#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 1 Reptiles and Samurai The punishing beat, frantic keys and wailing guitars make an incredible bed for wonderfully nonsensical lyrics; my favorite Boingo song and one of my most beloved overall. youtu.be/SutYY8PVMwc

#My5FaveAlbumsSoFar #MusicChallenge Kind of a slow first half of the year for me new music wise but what I’ve heard I’ve loved lots. 1 feeble little horse - Bitknot 2 Lines of Silence - Lines in Opposition! 3 The Early Years - Modern Moonlight 4 Cancer House - The Moth 5 CS Cleaners - What’s This?

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 2 Insects The sound of a mental break: the frantic percussion and cutting guitars of the verses give way to the ecstasy of breaking free of restraint and letting it all out in the chorus. Insects make me make me want to dance! youtu.be/cTzItOizzlE

They came from Planet Claire to take my top vote for #5DebutAlbumsSF2 … and if they make it through, my choice for the whole shebang.

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 3 Wild Sex (In The Working Class) Danny Elfman uncharacteristically horny on main, and it’s fucking fantastic. I work so hard thinking of you… youtu.be/ysa7myYXm8k

#NowListening #MusicSky fat dog - Cancel Me (I’m Tired) New fat dog single is about as 2026 as you can get with an absolutely MASSIVE key change at the end. Title track to LP2 out in October, they seem to have embraced the dance side of their sound more this time out. youtu.be/JZFBMdQLPyM

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 4 Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself) Lyrically incredibly dark & sadly still very relevant today. Hey little girl, won’t you come this way? Won’t you let me buy you candy or perhaps a chocolate shake or perhaps some nice cocaine… youtu.be/5PMjsY1MACU

#NowListening #MusicSky #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More In 30-40 years this will be held in the same high regard as the behemoths it’s up against in this challenge (some of us do already)…get on board now and save trouble later.

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 5 Whole Day Off A wonderful slice of surreal pop; points the way to the type of film work Danny would end up doing. Maybe it’s just a bad dream and I’ll wake up soon but I don’t think I’ll be so lucky… youtu.be/hSgt9F37T5k

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 6 Grey Matter Album opener starts us as we mean to go on; probably my favorite at a young age, I was surprised to place it so low. There’s nothing inside your head… youtu.be/ibZdil-Kbjw

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 7 Private Life When you’re not even safe inside your own head, where do you go? An incredibly underrated single. This is my private life, come and get me out of here. youtu.be/yuxss1kBQWw

#ArtisrFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 8 Why’d We Come A companion song to the title track that precedes it, it takes a good look at human technological evolution and asks: why? It didn’t have to end up like this… youtu.be/9Jbk4TwjZ_Y

I’ve been listening to this a lot over the past couple of days based on the Norman Stamp of Approval and it is absolutely wonderful; copy pre-ordered.

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 9 Running on a Treadmill Musically made up of multiple small parts repeated in a way that could go on forever, neat trick. I know what’s on your mind but it’s not what you think it is… youtu.be/rJvC_4cwtlQ

#MusicSky #NowListening #BestSongHeardToday The Wolfgang Press - Speakers Don’t Speak Very very good new single, the revival of The Wolfgang Press has been one of my favorite of recent years. New album ‘Asylum Variations’ out in September. youtu.be/_rXO2Hu8aj4

#ArtistFaveLP Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear 10 Islands Something has to be in 10th and sadly it’s the penultimate track on the album for me. It’s wonderful but it just doesn’t do it for me as much as the other 9. (I’ve really shot myself in the foot picking this LP…) youtu.be/B6WuARZRmCQ

There’s nothing to fear it’s just another round of #ArtistFaveLP , this time featuring one of my very first (and still very favorite) LPs.

“Doe” opener! Three new songs! “Off You”, aka five of the most brokenly gorgeous minutes in pop music! “Cannonball” as the encore closer! What a fucking night. www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-...

#MusicSky Live! Tonight! Sold out! (I think?) My first Breeders show since 2017 and twelfth overall…how have I let the time equivalent of the gap between ‘Last Splash’ and ‘Title TK’ pass?

The worst PSB single - until “Monkey business” came along, anyways - BUT b-side “The white dress” is a fucking TRIUMPH. youtu.be/SaPWCg6dPR0

#NowListening #MusicSky feeble little horse - Bitknot The physical copy of my favorite album of 2026 so far has arrived and it’s a lovely package.

One of my all time favorites; I’m so glad time has been kind and public opinion has turned in its favor. 💙💙

#5DebutAlbumsSF1 Björk - Debut I couldn’t find room for it in its qualifying round but I can fix that here; an endlessly adventurous journey through the early 90’s dance scene where the remixes on the singles are as important to the story as the album itself.

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 1 - A Girl Doesn’t Get Killed By A Make-Believe Lover…’Cuz It’s Hot! 10 minutes of psycho-sexual dirty disko with the nastiest bassline this side of “Head”. Baby I’m gonna tell you one more tiiime… youtu.be/IP0dfqjBKbU

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 2 - Apollo 69 As overtly pop as they ever got and it’s a wild ride; also 15 year old me was amazed someone could be so purposely and proudly faggy in their vocal deliverance, a real watershed moment for me. youtu.be/H_-iYTKJQr0

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 3 - Do You Fear (For Your Child?) When you look up to god you’ll find Venus de Milo. youtu.be/8MO5wVnKh7E

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 4 - Delicate Terror Electro terror madness with insane diva vamping and a well-timed ‘Halloween 5’ sample. It’s only real when it’s dark… youtu.be/a3gWSgHfPyE

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 5 - A Daisy Chain 4 Satan Half of one of my favorite 12” singles, a glorious of example of finding joy in chaos. I could never afford it, I would never buy drugs…I get drugs free. youtu.be/KDSGZu0VYM8

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 6 - Kooler Than Jesus I am the Electric Messiah! The AC/DC GOD. youtu.be/YwlINVe-R-8

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 7 - The Devil Does Drugs A dancier mix of “First Cut” from the debut EP, revamped again as “…And This Is What The Devil Does!” for ‘I See Good Spirits’; essentially their calling card. You liars, repent! youtu.be/35uyojS71n4

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 8 - Glamour is a Rocky Road TKK go full on 60’s surf vibe; a bit of an accidental prediction for ‘Psycho Beach Party’, perhaps? (Also, ‘Hit & Run Holiday’ remains my favorite TKK album.) Chickie baby’s gone off the deep end! youtu.be/s19sTIEUFgE

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 9 - Blue Buddha My introduction to America’s Most Dangerous Kult, it’s still as hypnotic over 30 years later…but you absolutely need the full album version. Who’s behind closed doors? youtu.be/tjvVl3OCd5U

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 10 - A Martini Built For 2 Groovie goes full on seduction mode here with a sultry horn and keys killed number from ‘Sexplosion!’. I showed up but where are you? youtu.be/y9YR_GLm6kQ

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 11 - Waiting For Mommie In which the band take the bass line from “Le Freak” and layer a completely different kind of Disco stormer over the top. Everyone’s been telling me that you have been real naughty… youtu.be/GfXaSxvukU4

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 12 - Disko Fleshpot Perfect summation of the sex and drugs dance fest masterpiece that is ‘13 Above the Night’. Turn it up and make it hot! youtu.be/1W-OG88jPLA

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 13 - Sexplosion! Title track to what was, at the time, the biggest selling LP on Wax Trax!. A joyously slinky celebration of hedonism that encapsulates an album with “no redeeming social value whatsoever, and it’s wonderful.” youtu.be/uBTBC7PpOIc

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 14 - Nervous Xians Later reworked into “After the Flesh” for ‘The Crow’ soundtrack, I prefer the 12” version which gives it room to breathe. Reality is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes. youtu.be/wSNr2r5qrB4

#ArtistFave15 My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 15 - Devil Bunnies Fun with 12” labels, something they did a lot in the early years. A percussion and bass heavy rave-up, one could argue this pointed the way to ‘Hit and Run Holiday’. Meet me at the race track, Jack. youtu.be/Zr1lu3Bh57Y

A few days late for this round of #ArtistFave15 but the 6th month of the year seems an appropriate time to celebrate America’s Most Dangerous Kult; 15 of my favorites from My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, specifically the Wax Trax! and Interscope years. (Apols to the Red Ant/Ryko albums.)

SFA 4 MAY. #AppleReplay

#5DebutAlbums2026 Fat Dog - WOOF. Aggressively blending together a little bit of everything to form a deliciously hyperactive punk/pop/electro stew, it pretty much sounds exactly like you’d expect; a spiritual successor to Klaxons, perhaps? Why not.

#5DebutAlbums2026 Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More Sunday night wind-down with my number 1 for this round; it’s incredible that 35+ years into a storied career she pulled this stunner out. One of her finest in a legacy of classics.

#ArtistFaveLP Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman 1 - Know Your Chicken The seismic shift that occurred in my brain when I first heard this; it really sums up the “anything goes” spirit of the late 90’s in an incredible fashion. youtu.be/COMWwwv_MTk

#5DebutAlbums2026 Wet Leg - Wet Leg It could have been a disaster but they managed to turn a pair of viral singles into an album full of heart and humor. 4 years on and I’m still as in awe of it as I was on my first listen; this is one for the ages.

#ArtistFaveLP Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman 2 - Sugar Water One of the finest singles of the 90’s paired with one of the greatest videos; an absolute stunner. A woman in the moon is singing to the earth… youtu.be/EN9auBn6Jys

#ArtistFaveLP Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman 3 - Birthday Cake Shut up and eat! You know my love is sweet! Special shout out to their performance on ‘Viva Variety!’; I was a fan before but this was hugely impactful on teenage James. (Janeane Garofalo is incredible in this ep.) youtu.be/yW3dDPn98eI

#goodmailday thanks to @normanrecords.com Thrilled to finally have @untruth-band.bsky.social debut on LP (and double LP expanded edition, I couldn’t choose just one) and the new Early Years on @soniccathedral.bsky.social is an (ahem) early favorite for the year.

#MusicSky #NewMusic feeble little horse - bitknot If you need me, I’ll be spending the day listening to the new feeble little horse on repeat via @bandcamp.com

#5DebutAlbums2026 Public Practice - Gentle Grip Only album from New Wave-inspired act. Debut EP ‘Distance Is A Mirror’ is incredible, the album is definitely less immediate but I appreciate it for its Waitresses vibes.

#ArtistFaveLP Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman 4 - Beef Jerky My weight is 300 pounds, my favorite is beef jerky. youtu.be/nbjKMxyayrE