when he says this, which makes it even better. vibes are immaculate.

Why don’t men dress like this anymore?

Had the chance not long ago to speak with Hiro Ama about his beautiful album Music for Peace & Harmony. We talked about what “peace and harmony” means during chaotic times, and he gave me a demonstration of the Waraku synthesizer for KEXP's A Deeper Listen podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojoa...

Talked with Gregg Deal from Dead Pioneers, one of my favorite punk bands in recent years, about disillusionment with the American dream, Indigenous representation in media, and their great new album PO$T AMERICAN. Listen here: kexp.org/podcasts/a-d... 📸: Amber Knecht

Hopping on The Afternoon Show on KEXP at 2 PM with @douglasmartini.bsky.social to talk about The Cobain 50 and our live podcast finale event this Saturday! Come see us live in Seattle April 26 at 7 PM. Details and tickets here: www.kexp.org/events/kexp-...

This isn't the last episode of The Cobain 50 but the last one I scripted/produced. And I can't think of a better way to "go out" than with...Butthole Surfers. One of the wildest underground bands that somehow made it to the mainstream. Listen here: kexp.org/podcasts/cob...

for Another Thought this week, I'm breaking down some of my favorite "spring ambient/atmospheric records" as if they were a plant journal. featuring Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Green-House, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno. Check it here: anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com

Cindy Lee’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ turns one today! It took me a full year to sort out my feelings about, wrote it up recently for Another Thought. Favorite tracks from the album? (Plenty to choose from lol) anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/cindy-lee-...

Been thinking a lot about Greg Sage and Wipers lately. Some of the best punk music ever made, but also some of the most existential. And what are "these times" today if not existential? I babble about this and the genius of Sage: anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/wipers-gre...

me: a lot of people like The Beatles our toddler: yeah except wood touché, kid

this clearly auto-generated ad really took me out. (it's actually a Ciara tribute happening that night)

It's been almost one year since Cindy Lee released 'Diamond Jubilee', and I finally feel like I can express how much I love this record. My latest for 'Another Thought'

major breakthrough in punk bathroom technology

Latest newsletter – I've been thinking a lot about Brian Eno's quote about artists being farmers (cultivators) and cowboys (explorers). Today, I wanted to celebrate the farmers focusing on 3: Pusha T, Jesse Eisenberg, and Wendell Berry. anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/like-a-far...

YouTube thumbnails are high art

next issue of my newsletter Another Thought drops tomorrow! Yee-haw. Subscribe here: anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com

when I figure out which local festival a band is going to play based off gaps in their tour schedule

Introducing Another Thought, my new weekly newsletter. The world is chaos, we (see also: I) can't stop consuming. But still, so much great art is being made. This is my attempt to slow down and process the music, books, and art that move me anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Introducing Another Thought, my new weekly newsletter. The world is chaos, we (see also: I) can't stop consuming. But still, so much great art is being made. This is my attempt to slow down and process the music, books, and art that move me anotherthoughtanotherthought.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

White Lotus season 4 cast photo looks stacked!

My kid just handed me this and said it’s my “award.” Did I just win an Oscarrot?

Costco parking lot On a Sunday With a Toddler The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme on loop The lord’s toughest battles for his strongest soldiers

records I listened to most in February (more or less). big shout out to my daughter's obsession with Sonic and, more specifically, the Marble Zone level theme

a mantra

Slack being down is the most at peace I've been in years

final haul from Destiny City Comics in Tacoma before they close at the end of this month. such a huge loss but grateful for its existence this last decade. Overheard so many people sharing their warm memories of the place with staff.

a perfect cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjuS...

Our beloved corgi curmudgeon Abner is 9 years old today 🥹

in "more ambient things I found out about after finishing the book," I totally missed that Alanis Morisette put out an ambient album in 2022 produced by Dave Harrington of Darkside? And it rips?* *provides a beautiful, calm atmosphere conducive to peaceful living and introspection

Honoring the spirit of the split album, @douglasmartini.bsky.social and I each took on one half of the classic The Faith/Void split for our latest episode of The Cobain 50. We're rounding out the series and this is our last detour into the DC hardcore scene! www.kexp.org/podcasts/cob...

the creative process

Been thinking about “ambient music that isn’t really ambient music” while working on the ambient music book™️. This record always makes me think of that. Surely not ambient, but I could play this for hours in the background. An immersive environment, “a vibe,” a feeling all its own. Cindy Lee forever

Minor Threat - 'Minor Threat' (1984)

Reading Wendell Berry essays and came across this line, "Our model citizen is a sophisticate who before puberty understands how to produce a baby, but who at the age of thirty will not know how to produce a potato" Which made me laugh but then made me realize...I don't know how to produce a potato

Seattle! You are terrible at voting in special elections, and as of this morning, only 16% of you have returned your ballots. VOTE! By 8 pm tomorrow! www.thestranger.com/endorsements...

is it REALLY a cup of tea if you haven't brewed it and forgot about it until it's cold on a corner of your desk?

Bringing the ol' newsletter out of moth balls for '25 and beyond. martindouglasmailorder.substack.com/p/mail-order...

Ambient 1: Music for Airports Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Ambient 3: Day of Radiance Ambient 4: On Land

I've spent countless hours listening to Laraaji the past year working on this ambient book and still haven't heard it all (he keeps putting out more and more!) but this song always halts me in my tracks. Dreamy, melancholic, and – as Laraaji would say – beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojB...

the word "heavenly" gets thrown around for a lot of ambient music, but I don't know if anyone got closer to channeling the sound of heaven than Harold Budd www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSpN...

Today is Tina Bell’s birthday. Two years ago I wrote this deep dive about her life and legacy amid a recent shift in the cultural understanding of her contributions to northwest punk—and grunge.