Dang, what did Hamnet do to some people? You'd think that movie kicked their dog, the way some people talk about it.
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Dang, what did Hamnet do to some people? You'd think that movie kicked their dog, the way some people talk about it.
Monolith, one of my favorite low-fi, high-concept horrors, has just dropped on Shudder. Watch it with your headphones on.
www.austinchronicle.com/screens/sxsw...
have a great time!
Wondering what kind of coverage you'd be getting into this year. I'll look forward to this coming out! & i'll have to check out some of these doomer takes when they get uploaded!
new Mandy Indiana goes hard as hell! mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh
such an under-appreciated gem!
love that one!
Forgive me if i'm mistaken, doesn't the President of the United States need Congress' approval to start a war? Pretty sure i saw that written somewhere.
From the euphoric synthpop of hemlock springs to the thoughtful art pop of Nathan Fake and Apparat to gnarly techno workouts from Quiet Husband, Kavari, and Picture, i write about some of February's best electronic music for @popmatters.com.
www.popmatters.com/best-electro...
#techno #ambient
Reflections on Week 1 of the 100 Days Project, talking about showing up and doing the work even when you don't wanna, and the challenge on working on a project while the world seemingly burns.
open.substack.com/pub/hauntolo...
There's a reason we've avoided going to war with that country for over 40 years.
Hear more on my Global Ears playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/1RU...
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Album of the Day 331
V/A - Classical Music of Iran, Vol. 1: Dastgah System
Thinking of our friends and family in Iran this evening listening to these tranquil, magical recordings. Hoping everybody stays safe.
open.spotify.com/album/4VckFb...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #Iran
Gotta love having a president who will start a war to distract from bad ratings.
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Album of the Day 330
Eliane Radigue - Songs of Milarepa
The lives and times of Milarepa, the murderer turned Buddhist saint, over 2 hours of some of the heaviest holy minimalism you'll ever hear.
open.spotify.com/album/0pGs09...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #ambient #drone
Are we more stable yet, motherfuckers?
But @theatlantic.com assured me he was going to be presidential!
Hear more on my Hauntology playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/6f2...
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Album of the Day 329
Popol Vuh - In der Garten Pharaoh
"You can practically smell the dust, the black mold, the ozone and the arcing electricity.
open.spotify.com/album/3Gy1uw...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #hauntology #ambient #the100dayproject
Brb, gonna shoot on over to Vegas to place money on him not doing that.
Hear more on my Global Ears playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/1RU...
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Album of the Day 328
Agustin Pereyra Lucena Quartet - La Rana
Best of 1980 88/1000
Brazilian bossa nova from an Argentinian. Soft and tender with saudade yet fiery, explosive, and full of joy. Glorious!
open.spotify.com/album/0TJseB...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #80smusic
I don't think this man is tough enough to lead the free world.
Kicking off Day 1 of The 100 Day Project with a post on my new travel SubStack, The 9th House, talking about a moment of serendipity while exploring the Columbia River Gorge yesterday.
the9thhouse.substack.com/p/twin-peaks
#100DayProject #Travel
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Bones - Saturn
"rolling up my diamond bones"
Hard glinting cloud rap from 2013, emerging squinting from witch house's sulfurous cloud. Goes hard, goes soft, goes bright, goes dark.
thatkidmusic.bandcamp.com/album/saturn
#albumoftheday #musicsky #saturn
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Album of the Day 326
Rod Modell - Grotto of the Sun
One of a pair of ambient techno electroacoustic albums, Grotto of the Sun shines through the murk like sunlight through a fogbank.
silentes.bandcamp.com/album/grotto...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #ambienttechno
Deepchord's Rod Modell with two new albums, out today
boomkat.com/artists/rod-...
Excited to hear this one. I liked Grotto of the Sun very much!
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