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Contributor to Aquarium Drunkard and Asheville Stages
Contributor to Aquarium Drunkard and Asheville Stages
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That's it for my series on Stephen Malkmus, truly a singular songwriter, singer, guitar player, bandleader, and interviewee. If you missed any of the posts analyzing one song from each of Malkmus's nine solo albums, the entire series is collected here:
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Turkey Trotting in Buffalo - happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Turkey Trotting in Buffalo - happy Thanksgiving!
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Reflecting again on how John Cale’s piano playing on Nick Drake’s “Northern Sky” is one of the single most moving things I’ve ever heard, and also how it's like the thirtieth most historical thing to occur over the course of his career in music. A remarkably passionate oracle. Truly no one like him.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reflecting again on how John Cale’s piano playing on Nick Drake’s “Northern Sky” is one of the single most moving things I’ve ever heard, and also how it's like the thirtieth most historical thing to occur over the course of his career in music. A remarkably passionate oracle. Truly no one like him.
The always exceptional Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast completed its finest season yet exploring all the ins and outs of Blues for Allah.
"The desert stars are bright tonight."
"The desert stars are bright tonight."
today, @sg-marshall.bsky.social & i present an overstuffed deadcast season finale, a triple episode, feat. new musical scales, saudi acidhead regicide, connections between the dead & the gay rights movement, crickets, the quieting of ned lagin's biomusic & more. www.dead.net/deadcast/blu... /1
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The always exceptional Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast completed its finest season yet exploring all the ins and outs of Blues for Allah.
"The desert stars are bright tonight."
"The desert stars are bright tonight."
A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
The Guitar-Bass Hybrid That Gives Tortoise Its Lonesome Sound
Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Douglas McCombs has made the cult-favorite Bass VI a staple of the post-rock legends’ palette.
www.hearingthings.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A fantastic piece by @cushac.bsky.social -long live Doug and the Bass VI
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
www.hearingthings.co/the-guitar-b...
Benicio del Toro should get some sort of award for being hilarious and perfect in both One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme in the same year.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Benicio del Toro should get some sort of award for being hilarious and perfect in both One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme in the same year.
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Someone from Nebraska should make an album called New Jersey
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Someone from Nebraska should make an album called New Jersey
I needed Nouvelle Vague at exactly this moment on time.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I needed Nouvelle Vague at exactly this moment on time.
Yet another essential episode of Life of the Record!
For the 40th anniversary of @themarychain.bsky.social’s debut album, PSYCHOCANDY, we spoke with Jim Reid and William Reid about how it was made. Brothers changed by punk, discovering recording, a magical fuzz pedal and pop meets noise in the 1980s.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-jesus-a...
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yet another essential episode of Life of the Record!
"Hey, for the 268th time playing this song, how 'bout we do a tango?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCi-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCi-...
Bob Dylan — My Own Version of You in Glasgow tonight. November 16, 2025. nightly moth recording
YouTube video by nightly moth
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Hey, for the 268th time playing this song, how 'bout we do a tango?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCi-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCi-...
Lovely stuff from one of my favorite octogenarians!
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Lovely stuff from one of my favorite octogenarians!
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I saw Geese on Sunday night and wrote about it for Asheville Stages. Check out my review:
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I saw Geese on Sunday night and wrote about it for Asheville Stages. Check out my review:
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
I saw Geese on Sunday night and wrote about it for Asheville Stages. Check out my review:
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I saw Geese on Sunday night and wrote about it for Asheville Stages. Check out my review:
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
ashevillestages.com/music/review...
Happy 80th birthday, Neil! I've written thousands of words on your work and probably have a few thousand more to come over the next 80 years.
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy 80th birthday, Neil! I've written thousands of words on your work and probably have a few thousand more to come over the next 80 years.
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In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
Anna Butterss :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview - Aquarium Drunkard
What does it mean to be a season ticket holder for the music of bass player Anna Butterss? Reserved, front row seats to diverse and experimental music, whether as a founding member of improvisational ...
aquariumdrunkard.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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anna butterss rules
In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
Anna Butterss :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview - Aquarium Drunkard
What does it mean to be a season ticket holder for the music of bass player Anna Butterss? Reserved, front row seats to diverse and experimental music, whether as a founding member of improvisational ...
aquariumdrunkard.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
anna butterss rules
In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
Anna Butterss :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview - Aquarium Drunkard
What does it mean to be a season ticket holder for the music of bass player Anna Butterss? Reserved, front row seats to diverse and experimental music, whether as a founding member of improvisational ...
aquariumdrunkard.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In the run-up to the release of SML's excellent new album How You Been, I interviewed the extraordinary Anna Butterss for @aquariumdrunkard.com, discussing their “foundational” role as a bass player, SML’s creative process, being a bandleader, and much more.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/11/a...
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All day, the hub-bub around all things related to that boat has been pinging something in my brain and I finally realized it's because the Edmund Fitzgerald weaves about a bit in Station Eleven.
We remember damage.
We remember damage.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All day, the hub-bub around all things related to that boat has been pinging something in my brain and I finally realized it's because the Edmund Fitzgerald weaves about a bit in Station Eleven.
We remember damage.
We remember damage.
I saw Geese last night. Rock bands are fun!
Review coming in a few days.
Review coming in a few days.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I saw Geese last night. Rock bands are fun!
Review coming in a few days.
Review coming in a few days.
Check out my review of this mesmerizing listening experience!
Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider :: A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider :: A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams - Aquarium Drunkard
With A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the first collaboration as a duo from Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider, the pair embrace the "psychedelic" label. At first consideration, a retro-soul si...
aquariumdrunkard.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Check out my review of this mesmerizing listening experience!
In these videos l, Cindy Lee sounds like a one-person version of the entire The Velvet Underground & Nico album.
Last night in Chicago, Cindy Lee returned to the stage for the first time since abruptly ending last year's tour. There were new songs on the setlist.
Check out footage of audio of the full performance:
Check out footage of audio of the full performance:
Cindy Lee Makes Live Return With New Songs
We weren’t sure if Cindy Lee would keep going. Pat Flegel’s musical project and drag persona had an off-the-grid underground smash with last year’s double album Diamond Jubilee, then abruptly cut shor...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In these videos l, Cindy Lee sounds like a one-person version of the entire The Velvet Underground & Nico album.
For @aquariumdrunkard.com, I wrote about A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the new collaboration between Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider. It's a unique, remarkable, and intentionally psychedelic musical experience.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider :: A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams - Aquarium Drunkard
With A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the first collaboration as a duo from Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider, the pair embrace the "psychedelic" label. At first consideration, a retro-soul si...
aquariumdrunkard.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For @aquariumdrunkard.com, I wrote about A Companion For the Spaces Between Dreams, the new collaboration between Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider. It's a unique, remarkable, and intentionally psychedelic musical experience.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/06/j...
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That's it for my series on Stephen Malkmus, truly a singular songwriter, singer, guitar player, bandleader, and interviewee. If you missed any of the posts analyzing one song from each of Malkmus's nine solo albums, the entire series is collected here:
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That's it for my series on Stephen Malkmus, truly a singular songwriter, singer, guitar player, bandleader, and interviewee. If you missed any of the posts analyzing one song from each of Malkmus's nine solo albums, the entire series is collected here:
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
"A better life with bubblegum and driftwood."
What a legend.
What a legend.
Live snippet from Ryan Davis and The Roadhouse Band last nite at Larimer Lounge.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"A better life with bubblegum and driftwood."
What a legend.
What a legend.
That's it for my series on Stephen Malkmus, truly a singular songwriter, singer, guitar player, bandleader, and interviewee. If you missed any of the posts analyzing one song from each of Malkmus's nine solo albums, the entire series is collected here:
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That's it for my series on Stephen Malkmus, truly a singular songwriter, singer, guitar player, bandleader, and interviewee. If you missed any of the posts analyzing one song from each of Malkmus's nine solo albums, the entire series is collected here:
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...
reclinernotes.com/stephen-malk...