Takaat at Nova Arts, Keene NH 4/4/26 (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

Kal Marks at Nova Arts in Keene NH (photo by Jennifer Kelly)

“We often say that electronic music has a pulse, but on the standout title track, that pulse seems less like a metaphor and more like an actual heartbeat, thumping with effort but fully capable of maintaining itself.” Me on Colleen’s swimming-themed record. @thrilljockey.bsky.social

“Who needs another “Best Albums of Spring” feature? Maybe you do.” Dusted writers anticipate the sounds of spring. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8128871...

If you liked Royal Headache you’re gonna love Twisted Teens. cpnpc.bandcamp.com/album/twiste...

Shrinking is a terrible show, rated 90% by Rotten Tomatoes.

“This is a big album with quiet moments, and if you like your alt-country dialed up and unapologetic, go find Brown Horse at your local Total Dive,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8128066... @sipsman.com

Can confirm that hating men women is far more common than most people want to admit

Chocolate chip cookies out of the oven with the chips still molten. Highly recommended.

“Play Me continues the experimentation of 2024’s The Collective, fighting through the state of our nearly apocalyptic contemporary world with a mix of bass, skittering beats, and fervency,” writes Justin Cober-Lake. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8127953... @justinc-l.bsky.social

Best of Random Thursday is this slow-dawning beauty, “Serotiny” by Chuck Johnson. chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/track/serotiny

Found this film very affecting especially the very visceral way in which the characters reacted to the sound and feel and possibility that this was the man who tortured them. You could see it hurt. youtu.be/9oHw2ubyWE4?...

We have crocii

We have crocii

I’ve edited Dusted’s IG profile. See if you can spot the difference.

Co-sign

Science is amazing. www.404media.co/scientists-c...

“Together, the two records are the yin and yang of this underrated band’s sound, well worth exploring for the uninitiated,” writes Tim Clarke. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8127160... @nicemanwashing.bsky.social

“Blessed by relative proximity and fired by a determination to develop their trialogue, they are a 21st century rarity — an American free improvisation ensemble with a robust regional touring schedule,” writes Bill Meyer. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8127047...

Leafing through Sunday arts & leisure, feeling good about never having watched a Real Housewives.

I’ve really missed Kelley Stoltz. dandyboyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/if-you...

New Spatulas album is a guitar freakout of the highest order. Retire those Shams references, the woman can fucking play. mirandaspatula.bandcamp.com/album/a-blue...

“‘Nihilistic Visions’ and ‘Terror, Strife, Violence’ are two songs from this grimly terrific split LP from the European underground, effectively capturing the music’s sensibility: ugly, cruel and very, very pissed off,” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8126254...

All you press folks sending singles and/or streams, I am deleting them like they never arrived. Albums only. DLs only.

How am I gonna listen to all these records?

“Experiencing Kaleidoscope is a personal journey, one of intersecting moments and ever-increasing cinematic scope,” writes Marc Medwin. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8126141...

Woke up thinking about the truffle fries at Two Wheels on the UWS.

“Standard Stoppages consists entirely of new works made by collaborators old and new to TCP,” writes Christian Carey. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8125348... @cbcarey.bsky.social

“A furious clangor of box-y drums, barbed wire guitar play and hoarse, poetic shouted lyrics all point towards the Ex, the long-running art-punk band that Sok left in 2008,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8125236...

Fuck AI all the way to hell.

Pete Hegseth is not a Christian and will go to hell. newrepublic.com/article/2083... via @newrepublic.com

“Indeed, this is very nearly the definition of a slow burner, the album that defined literate, introverted pop, captured the hearts of anorak-wearing English majors worldwide and set the stage for the Decemberists and Camera Obscura,” writes Jennifer Kelly. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/03/30/b...

We watched Videodrome last night and what a strange unnerving movie.

Lost in the long drones today bluetapes.bandcamp.com/album/blue-f...

Ordered tix to Takaat in a fot of optimism. youtu.be/mce9hLz-XsY?...

I don’t think i can do No Kings this time because of throwing up/cold sensitivity but my heart is with you all.

People are sending me lots of hats, this one from my good friend and former running buddy David Oei.

“This time out, we cover AACM-style improv, cosmic blues, Swedish ambience, Virginia black metal, string improv and some stops in between.” The March edition of Dust. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8122517...

I’ve been listening to “A Hug of Songs,” a compilation of songs written for me in my illness, and it’s just lovely. It’s free, too! Thanks to everyone who participated. ahugofsongsforjenny.bandcamp.com/album/a-hug-...

“bobbie’s songs coalesce out of stardust, bright pinpoints of synth sound twinkling against a velvety dark backing of narcotic vocals, guitar strums and the steady thump of drums,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8121611... @orindal.bsky.social

Three posts in a row about baking to combat depression. Are we ok out there?

Best of random Thursday is the Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House.” youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U?...

“Perhaps more than any other record the band has issued in the last 20 years, Sunn O))) best recalls the austere glories of The Grimmrobe Demos (1999),” writes Jonathan Shaw. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8120705... @subpop.bsky.social

A reminder that Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro VT has an enormous, glorious pipe organ that they can sometimes be persuaded to let visitors play. fujita.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

“Antic, but unplugged, energy may remind you of certain Ted Leo songs, the bristly vulnerabilities of Jonathan Richman or, particularly, the Violent Femmes,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8119799...

Last stop in NYC is always Zabars.

Happy International puppy day!

Happy International Puppy Day

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