HEY, SENDERS OF DIGITAL MUSIC FILES. TAG YOUR SHIT. THAT INCLUDES ARTIST NAME. IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE SABOTAGING YOURSELF AND/OR YOUR CLIENTS. I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR OVER A DECADE, BUT NEVER BEFORE IN ALL CAPS. MAYBE NOW YOU'LL LISTEN.
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@davesegal.bsky.social
Contributor to The Wire, The Stranger, SPIN, The Tonearm; formerly Pitchfork, Discogs / world-unfamous DJ Veins / Made in Detroit https://www.discogs.com/seller/veins/profile
Qobuz users, please do me a favor. Tell me if the mix of MC5's High Time sounds different than the one you've heard on physical formats. I'm either going crazy or somebody messed with a cherished masterpiece.
Totally obsessed with Love's bubblegum-glam mood-elevator "Gimi A Little Break" (12 listens in a row and counting) Surely most fans consider this a trifle, if indeed they've even heard it. But it's one of Love's most enjoyable post-Forever Changes songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPbP...
Gimi A Little Break
YouTube video by Love - Topic
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What in tarnation is going on with PromoJukeBox? First time seeing this.
Annette Peacock's “Real & Defined Androgens” walked so Dry Cleaning could run. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzA...
Real & Defined Androgens
YouTube video by Annette Peacock - Topic
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Reviewed new albums by Lusine (in sublime ambient mode) and Aquiestoy (influences: Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus, Nala Sinephro, Milton Nascimento) for @thestranger.com. @ghostlyint.bsky.social www.thestranger.com/music/new-mu...
New Music You Shouldn't Miss - The Stranger
LusineMelting Days(Ghostly International) The veteran producer Lusine is like a centrist politician whose policies improve your life without making headlines and without you even realizing it. For 27...
thestranger.com
Randall McClellan was one of the deepest New Age cats, and I'm not sure enough people know about him. healingmusicofrana.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...
The Healing Music of Rana - Vol. I, by Randall McClellan
2 track album
healingmusicofrana.bandcamp.com
RIP trumpeter Luis Gasca, dead at 86. His album For Those Who Chant is one of my favorite albums by anyone — a psychedelic/spiritual Latin jazz-rock jam with half of Santana, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Joe Henderson, Hadley Caliman and many more.
It's pretty surprising that the Dirtbombs never covered Love's “Stand Out,” which could've easily have appeared on the legendary Black Chains And Exhaust comp. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sooh...
LOVE: Stand Out
YouTube video by elias vicente
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Out of morbid curiosity I checked out Morrissey's new album, and whoa, the insufferable geezer reverently covered one of my favorite Roxy Music songs, “Amazona.” 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io8G...
Morrissey - Amazona (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by Warner Records
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Finally gripped this longtime want: the 7" of Hot Chocolate's "Go Go Girl." If you only know "You Sexy Thing" and Every 1's A Winner," this glam-funk burner might shock you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMJz...
Go Go Girl
YouTube video by Hot Chocolate - Topic
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TIL that in 1977 John Martyn beat up Sid Vicious after the Sex Pistol insulted him during a poker game. Per Rob Young in Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music.
The influence that Jay Donnellan's guitar tones on Love's Four Sail had on many late-'80s SST releases cannot be overstated.
@davesegal.bsky.social is back with more music you shouldn't miss. This week, he recommends Lusine’s Aquatic Ambience and Aquiestoy’s Chill Jazztronica.
New Music You Shouldn't Miss - The Stranger
LusineMelting Days(Ghostly International) The veteran producer Lusine is like a centrist politician whose policies improve your life without making headlines and without you even realizing it. For 27...
thestranger.com
August gonna be a big month for Henry Threadgill fans...
Shamefully, I've not kept up with James Toth's recent activities. But this 2025 DUNZA album is a shocka, with hints of Billy Basinski and GAS, + “Camo Fleece” beats Ashra & Biosphere at their own game. Now to check out the new OPT OUT. tothindustrials.bandcamp.com/album/dunza
DUNZA, by DUNZA
5 track album
tothindustrials.bandcamp.com
Medium Medium's “Guru Maharaji” might be the pinnacle of Welsh dub-funk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCrB...
Guru Maharaji
YouTube video by Medium Medium - Topic
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"My compositional form is the wave. I've always been inspired by waves … I've always loved the energy system of build and release." Don't miss Lawrence Peryer's conversation with Suzanne Ciani on The Tonearm:
Suzanne Ciani — Speaking the Word of the Buchla
On the occasion of CIANI/ORKEST, Suzanne Ciani discusses handing her solitary Buchla music to a 50-piece orchestra, the ocean and the wave beneath her compositions, and the young players bringing analog modular synthesis back.
thetonearm.com
FOR SALE Alan Silva And His Celestial Communication Orchestra- Luna Surface [looks like a recent US reissue on BYG, cat # 529.312] Sealed, presumed M/M. $22 shipped.
If you had told me 20 years ago that out of all former Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley would be making the most interesting music in 2026, I'd probably have believed you. Orcutt Shelley Miller, Winged Wheel, Sick Gazelle, Riviera Gaz, etc. Bro's on fire. daily.bandcamp.com/features/ste...
Steve Shelley’s Sonic Afterlife
The most interesting portfolio of post-Sonic Youth projects belongs to Steve Shelley.
daily.bandcamp.com
FOR SALE Dungen- Häxan OST [2017, Mexican Summer 45rpm record + bonus EP + booklet] VG+/VG+ (bottom seam split); $70 shipped
New BASIC is the best BASIC. It goes in some fascinating new places and at times reminds me of Horse Lords on a somewhat tighter leash (high praise). @chrisforsyth.bsky.social chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/basic/
BASIC, by BASIC
7 track album
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
PROG! is happening tonight at Seattle's Mermaid Lounge. I'll be one of 3 or 4 DJs spinning. Probably the only spot in town where you'll hear Brand X (w/ Phil Collins on the tubs). www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzj...
Sun In The Night
YouTube video by Brand X - Topic
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The 3 most annoying aspects about the job of a music critic, ranked: 1 Transcribing interviews. 2 Dealing with untagged digital files. 3 Trying to write interesting things about mediocre music.
It's scandalous that F.J. McMahon's Spirit Of The Golden Juice is out of print. Somebody needs to reissue it on all formats, posthaste.
FOR SALE Sweet Tea/Wendy Rene- "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" [2012, Light In The Attic 7"] Ltd-ed purple vinyl. Only US Discogs seller has this priced at $155. VG+/VG+; $130 shipped.
This might be the best album I routinely find in dollar bins. Sandy is one of the best of the American primitive guitar players, and hes got Ornette Coleman's drummer here.
DJ tip: Average White Band's “Pick Up The Pieces” >>> Luscious Jackson's “Citysong”