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6 months ago
WE RECOMMEND: The Callous Daoboys: I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven "Approach this album blind, buckle up and let it take you by surprise."
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The Callous Daoboys: I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven - Spectrum Culture
Approach this album blind, buckle up and let it take you by surprise.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/07/01/the-callous-daoboys-i-dont-want-to-see-you-in-heaven-review/
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Spectrum Culture
6 months ago
For all creatures void of form, no shelter from the Tropical Fuck Storm.
spectrumculture.com/2025/06/24/t...
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Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex - Spectrum Culture
It’s taking bad acid on a beautiful day, it’s surf-rock with a mood disorder, it’s the new Tropical Fuck Storm album.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/06/24/tropical-fuck-storm-fairyland-codex-review/
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Reviewed the new Aesop Rock album for
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
. 30 years in, the man is still spinning gold.
spectrumculture.com/2025/06/03/a...
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Aesop Rock: Black Hole Superette - Spectrum Culture
At almost 50 years old, it is good to see Aesop Rock as in control of his lyrics and production as ever, but it is even better to find him more comfortable participating in the world around him than e...
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/06/03/aesop-rock-black-hole-superette-review/
7 months ago
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Excited to report that I have finally gotten my first "hater." Join the party by reading my, apparently divisive, music reviews over at
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
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7 months ago
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"In good news for freaky little weirdos, the new Mclusky album is out." Got to review Mclusky's strange and abrasive comeback record for
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
spectrumculture.com/2025/05/08/m...
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Mclusky: the world is still here and so are we - Spectrum Culture
Mclusky is most likely an acquired taste. What this record proves, though, is that this “taste,” whatever it may be, has not been diluted some 20 years later.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/05/08/mclusky-the-world-is-still-here-and-so-are-we-review/
8 months ago
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Seems like all people want to do is shit on SF these days. Wrote an article about something nice happening in the city for once!
www.inspitemagazine.com/in-spite-art...
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San Francisco’s Not Dead: FNG at The Independent — In Spite Magazine
Jordan Ranft takes in Family Not a Group (FNG), a 17-person collective of rappers, singers, DJs, and artists, at The Independent in San Francisco, CA.
https://www.inspitemagazine.com/in-spite-articles/san-francisco-is-not-dead
9 months ago
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Aesop Rock is one of the reasons I got into music criticism. Mainly, because it lets me talk about Aesop Rock's music at length without annoying everyone at the dinner table. Anyway, here's 1k words on Aesop Rock courtesy of
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
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10 months ago
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Joshua Burnside consistently ends up in my top artists every year and it's been such a cool opportunity to review his newest album for
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
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10 months ago
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I went out to Berkeley for the inaugural Dollfest, a 2-day punk/rock festival that focuses on femme-fronted bands, and wrote for
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
about the music, the politicization of identity, and how gatekeeping is dumb.
spectrumculture.com/2025/03/04/d...
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Dollfest - Spectrum Culture
A femme-centric festival builds a more open community and sounds great doing it.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/03/04/dollfest/
10 months ago
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I do find some satisfaction in knowing Elon Musk will never be able to buy his way into people thinking he's cool. That guy is probably in the White House right now doing the Naruto run and asking people if his jacket makes him look like Brandon Lee.
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Our February issue live! With our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, a new critique column on the Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, a spoken word audioscape, and several music tracks, including a preview of the new album by Dave Sims and Scott Spearly (The Knuckle Dusters).
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Got a new poem up with
@ogre.red
today!
11 months ago
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@spectrumculture.bsky.social
let me review the frantic and brutal new project for Melbourne-based grind band, Choof. Really cool of them because this is a small band that makes music that most people would find borderline unlistenable. 4/5 Stars. Would recommend.
spectrumculture.com/2025/01/30/c...
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Choof: A Very Special Blend of Psychology and Extreme Violence - Spectrum Culture
Sometimes, it’s all right to turn on a record that does nothing but make your ears bleed.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/01/30/choof-a-very-special-blend-of-psychology-and-extreme-violence-review/
11 months ago
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Been doing free-writes every morning to create a better practice around writing and oof! the free flow of ideas and emotions can be pretty cringe sometimes!
11 months ago
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Happy to report that I am back writing about music for
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
First piece back is a review of the Boldy James & whothehelliscarlo EP that dropped last month. Take a gander!
spectrumculture.com/2025/01/08/b...
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Boldy James & whothehelliscarlo: Hidden in Plain Sight - Spectrum Culture
The prolific rapper returns, with more dense wordplay, stripped-down production and tales from the Motor City streets.
https://spectrumculture.com/2025/01/08/boldy-james-whothehelliscarlo-hidden-in-plain-sight/
12 months ago
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A new year isn't really new until I've submitted a packet of poems to several lit journals with unbelievably low acceptance rates. Shout out to the
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
for keeping me humble.
12 months ago
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11 years sober!
12 months ago
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Hearing Boldy James rap "The work whiter than Dawson's Creek" cured my seasonal depression for half a day.
12 months ago
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Who would have guessed an exhibition match between a YouTuber and 58-year-old man would end up being an over-promoted letdown?
about 1 year ago
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Hey folks! The good people at Wrong Publishing were kind enough to put out my strange little chapbook last year and now you can read it digitally for zero dollars!
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about 1 year ago
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Howdy. Wasn't very good at twitter, doubt I'll be good at this one either. I'm an associate clinical social worker and amateur writer. Looking to plug into some digital community.
about 1 year ago
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