My founding fathers

The Strange Girls - Beset - The frogs are extremely loud tonight after the rain. Pairs well with this, which was at least partly recorded on the porch. Been somewhat obsessed with this band lately. Downer, ultra low-fi NZ noise folk. Checks all my boxes, basically.

A music riddle: name two musicians who 1. Have hyphenated last names; 2. Have collaborated with @nofansrecords.bsky.social; 3. Are interested in non-Western religions; and 4. Are known for their particularly abrasive solo work.

For Father's Day I took myself to the record store and bought the most millennial dad-coded album possible

Rick Warren!!??!!

There's gotta be somebody out there who has this record and wants to give it to me or at least upload the A-side

Didn't expect to read the phrase "nipple-related documents" when I woke up this morning, but here we are I guess

"They did surgery on a grape"

I only got one good pic of Wolf Eyes last night in Providence but it looks appropriately hellish. Wonderful, life-affirming noise.

I know it's not the kind of lo-fi they're talking about but Guided by Voices is one of the most ADHD-friendly artists I've come across

Gotta be "was the Grink there"

Woodpecker No. 1

Oddly enough I have a similar origin story - my dad brought home A Change of Seasons because of the Zeppelin covers, and that changed everything for me

buttballs

Let this radicalize you

This is the good stuff right here

Just hit 2000 albums in my Bandcamp collection. Decided to mark the occasion by finally picking up this album from the wonderful Alastair Galbraith which has been sitting on my wishlist forever.

They Were Playing Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now at the Frozen Custard Place and a Guy Started Singing Along (A Memoir)

Aliens make contact with the sole purpose of giving us The Even Longer Ending of Mark

Hello! Anyone who shares this post in the USA is entered to win a free t-shirt in your preferred size, color and print of any of our 130 album covers. Anyone from the rest of the world will get a digital prize if chosen. Contest ends May 6th. mathematicianrecords.bandcamp.com/music #musicsky 🎧

Keizo Miyanishi, the man behind the legendary Onna project, is quite ill. The linked track is a fundraiser for his ongoing treatment, with all proceeds going to him. Please support!

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Great video, and glad we got at least a clip of Here Comes the Snake, a strong contender for the single worst song ever recorded

Post a meme made by you

MERZBOB

Tell me that guitar part on Wicked Game ain't shoegaze

Scott Walker

Gotta be Kirsty MacColl dropping the f-slur in Fairytale of New York.

Finally some good news

Teo Macero editing Bitches Brew:

Early Music - Old Strings - The ever-dependable Jon Collin brings some collaborators along for some of the most beautiful music of his career. Nicely varied, lovely mid-fi sound... it's gonna be tough to top this one in 2026.

They're playing Hootie & the Blowfish at the Providence Bruins game

Patrick Moraz would never do this

Manfred Eicher every single day since like 1976:

Sy Lyn - Songs About Housework - no idea how I found this one. Maybe it was recommended by @filthythanks.bsky.social ? In any case, this is some deeply weird synth-pop adjacent stuff that sometimes veers into free jazz or tape noise. On Simon Fell's label. Fascinating stuff.

Maybe I'm a bad person but I laughed harder at the recording than I have at anything in a long while

Who knew the government would one day adopt the Tim & Eric aesthetic

In other Bandcamp news, the Australia sub-sub-underground legend Tony McKey has a new release out today. The title is awesome, the cover is awesome, and the music is awesome. Dark drones that slowly reveal the action beneath the surface. tonymckey.bandcamp.com/album/slayer

Currently digging this drone 'n jam release from last year by @nofansrecords.bsky.social nofansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-...

Bruce Sutter, hall of fame pitcher. I went to school with his nephew.

25 years ago today the most important yard sale in history took place youtu.be/CUmmxW7Ksc8?...

New JCC album is absolute class - crystal clear and absolutely blasted at the same time. Feels like the future. joshuachuquimiacrampton.bandcamp.com/album/anata

ME: Lord, I just pray that you send a hedge of protection. GOD: Say less.

Idiot chess player in that Open AI ad blundered his queen for no reason

Since when are there six people in Green Day?

"Super Bowl Sunday is the best of all the Sundays" erm

Dammit Punsxutawney Phil I don't need this right now

Well at least that's something

Mourning Cloak - Beyond - On a deep Discogs dive and behold, a wild @tarotplane.bsky.social appears! This is a dark, spacy folk project from 1999, helmed by one Timothy Renner. Gets nicely far out on the longer tracks.