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fuck the noise. get off the internet. DM or email (caltropspress@gmail.com) to cop zines. caltropspress.tumblr.com
FYI, @caltropspress.bsky.social is releasing a two-volume biography of Anticon, "Catch Us Before We Fall Off," on September 29. Click on the link for a YouTube teaser. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qK...
Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon.
YouTube video by Caltrops Press
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New stack of @caltropspress.bsky.social rap zines are now available at Amoeba Berkeley! Limited quantities of issues #15-#29 on display in our Hip Hop section. Thoughtful prose for the discerning ear.
I absolutely love this idea from @caltropspress.bsky.social , to say nothing of the verse from RAMA caltropspress.substack.com/p/caltrops-q...
Caltrops Quotable ~ RAMA
A luminous verse for the month of October 2025
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𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨' 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙒𝙊𝙂 ᴄᴀʟᴛʀᴏᴘꜱ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇ 23 available now including the final installment of my writings on the album 32 pages with a staple-bound, kraft cardstock cover DM or email (caltropspress@gmail.com) to cop 💀 read + subscribe 💀
ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕖𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝: 95 ᴅᴇꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʀᴀᴘ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ꜱᴜɴᴍᴜɴᴅɪ & ꜱᴀꜱᴄᴏ’ꜱ "ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ" thee album of the year courtesy of Sunmundi & @sascomusic.bsky.social 💀 💻 💾 🌐 read [incl. footnotes!] + subscribe [if u desire]
ＲＡＰＳ ＋ ＣＲＡＦＴＳ ＃４１: ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER one of the most talented eMCees operating today: a relentless, catch reckless, rhizomatically rhyming within the static microphone fiend. 💀 read + subscribe 💀
ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ [ʜᴀʀꜱʜ] ɴᴏɪꜱᴇ [ᴡᴀʟʟ]: ᴬᵈʲᵃᶜᵉⁿᶜⁱᵉˢ & ᴬᶜᶜᵉⁿᵗᵘᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ & ᴬˡˢᵒˢ ᵒᶠ ᴰᵉᶠʳᵃᵍ ᴿᵃᵖ words on the continued racket, rips, + panics of... UURYDON ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER MILLENIUM herratic Fatboi Sharif GDP
Caltrops Issue 22: The Birth of Defrag Rap is available for order now. -Sage green cardstock cover (limited to 50 copies). -Staple-bound -Cover photography by Suchi -28 pages
ɪᴛ’ꜱ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴀ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴇꜱ: 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜’ 𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 “𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎” 💀 read + subscribe 💀
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗚 𝗥𝗔𝗣: ɴᴏᴛᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴜʙ[ᴛᴇʀʀᴀɴᴇᴀɴ]ɢᴇɴʀᴇ a critikal + choral look at the incendiary recent work of... shemar Outside House KLG Klergé xdeadbeat Snotnoze Saleem MILLENIUM ÅGHETTOPHĮLOSØPHER
Oooh Chef Mike, Detroit's Alchemist Stunt Double, really outdid himself on the CD layout flipping that @caltropspress.bsky.social main piece sankofa.bandcamp.com/album/monste...
(if i havent already done so) please allow me recommend joe rathgeber's poetry collection, GANGSTA LIEN. it's my absolute favorite collection of the 21st century. im not sure any copies remain but check with joe @caltropspress.bsky.social — i know ive rec'd it before but i can't recall to who.
An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
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No School is OUT NOW! stream / download / pre-order the vinyl here: gregdavis.bandcamp.com/album/no-sch...
No School, by Asterisk
15 track album
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𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜' "𝙱𝙻𝙺 𝚉𝙼𝙱𝚈": 𝘈 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 + 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 + 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 💀🖤💀
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜: 𝘈 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘭-𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴' "𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺" 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 + 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 + 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 💀🖤💀
𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔶-𝔬𝔫𝔢 featuring： ＥＬＵＣＩＤ ｄｏｓｅｏｎｅ @doseone.bsky.social Ｈｅｍｌｏｃｋ Ｅｒｎｓｔ ｍｉｌｅｓ ｃｏｏｋｅ @milescooked.bsky.social essay, show reviews, interview, poem minimal design; muted blue available now. DM/email for a copy. 💀
𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗦 + 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗦 #𝟯𝟵: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗱 poet-rapper? rapper-poet? when you've been this dope for this long, the distinctions blur and we luxuriate in the words that level us. learn a bit about the legend Mike Ladd's writing habits. 💀 read + subscribe 💀
FUCK WHO THAT I OFFEND, Vol. 1 𝔄 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔬𝔣𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰. 💀 subscribe + support 💀
My esteemed colleague @misterminsoo.bsky.social is too busy getting dragged across X by K-pop enthusiasts to post here so it is incumbent on me to share this sprawling 9K-word interview of the many-ringed and -voiced @doseone.bsky.social. Do enjoy! toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-...
Tone Glow 179: Doseone
An interview with rapper Doseone about Alan Moore, cats, and his new album 'All Portrait, No Chorus'
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talked to the hometown alt-weekly about my music and general philosophy ahead of my show with BASIC (@chrisforsyth.bsky.social nem) on tuesday 3/11 at @richmondmusichall.bsky.social
A Musical Catharsis
The fertile and psychedelic synth sounds of Gardener.
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ＲＡＰＳ ＋ ＣＲＡＦＴＳ ＃３8: Kevin Beacham The scholarly MC presently known as 7x3=21, fresh off his album with @augustfanon.bsky.social, takes the time to excavate his personal and artistic history. Are you an overthinker? You might find a kindred spirit here. read + subscribe 💀
@caltropspress.bsky.social asked me for the best Robert Pollard solo album. I realized I’ve never listened to one. So I’m gonna go through them all. Why am I not surprised he has like fucking thirty of em 🫨 tidal.com/album/632811...
Robert Pollard - Not in My Airforce
Listen to Not in My Airforce on your streaming service
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I've been blessed to hear this new @saccoandvanzetti.bsky.social record and yeeesh There's a propulsion here created by the avalanche of grief of modern (middle aged) life and the refusal to acquiesce to it. Dylan Thomas would be proud theshah.bandcamp.com/album/sorry-...
Sorry For Your Loss, by Sacco & Vanzetti
12 track album
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