Adam
@cavalettas.bsky.social
Writer for:
Atwood Music
The Indiependent
When The Horn Blows
Hard Of Hearing Music
Critical Popcorn
Check out my blog for long-form nonsense: https://substack.com/@ultramegaok
DM for enquiries, offers, pitches, and anything else you wanna talk about!
Atwood Music
The Indiependent
When The Horn Blows
Hard Of Hearing Music
Critical Popcorn
Check out my blog for long-form nonsense: https://substack.com/@ultramegaok
DM for enquiries, offers, pitches, and anything else you wanna talk about!
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@cavalettas.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Deftones Make a Euphoric Return and Begin a New Era with 'Private Music,' Their First Album in 5 Years - Atwood Magazine
Deftones continue to evolve and grow on 'Private Music' – a glowing return for one of metal’s most precious and beloved bands, and a testament to their rare ability to remain timeless while always mov...
atwoodmagazine.com
Wrote about the new Deftones record for Atwood Music, a great album by a special band 🖤
My latest piece on slowhandclap's excellent and terrifying new single Horses In Transit. For When The Horn Blows - A real cool music mag!
Slowhandclap - 'Horses In Transit' — When The Horn Blows
About the unworkable schism between the irrepressible human spirit of exploration and joy, and the crushing unavoidability of late stage capitalism, Horses In Transit is about a position many of us fi...
whenthehornblows.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My latest piece on slowhandclap's excellent and terrifying new single Horses In Transit. For When The Horn Blows - A real cool music mag!
My latest piece for Atwood Magazine about DEATH CULT ZOMBIE, the awesome new bop from Genesis Owusu
Genesis Owusu Takes a Spiky, Punky Swipe at the Alt-Right on “DEATH CULT ZOMBIE” - Atwood Magazine
Openly derisory of the madness of the manosphere, Genesis Owusu's heavy-handed lyricism leaves no doubt to his opinions on the men who just want to watch the world burn on “Death Cult Zombie.”
atwoodmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My latest piece for Atwood Magazine about DEATH CULT ZOMBIE, the awesome new bop from Genesis Owusu
I took a virgin mary axe to his sweet baby jane
Lost my innocence to a no-good girl
Scratch my face with anvil hands
And coil my tongue 'round a bumblebee mouth
Lost my innocence to a no-good girl
Scratch my face with anvil hands
And coil my tongue 'round a bumblebee mouth
An Ode To No One - Remastered 2012
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November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I took a virgin mary axe to his sweet baby jane
Lost my innocence to a no-good girl
Scratch my face with anvil hands
And coil my tongue 'round a bumblebee mouth
Lost my innocence to a no-good girl
Scratch my face with anvil hands
And coil my tongue 'round a bumblebee mouth
Also, 30 years since the greatest hip hop record of all time was released
Snake got smoked on the set like Brandon Lee
Blown out the frame like PAN AM Flight 103
Snake got smoked on the set like Brandon Lee
Blown out the frame like PAN AM Flight 103
Gold
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November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Also, 30 years since the greatest hip hop record of all time was released
Snake got smoked on the set like Brandon Lee
Blown out the frame like PAN AM Flight 103
Snake got smoked on the set like Brandon Lee
Blown out the frame like PAN AM Flight 103
New Armand Hammer, produced by The Alchemist, we are truly blessed my friends
Peshawar
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November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New Armand Hammer, produced by The Alchemist, we are truly blessed my friends
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold your breath
And drift away
Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold your breath
And drift away
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pick a song and sing a yellow nectarine
Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold your breath
And drift away
Take a bath, I'll drink the water that you leave
If you should die before me
Ask if you can bring a friend
Pick a flower, hold your breath
And drift away
In When The Horn Blows today, about the great new single Communication from Everyone Says Hi, a really cool and awesome tune!
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
Everyone Says Hi - 'Communication' — When The Horn Blows
‘Communication’, the latest single and precursor to Everyone Says Hi’s as-yet unannounced album, is about the frustration and stress of endless pings, doom-scrolling, and the compulsion to be on a dev...
whenthehornblows.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In When The Horn Blows today, about the great new single Communication from Everyone Says Hi, a really cool and awesome tune!
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
Reposted by Adam
“We don’t have to approach and criticize this album as art, because it isn’t art. The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content.”
WHEW.
WHEW.
No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector
The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...
defector.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“We don’t have to approach and criticize this album as art, because it isn’t art. The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content.”
WHEW.
WHEW.
I've got to let go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
Various Methods of Escape
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October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I've got to let go
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
I've got to get straight
Why'd you have to make it so hard?
Let me get away
Reposted by Adam
Wrote about the new Deftones record for Atwood Music, a great album by a special band 🖤
Deftones Make a Euphoric Return and Begin a New Era with 'Private Music,' Their First Album in 5 Years - Atwood Magazine
Deftones continue to evolve and grow on 'Private Music' – a glowing return for one of metal’s most precious and beloved bands, and a testament to their rare ability to remain timeless while always mov...
atwoodmagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wrote about the new Deftones record for Atwood Music, a great album by a special band 🖤
Wrote about the new Deftones record for Atwood Music, a great album by a special band 🖤
Deftones Make a Euphoric Return and Begin a New Era with 'Private Music,' Their First Album in 5 Years - Atwood Magazine
Deftones continue to evolve and grow on 'Private Music' – a glowing return for one of metal’s most precious and beloved bands, and a testament to their rare ability to remain timeless while always mov...
atwoodmagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wrote about the new Deftones record for Atwood Music, a great album by a special band 🖤
You wanna follow the laws of man
Bloody apron, leg of lamb
It's so hard to win
When there's so much to lose
Bloody apron, leg of lamb
It's so hard to win
When there's so much to lose
Leg Of Lamb
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September 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You wanna follow the laws of man
Bloody apron, leg of lamb
It's so hard to win
When there's so much to lose
Bloody apron, leg of lamb
It's so hard to win
When there's so much to lose
Hell yeah bro
September 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hell yeah bro
The only way to ever leave
Is overflooded by the storm
And entanglement in Hellview
Brings you fear in 50 forms
(They've deleted all the tourists at the bottom of the lake)
And not one supports the cause
To let the blood stay in the veinnnnnssssssssssss
Is overflooded by the storm
And entanglement in Hellview
Brings you fear in 50 forms
(They've deleted all the tourists at the bottom of the lake)
And not one supports the cause
To let the blood stay in the veinnnnnssssssssssss
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The only way to ever leave
Is overflooded by the storm
And entanglement in Hellview
Brings you fear in 50 forms
(They've deleted all the tourists at the bottom of the lake)
And not one supports the cause
To let the blood stay in the veinnnnnssssssssssss
Is overflooded by the storm
And entanglement in Hellview
Brings you fear in 50 forms
(They've deleted all the tourists at the bottom of the lake)
And not one supports the cause
To let the blood stay in the veinnnnnssssssssssss
I'm in When The Horn Blows today about The Saxophones' new single Too Big For California - A great little spacey jazzy piece with some unsettling lyrical content
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
The Saxophones - 'Too Big for California' — When The Horn Blows
‘Too Big For California’ is one big lyrical metaphor that tries to make sense of the chaos and absurdity of the world in 2025. The first single from The Saxophones’ latest album ‘Full Time Hobby’, it ...
whenthehornblows.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm in When The Horn Blows today about The Saxophones' new single Too Big For California - A great little spacey jazzy piece with some unsettling lyrical content
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
whenthehornblows.com/content/2025...
I've been programmed, as I said before
Technology
Just rollin', wheezin', and breathin'
Eyeballs and teeth
Words are weightless, here on earth
Because they're free
You knew someone else before
Looked a lot like me
Technology
Just rollin', wheezin', and breathin'
Eyeballs and teeth
Words are weightless, here on earth
Because they're free
You knew someone else before
Looked a lot like me
Walkin on the Sidewalks
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August 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I've been programmed, as I said before
Technology
Just rollin', wheezin', and breathin'
Eyeballs and teeth
Words are weightless, here on earth
Because they're free
You knew someone else before
Looked a lot like me
Technology
Just rollin', wheezin', and breathin'
Eyeballs and teeth
Words are weightless, here on earth
Because they're free
You knew someone else before
Looked a lot like me
New Earl record is real sweet
TOURMALINE
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August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New Earl record is real sweet
Had the pleasure of seeing Morcheeba and some very good supports at South Facing in Crystal Palace Park last week, an event series that, luckily for me, is right on my doorstep!
South Facing 14/08 - Morcheeba, DJ Shadow, UNKLE, Chali 2na
A sunny day of beats and grooves in the heart of south east London
ultramegaok.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Had the pleasure of seeing Morcheeba and some very good supports at South Facing in Crystal Palace Park last week, an event series that, luckily for me, is right on my doorstep!
Kickstand, you got loose and I threw up
Kickstand, you got juice to fill my cup
My mother said that it's alright
My mother said, that's the only life
So do it right
Kickstand, you got juice to fill my cup
My mother said that it's alright
My mother said, that's the only life
So do it right
Kickstand
Soundgarden · Superunknown (20th Anniversary) · Song · 1994
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August 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Kickstand, you got loose and I threw up
Kickstand, you got juice to fill my cup
My mother said that it's alright
My mother said, that's the only life
So do it right
Kickstand, you got juice to fill my cup
My mother said that it's alright
My mother said, that's the only life
So do it right
Wrote about the beautiful and enigmatic single Our Detour, by Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats for Atwood Magazine. A truly compelling collaboration of artists!
atwoodmagazine.com/sktd-our-det...
atwoodmagazine.com/sktd-our-det...
Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats: An Unlikely Spontaneous Collective Evoke Crisp Spring Days on "Our Detour" - Atwood Magazine
With Shabason, Krgovich, and Tenniscoats’ “Our Detour,” the unlikely combination of two pairs of talented experimental artists results in a song as fresh and misty as a dew-soaked dawn. Esoteric, gent...
atwoodmagazine.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wrote about the beautiful and enigmatic single Our Detour, by Shabason, Krgovich and Tenniscoats for Atwood Magazine. A truly compelling collaboration of artists!
atwoodmagazine.com/sktd-our-det...
atwoodmagazine.com/sktd-our-det...
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal. Now THAT'S a combo.
August 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Billy Woods and Kenny Segal. Now THAT'S a combo.
Fuck yeah bro
milk of the madonna
Deftones · milk of the madonna · Song · 2025
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August 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Fuck yeah bro
My first piece for When The Horn Blows - On Lathe Of Heaven and their latest single Oblivion. It's 80s/new wave/post punk ultra-coolness!
Lathe of Heaven - 'Oblivion' — When The Horn Blows
Lathe Of Heaven offer philosophical reflections mixed with instant-vintage melodies on their lofty, cerebral single Oblivion
whenthehornblows.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My first piece for When The Horn Blows - On Lathe Of Heaven and their latest single Oblivion. It's 80s/new wave/post punk ultra-coolness!
As a writer, you will never be less confident about your abilities than the 30 minutes or so after you submit a piece to a publication and editor you have never worked with before
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As a writer, you will never be less confident about your abilities than the 30 minutes or so after you submit a piece to a publication and editor you have never worked with before
My latest piece for Atwood Music, on Dane Baker and his single Ascension - A song crafted independently in his home studio. It's a short slice of 80s prog-style loveliness! Be sure to check him out on socials (links in-article)
atwoodmagazine.com/ascension-da...
atwoodmagazine.com/ascension-da...
Today's Song: Dane Baker's "Ascension" Urges a Look Inward to Find Happiness - Atwood Magazine
Dane Baker's self-reflective track "Ascension" is positive and affirming, a short but powerful prog rock tune independently made in-the-box at his home studio.
atwoodmagazine.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My latest piece for Atwood Music, on Dane Baker and his single Ascension - A song crafted independently in his home studio. It's a short slice of 80s prog-style loveliness! Be sure to check him out on socials (links in-article)
atwoodmagazine.com/ascension-da...
atwoodmagazine.com/ascension-da...