Dash Lewis // Gardener
@gardenerjams.bsky.social
dash lewis // 🎵: gardener - synth & voice //
✍️: pitchfork / bandcamp / stereogum / hearing things / the guardian / resident advisor / super empty / the sun magazine / POW.mag / style weekly / etc
📍richmond, va
https://linktr.ee/gardenerjams
✍️: pitchfork / bandcamp / stereogum / hearing things / the guardian / resident advisor / super empty / the sun magazine / POW.mag / style weekly / etc
📍richmond, va
https://linktr.ee/gardenerjams
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ARTISTS: hire me for bios — i've worked with independent artists, labels like drink sum wtr and leaving
EDITORS: hire me for feats — in 24 I published pieces on jeff parker, 03 greedo, lupe fiasco, carlos niño, billy woods, etc
for criticism — I wrote 24 reviews for pfork in 24
ARTISTS: hire me for bios — i've worked with independent artists, labels like drink sum wtr and leaving
EDITORS: hire me for feats — in 24 I published pieces on jeff parker, 03 greedo, lupe fiasco, carlos niño, billy woods, etc
for criticism — I wrote 24 reviews for pfork in 24
what a fuckin record
Trapdoor, by Defcee & Messiah Musik
15 track album
defcee.bandcamp.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
what a fuckin record
give me an excuse to go to LA soon
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
give me an excuse to go to LA soon
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At best, the execs running these companies are cowards. At worst, they're racists who don't see value in hiring & retaining journalists of color. Either way, the fourth estate is capitulating to the racism woven into the fabric of this country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
four for saturday evening
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
four for saturday evening
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I wrote about Tomorrow Kings
Underground hip-hop crew Tomorrow Kings hit Schubas to celebrate their first album in 12 years - Chicago Reader
Throughout the album, Tomorrow Kings deliver brain-melting verses in an endless variety of shifting cadences.
chicagoreader.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I wrote about Tomorrow Kings
wrote about some jammy experimental jazz from one of the most gifted living guitarists over at big @pitchfork.com
Fabiano do Nascimento: Cavejaz
Read Dash Lewis’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
wrote about some jammy experimental jazz from one of the most gifted living guitarists over at big @pitchfork.com
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A lot to unpack here about class, gender, and caring work 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
19thnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A lot to unpack here about class, gender, and caring work 19thnews.org/2025/12/ice-...
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Incredible review of one of my favorite albums of the year, How You Been by SML (via @intlanthem.bsky.social).
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
SML: How You Been
Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.
pitchfork.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Incredible review of one of my favorite albums of the year, How You Been by SML (via @intlanthem.bsky.social).
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
“By synthesizing all manner of history, theory, and experience, [SML] create complex, brand-new, brain-teasing compositions”
By @gardenerjams.bsky.social
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
40 years old today
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
40 years old today
going grouper mode (wrapping myself in blankets, turning the lights low, and sitting in silence while it snows outside)
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
going grouper mode (wrapping myself in blankets, turning the lights low, and sitting in silence while it snows outside)
i hope i get to do bigger things in 2026
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
i hope i get to do bigger things in 2026
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Sneezing in Australian: "AAAAH-choyy"
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sneezing in Australian: "AAAAH-choyy"
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Happy Bandcamp Friday to all who celebrate
Free edition of Trips
beats provided courtesy of @themessiahmusik.bsky.social
skowashere.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-...
Free edition of Trips
beats provided courtesy of @themessiahmusik.bsky.social
skowashere.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-...
Drunk (Trips #3), by Sko
3 track album
skowashere.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy Bandcamp Friday to all who celebrate
Free edition of Trips
beats provided courtesy of @themessiahmusik.bsky.social
skowashere.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-...
Free edition of Trips
beats provided courtesy of @themessiahmusik.bsky.social
skowashere.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-...
what are we fucking doing
If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
what are we fucking doing
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at least tomorrow is friday
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at least tomorrow is friday
my birthday is next week and the best gift would be if it would just fucking happen already
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
my birthday is next week and the best gift would be if it would just fucking happen already
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HELL YEA
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HELL YEA
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these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
these are bad, racist, disgusting people and no matter how much the powers that be attempt to normalize this kind of shit it is unacceptable
wrote a little bit more about aesop rock here
The Best Albums of 2025: Day 1, A–L
Day one of our three-day look at the year’s best records.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
wrote a little bit more about aesop rock here
couple two tree blurbs here today: barker, nourished by time, rochelle jordan
The 50 Best Songs Of 2025
What makes a song great? Is it craftsmanship or passion? Defying expectations or masterfully executing a time-tested formula? The intense personal connection we forge with music tailored directly to u...
stereogum.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
couple two tree blurbs here today: barker, nourished by time, rochelle jordan
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign