I don't really know what to do with the blinding red mist anger for what's been happening all year, epitomized by Renee Good's murder and with increasing likelihood to happen everywhere. I know it is not healthy to feel like this. I hope everyone is taking care of themselves.

Really cool to be included on this list and a big thank you to folks who checked out the album these past few months 🙏🏻 And thank you to RCU generally for all the great music coverage over the years.

extremely surreal to hear helicopters buzzing constantly this past hour criss-crossing where Maduro is held www.flightradar24.com/40.66,-74.01...

Grateful for a lot of shows this year but this Fred Frith set had me on the edge of my seat. Nonchalant and playful but seemed in total control. Ends with pebbles in a metal bowl dragged across the strings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v080...

overheard in Charlottesville this week: “you know that place, it’s between The Food Master and the toilet store”

Davis's approach to guitar has been an influence for many years, I really appreciate these words. Go check out the Dais Queue catalog. And thanks again to folks who took a moment to listen to this album.

Hey ya'll, there's a new 10-song Cerca album out today in cassette & digital formats. I feel really good about this one and a lot of care went into it, hope you can check it out— cercamusic.bandcamp.com/album/cross-...

tried threading shoelaces between my melodica keys to kill the clicky plasticky sound and now it sounds like a smooth tenor sax. unsure where to go from here

I don't know if this makes sense but Nickel Boys was too good and true to win Best Picture

I loved all of Edith Frost's releases years ago, very cool to see she's got a new album up — edithfrost.bandcamp.com/album/in-space

1pm this Saturday, Tesla showroom at 860 Washington Street #ratfuck — www.teslatakedown.com

Over four million people ride the subway here every day and every day fewer than ten crimes are reported.

imagine seeing this headline 10 years ago

bonkers lineup this year - Kim Gordon solo plus Body / Head, Fred Frith, Carl Stone, Niecy Blues, Wendy Eisenberg, the all stars doing Rainbow in Curved Air... bangonacan.org/long-play-20...

I know Springsteen wrote Hungry Heart for the Ramones but did he imagine them playing it at twice the speed or how was that gonna work

A top New York City police official says, “Way too many people are urinating on Trump Tower at any given moment to arrest them all.” 🤣

how close are we to a high profile American politico just saying "yes I'm a literal fascist, yes I know what it means and yes it's okay to call me that", it feels just around the corner

My elderly Sicilian landlord asked why my check wasn't in an envelope. I said I hadn't owned envelopes in a decade and he said furiously "What, you don't write letters to your friends?!" Honestly almost made me cry.

casually playing these great fluid lines with no guitar strap and while chewing gum youtu.be/p0QKjcNaNbI?...

I've got a side project with a new EP out today. Desc: "what sounds like a slowed down gunfighter ballad taking place in outer space; melodicas, gentle piano keys, industrial squeaks; recordings of helicopters over what used to be the peaceful Governors Island." agonists.bandcamp.com/album/flares

A continually-updating Google doc of musicians and music-related people who have been affected by the LA fires, including gofundme links where applicable. Please spread/share! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

i hate this and also how many beatles are we talkin about, how many are there even

when you guys saw A Complete Unknown were there packs of boomers in the hallway afterward high fiving & hooting like the Mets just won the series like when I went

down a David First rabbit hole today, thank you @jefftobias.bsky.social & @foxydigitalis.bsky.social - davidfirst.bandcamp.com/album/matter...

When I saw this in Manhattan, Malkmus looked stony and miserable throughout the Q&A... suppose this explains it 😶 vishkhanna.com/2024/11/19/e...

Kind of a longshot but I'm in Madrid for a few days and looking to see interesting music. Anyone out there have venues or spaces they'd recommend?

Releasing some new music over on Bandcamp today, a mix of guitar and tape and other bits... Very much a wintertime kind of album. Check it out if that sounds like your thing — cercamusic.bandcamp.com/album/pole-s...

Can't think of many others with Albini's experience who have terabytes of hours-long interviews and Q&As offering insane amounts of advice and technical knowledge, all cheerfully, all for free and perfectly articulated, just because they love thinking about it and sharing it. True generosity.

woman at the coffee shop telling her friend just now "Lots happening, my book is launching soon, Uranus is in retrograde, and our puppy is gonna be in the Puppy Bowl" (?!)

In retrospect probably the highlight of last year. The ballbusting between him and David Thomas was something else. RIP.

Bang on a Can Long Play is looking great this year - Julia Wolfe, Matmos, Rob Mazurek, Sam Prekop + John McEntire bangonacan.org/long-play-20...

Jonathan Glazer adapting Martin Amis is as good as it gets for my money. Never seen anything quite like The Zone of Interest and the sound design and soundtrack are stunning and nauseating in the most appropriate ways.

you can tell how awesome all the AI and ad tech is nowadays judging by the ads for guitar picks I already bought two weeks ago haunting me across dozens of websites for weeks afterward

made this recording yesterday on the edge of the East River as the sun was going down, simultaneously: multiple helicopters overhead, a family's conversation, water lapping the shore, an ambulance somewhere, planes flying to Laguardia, sea gulls www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sohg5...

should i buy my dad geddy lee’s book for christmas

a big handful of great albums that were inspiring to me this past year —

thinking about end of the year stuff and the best experience was Bang on a Can with a good friend, warm day, lots of walking and talking, amazing spectrum of music to hear in one day (Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Michael Gordon, Philip Glass Ensemble, 75 Dollar Bill, lots more)

fell asleep with the TV on and woke up to something where Richard Kind was playing twins, honestly thought I was losing it

I didn't realize the entirety of Whole Earth magazines is now digitized and available for free which is extremely cool on general principle and just fun to comb through - wholeearth.info

Really means a lot to see this tape out in the world resonating with people. All my music I manage to wrangle together is meaningful to me, but this release in particular is one that sits in a special place for all kinds of reasons. Very cool to see deep listeners like Josh taking it for a spin.

Much appreciated to be included on here amongst a lot of albums I genuinely love, thanks again Keith!

luring hundreds of people into his garage for years only to interrupt them and talk about himself is still the funniest bit Marc Maron ever did

truly great Hanukkah show last night - YLT joining forces with the original Lambchop lineup

I walk past this every day but you don't hear me making any dumb jokes about it

was told at the rehearsal space last night that a finance guy with a young kid wants to chip in on rent to put a recliner in the space and come from Battery Park to Gowanus 2x/week to just sit and crank music, I asked what music and was told Michael Buble

Loving the sounds on this release, ideal balance of simplicity and complexity for me—

In terms of a final tweet, he did not have to be this generous or gracious. RIP.

"You were so cool you could have put out Vietnam" https://youtu.be/_q7307IWwr4

I've only visited SD once and cannot square that sunny memory with this 1970s version, fascinating book so far