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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · 23h

Admittedly I haven't been following Of Monsters and Men for awhile but I've been digging the singles from their upcoming LP. Then they dropped a new 8-min track "Fruit Bat" last week and it has wrecked me. Just found this live performance of it and oh so beautiful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXC6...

Of Monsters and Men - Fruit bat (Live from Skarkali)

YouTube video by Of Monsters and Men

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing! So jealous

Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing! Which song?

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Jason Morehead @opus.ing · 5d

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · 15d

Weird and awesome album release day this Friday, Oct. 3: Thrice, Stay Inside, Rocket, Taylor Swift. Last big release day of the year as well I think?
@thriceofficial.bsky.social
@stayinsidebk.bsky.social

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · 24d

Wild and surreal weekend seeing Poor Old Lu, the Prayer Chain, and Mortal. My high school senior self, who would have called them 3 of my top 5 fav bands of the time 30 years ago, wouldn’t believe it. “Bright Wings” with @dkthedrummer.bsky.social still feels like a dream!

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The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die @twiabp.bsky.social · Aug 30

Should do a split with @thriceofficial.bsky.social where each band covers their favorite Cave In song

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ooh yes!

Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ooh this sounds intriguing!

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Aug 21

Sixpence is an all-time fav, and “This Beautiful Mess” is as good as it gets for me. sadly though the band does themselves no favors presenting as a cover band much of the time. All their albums are fantastic, but many don’t get acknowledged in their shows

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A Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · Aug 21

was hanging out with someone who made a disparaging comment about Sixpence None The Richer and brother in this house we speak well of Sixpence

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 28

this was so hard for so long. I remember for my 36th birthday my present from my wife was to be able to go to a Pinback show by myself--this was a few months after our 3rd child was born. But now that they are all almost teens I take them with me! But yeah for about 10 years not many shows.

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 27

Three ways to get one:
1. Send me $7 to cover materials
2. Trade! Make me a mix (tapes also great!) at some point in the coming months
3. Commit to buying something directly from one of the 17 artists on the mix (record, CD, shirt, etc.)

Keeping the artists a secret! :)

Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 27

Full story of the why/how/etc. on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DMnotFCumM...

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 27

I made a mix CD this week! And I made 10 copies of it to give away. If you want one, keep reading...

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 25

New Fantastic Four film was fun, really enjoyed it. Best Marvel film of the last 5 (?) years maybe? I know the bar is low. But it was simple and direct and the 60's set pieces were terrific. Money well spent.

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Whoa so this kinda blew up earlier! As @totalvibration.bsky.social mentioned, pretty hilarious commentary from Many on Ebel/T&N in the middle. And the next video I watched was Morelia’s Forest at Cstone this same year. But yeah the focus is that Rosie sounds spectacular and Velour100 was amazing

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 22

Rediscovered this YouTube video of Velour 100 at Cornerstone 2000 and getting chills listening to Rosie Thomas sing "Dolphin Grey": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsi...

Velour 100 - Cornerstone 2000 - Full Show

YouTube video by maxcap60

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 15

Pumped!

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Jul 15

@stayinsidebk.bsky.social announce new album 'Lunger' — check out the new single "Oh, Longshoreman"

Stay Inside Announce New Album 'Lunger': Hear "Oh, Longshoreman"

Stay Inside have released a couple of nice singles this year, “Monsieur Hawkweed” and “Super Sonic,” via their new label home Tiny Engines. Today the Brooklyn indie-emo quartet have another new single...

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 1

Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 1

I mention this in the post, but here is a 17-song playlist of songs released in the last 6 months on BNDCMPR (which is still working for me!) bndcmpr.co/8b341f34

BNDCMPR

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 1

So good! I really want to get a copy of that There Will Be Fireworks album on vinyl but hard to find in the US. And I wore an Elliott False Cathedrals shirt to Pugfest on Sunday and it led to half a dozen different conversations about them!

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 1

I rarely blog any more but I did today! Here are my top 10 albums of 2025 thus far, the albums I am looking forward to for the second half of 2025, a BNDCMPR playlist of 17 awesome 2025 song: www.turnofftheradio.de/2025/07/top-...

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Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jul 1

Any chance of this playlist in another format for a Spotify boycotter (me)? Also saw Stay Inside at Pugfest Sunday and it was amazing and that upcoming album is going to be 🔥

Alan Parish @turnofftheradio.bsky.social · Jun 27

Haha, for real. Would love to listen to a fully realized Machina, but I don’t have $400 to spend on something like this.

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