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guitar anti-hero BASIC / Algorithm Free / Solar Motel "This Is BASIC" out now: https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/ Booking: al@highroadtouring “There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow (and I feel fine)” Philadelphia PA

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Both / And, by Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW 3 track album

#NowPlaying on Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com
on @campradio.bsky.social

@chrisforsyth.bsky.social's WHAT IS NOW - No Name II
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and
listen.camp

07.03.2026 16:39 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Tour dates!

WHAT IS NOW March East Coast dates (mostly) w Orcutt Shelley Miller!

BASIC at Big Ears!

06.03.2026 15:17 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Bandcamp Friday! chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

06.03.2026 15:12 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What Is Now — Both/And (Algorithm Free) Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW - Both / And Chris Forsyth leans into the cool jazz aesthetic of his new ensemble at first, but these long pieces morph, over time, into driving, droning grooves. The trio,...

“Chris Forsyth leans into the cool jazz aesthetic of his new ensemble at first, but these long pieces morph, over time, into driving, droning grooves,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8102624... @chrisforsyth.bsky.social

05.03.2026 16:32 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Vinyl Adventures this Saturday:

#JeffParker
#ChrisForsyth @chrisforsyth.bsky.social
#algreen
#tonyjoewhite
Mike
MV &EE @childofmicrotones.bsky.social

28.02.2026 20:23 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Abraham Lincoln & his favorite Stratocaster. Photo taken by Keith Richards. 😎

23.02.2026 02:47 👍 3669 🔁 513 💬 0 📌 99
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#NewMusicFriday #NowPlaying
@chrisforsyth.bsky.social's WHAT IS NOW - Both / And
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

20.02.2026 19:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

You probably can sense this, but he is one of my absolute all time favorite guitar players. A huge huge influence on my to this day. Peerless.

20.02.2026 18:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Great news!

20.02.2026 18:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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OUT NOW: Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW w John Moran & Joey Sullivan "Both / And" CD/DL. This is a @bandcamp.com- and merch table-only release limited to 200 CDs. Please give a listen a grab a copy. We'll have these on our March tour w Orcutt Shelley Miller. chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

20.02.2026 18:28 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Fantastic!

20.02.2026 13:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would still like to see that!

20.02.2026 03:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Oh wow! What's his set like?

20.02.2026 03:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW "Both / And" Listening Party from Chris Forsyth Listening Party from Chris Forsyth.

@bandcamp.com Listening Party 2nite 730-830 EST for "Both/And," 1st release by WHAT IS NOW w John Moran & Joey Sullivan. @theguardian.com said: "25 minutes of tingly, exploratory improv: imagine a scruffier Necks." Listen along! I'll be in the chat!
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/merch/chris-...

19.02.2026 16:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Clear it away! A sweet FM broadcast of Tom Verlaine live in Paris 1982 (w/ the late/great bassist Fred Smith). doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8081769...

10.02.2026 16:22 👍 40 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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BASIC gonna smoke Cleveland tonight at the Little Rose Tavern.

06.02.2026 22:42 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Both / And, by Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW 3 track album

For your Bandcamp Friday consideration. CD limited yo 200 copies. Will not last long. DLs are forever. chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

06.02.2026 22:27 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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RIP Fred Smith of Television — one of the coolest bassists of all time.

06.02.2026 21:53 👍 469 🔁 86 💬 7 📌 12

Sound Advice is crucial! Thank you for doing it!

04.02.2026 15:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Necks trapped in a guitar shop?

01.02.2026 17:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thx to @theguardian.com for naming WHAT IS NOW’s “Both/And” one of this weeks Best New Tracks. “Imagine a scruffier Necks,” yes! And thx to you who’ve been snatching up pre-orders for the Bandcamp-/merch table-only CD. Ltd to 200 copies and going fast here: chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

01.02.2026 17:17 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Doom & Gloom From The Tomb Tom Verlaine - The Roxy, West Hollywood, California, October 17, 1981 Something very special to close out our Tom Verlaine appreciation week on Doom & Gloom (though there will probably be more next...

Tom Verlaine — three years gone! Please join me in listening to this killer SBD of the man in 1981, which was shared with D&G by an anonymous hero.

28.01.2026 21:58 👍 36 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
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Both / And, by Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW 3 track album

New music from WHAT IS NOW w John Moran (Bark Culture, Daniel Villareal Trio; double bass) and Joey Sullivan (Florry, Bark Culture; drums). Bandcamp/merch table exclusive, CD edition of 200, so pre-order now. Tour w Orcutt Shelley Miller in March: chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

29.01.2026 14:24 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
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Both / And, by Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW 3 track album

All new @chrisforsyth.bsky.social album
'Chris Forsyth's WHAT IS NOW' is up for pre-order.
The first track 'Both / And' is fantastic.
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/both-and

29.01.2026 10:16 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pearl Jam’s “Vs.”

Pearl Jam’s “Vs.”

Mission of Burma’s record of the same name.

Mission of Burma’s record of the same name.

I dub Super Bowl LX "Vs. versus Vs."

26.01.2026 03:08 👍 54 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 4

Alex Pretti and Renee Good and many others in MPLS are American patriots standing up to tyranny. Think Paul Revere, think Patrick Henry, think Crispus Attucks. @democrats.org should be framing their deaths as such. Are they?

25.01.2026 22:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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For those of you in Philly….

21.01.2026 17:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I like to think that the underground takes care of its own. Please help out if you can. I’m sure a lot of folks on this platform have enjoyed Jennifer’s music writing at Dusted and @aquariumdrunkard.com.

Reposting for anyone who missed this.

20.01.2026 13:02 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Bob Weir: peerless rhythm guitarist. Truly unique. Hell In A Bucket = my fave song of his. It’s also a great Huey Lewis pastiche. RIP.

12.01.2026 02:35 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Who Makes the Nazis? (Live, John Peel Session, 15/9/81)
Who Makes the Nazis? (Live, John Peel Session, 15/9/81) YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

youtu.be/bSC5A9WsYiQ?...

08.01.2026 03:21 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0