With Boards of Canada returning I’m curious: do you think it really takes them 10+ years between albums or do you think they have a treasure trove of unreleased stuff a la the Aphex Twin SoundCloud dump?

Glass and Bones, by Makthaverskan 10 track album

There is a new Makthaverskan album out and it’s probably their best album since II makthaverskan.bandcamp.com/album/glass-...

The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul The definitive story of The Clean in their own words. Now, you said it was yesterday, yesterday’s another day Heading round in make believe, I don’t ...

An oral history of The Clean comes out in a week and no one bothered to tell me feralhouse.com/the-clean/

Silent Way, by Shinichi Atobe 10 track album

Finally got a chance to listen to the new Shinichi Atobe album and to no surprise it's fantastic. Kind of perfect "first few days of Spring" release. Aphex Twin influence seems extra present here? plasticandsounds.bandcamp.com/album/silent...

Rocketship: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness Read David Glickman’s review of the album.

Some kind words about Rocketship's "A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness" from David Glickman at Pitchfork. Nice!
Our 30th anniversary reissue LP/CD is out now.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

@sublimebombast.bsky.social @pitchfork.com

Rocketship: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness Read David Glickman’s review of the album.

I got to review one of the true classic indie pop albums, Rocketship’s A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness, for @pitchfork.com in honor of its 30th anniversary. Really proud of this one pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

American Football’s True Confessions When an album they'd made in college became an unlikely inspiration to generations of young rock bands, American Football got back together and hit the road—but can the reluctant Midwest-emo heroes su...

This American Football profile is amazing. Apparently the band reuniting made two of them go through divorces, they’re all struggling with alcohol, and the new album might be their best yet(??) www.gq.com/story/americ...

Katzin: Buckaroo Read David Glickman’s review of the album.

Reviewed the debut album by Katzin for @pitchfork.com For fans of earnest bedroom pop sprinkled with a love of early Orchid Tapes pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

An immigration judge has found there were no grounds to deport a Turkish graduate student who was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper. nyti.ms/4tAxM0X

Engaging in schadenfreude (reading “Wuthering Heights” reviews)

THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE | Chris Richards | Substack Music reccos/rants/prayers/curses by critic and co-listener Chris Richards. Click to read THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE, by Chris Richards, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

@chrisrichards.bsky.social, one of the best writers on here and the Post's pop critic for the past 15+ years, just launched a new Substack and I'd highly recommend supporting it thefutureisourstomake.substack.com

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

The Washington Post Guild launched a GoFundMe to support the 300 writers who were laid off from the Post today www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

Thinking about the Brits I scarred last night by not only introducing them to Hershey’s for the first time but explaining US college debt

So upset. What do you mean Arthur Russell’s new wave band The Necessaries got a deluxe reissue of their output and I’m only just finding out about it? omnivorerecordings.com/shop/complet...

Is the Touring Business Broken for Indie Acts? Artists, agents, and managers say that touring is more expensive than ever, and it's becoming harder for indie artists to make money on the road

Finally read @simonwilliam.bsky.social's piece on the state of touring in indie rock and it's...not pretty www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The first General Strike in 80 years We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before

Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.

www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...

Great record!

paper jam on texas pop and their tweeroes Outside a club in Texas during sweater weather, the Denton-based janglers discuss bridging the gap between twee and punk.

Discovery thanks to the eternally great @see-saw.fun see-saw.fun/paper-jam-on...

This and That, by Paper Jam 10 track album

Mad at all my indie pop and Texas friends who did not tell me about this perfect twee pop album that came out last year paperjammusic.bandcamp.com/album/this-a...

Don't have the movie or religious knowhow for it, but there probably is a good piece to be written about Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold both making grand spectacle films dealing with religious identities neither is directly connected to

Anata, by Joshua Chuquimia Crampton 7 track album

Surprise surprise, the new Joshua Chuquimia Crampton song is stunning joshuachuquimiacrampton.bandcamp.com/album/anata

I think they've tried a few times. I think the executives keep trying to change too much or water it down, and Smith is not game for that (thankfully)

Winged Wheel: Desert So Green Read David Glickman’s review of the album.

Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Station Model Violence, by Station Model Violence 10 track album

Daniel Stewart, the singer of Total Control, has finally started a new band, and if the first single is any indication it’s going to be just as great staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/statio...

Winged Wheel: Desert So Green Read David Glickman’s review of the album.

Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Corner Coming Up, by The Bats 11 track album

Haven’t seen too many talk about it, but The Bats put out a new album last month and it’s pretty stunning thebats.bandcamp.com/album/corner...

The Trump administration plans to restrict gender transition care for minors by barring medical providers from receiving federal health insurance reimbursements if they offer such services. https://wapo.st/3Y3846I

Indie Pop’s Big Year Out And now it is over.

Here’s a good overview on the new crop of jangle pop kids that went up just yesterday by @haydenmerrick.bsky.social (found out about Autocamper through this) daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...

Balloon Balloon Balloon, by Sharp Pins 21 track album

New Sharp Pins album is great/Kai Slater being 3 for 3 this year in terms of albums is truly impressive sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/balloo...