Matt Horowitz

FRIDAY! Friday!! friday!!! RED DATSUN has a show at The Parkside Lounge with openers blacksonny and SWOLL! And on March 26th, Sulu & Excelsior and DJ Mas are going to Tokyo, Japan for a show with Hiro-a-key (AKA Nenashi) and others in support of Play It In Woo! 🗽🇯🇵🍿 www.thewitzard.com/blog/3112026

Assorted The Roots (and Members' Solo) Remixes/Edits❓️‼️⁉️❓️❗️

... and here's the playlist itself! Now, I'll tag some of The Roots (maybe?)! @questlove.bsky.social @tubagoodingjr.bsky.social @jamespoyser.bsky.social @okayplayergo.bsky.social 3/3 open.spotify.com/playlist/1QS...

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Now, would anyone read a feature with me, basically, "nerding" out about some of the stand-outs (and/or all of the tracks) for a potentially extensive "long-read" to be showcased on TheWitzard.com? 2/3

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So, lately, I've been meticulously putting together a playlist consisting of all of @theroots.bsky.social remixes, edits, versions, etc. that are available on Spotify, as well as members and affiliates' solo remix appearances... 1/3

New 3 Feet High & Rising feature is now live at The Witzard. We profiled the new digital single from Ol' June & The Ashburns. "What's Her Name?" B/W "Can't Let Go" are two slices of buttery smooth Soul that they're calling The New Vintage 😎🟠⚫️💽 www.thewitzard.com/blog/2252026

So, this week, @knockedloosehc.bsky.social recruited emcee Denzel Curry for their first spirited collaboration called "Hive Mind." I'm sure people don't wanna hear me talk about "Rap-Rock" or (Neo?)"Nu-Metal" anymore... but that's, essentially, what this is! www.thewitzard.com/blog/2112026

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I don't really care about the Super Bowl this year because the @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social aren't in it (and probably won't even watch it,) but do intend to watch/enjoy the @greenday.bsky.social pre-show and Bad Bunny half-time show immensely! 🟢🧷🇵🇷😎🏈🏟

Thanks, homie!

New interview is now live at The Witzard! I got to talk with @discovietnam.bsky.social AKA brothers Barry & Kenny Schwartz about their latest effort; they arranged, produced, mixed, and mastered 110% of Zilla Rocca's FAST EDDIE 🪩🪖🏆🦁🧱🎱🃏 www.thewitzard.com/blog/1272026

New Brunswick, NJ's own Pop-punk/Emo stalwarts Toyko Rose have returned with their first single in some 20 years! "Something Sweeter" stems from their forthcoming EP Phoenician Fire due out later this year on Manic Kat Records 🤠🍭🧷🎸🎻🥃
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Latest The Witzard feature showcases one of my favorites from late last year: Cove Park's self-titled debut EP. It was nice getting to know Mat, Matt, Bitu & Tim, learn about their inspirations behind both Cove Park, as well as The Hog Doctors' Simp 🟡🟤🐷 thewitzard.com/blog/1152026

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Outpost 31 FFO: Pest Control, Dead Heat, John Carpenter's 'The Thing'

New 3 Feet High & Rising column installment, but it's called a New Hardcore Band Spotlight because Carlos Ramirez graciously ran it over at @noechodotnet.bsky.social! Go read about new Texas Thrash band OUTPOST 31! www.noecho.net/band-spotlig...

So, I've always seen these photos in circulation, but never knew they were all from the same show. August 28th, 1982 Black Flag played at the 688 Club in Atlanta, Georgia. @henryrollins21361.bsky.social dressed up as and performed in a full Santa Claus suit!
📸: Bryan Pritchard

"Have Yourself A Very Merry (Frank Sinatra) Christmas!"

So, tonight, I put together a 2.5-hour Spotify playlist collecting all of Frank Sinatra's Christmas songs recorded and/or released from 1944-45 all the way up through one from 2017 with... Seal! A very merry (Frank Sinatra) Christmas to all! 🤠🥃🎄

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Why 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Is The Most Important Holiday Soundtrack of All Time (And How Vince Guaraldi Quietly Changed Everything) - That Eric Alper There are holiday albums, there are holiday classics, and then there is Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas — the cozy, melancholic, jazz-soaked blanket that somehow makes the world feel both brighter and more reflective. It’s a soundtrack wrapped in brushed cymbals and children’s choir harmonies. And yes, Charles Schulz had to fight for it. […]

Why does A Charlie Brown Christmas feel like December itself? Vince Guaraldi. His soundtrack changed soundtracks, jazz, and holiday music forever. Here's how: zurl.co/Gpb0M

J. Adams (formerly of LUSTRA "Scotty Doesn't Know" fame) is back with his new solo band/project Old Grey Horror. They even have a shitty new holiday single out that I wrote about! 💩🎄🎁🧷 www.thewitzard.com/blog/12192025

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Mad Peaceful, one of my favorite "newer" Punk/Hardcore bands, dropped their latest Untitled EP late last month. Go check out my review exclusively at The Witzard! 😎😐😎😐😎 www.thewitzard.com/blog/12102025

Yep, right in-between two of my (other) favorite artists, The Clash and Los Straitjackets!

More Spotify Wrapped(s). Go pre-order a copy of the upcoming 2026 @richardcheese.bsky.social book, GRATEFUL: 25 YEARS OF MUSIC, MOVIES & MEDICAL EMERGENCIES WITH RICHARD CHEESE & LOUNGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (out next year) and get Part 1 of the e-book now!!! 🧀🍸📚🐆🪩🟢

Spotify Wrapped(s) @richardcheese.bsky.social @theclash.com @kochalka.bsky.social @steadycraig.bsky.social @theblackkeys.bsky.social (and more...)

The Parasite (For Buffy) YouTube video by Eugene McDaniels - Topic

Here's the stand-out (and incredibly highly sampled) track, "The Parasite (For Buffy,)" from Eugene McDaniels' fantastic 1971 Jazz-Funk/Psychedelic Funk album, headless heroes of the apocalypse 3/3 😬🟠🩸 youtu.be/S1OC4rRAxq0?...

A @schulzmuseum.bsky.social Thanksgiving, William Dafoe as Norman Osbourne/The Green Goblin in the original 2002 @spidermanmovie.bsky.social , and Eugene McDaniels' headless heroes of the apocalypse album! 2/3 🦃🍿🥕👺🥷🤺😬

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Happy Thanksgiving to all! Here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving "family" traditions (including watching BOTH the @6abcactionnews.bsky.social and Macys Thanksgiving Day Parades): 1/3

Go check out my awesome new Dave Hause interview exclusively at @noechodotnet.bsky.social. Plus, check out Dave Hause & The Mermaid's Amish "diss" track AKA "Rumspringa" 🫑🌶🐀🐁🤠 www.noecho.net/interviews/d...

It is... I just did mine off of memory. I still have 2 books full of old concert tickets I have to log and archive on the app

My parents took Ally Barber & I along with our friends, Ryan, Drew Ryman, and their family into Philly. It was my first time seeing an O.G. Punk/Hardcore band like Social D and it definitely changed my outlook on music and help shape my tastes! Thanks, Mom & Dad!!! 2/2 🏁🧷🛹

So, according to Concert Archives (and my foggy memory of concerts I've seen,) my first "concert" was 23 years ago today! @socialdistortion.bsky.social performed on a halfpipe at @tonyhawkproskater.bsky.social 's Boom Boom HuckJam!... 1/2

James Kochalka's Select Festive Selections ❤️🇺🇲🐣🎃🦃🎅🪩

Here's a Select Festive Selections playlist I made of all of @kochalka.bsky.social's holiday favorite (in order!) The Halloween section starts with Jazzin' Hell's "The Mumny's On The Loose" and goes up through "Freakshout" 🪱💀🎃🦇👻 open.spotify.com/playlist/0mo...

It's a BOO-tiful day!!! @kochalka.bsky.social graced us with his presence this spook-tacular Halloween for an interview!!! James answered questions about "The Mummy's On The Loose," JOHNNY BOO, and his various Halloween-themed musical concoctions www.thewitzard.com/blog/10302025
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