This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

There is a house in New Orleans Not the one you've heard about, I'm talking about another house They spoke of gold in the cellar that a Spanish gentleman had left I broke in one hundred years ago with a dagger tucked in my vest

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New indie rock band, members of TTNG, Del Paxton, Big Hug fourmile.bandcamp.com/album/fourmile

I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information

Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...

Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...

I've wondered the past few years what musical narrative(s) would emerge if we still had a functioning music crit public sphere; which albums/artists would've been lifted up by the shared desire of multiple publications to get a piece of the traffic

I wrote a letter to a wildflower On a classic nitrogen afternoon

We've got another new post up this morning, featuring ten cool songs I listened to this month. Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...

The AD list is up. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/08/a...

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Wrote about my complicated Wrapped feelings (obviously bad but also I like seeing what my friends listen to) plus 13 blurbs about 13 cool songs Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...

Dump Spotify! bsky.app/profile/medi...

Coming next year on #HozacBooks

The Quiet Revolution: Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t... Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.

Twenty year old Frankie He's married, he's got a kid And he's workin' in a factory

Ten new blurbs up this morning in honor of Cool Music November, featuring some stray thoughts on tracks by John Roseboro, Makaya McCraven, Danny Brown, Flamin' Groovies, Avalon Emerson, Seefeel, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...

I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence

This is a super fun and thought provoking read

Surprise new Spencer Radcliffe record! Thank you @orindal.bsky.social spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/ohio-v...

Another new post is live over on Horse Combinations, featuring blurbs about nine cool songs I listened to last month. Featuring thoughts on Daily Toll, Les McCann, Bloodsports, Snocaps, Eve Matin, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/octo...

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New post is live just in time for Halloween! Featuring nine SCARY good tracks from bands like Able Noise, Sam Wilkes, Oxis, Pullman, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...

I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.

Can't wait to dig into this cootie catcher mix for Ugly Hug, tons of good stuff here: uglyhug.com/2025/10/29/c...

Excellent sound quality. Possibly a radio broadcast or a soundboard. Unusual version of "Nuclear War" w/ an extended instrumental intro. Nice version of "Springtime Again" with John Gilmore vocals; the tune originally came out on the Holy Grail "Sleeping Beauty" album. bsky.app/profile/live...

If you need to escape this world occasionally, 'Les Bibliotechaires' is an exploration of the myriad funky, sophisticated, playful, otherworldly sounds of Library Music from the late 60s to early 80s, across 28 LP-side-length themed mixes. musicophilia.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/l...

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Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk. It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.

New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old. Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!

Honored to have played both old & “new” 9:30, worked with with the amazing staff, some old friends, some new each time, AND with IMP, who’ve always been kind & generous. Honored now to stand with the workers pursuing a union & voluntary recognition! ❤️✊❤️ www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old. Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!

Horse Combinations-core www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBZ...

“I can deal with my music essentially being stolen and the quality of music generally being diminished. I mean, I can't deal with it, but I can suck it up. But when stolen music is being used to murder people for profit, that was the end of the line for us.” slate.trib.al/AJf3QHH

Gold and Green Red and Blue Are the lights on the signs that line Charlotte avenue From the corner window, I watch the falling white flakes God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes Animal shapes, animal shapes God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes

The mighty @troubleinmind.bsky.social is shutting down operations so I spent some time writing about five of my favorite songs from their sprawling catalog of hits, as well as a few other assorted cool songs I listened to last month. horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/10/sept...

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring. In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

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Just posted something on the blog about the awesome #ChicagoOffSpotify campaign alongside ten blurbs about ten newish songs I heard this month. Featuring tracks from Modern Nature, Emily Hines, Algernon Cadwallader, M. Sage, Horse Lords, and more! horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/09/sept...

Nearly six dozen Chicago musical acts have signed onto this boycott campaign / open letter urging other local musicians to pull their music from Spotify. More on this in my @chicagoreader.com story chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

new from me: a treatise on why using AI for every goddamn thing (incl, now, promos for music performances by humans) sucks shit www.coyotemedia.org/diy-vs-ai-th...

Open Letter: Chicago Musicians Are Pulling Their Music From Spotify tinyurl.com/ChicagoOffSpotify

@darkentries.bsky.social mix to brighten your day soundcloud.com/darkentriesr...

In 27 years I've drunk fifty thousand beers And they just wash against me Like the sea into a pier

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