“In the 1960s and 1970s, as Kenya made the transition from colony to democracy, Joseph Kamaru sang messages of national pride, anti-corruption, class betrayal and gender politics to an emerging nation.” Joseph Kamaru in @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/13/j...

“In creating his own music, Saxton refuses to hew to any sort of stylistic orthodoxy,” writes Christian Carey. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8001155... @cbcarey.bsky.social

I’ve been having a bit of a guilty hard rock bacchanal lately, and so the Random Thursday best goes to C.O.F.F.I.N.’s “Factory Man.” youtu.be/RzU4oT4jYaY?...

What a puzzle box this novel was!

My #Knicks look like garbage

“Tony Molina fits grace into the smallest spaces,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8000363... @slumberlandrecords.com

“Tony Molina fits grace into the smallest spaces,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8000363... @slumberlandrecords.com

“Previous Modern Nature outings showed that the band can be expressive and daring; with The Heat Warps, they’ve proved that realism can be just as intriguing,” writes Bryon Hayes. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8000249... @hazycomet.bsky.social

“It wobbles on a seesaw axis, deep reedy blasts of harmonium pushing down with muscular force, skeletal figures in guembri and percussion ratcheting back up towards equilibrium.” My review of NIS’ Perseverance Flow @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/12/n...

“Corrosion of Existence is a very scary record,” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7999456...

“There’s not a bad song on the disc, and there are 21 of them in all. Impressive.” My Sharp Pins review @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/s...

“These Minnesota punks deliver their music in short, furious, firehose spews, Bad Brains minus the reggae stuff and with a snarky sense of humor,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7999343...

Support Indivisible.

“One of indie rock’s most lacerating lyricists is putting on a show!” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7998550...

“This is, simply, a very good rock record performed by a group wholly in sync with one another,” writes Patrick Masterson. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7998438... @pmmmasterson.bsky.social

Yes

We need a strong, progressive primary challenge for quisling Maggie Hassan. I will never vote for her again.

I’ve decided that heaven is an omekase menu where you sit with people you love and talk and every few minutes a new small treat arrives.

Can confirm that, unexpectedly, we have a GREAT sushi place in Keene, NH!! #kuramaomekase for the win.

“Daylight Daylight flows easily, likeably, languidly — but at times rather forgettably,” writes Tim Clarke. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7995832... @nicemanwashing.bsky.social

Tumblr is arbitrarily slapping a content warning on a fairly innocuous review--nothing obscene or political and accompanied by a photo of a guy on a bike (i.e. not especially titillating). We've requested a couple of reviews, but no response, any ideas?

“Sessa, known to his family as Sergio Sayeg, mines a fertile vein of Tropicalia influences as well as American funk, soul and jazz, in a third album,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7995719...

@b-kellyjr.bsky.social finds the funniest cards

Made it youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4?...

“This pivotal collaboration from Brian Eno and Jon Hassell explores a mystical, minimalist music, tinted by Southern Hemisphere sounds but also incorporating 20th century electronics.” Fourth World at @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...

“Both of these musicians focus on the materiality of sound and the processes of sound creation, delving in to the tiniest detailed textures and timbres of objects they utilize,” writes Michael Rosenstein. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7994927...

Best of Random Thursday is this absolute burner from north-south syncretists Ndox Electrique. ndoxelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/he-yay...

We got visitors.

“Grinning Cat is one of Yokota’s more adventurous outings, and its panoply of sonic materials underscores the breadth of his musical pursuits,” writes Christian Carey. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7994814... @christiancarey.bsky.social

Just contact both NH senators to ask them to stop playing footsie with the fascists on shutdown negotiations. Fucking cowards.

Omg look at dinner!

“h. pruz sings with a soft, private tenderness that has a little smolder in it, their voice like cotton batting just starting to catch fire,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7994021...

My sweet son @seanwjelly.bsky.social sent me Zabars for my birthday, couple of days early but just in time to celebrate the new mayor.

“Embalming is enormously satisfying, a blast of remorseless death-doom that manages to excite even as it bleeds the life out of you,” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7993907...

A message to all the people shamelessly hyping the Snocaps record…you are correct. youtu.be/FxTgUNsNphE?...

The timeline is super fun this a.m.

Yup. I was wondering when the racism would start to bite and here it is.

Beautiful

What happened to Kornake?

Sean and Tess commissioned original illustrations for the wedding program, and aren’t they adorable?

“This box set from Numero documents the power and fury of that pivotal period with 43 paint-stripping live performances, 24 from an album release show in Minneapolis on January 30, 1985, the remainder from various stops in America and overseas.” aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/04/h...

“Crowd Pleaser is not about the journey in any literal sense, but it’s in there, the path from churchly certainty to latter day doubt and free-thinking,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7993115... @bloodshotrecords.bsky.social

It's listing time again and here are 35 good ones from 2025. 1. Anika—the Abyss 2. Circuit des Yeux—Halo on the Inside (Matador) 3. Orcutt Shelley Miller—S-T (Silver Current) 4. The Cords—S-T (Slumberland) 5. Husker Du—1985: the Miracle Year 6. Motorbike—Kick It Over (Feel It!)

“Do they want to form a tune on the spot, or sink deep into a sonic texture? Rip it up, or wax reflective? The answer is yes,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7993002... @relativepitch.bsky.social

Re:Dick Cheney youtu.be/1DXBR3oxlr0?...

“The songs on Across a Violet Pasture flicker and haunt, a tracery of voice and strummed guitar,” dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7992209... @orindal.bsky.social

“SML rattles and clatters, following slap-dash, stutter-and-roll rhythms through rave-glowing forests of incandescent synths.” My review at Aquarium Drunkard. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/03/s...

“The songs on Across a Violent Pasture flicker and haunt, a tracery of voice and strummed guitar,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7992209... @orindal.bsky.social

“All in all, Friendship Traces is an electronic dub record that’s nothing like the stuff Adrian Sherwood’s been brewing on the other side of the Atlantic,” writes Roz Milner. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7992096... @rozmilner.bsky.social @youvechanged.bsky.social

Another lovely entry in the Red River Dialect catalog. redriverdialect.bandcamp.com/album/basic-...