This, written by Lia Kohl and recorded live by an ensemble during rush hour at Chicago's Union Station, is wonderfully evocative and spatial. (Bandcamp: liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/music-... – h/t @philipsherburne.bsky.social)

Sly Dunbar RIP 🥁

Choose wisely, @backlisted.bsky.social.

“If there is a middle ground between Cluster & Eno, Terry Riley’s Shri Camel, and Yo La Tengo’s There’s a Riot Going On, it’s somewhere nearby.“ Coming in March c/o @intlanthem.bsky.social.

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Alongside astonishingly powerful photographs of rural poor folk in South Carolina, imperious ancients of high society and James Brown having his coiffure teased into position, there is Hezekiah Trembles, who performed a wild..."

Why is everyone seemingly fondly marking 2016, the year in which Trump first got elected, and in which Bowie and Prince died?

silentes.bandcamp.com/album/frquen... @funkentechno.bsky.social

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Book Announcement: On March 3rd, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane will be out in the world. Pre-order at your local bookstore, directly from Hachette, or that other website that sells books: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...

I have always had a soft spot for the often unwieldy, bloated, yet occasionally intriguing and illuminating thing that is a box set. The first installment on these bank-breakers over at @aquariumdrunkard.com.

Although this has been out for a month now, I've only just watched the video. Bill Callahan (music) and Daniel Arnold (photos) manage to capture NYC in a bottle here.

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist. The Go-Go's at Mesa Amphitheater (AZ) in 1984. I was only 12 and convinced grandma (who I was spending the summer with) that I could go unaccompanied. Afterwards, she picked me up in her big blue Ford Econoline.

Blackstar remains an astonishing final statement.

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Hmm. Now if I could only guess who chose what in the new Locklisted episode by the fine folk at @backlisted.bsky.social ? 🤔

Good riddance, and here’s hoping… ✨ ✨

Haunting festive presence.

Wtf!

Not too shabby, @backlisted.bsky.social!

Anyone Can Wordle.

By no means a novel question, but… any good podcast recommendations? Things that entertain or make you think, BBC content also welcome. Many thanks! 🙇🏻‍♂️

This amused me more than it should have.

Not quite sure how I feel having a cheese “named” after me. 🤔

This one's for @iammilliam.bsky.social.

The latest installment of one of my favorite AD regulars, courtesy of Eric Hehr (currently on a mean tear!).

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One of the best delivers his most wide-ranging overview yet. ✨ ✨

Head down today to start working on a long-form piece about two of my all-time favourite LPs for @aquariumdrunkard.com. I may be a while. 🤿 Above the noise, behind the glare I know you're listening out there somewhere

US Army basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. The drill sergeants told us we could go to see a movie or pick up garbage and do push-ups all afternoon. Cue a theater full of buzz-cut and homesick young men all crying their eyes out at the not-so-great… The Bodyguard!

Had I not been asked to write my recent Talk Talk feature, ‘Hats’ would surely have hovered at the top of my list. Luckily, Eric Hehr is again at his best here (for @aquariumdrunkard.com).

Dive in and discover…

The grabbing hands grab all they can.

A small encore…

… in which @tylerwilcox.bsky.social again reliably guides us through some wonderful (and occasionally weird) treasures to be found on @bandcamp.com. So much to discover here.

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“These tracks behave less like songs and more like weather systems – shifting, gathering, dissolving.” The lovely people at @aquariumdrunkard.com asked the almost impossible: some thoughts on Talk Talk’s seminal albums ‘Spirit of Eden’ and ‘Laughing Stock,’ two records that mean very much to me.

RIP Jimmy Cliff

This is rather lovely.

Self-Portrait with Cod's Head 1940 https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25877

Reskeet with a time you looked cool.

There is no escaping some people, especially @iammilliam.bsky.social.

Don Cherry, born 89 years ago today. 🎺

One of the better albums of 2025 came courtesy of @modernnature.bsky.social. And now they perform two Beatles cuts for @aquariumdrunkard.com’s Lagniappe Sessions. ✨ ✨

A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...

New Jana Horn incoming.

Excellent vibes contained herein.

Happy Veterans Day to all who celebrate. 🫡

When @aimeemann.bsky.social covers ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’ for Tim Robinson’s ‘The Chair Company’ = 👌🏻