Here is a directory of places that you can donate to as a way to help activists in Minnesota, including the Immigrant Rapid Response fund: www.standwithminnesota.com

Ian Wellman set out to document an extreme wind event early last year. He wound up capturing the onset of the terribly destructive Southern California wildfires. The presence of slight musical additions does not distract from the sheer destructive force on display, this is not for casual engagement.

I love when the weather app shows an igloo. -40 with windchill.

DAMN, this opening klatch from last night's Derek Bailey tribute show at Roulette: Emmanuel Michael, Wendy Eisenberg, and Chuck Roth on guitars, plus Charmaine Lee and more eaze (unseen) to either side… what a freaking TREASURE the Roulette archives are. www.youtube.com/live/GwhFB37...

Congress has passed FY26 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities at $207 million each - holding steady with no cuts despite another zero-out request in the President’s budget. The votes: House: 397-28 Senate: 82-15 ht: Americans for the Arts

The Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art are among the hundreds of businesses shuttering on January 23 in protest of the ICE killing of Renee Macklin Good.

i wrote about where timothée chalamet would and wouldn't SCHWEP www.vulture.com/article/timo...

Where’s the counterculture today? Let’s ask some old folks.

Spotify’s recommendation engine penalizes tracks with high skip rates, incentivizing producers to front-load songs with hooks and strip away the “boring” bits—like intros, outros, or dynamic tension. midnightrebels.com/how-algorith...

Listen again: a closer listen / 18th January 2026 Playing tracks by Earl Sweatshirt, Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals (feat. FRANKI3 ), Therevada, Shungu (feat. Liv.e), MIKE and more. @acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...

Sunday! listen.camp 10-11am: Modern Jetset @irisberkeley.bsky.social 4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe @londonpete99.bsky.social 6-7pm: A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 7-8pm: A Mile Long Drawing @geoffwilt.bsky.social Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/ *⏰CET

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

"Talking Heads’ fifth album was a firm fixture in Larry Levan’s tastemaking Paradise Garage record bag. A stone-cold new wave disco classic filled with now-iconic hits, it spread through New York’s clubs like wildfire." How Talking Heads' ‘Speaking in Tongues’ Ignited New York's Dancefloors:

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William Parker was born in The Bronx on this day in 1952. He turns 74 today. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 6.12.21

UbuWeb and soundS • #resources #research 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗼 (2 CDs and the 1967 Robert Filliou’s translation of the manifesto_even if it would be necessary to have the original text opposite) www.ubu.com/sound/russol...

Also, Cooder's guitar score is Neil Young's Dead Man avant la lettre.

What does Latina feminism sound like in pop culture? To Esther Díaz Martín, the answer is in the air waves. RADIOPHONIC FEMINISMS explores the ways that radio and podcasting can be spaces for resisting oppressive patriarchal structures. Tune in and grab your copy below 🩷🔗 utpress.utexas.edu/9...

Huge shout-out to @acloserlisten.bsky.social for including "Ascension Span" in its Winter Music Preview. Check it out! acloserlisten.com/2026/01/06/a...

A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #98 ACL 2025: Sound Propositions acloserlisten.substack.com/p/a-closer-l...

Tarr's films were long, dark, and often abstract explorations of everyday life and politics. n.pr/4pqwEcG

this is priceless, and it's not just rockstars she skewers, she really explains the roots of incelism and, in part, trumpism :-o she's brilliant later on about the earnestness of the LA scene compared to the more cynical New Yorkers and English - it's a great, mournful, odd documentary all round

... delving into Russia’s colonial history

Listen again: a closer listen / 04th January 2026 Playing tracks by Damon Locks, SML, Bitchin Bajas, Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty and Hahn Rowe, Water Damage and more. @acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...

Sunday! (2 of 2) listen.camp 6-7pm: A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR @winterstrix.bsky.social 9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico @fragilex13.bsky.social Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/ *⏰CET

ACL 2026 Winter Music Previews have begun. acloserlisten.substack.com/p/acl-2026-w...

La vida es bonita, pero es traicionera

FREE / nameyourprice for the 10th anniv in Jan 'Elision' Pinkcourtesyphone + harpist Gwyneth Wentink richardchartier.bandcamp.com/album/elision This spiraling composition is created for endless heavy rotation/ background consumption for an anxious & medicated society prone to ambivalence.

Some of these late year submissions are gonna get lost I just know it but trying to catch up on the mailbox

First tweet of the year. What's up? ACL 2026 Winter Music Preview @acloserlisten.bsky.social acloserlisten.substack.com/p/acl-2026-w...

keep an eye out for my forthcoming list of the best 351 records of 2025

Brief reminder that أحمد [Ahmed]'s US debut from back in March is available to fill the holes in your life. Pat Thomas piano Antonin Gerbal drums Joel Grip bass Seymour Wright alto saxophone

Have you read his A Creative Life book? It's a pretty good self-analysis of many of his projects and includes some of his long reporting from Central America. And, bonus, you can usually find copies for under $10 USD.

Bob Ostertag & Kronos Quartet All the Rage (1993) "All the Rage was developed from a recording I made of a riot in San Francisco in October 1991, which followed California Governor Pete Wilson's veto of a bill designed to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination."

An absolutely stunning and unexpected review of 'Wassail' by @acloserlisten.bsky.social as part of their 'Best Christmas Music of 2025' feature. Thank you as ever to Richard and his team. Drink, Wassail! And be merry! acloserlisten.substack.com/p/acl-2025-d...

"One remark left by a tuner and noted by the researchers relates to a church organ in Nottingham. Part of the instrument appeared damaged and more difficult to tune than last time. 'Weather? Misty,' the tuner wrote." Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate:

Listen again: a closer listen / 21st December 2025 Playing tracks by B.Abbas & R.Abou-Rahme, Whatever The Weather, Yara Asmar, Sara Persico, Jake Muir and more. @acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...

there's still time to join us for the upcoming asynchronous drone orchestra so, the #opencall for drone music is still open!

Sunday! listen.camp 10-11am: Modern Jetset @irisberkeley.bsky.social 4-5pm: Modern Jazz from around Europe @londonpete99.bsky.social 6-7pm: A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 7-8pm: A Mile Long Drawing @geoffwilt.bsky.social Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/ *⏰CET

Steve Reich’s Music for Pieces of Wood | Richard Serra | Gagosian Quarterly youtu.be/inILrcbmJ9E?...

Arm & Hammer part 2 Armand Hammer mix in honor of MERCY, fave deep cuts and non-album tracks soundcloud.com/acloserliste...

ACL 2025 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year acloserlisten.com/2025/12/19/a...

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz acloserlisten.com/2025/12/18/a...

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition acloserlisten.com/2025/12/17/a...

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape acloserlisten.com/2025/12/16/a...

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Electronic acloserlisten.com/2025/12/14/a...

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Experimental acloserlisten.com/2025/12/15/a...

ok I am hereby declaring tomorrow the day of shit, during which I will do multiple things i have put off from somewhere between a week and a year so that they are all done and I can start 2026 free and clear