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mount bellyache @mountbellyache.bsky.social · Aug 20

she looks like the real thing

mount bellyache @mountbellyache.bsky.social · Aug 20

came across a fake plastic duck on my walk

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music struggles @musicstruggles1.bsky.social · Jul 30

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mount bellyache @mountbellyache.bsky.social · Jul 29

home is where i want to be but i guess i’m already there

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mount bellyache @mountbellyache.bsky.social · Jun 28

must feel so good to shout "glastonbury" into a microphone. might try it later on a supermarket intercom

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music struggles @musicstruggles1.bsky.social · Jun 22

do you guys have any idea how privileged and disconnected it sounds when you speak like this

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 22

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 20

happy new music friday!! these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including a new album from HAIM and also Benson Boone for some reason

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 18

he wanted her nachos

music wins @musicwins1.bsky.social · Jun 18

some might not know that Phoebe Bridgers used to act in commercials before her breakthrough, here she is eating nachos in a Taco Bell ad

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 18

today in the album club we’re listening to “Punisher” by Phoebe Bridgers to celebrate it turning 5. with its themes of isolation, existential dread, dissociation, and even the apocalypse, the album was a defining one for many during lockdown

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 17

today in the album club we're listening to "Dummy" by Portishead, a seminal trip hop album that's widely credited with popularising the genre. let us know what you think of Dummy, do you have a physical copy yourself?

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 16

today in the album club we’re listening to “The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill”, the only solo album by former Fugees member Lauryn Hill, and still one of only two hip-hop albums to win album of the year at the grammys (fuck the grammys)

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music wins @musicwins1.bsky.social · Jun 14

Wolf Alice have shared an emergency appeal for Gaza

here’s the link: msf.org.uk/secure/donat...

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 13

happy new music friday!! these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including the new album from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 12

today in the album club we’re listening to “Sunflower” & “Surf’s Up” by The Beach Boys, two incredible albums that are unfairly overlooked. both albums were hugely influential & were the precursor to a number of styles, including shoegaze

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 11

open to any song recommendations suitable for our new playlist “LGBTQIA+ musicians you should listen to”

listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/3kw...

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 10

today in the album club we’re listening to “There's a Riot Goin' On” by Sly & The Family Stone; the album tackles many themes, including the civil rights movement, the black power movement, and police brutality. rest in power Sly Stone

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music wins @musicwins1.bsky.social · Jun 10

“I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us”—Doechii in her acceptance speech at the BET Awards

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music wins @musicwins1.bsky.social · Jun 9

musician Cat Power calls for Greta Thunberg & the other 11 activists from the Madleen freedom flotilla—who were illegally boarded and kidnapped by israel in international waters—to be freed

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music wins @musicwins1.bsky.social · Jun 8

Massive Attack show in Manchester (free Palestine)

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 7

today in the album club we’re listening to “Brat” by Charli xcx to celebrate its one year anniversary

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mount bellyache @mountbellyache.bsky.social · Jun 6

marina & the diamonds’ rebrand is the music equivalent of X (formerly known as twitter). never once have i been able to talk about her without having to mention “& the diamonds” so people know who i’m talking about. what was she thinking

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Friend of the Band @friendoftheband.bsky.social · Jun 6

happy new music friday!! today is STACKED. these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including new albums from Pulp, Addison Rae, and Little Simz

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