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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 7h

paul thomas anderson's "one battle after another" is a great damn movie. casting & acting are amazing, the pynchon edge is distinct, its look & roll are made for these times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQUP...

One Battle After Another | Official Trailer 2

YouTube video by Warner Bros.

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 20h

hey bethany, eric should have all my contact info i think.

byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 1d

no firewall link to danny's nyt obit

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/a...

Danny Thompson, Bassist Who Defied Folk Conventions, Dies at 86

www.nytimes.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 1d

RIP DANNY THOMPSON
bassist ojn so many great sessions, but still most spectacular, to my mind anyway, inside the amazing pentangle

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...

Pentangle - Light Flight (In Concert), 4th January 1971)

YouTube video by Pentangle

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 2d

rec of the day NAPE NECK 'the h=shallowest end" (dot dash sounds LP) excellent buzz generated at the recent gonerfest by this great leeds trio, whose first "real" LP recalls little claw at their no waviest, amonst many other DIY-based gut-busting form moves.
napeneck.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh...

The Shallowest End, by Nape Neck

10 track album

napeneck.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d

RIP JOHN LODGE. there's string of moodys LPs -- from lost chord" to "question of balance" -- that remain a guilty pleasure 50+ years after i first tripped to them in my dorm room. why deny it?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Tb...

The Moody Blues - Legend of a mind

YouTube video by PauloAlves81

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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 14d

Voice, guitar, fading Parisian sunlight … what more do you need? Check out a great Myriam Gendron video: doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7961267...

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d

ha! story of my life!

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 5d

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EXCLUSIVE: Thurston Moore’s New Book on Monumental Free Jazz Recordings - JazzTimes

JazzTimes is thrilled to present the following exclusive excerpt from NOW JAZZ NOW, co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and iconic … Read More "EXCLUSIVE: Thu...

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 6d

nice piece on ken jacobs from the times. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

The Strangely Beautiful Realities You Can Discover in a Ken Jacobs Film

www.nytimes.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 7d

anyone who's in the northeast next sunday should make haste to visit thr redscroll record fair. free admission, fine eats & drinks, lots of ace records
redscrollrecords.com/wp-content/u...

redscrollrecords.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 8d

RIP KEN JACOBS one of the last masters of lo-fi avant garde cinema. if you don't know his work, do yourself a favor and check it out

no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Ken Jacobs, Visionary Experimental Filmmaker, Is Dead at 92

www.nytimes.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 8d

RIP CHRIS DREJA. those yardbirds sides still get regular play around here. there's no firewall on this link

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/a...

Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78

www.nytimes.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 10d

NEW THIS WEEK ON FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

JOMF "Give Me Shelter" LP
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/giv...

ERICA DAWN LYLE "On Fire" LP (co-release with half-a-million)
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/on-...

Give Me Shelter

feedingtuberecords.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 10d

sunday oct 5 4 pm at feeding tube records
ERICA DAWN LYLE / BARBIE AI

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 11d

rec of the day: BILL NACE "head 2" (open mouth pb) amazing collection with bill riffing on the idea of masks. it's halfway between something you'd see in "fangoria" and fine fuckin' art. i might start a new label just to use the images for LP covers.

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/head-2-2

Head #2 from Open Mouth Records

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 15d

RIP VIV PRINCE insane drummer for the early Pretty Things. his legend will live forever. no firewall to this link
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/a...

Viv Prince, Rock’s Original Madman Drummer, Is Dead at 84

www.nytimes.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 17d

rec of the day VANGAS "you left us in the spring" (chunklet LP) recorded in '23, while still in ATL (they're now in BRKLN), this quartet has made a brilliant post-core noise-pop freak-out smoosh LP that'll tickle the ears of anyone who's not lame. dont fuck up.
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/you-le...

You Left Us In the Spring, by Vangas

7 track album

chunklet.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 22d

rec of the day LES RALLIZES DENUDES "jittoku '76" (temporal drift 2LP) another great archival set from LRD with playing that veers between their explosively-oit avant psych & their more inside-hard-blues-rock stance. a wild and wonderful teeter.
lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/jittok...

Jittoku '76, by Les Rallizes Dénudés

9 track album

lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 25d

rec of the day: JORDAN DARBY "follow me up" (hissing objects LP) most blasted effort yet by ventura's answer to the question -- what's yahowha? three guitars spinning their own wigs in a dark room while god tries to tickle you. that's entertainment!
hissingobjects.bandcamp.com/album/follow...

Follow Me Up, by Jordan Darby

20 track album

hissingobjects.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 26d

rec of the day GARY PANTERS "flycatcher" (smoke signals #44 newspaper) superb new sketchbook sequence from the great garloo, brough to us by the geniuses at desert island. roast your brain & eyes today!

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/smoke-signal

Smoke Signal — Desert Island

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 27d

rec of the day: ANN POWERS "traveling: on the path of joni mitchell" (harper collins) played the audio book & it's great i still don't care about any of joni's post-reprise recordings (question of time/place) but now i kinda understand them at least. solid book.
www.harpercollins.com/products/tra...

Traveling

*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024* Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascin...

www.harpercollins.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 28d

rec of the day: NOISE NOMADS "obsidian shards pooled in silver" (open mouth LP) a decade and a half after his last LP, jeff hartford returns with another monster of unshackled forms. two side-long noise-pulsed blasts of percussive energy. can't beat it,
openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsidi...

Obsidian shards pooled in Silver, by Noise Nomads

2 track album

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 29d

rec of the day: CHRIS BROKAW "ghost ship' (12XU LP) another mesmeric solo album from this boldly eclectic electric string maestro. a bleary-eyed travelogue with shades of the velvets and a noisy take on dream pop that is addictive. an instant classic.
chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...

Ghost Ship, by Chris Brokaw

9 track album

chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 9

rec of the day: JIM SHEPHARD "panties & perfume" (no label LP) akin to a follow-up to the "wreckage" LP, an incredible journey through the o-mind of big jim -- a collaged bramble of sacred profanities. essential for anyone with a hankering for scum-freakery.
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/jim-sh...

Jim Shepard-Panties & Perfume, by Siltbreeze Records

19 track album

siltbreeze.bandcamp.com

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