Also, DEHIDRATÁLT FEJEK, on the same label. They put out a great EP last year, and this one (translated: "Solidarity Song") is for sure an anti-fascist, garage pop jam: szegyenkazettak.bandcamp.com/track/szolid...
Here's a recent find on the SZÉGYEN KAZETTÁK label out of Budapest. Gloomy new wave synth + ramshackle DIY pop charm: szegyenkazettak.bandcamp.com/album/kedves...
Likewise! See ya again in less than a month :-)
just blocked another designer on IG who is posting AI shit
I understand why old grannies and dum dums are fooled by this shit, but you have no excuse if you're doing any kind of art & design
The played the whole thing, start to finish!
Danny of Research Vessel singing and playing guitar with Kevin from Math & Physics Club/Model Shop on drums, in front of a red curtain with small colored lights strung overhead at the Woodland Theater in Seattle on April 4, 2026
The three women of Croutons, all singing and each playing an instrument (guitar, bass, drums) in front of a red curtain with small colored lights strung overhead at the Woodland Theater in Seattle on April 4, 2026
Malasada (Jon Manning) singing in front of a red curtain with small colored lights strung overhead at the Woodland Theater in Seattle on April 4, 2026
Local indie pop triple-release party, w/Seattle’s @researchvesselband.bsky.social (EP on @sundayrecords.bsky.social ) and Croutons, plus Malasada from Vancouver (new cassettes from the latter two on Jon/Malasada’s @lostsoundtapes.com )
Ran across a gig poster for a local band using AI art and… can we please just go back to using a Letraset and a stack of old magazines?
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.
If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.
Everyone give this a share after.
Arrayed on a hardwood floor: vinyl LPs by the Beatles, the Wailers, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Turtles, the Kinks, Syndicate of Soul
Another Thrift Score Friday, incl some classic local garage rock. Most far from pristine, but not bad for a bit over $25 total. And I finally have more than one Beatles album in my collection 😂
The Magnetic Fields on stage at the Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA, with Frank Bosco of Vehicle Flips in attendance
Sam Davol, cellist for The Magnetic Fields, on stage at the Middle East Upstairs
Pest 5000 on stage at the Middle East Upstairs
Vehicle Flips on stage at the Middle East Upstairs
I had call to scan some old show pics featuring bands from the Harriet Records roster. From the Harriet 5th anniversary show in 1995 (one of my bragging-rights gigs), here's The Magnetic Fields, Pest 5000, and Vehicle Flips.
I so was shocked to find one in the wild, I audibly gasped
Large wooden cassette rack, with slots for 95 tapes
Today’s thrift score ($6.99)
WORTH IT
For anyone over in Europe, good news! The Bats are headed your way this summer:
puschen.net/artists/the-...
For @racketmn.com, I wrote about The Gathering for Good, the huge fundraiser Mancini's Char House & Lounge--yes, that one--held two weeks ago for ICE victims in St. Paul's West 7th neighborhood. One of my best, huge thanks to everyone involved.
racketmn.com/yes-that-man...
Cool event alert 🚨 stories from our punk elders
Alex, Kip and Peggy from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, performing onstage at The Vera Project in Seattle, WA on February 16, 2026
Photo collage showing Christoph, Alex, Kip and Peggy from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, performing onstage at Neumos in Seattle, WA on September 15, 2009
Super-fun @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social show playing the first LP and more last night at Vera. Brings me back to the first time I saw 'em, in 2009, though my phone camera is a wee bit better now.
Oops! Thanks for catching that.
He really gets me ❤️🎶
Oh wait, I was thinking of some other Indonesian pop band, haha. But I still need to listen to more Texas Two.
Oh cool! That comp track is the first I’ve heard of them, will have to check that out.
Cover image for the February 4, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: pink-tinted illustration of a 1950s-styled woman tilting her head, hand held up to her ear as if listening, set against a bright green background with arcing green/pale green lines.
Playlist for the February 11, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: Cuticles - OGLED MOAT Horn - Clever Prism Shores - Kid Gloves En Kernaghan Band - Trouble Chiens de Faïence - À l'eau Lande Hekt - A Million Broken Hearts Institute - The Shooter Trash Panda Go Kart - Big Deal Crache - Mécanique Antipathique silk daisys - everybody wants to be my baby Suitor - Factory Dragon Assist - Southern Other Blue Communications - Australian Summer La Luz - Strange World (Extra! Extra! Version) David McClymont & Peter Loveday - Through fishes' eyes Railcard - Cherry Plum Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sunburned In London
I also put up last week's show, in case you wanna get all caught up. 😉 www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
Cover image for the February 11, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: photo illustration showing two blue-tinted stereo receivers that appear to be tumbling down behind a third, red-tinted one in the foreground, all set on a textured blue background.
Playlist for the February 11, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: Touch Girl Apple Blossom - The Springtime Reminds Me Of... Field Hospitals - Everyfire Coup Dur - Mon Amie Green Seagull - Lightning Girl Friends of Cesar Romero - Tassels TV Buddha - You've Been Changed Dorotea - I just don't know what to do Texas Two - Teenage Cruel Crush BELLUM - Gure Gerra Bikini Mutants - Prey Gull Boy - The Enchanter What Kind of Human Have I Become - Tundra Chris Brokaw Beth Kaplan - Loves a Little Bit Thin Plastic Candles - Dangerous Angel Giant Hammer - Heirloom MONT LOSER - Confessional Ayaka Nagahama Band - compass
This week's @khuh.bsky.social broadcast of Cycles Per Second is up, with new music from France, Australia, NZ, Indonesia, the UK and across the USA + more from Sweden, Japan. www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles... @krecs.bsky.social @precrecs.bsky.social @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social @softabuse.bsky.social
Thanks for the tip, will definitely be checking this out!
Red-haired woman smiling, scratching the head of a small, gray-and-white owl perched on a chair next to a larger brown owl
A brown owl staring head-on, next to a gray-and-white owl with its head turned to the side
A brown and gray-and-white owl nuzzling each other, faces touching and eyes closed
Some Superb Owls I met in Japan, 2017
WE all knew this, but it's good that The Guardian is reminding the normies.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Collage of cover images from the January, 14th and 21st and 28th 2026 episodes of Cycles Per Second, featuring four square panels, from top-left to bottom-right: 1. a photo of red-and-orange tinted transistor radios set against a textured yellow background 2. a vintage, yellow-tinted photo of a turntable , against a green gradient background 3. a stylized image of a flame-orange tinted electric guitar in front of a blue-tinted guitar amp, all set against a dark orange textured background 4. an orange and red-orange turntable illustration, with the words "Cycles Per Second" above it and "nstop.com" below it
Collage of playlists from the September 10th, 17th and 24th episodes of Cycles Per Second, featuring four square panels, from top-left to bottom-right: 1. January 14, 2026: The Dare - Slanky Fools The Fabulous Friends - Friendly City Air Belgrade - From a Distant Plane ditch bunnies - Holes in the Water Salad Boys - Almost Always (Dogshith Session) Terse Affection - I Want To Be CEMENTO - Bad Dream Songs Fog Lamp - Uncomfortable Laughter Worker - Isn't That Strange Eddy Current Suppression Ring - On Islands The Reds, Pinks & Purples - New Leaf Soar - Flickering Wall Pullman - Weightless Valentine Allgood - Bite Back The Twinsets - Zippo 2. January 21, 2026: Dead Finks - Anodyne Station Model Violence - Heat (Single Version) Rocketship - I'm Lost Without You Here Special Friend - Breakfast Season 2 - Abundance of Power The Questions - I Want You Dirty Rogues - Great Deep Kiss Childish Tones - My Brain Is Happy Sad herpiano - VHS/TONIGHT Cycling In Marmalade - Torch Land Surveyor - Serious (Riley & Coe session) Knight's Ferry - The Autumn Leaves on 14th Street Winston Hightower - Lay Low lucky loose - Dopamin DBR - Routine Issues Doe St - Same Day Sternpost - Every Other Building 3. January 28, 2026: FORMA - aspettative The Mice - Rescue You Too Yuasa-Exide - Time Regained Again Pedriñanes 77 - Renault 5 Runner Ups - Always Sometimes Mod Lang - TV Star The Monochrome Set - Lotus Bridge the black watch - some people will believe Walking Lands - Wait Teenage Bed - Récifs Game Set Match - Mundane Straight Arrows - Middleman LOS INDIOS - RONCO SALVAJE Willie Gibson & Helen McCookerybook - Ailein Duinn Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac - Fine The Just Joans - Everybody's Moving To Australia
Catching up on the Cycles Per Second backlog.. just in time for Bandcamp Friday! 3 weeks/3 hours of @khuh.bsky.social radio shows added in the past 3 days, incl my post-trip special w/new Japanese punk & pop, fledgling Aussie bands, a new x-Josef K band+more recent new tunes. www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
Will be getting shows up more regularly moving forward, and I’m working to catch up—Jan 14 and 21 are up on Mixcloud now. Thanks for listening!
Whoa! Appreciate you doing your civic duty. Good reminder we all need to show up.
Inadvertent tab bankruptcy blues...