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A song that has really meant a lot to me over the years recently popped back up onto my player, and in the year 2026, I find myself attracting like a magnet to Steve Burns' opus, "Troposphere", off of his 2003 album 'Songs for Dustmites'.
🎶 Now I'm waiting here 🎶
🎶 To disappear 🎶
🎶 Have you ever been so tired 🎶
🎶 Of yourself? 🎶
🎶 And I'll meet you here 🎶
🎶 In the troposphere 🎶
🎶 Lately I just haven't 🎶
🎶 Been myself 🎶
NOW PLAYING == Owen Knibbs & Carl Meeks - Listen Dis Ya 1 Ya [Official Video 2026] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukGDxC7Qx28&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #reggae #vsn
Raphaellakay (can't donate) [she/her & they/them] » 🌐
@raphaellakay@mastodon.world
NOW PLAYING == GENTLEMAN & THE EVOLUTION - TO THE TOP in Bielefeld, Germany @ Lokschuppen [November 3, 2026] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fYwevlr0cwE?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #reggae #vsn
Our Fantasy Band Poll
Guitarists Final Result:
Mark Knopfler 52% v 48% Jimi Hendrix
#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #1950s #FantasyBandPoll
If you have a smidgen over 3 minutes to spare, please use it to avail yourself of False Advertising; a raucous and spiky indie band from Manchester that are effortlessly cool and punk and catchy af#music #NewMusic #NewToMeMusic #IndieMusic #Bandcampfalseadvertising.bandcamp.com/track/next-big-thing
Song Premiere: Lost Hollow “Love Oh Love” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/04/song-premiere-lost-hollow-love-oh-love/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
NOW PLAYING == GENTLEMAN & THE EVOLUTION feat. TÒKE in Bielefeld, Germany @ Lokschuppen [November 3, 2026] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tnsYbadp1QY?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #reggae #vsn
NOW PLAYING == GENTLEMAN & THE EVOLUTION in Bielefeld, Germany @ Lokschuppen [November 3, 2026] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/chGvRyOGaNY?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #reggae #vsn
"A man from the future" - a real treat for fans of the Pet Shop Boys and Alan Turing!
https://tidal.com/album/561938787
Punk im KuBiz!📆 4th of November With Das Blanke Extrem (Post-Punk from Freiburg), and Berlin-based solo acoustic punks Lea and describing unity, at Funkloch/Cafe U in KuBiz!
🕑 7pm
📍KuBiz/Funkloch, Bernkastler Str. 78, Berlin-Weissensee.
Katseye Postpones Detroit Show as Megan Recovers From Illness
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/katseye-postpones-detroit-show-megan-recovers-illness-1235652359/
The announcement was made just hours before the Little Caesars Arena show was set to begin
#culture #music #concerts
Saya Gray Drops Qwerty III EP
https://pitchfork.com/story/saya-gray-drops-qwerty-iii-ep/
Saya Gray releases the Qwerty III EP, adding to her catalog of eclectic, genre-blurring work.
#culture #music #ep
🎶 ☠️ 💙 #USMidTermElections
As I was saying ... We've Got What It Takes to Put Things Right!
A good night!
#Guitar #Bass #Drums #Accordion #Trumpet #Trombone #Tuba #theMadMaggies #BariSax
#WomenComposers
#Vote #FuckTrump #Music #Ska
RE: https://social.coop/@tomstearns/117556151126485855
New track from Pigeon Guided Missile just dropped*
*was uploaded from someone's computer
LiveSongs from #DreamThis – radio, video, and more
#indiemusic #musician
#Music https://muz4now.com/2017/livesongs-dreamthis-radio-video-gigs
THE DAWGS
Outside Of Time
2009 Italy pressing
Another legendary band from my neck of the woods in Boston, fellow Massholes who weren’t around long, but kicked a hole in the local sky.
This compilation combines the early E.P. stuff (3 tracks) with the reunion material from the late #80s , as well as live material recorded on the Metrowave radio show that was on WERS, the Emerson College station.
Blistering #garage and #rocknroll along the same lines of Boston contemporaries The Real Kids. Throw in some Stones, some Chuck Berry, and a little Nerves, and you’re there.
The title track is fucking GREAT, as is “Paper Moon” and “A Shot Of Your Love”.
An incredible slice of my hometown’s rock history, and a band that SHOULD have been bigger.
Phil Haynen was a great songwriter.
Boston is a brotherhood, baby.
Wicked pissah.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #boston #thedawgs #70s #1970s #70smusic
Belated #introductions!
I dig #marvel #linux #raspberrypi #music #rock #technology #startrek #books #fiction #videogames #masseffect #thewitcher #science #sciencefiction #mountains #offroading #pizza #indie
I am a #musician #audioengineer #webdeveloper and I play #guitar #drums and #synths.
I was born in #Texas and grew up there, but I’ve lived in #westvirginia #maryland and currently reside in #colorado.
What else you wanna know?
REVIEW: Straf Vocal Strings “Tread Softly” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/review-straf-vocal-strings-tread-softly/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
VARIOUS ARTISTS
40 Miles Of Bad Road
1979 U.S. pressing
This is goofy as fuck, but I saw it in a cheap used bin today and just couldn’t help myself.
Released on the budget #country label Gusto Records, this was part of a series of truck driver-based albums. 😂 This was a bit of a popular sub-culture in the 60s and 70s, and not too long ago, I posted a CB RADIO themed compilation that was pretty much in the same vein.
Some pretty good tunes on here, man. Tunes about long-haul truckers, 18-wheelers, lonely highways, and the hard-knock life on the road. Everything a rough and tumble dude from the suburbs of Massachusetts can relate to. 😂
Red Sovine (who I have a very soft spot in my heart for) and Duane Eddy to Jack Scott and Billy Walker.
Red’s “Phantom 309” is an absolute gem here.
Just a ridiculously fun record.
And besides… LOOK AT THAT AWESOME COVER!!! 😂
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music
“Subtle Drama” – more mellow music
#composer #contemplation #inspiration #music
https://muz4now.com/2023/subtle-drama-more-mellow-music
Nobody seems to be talking about the new #dreamunending album. Get your ears around this: https://musiccloud.io/1fz6VdqP
Progressive death/doom, with a hint of jazz. #music
Song Premiere: Couldn’t Be Happiers “Don’t Close Your Eyes” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/03/song-premiere-couldnt-be-happiers-dont-close-your-eyes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
REVIEW: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Origins 1971-1978” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/03/review-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-origins-1971-1978/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
REVIEW: Cara Luft “My Heart Will Always Be” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/03/review-cara-luft-my-heart-will-always-be/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
: #brattleboro #brattleboromusic #brattleboronews #chelseahouse #folkmusic #folksongs #folksongsofvermont #margaretmacarthur #marlboromusic #marlborovermont #marlborovermontmusic #music #musicfeed #musicnews #vermont #vermontfolksongs #vermontmusic #vermontnews @vermont.masto.host :
MARGARET MacARTHUR
"THE OLD SONGS"
Mastodon Post
In case you missed it (as I did).....
This is a 2019 reissue of the classic album, "The Old Songs" by Margaret MacArthur of Marlboro, Vermont.
The release of this album was a very big thing here in Brattleboro. The original painting used for the cover was prominently displayed in a store window on Elliot Street. It was the work of Ruth Adams also known as White Buffalo Woman. Margaret had a big record release show at the Chelsea House.
Margaret had a simply phenomenal memory. She could remember where I sat at her concerts!
Why I never received an announcement of this digital album release is beyond me. It came to my attention for the first time late last night. My search of iTunes was for "Mary Shiminski I Love You" and this album popped up.
"The Old Songs" is an album Margaret MacArthur fans will want if they don't have it already.
One of my favourite mixes to listen to lately. Such a chill set from Dunks.
REVIEW: Neal Casal “Book of Stories (Home Recordings 1998-2003)” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/03/review-neal-casal-book-of-stories-home-recordings-1998-2003/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
ICYMI: #Music #B3 Hammond This – The Sound of the B3 https://muz4now.com/2026/hammond-this-the-sound-of-the-b3/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Hey! I'm James! This is my page to share and experience the wonders of life 💫
My interests include djing, fashion, gaming, nature, raves and sports 💗
As someone who is quite shy and struggles with socialising, I find using platforms like this helps to push me on and also to understand the world more while sharing my own thoughts and knowledge 😄
I look forward to being here 👊🏻
#astrology #aviation #beauty #bisexual #cars #crossdressing #dj #england #fashion #femboy #gaming #lgbtq #movies #music #nature #queer #raves #space #spirituality #sports #tv #unitedkingdom #vibes
Talking Heads at ODO Studios, 1977 by Bobby Grossman
#music #TalkingHeads #photography #BobbyGrossman
Our Fantasy Band Poll
Guitarists Semi-Final Results:
Jimi Hendrix 75% v 25% B B King
Mark Knopfler 60% v 40% David Gilmour
#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #1950s #FantasyBandPoll
I’d like to invite you to vote in our Fantasy Band Poll
Guitarists: Final
Mark Knopfler v Jimi Hendrix
Keep in mind that our fantasy band will cover songs from across the music spectrum, so please vote accordingly👇
#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #1950s #FantasyBandPoll
| Mark Knopfler: | 0 |
| Jimi Hendrix: | 0 |
IDIOTAPE(이디오테잎) | 2026 부산국제록페스티벌
Internationales Rockfestival Busan 2026
youtube.com/watch?v=4JifcC1kVC…
#Music #ElectroRock #Korea
Location: Berlin
Catch up on recent news, reviews and upcoming events published on NHAM:
– Album Release Party: Winter Wonderbonk Disc 1
– Prophets of Shortwave by Coraline Ada Ehmke review by @SamanthaJaneSmith
– gravitons Festival ’26
– Mirlo Features Update by @mirlo
– Monthly Roundup by @mirlo
– Friday November 6th at 18:00 UTC: Fresh Friday on TIBtv (@TIBtv)
– Saturday November 7th at 19:00 UTC: gravitons Festival ’26 kickoff!
– Sunday November 8th at 19:00 UTC: Kristoffer Lislegaard // Allostasis watch party (@lislegaard)
Small tip if you're making someone a personalized song for a birthday or anniversary: before anything else, write down how their name is pronounced (spell it the way it sounds), one memory that has a place in it, and one habit everyone recognises. Those three details carry the whole song.
I wrote a longer checklist here: yourmelody-song-gift-checklist… and the song tool I work on is yourmelody.ai/ (AI-written lyrics you can edit, sung in two versions; free preview first).
NOW PLAYING == Upsetters - African Skank @ReggaevilleVinylVibes #192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3-hlLehBw&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #reggae #vsn
Heardle Rock #1344 · 🎵 Classic
🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
https://rock.heardledecades.com
With the sample
Open your mind to this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, where @rvedotrc wanted to hear your:
Openers
"What does that mean?" we hear you cry. Well, listen in and find out what that meant in the slightly broken minds of The Glorious Suggestorate.
#TheArchive - https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/theplaylist-128-openers/
Listen! Enjoy! Tell all your friends!
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
NEXT WEEK ON #ThePlaylist
We have another guest theme. This time, @WiteWulf wants to hear what can be played on:
Improvised Instruments
Do YOU know a song where the percussion is played on a pangolin? Or a jerry can used as a contralto sax? Let us know using #ThePlaylistSuggestion or the online form - https://djdarren.site/archive/suggestions/ - and together we can cobble together enough random junk to form a whole radio show.
// https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //
// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //
This track from @limneticvillains absolutely fucken slaps
#NewToMeMusic #ElectronicMusic #musiclimneticvillains.bandcamp.com/track/redux
Hear the muse: Sometimes Making #Music Ain’t Easy https://muz4now.com/2026/sometimes-making-music-aint-easy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_content=muz4now%2Fmagazine%2FThe%20muse%20is%20present&utm_medium=mastodon
'At my age, I can rant!' Bernie Taupin on Elton John, hellraising vampires and competing in full-blown rodeos
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/03/bernie-taupin-interview-elton-john-rodeos-rocket-man
New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 and 2027
https://pitchfork.com/news/new-album-releases/
A regularly updated guide to the new albums, EPs, mixtapes, and projects getting released in the coming weeks and months
#culture #music #albums
'At my age, I can rant!' Bernie Taupin on Elton John, hellraising vampires and competing in full-blown rodeos
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/03/bernie-taupin-interview-elton-john-rodeos-rocket-man
He is the outstanding lyricist who propelled the Rocket Man to 300m sales. As Taupin releases a wistfully grouchy solo album, he talks about the joy of anonymity, his LA drinking gang - and owning a…
#culture #music #eltonjohn
## Now Playing
✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋🌺💜🎼 🎶 🎸 Now playing John Coltrane Wynton Kelly Paul Chambers Jimmy Cobb Stan Getz Oscar Peterson - Live 27 Aug 1960 Hard Bop 🛍️ 🌑 🔔 48kHZ AAC Digital version 🎹 📚 📖 🎻🎻 🎼 🎶 ✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋
Digital Signal Path
* Android / SBC Pi5 ARM / System Linux x86
* Tascam Digitizer US-4x4HR
* Instrument Mixer {16 channel} [stable TRS OUT]
* Yamaha Mixing Console {stable TRS IN}
* Aux0 send Effect rack unit0 channel 0
* Aux1 send Effect rack unit0 channel 1
* Aux 0 return Master Bus channel 0
* Aux 1 return Master Bus channel 1
* Master faders {logarithmic}
* XLR output {channel 0 1}
* Headphone Amps 0 1 (4 channel x 2)
* 1/4" output 0 1
* 1/4" output 2 3 (monitor output)
* Yamaha StagePass Live mixer (8 channel) with feedback detection / eliminator 88dB current SPL 125dB SPL ideal
* Floor monitors x 2
* Digitizer input 0 1
* DAW
# log
`uname -a`
^Z
sources:
`man uname(1)`
`man moc(1)`
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9mEwdp8Vs
#NowPlaying #Jazz #John #Coltrane #Music #bass #double #Retro #LegacyMusic #Music #Digital #yes #TV
So busy with other things today that I almost forgot #MondayCovers.
Urge for Going — Tom Rush covers Joni Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVfPJAdsErs
Musical Interlude: I just discovered Dawn Landes and her album "The Liberated Woman's Songbook" which has all sorts of songs about feminism and liberation from different eras. Here's a song from 1830....
"Hard is the Fortune of All Womankind," performed by Dawn Landes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_va0ZacmA&list=OLAK5uy_moM_NiBkl3S-1dODlg37WxEq3nyI8OXxU
#MusicalInterlude #DawnLandes #Folk #Feminism #WomensHistory #LiberatedWomansSongbook #Music
I've re-written this post four times, because I can't work out how to say the thing I want to say, and I've given up and I'm just going to ramble until I think I'm done.
While learning #Blender sometimes I'd get stuck with a particular aspect of the project I'm working on. When this happens, the usual thing is to look for some kind of guide or tutorial by searching for "(thing I'm having trouble with) Blender Tutorial". I found this sometimes limited my progress, because often the "thing I'm having trouble with" is actually unrelated to Blender entirely.
With Blender you're often able to apply the skills and knowledge from disciplines you have learned in the real world. If you have some experience in Film or Television, then you have a head start in knowing how to frame a camera and properly light a scene. If you have experience in architecture, you might have a much easier time when designing a house or building in a Blender scene. If you have a background in animation, a lot of the animating tools will make sense to you. If you can code, then the nodes system might be easier for you than it is for me.
So when you're stuck, try looking up a guide on the discipline without specifically looking for a "Blender Tutorial" on that subject. If you're struggling with animation, look up "How to Animate" or "The 12 Principles of Animation", because that base knowledge will transfer to the tools in Blender.
The things that took me the most time when making my Space Pop music video, which was my first major Blender project, were sculpting a face, and styling hair. I have never done anything with sculpting or hairdressing, but the most helpful learning materials were the ones that were made by sculptors who make physical sculptures, and real-life hairdressers. I lost weeks trying to make hair that didn't look awful. Actually, that probably had more to do with the particle simulation system that my inexperience with hair-dressing, but they both played a part!
Because once you have the hang of basic 3d modelling, you end up being drawn into these simulation systems. They promise to make things easier. Want a field of grass where every blade waves slightly in the breeze? Well, you can hand place each piece of grace in the field, and then animate each one by hand - or you can use a particle simulation to scatter the grass across the whole field in one step, and then simulate a breeze blowing them all. Well, simulations sound like a great idea!! Unfortunately, it's a whole new level of complexity with confusing attributes and settings, and if you get anything wrong, nothing works. What should have saved you time, ends up costing days of banging your head on a wall. Perhaps hand placement and individual animation of each blade wan't so bad after all...
I recommend learning Blender. It's amazingly powerful, and completely free. Be warned though, it has a reputation for breaking people. If you can persevere though, it's totally worth it.
Ramble ends. 🫶
Space Pop
~ #Dgar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqPhHmA2YY
REVIEW: Mike Berman “In the Woods” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/review-mike-berman-in-the-woods/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
BLIND MELON
Blind Melon
2014 Europe reissue
Back in 1992, my older sister took me to Brandeis University to see the 120 Minutes Tour; a travelling rock circus featuring four bands:
Public Image Ltd., Big Audio Dynamite, Live, and Blind Melon.
The only band that left any impression on me that night was Blind Melon.
I absolutely fell in love with them.
They were such a phenomenal band, and on THAT night, they blew everybody else off the stage. Which is a hard thing to do when you’re sharing a stage with punk legends like John Lydon and Mick Jones.
I was fully obsessed with and immersed in this album for two whole years after seeing that concert, which was my second concert ever.
I hold the memory of that night very near and dear, and every time I think of Shannon, I’m right back there in my head.
Another incredible talent gone too soon.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #1990s #90s #alternative
Red light, red light, run it
There ain't nobody watchin', run it
8 Tracks of game like drum n bass and Jungle. Proper 95 esc gaming music.
Pizza Hotline - Level Select
I'd like to recommend #TakamasaOwaki and #motoko448, on friggen #Twitch, of all things! 😅
The "good" old #Millennial #disco #house #DJ #music times seem to be still alive, in #Japan! 🥰
👉 https://www.twitch.tv/takamasaowaki
👉 https://www.twitch.tv/motoko448
RADIOHEAD
Pablo Honey
2008 U.S. Ltd. Edition reissue
[Capitol Vaults]
We need to talk about Pablo Honey.
Yes, I realize that in the context of #Radiohead ‘s overall discography, Pablo Honey is a bit of a black sheep, considering the revolutionary and groundbreaking music that would later come from them.
Even the band THEMSELVES hate it, and refer to it as “unlistenable”. Even getting them to play “Creep” live became a rare proposition.
And I get it.
But despite how green they were, despite how they were still figuring out what they were, for WHAT IT IS, which is great #90s #alternative rock, Pablo Honey is FUCKING AWESOME.
There are far more awesome songs on this besides “Creep”.
“Stop Whispering”, “Anyone Can Play Guitar”, “Lurgee”, “I Can’t” and “Blow Out” are all great.
Come down from your snobby high horses, Neckbeards.
Pablo Honey is fucking awesome.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music
This on a massive sale push as way too many were made and not sold. £18 in my local @waxandbeans
I just forgot to get this when it came out.
Angels & Airwaves - Lifeforms
#vinyl #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #music
RE: https://mastodon.social/@limebar/113499513938110117
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For the third year in a row... let this be a thread where *you* reply with a link to *your* #art or #music or #shop
Find cool stuff "locally" here on #fedi. For your #holiday #shopping this year buy direct from #artists and #makers!
I want *you* to reply to this thread and drop links to your wares, subscriptions, services, sounds, sights, prints, etc. And I want *you* to buy from *them*.
Bonus: See the boosted post and the link under it for prior year links.
🔖 Bookmark
♻️ Boost!
Tonight is a conversation with and performance by Igor Levit, hosted by John Schaefer, celebrating the first three releases on Levit's new label No Silence
A bit early for Christmas but never mind:
"The True Spirit of Christmas"
The Anderson Inglis Chorale
On all major streaming platforms
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YVOvhleiZrA #music #Christmas #Xmas #christmasmusic
Are you an #Antifascist #musician on the Fedi? Please share your #Bandcamp or other #music link for us to share & support your work.
I'm pinning this post for easier future reference/access for myself & others.
#AntiFascistMusicAlliance #IndieMusicians #MastoMusicians #FediMusicians
Interview: Mary Bragg on The Creative Surprises of Making “Secrets To Strangers” at FAME Studios https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/interview-mary-bragg-on-the-creative-surprises-of-making-secrets-to-strangers-at-fame-studios/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
Show Review: Jeff Tweedy w/ Case Oates at the Mahaiwe https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/show-review-jeff-tweedy-w-case-oates-at-the-mahaiwe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
You've never really heard accordion music until you've heard Ukrainian accordion virtuoso Oleksandr Khrustevych playing.
Here he is performing Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Summer 🎶 🤩
None of this is thanks to private equity, venture capital, the Rockefellers, the Kochs, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley or AI, just pure human heart, artistry and dedication.
We've Got What It Takes to Put Things Right!
Hold these thoughts for the #USMidTermElections
youtu.be/9SO3ufrJsWI
#Guitar #Bass #Drums #Accordion #Trumpet #Trombone #Tuba #theMadMaggies #BariSax
#WomenComposers
#Vote #FuckTrump #Music #Ska
REVIEW: Feral Foster “New World Blues” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/review-feral-foster-new-world-blues/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
REVIEW: Prinz Grizzley “Tilda” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/review-prinz-grizzley-tilda/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
Top artists I listened to in the last week:
Queens of the Stone Age [29 plays]
Ministry [22 plays]
Trivium [20 plays]
Senser [19 plays]
Nine Inch Nails [18 plays]
Mudvayne [15 plays]
A Perfect Circle [13 plays]
The Clash [12 plays]
The Doors [11 plays]
Top albums I listened to in the last week:
Ministry - Hate To Go - Take Out Or Delivery [22 plays]
Trivium - Ember To Inferno [20 plays]
Senser - Stacked Up XX [19 plays]
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - Deluxe Edition [16 plays]
Mudvayne - L.D. 50 [15 plays]
A Perfect Circle - Three Sixty [13 plays]
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze [13 plays]
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R [12 plays]
The Clash - London Calling [12 plays]
THE BRAINS
The Brains
1980 U.S. pressing
A perfect record to start the week, and for the doldrums of an ass-dragging Monday morning.
This album is SO killer, man.
Mostly remembered for the note-perfect “Money Changes Everything”, a song that Cyndi Lauper covered on her She’s So Unusual album.
And although I LOVE Cyndi’s version of it (it was the far more popular version), it pales in comparison to this original Brains version.
But as great as that song is, this album is so much more than that. There’s a handful of really good #80s #newwave #powerpop tunes on here, like “See Me”, “Girl I Wanna”, “Sweethearts” and “Girl In A Magazine”.
The follow up Brains album Electronic Eden was nowhere near as good as this.
Not terrible… just not THIS.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #records #vintage #retro #physicalmedia #analog #vinylcollection #art #music #1980s #80s #80sMusic #TheBrains
HOW VOCAL PARALYSIS AND KETAMINE THERAPY SHAPED BABEHOVEN’S NEW LP https://highway81revisited.com/how-vocal-paralysis-and-ketamine-therapy-shaped-babehovens-new-lp/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia
Ozomatli - Love and Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7028MIxhEs&list=RDo7028MIxhEs&start_radio=1
Went to see Transvision Vamp live on Friday night. (Late 80s/early 90s band who reformed last year.) I liked their first two albums, especially Pop Art. You can really hear a Velvet Underground influence on their stuff, and any band who write a sing about Halo Jones is going to be interesting.
Anyway, they were really good live. Wendy James' voice is still excellent, and the guitars were nice and crunchy. This was definitely rock, not pop. (Wendy looks tiny, like a little doll!)
Back in the late 80s/90s my mum and her then-partners usually read a daily newspaper, which, working class gonna working class, was inevitably one of the redtops, usually the Sun. News of the World on Sunday. And they *hated* Wendy James, they were always all over her, and never being nice. With the benefit of hindsight I'm wondering how much of that was because she was young, sexy, talented and intelligent, and therefore knew her worth and wasn't prepared to be falsely modest or 'nice' (for whatever values of being nice) to male tabloid journos.
Anyway, they announced at the gig that they'll be releasing a new album in 2028 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Pop Art's release. Laugh last, Wendy, and laugh longest and loudest.
"The limitation that helped make the iPod obsolete, that it did little more than play music, has now become part of its appeal for people seeking an escape from permanently connected smartphones," writes Alice Gibb for @Newsweekdotcom. Here's her story on the rise and fall and rise of iPods.
"The limitation that helped make the iPod obsolete, that it did little more than play music, has now become part of its appeal for people seeking an escape from permanently connected smartphones," writes Alice Gibb for @newsweek@flipboard.com. Here's her story on the rise and fall and rise of iPods.
Why the heck have Apple changed the icon colour for the music app on an X.Y release? #Apple #Music #GoldenGate
Took out the modern bassoon for the first time in half a year. I’d been playing baroque bassoon because of a summer course, and dulcian because brand new instrument. But I don’t want to get even more rusty on the modern.
Managed 15 minutes before my face noped out. That has to be because of being ill the last couple weeks, I don’t think the modern reeds are that heavy! Pleasantly surprised by how not strange it felt to play though. Just have to work slowly up to speed again.
As I'm seeing the first posts about our lives being filled with holiday music yet again, let me share my favourite album.
It's for those who hate holiday music but also want just a tiny little cheer.
UK's The Last Ambient Hero has remixed classical Christmas music and turned it into ambient landscapes; every now and again you suddenly recognises a few beats or a single line being sung while otherwise being a winterly soundscape.
It's radically different from what we are used to when it comes to the holidays but absolutely wonderful and miraculously crafted and pieced together.
By their own words: "Made from 100% recycled Christmas music. No synthesisers."
The Last Ambient Christmas https://thelastambienthero.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-ambient-christmas
#Christmas #ChristmasMusic #HolidayMusic #Plunderphonics #Ambient #Music #AmbientMusic #TheLastAmbientHero
This morning's #workout #music is from Amenra performing live for the Grauzone festival 2021 in a sculpture studio in Zwalm, Belgium where artist Johan Tahon works. Moody and emotive. I don't know this band well, but I get a sense they have a large fan base. Good stuff.
https://youtu.be/LP-4yXQp2AY
#Metal #Doom #ElectroAcoustic #PostRock #Postmetal #ShoeGaze #KettleBells #wellness
I’d like to invite you to vote in our Fantasy Band Poll
Guitarists: Second Semi-Final
Mark Knopfler v David Gilmour
Keep in mind that our fantasy band will cover songs from across the music spectrum, so please vote accordingly👇
#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #1950s #FantasyBandPoll
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I’d like to invite you to vote in our Fantasy Band Poll
Guitarists: First Semi-Final
Jimi Hendrix v B B King
Keep in mind that our fantasy band will cover songs from across the music spectrum, so please vote accordingly👇
#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic #RockNRoll #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #1950s #FantasyBandPoll
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If you're so inclined, check out my angsty vaguely ambient X breakbeat X industrial track "Ambien", or one of the other ones from other creators o,0
and yeah, stable diffusion did infill the artwork, because I wasn't going to have time to kitbash something cool together over my very amateur Blender sculpture... I think it could be better, but I mean at least it's partially hand-made, right?
https://beetlecrabturtles.bandcamp.com/album/october-2026-challenge
#Music #Ambient #AmbientTechno #AmbientElectronic #Breakbeat
Album Premiere: Salim Nourallah “Calling Manila” https://americanahighways.org/2026/11/02/album-premiere-salim-nourallah-calling-manila/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #americana #rootsmusic
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#TheHardTimes
What’s the Catch? Bananas Cheap as Fuck for Some Reason
https://thehardtimes.net/uncategorized/whats-the-catch-bananas-cheap-as-fuck-for-some-reason/
#satire #comedy #bananas #Chiquita #groceryprices #music #TheHardTimes
Maybe not the greatest game in the series, but the soundtrack is fantastic! And also love the art direction! Definitely has some fantastic qualities.
The 18 Best Musician Halloween Costumes This Year
https://pitchfork.com/story/the-17-best-musician-halloween-costumes-this-year/
From Tinashe as melatonin to Wednesday as the Addams Family, here are our favorite get-ups this year
#culture #halloween #music
Harry Styles Ended His Historic Madison Square Garden Run - And This Song Captured It All
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/harry-styles-madison-square-garden-end-season-2-weight-loss-1235648505/
The bass-filled record "Season 2 Weight Loss" became an essential part of how we understand the singer, especially across his 30-night New York residency
#culture #harrystyles #music
Becoming Pure Movement – Revisiting Music and Story
#musicvideo
#Music https://muz4now.com/2022/becoming-pure-movement-revisiting-music-and-story
Given that the US mid-term elections are on Tuesday, Monday *should* be the end of constant ads and text messages from the dying right-wing party. DEFINITELY a Freaky Monday, and this song fits the bill. Note: this is #beatbox #music, so this is all voice... there are ZERO instruments!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8NifgGccRs
Dream Destroyer – the found is feeling again
#feeling
#Music
https://muz4now.com/2025/dream-destroyer-the-found-is-feeling-again
Ah! November’s first #MondayRandom10!
1. Rathergood.com—“The Wrong Bananas”
2. Aretha Franklin—“Chain of Fools”
3. Neil Diamond—“Cracklin' Rosie”
4. Richard Delvy—“The Green Slime”
5. Skinny Puppy—“Nature's Revenge”
6. The Lord Weird Slough Feg—“Curse of Humaniti”
7. DOWN—“Witchtripper”
8. Garbage—“You Look So Fine”
9. Queens of the Stone Age—“You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire”
10. Fatboy Slim—“Right Here, Right Now”
YT Playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfSeZYlqyxcs
Join me in a new hashtag #ShameSunday;
while searching for names for my Aqua Creatures to add a siren to the group of Sue Shimi, Tuna Turner, Sea-Lion Dion, and Sharkira I ran across someone whose name I never knew until now so Shame on me for not knowing the lead singer of the X-Ray Specs. Her name is in the alt; like if you knew it already no cheating or double shame on you!
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lNXmNaaYWqPZLsJ3JSZhS3jPXkVzCuhUQ&si=CyJEVyzswNvniTJ1
#70s #punk #siren with braces #music #cfcmusic
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Park EunBin (4) Unis (3) *NSYNC (1) 2NE1 (1) ajaa (1). #myweekcounted 43 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Rolling Stones (21) T. Rex (20) Echo & the Bunnymen (18) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (18) Depeche Mode (17). #myweekcounted 179 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lfm_blue
ADRIAN BELEW HELPS KEEP THE BEAT OF KING CRIMSON ALIVE https://highway81revisited.com/adrian-belew-keeps-the-beat-of-king-crimson-alive/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia
EDITORS GET INTIMATE ON ‘SURFACE, ECHO & SOUND’ https://highway81revisited.com/editors-get-intimate-on-surface-echo-sound/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #music #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia
Great trash-talk in history:
Maurice Ravel was a French composer. Around 1900 he debuted a piece called Pavane for a Dead Princess. (A pavane was an old style of formal dance, done in royal courts.)
Years later, Ravel attended a performance of his piece by another pianist. He thought the guy played it too slow, so afterward he said, casually, "it's called Pavane for a Dead Princess, not Dead Pavane for a Princess" 🔥🔥🔥
I think even Kendrick Lamar would have cried himself to sleep after that one
#classicalmusic #music #history #trashtalk #piano #mauriceravel
THE VOTES ARE IN, YOU PERVERTS
Song here:
https://mas.to/@angiebaby/117542560739679238
Wow, so I came up on this INSANE mash-up but DAMN is this thing NASTY. On the other hand, it's not very often you find a song that actually focuses on pleasuring the part of a woman's body a man can never usually seem to find.
Who wants to hear this?
| (〃∇〃 ) (yes please): | 0 |
| (ಠᯅಠ) (eww no): | 0 |
Closed
Automatic - Too Much Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryh1pG3DFV4
You stay awake, when you wanna go to sleep
#Automatic #TooMuchMoney #PostPunk #Music #Capitalism #Unspoken