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Kevin Alexander
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Indie music reporter | Mixtape maker | Playlist dealer. | EIC of The Riff on Medium.com | I write the On Repeat Records newsletter.
#music #avgeek

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Hello new friends! 👋

As an intro, here is my newsletter On Repeat Records.

Looking for a place to share the music you love w/like-minded people? You’re in the right spot.

Please consider subscribing (free/paid). Give me 2 weeks; I'll give you a new favorite song.

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On Repeat Records | Kevin Alexander | Substack
A music newsletter & community for people tired of algorithms. Record reviews, interviews, and more. Click to read On Repeat Records, by Kevin Alexander, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...
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Ahead of Album of the Year season, 4 of us decided to look back at the best of the decade so far.

Did we get it right? Faceplant? Come laud our good taste or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice!
#music

thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/top-albums...
The Best Albums of the 2020s (So Far): Our No-Homework Guide to the Decade’s Essential Records
Four writers. Forty albums that defined indie, soul, and every genre in between—ranked and ready for your queue.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Work photo

(📸 Jason Lano)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Enjoying the time honored Thanksgiving tradition of trying to rush through my Annual Recurrent Training before the end of the month.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am, once again, in my Wire era:
Ahead by Wire on Apple Music
Song · 1987 · Duration 4:59
music.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.

Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.

Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Wordle 1,620 2/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not a bad way to start the day!
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
you’ll be visited by three spirits”

the three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
There's no such thing as an emergency podcast
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Mondays might suck, but yours doesn't have to!

New playlist is up ft. killer tracks from @thebeths.bsky.social #FOAMBOY @nationoflanguage.bsky.social and more! Come share your latest faves, and come away w/a couple of new ones.
#musuc #playlists
Discussion: What're You Listening To?
Good morning!
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m in my Heaven 17 era:
Let Me Go by Heaven 17 on Apple Music
Song · 1982 · Duration 4:22
music.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You love to see it
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Write some words on making new traditions, New Radicals, and why it’s (sometimes) okay to show up to the function w/a bag of Fritos.

If you’re dreading T-day this year, this might give you some hope.
For The Record- 22. November. 2025
Some thoughts on family, breaking with tradition, and the New Radicals.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
DJ Muggs was ahead of his time
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces that she is resigning from office effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Out Today: "Greedy," the new single from UK postpunk veterans The Jack Rubies! From their forthcoming new album out in early 2026 from Big Stir Records. Stream or purchase "Greedy" now at:👇
orcd.co/jackrubies-g...

#TheJackRubies #NewSingle #IndieRock #PostPunk #IndiePop #NoirWave #BigStirRecords 🎸
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We’re *this* close to 300 votes!
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sure thing, Sean.

Right after we:

Return civility to labor relations in aviation.

Return a shred of modernity to our ATC infrastructure

Return civility to government
As travelers head to the airports this holiday season, the U.S. government wants them to rethink their travel checklists, their behavior — and also, their outfits. It's a part of a new campaign by Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, that he called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
Sean Duffy Asks Travelers to ‘Bring Civility Back’ to Airports in New PSA
The secretary of transportation kicked off a new civility campaign on Wednesday called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Some words on two records that changed the trajectory of music (and our lives):
We have dueling Designated Cheerleaders today, and because they take up 4 photo slots total, I can post them both in 1 skeet! (This is exciting to me, shut up.) Here’s Head Cheerleader @bsglaser.bsky.social on DOOLITTLE and @kevinalexander.bsky.social on DISINTEGRATION!
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Words hurt like fists!
Fugazi fucked my bracket up, so screw them
The Best Album of 1989 Round 5 Match #124
#3 De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
vs.
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS

forms.gle/R6JGyPyp7DQ8...
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM