Doyle Armbrust
@doylearmbrust.bsky.social
Founding violist for both the multi-GRAMMY-nominated Spektral Quartet and the Grossman Ensemble. Oh, and fuck AI.
Very comfortable with dunking on Metallica’s culture war fence-sitting and any album post …And Justice for All. Less comfortable with opinions here that the band’s stand against mp3 theft was somehow shilling for billionaires. Why, exactly, are we musicians expected to work for free?
Boy is nana in for a thrill when she accidentally double-taps the “t” on this Google search…
“Christopher Columbus discovered DEEZ NUTZ!” —Florence Nightingale #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Got to play the national anthem (with about 200 middle-schoolers) for the @chicagofirefc.bsky.social game at Soldiers Field just now!
@themountaingoats.bsky.social Is there an interview or feature that you feel really got you (and your process) right? Bonus if it includes your lit endeavors…
Hey! We're less than two weeks away from Resonant Soundscapes' improvised live-score performance ft. the silent horror classic "Häxan" (1922) at the Detroit Public Library Main Branch (10/18, 2-4p, FREE, CSJ Friends Auditorium)! www.eventbrite.com/e/haxan-tick...
Häxan
Silent Film with Live Score by Resonant Soundscapes
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THIS JUST IN: Hard music is hard. An absolute delight to be playing a new flute/viola/harp trio by the UK’s Zoë Martlew for Grossman Ensemble!
Reading Pedro Ferreira’s “The Perfect Theory”—his history of General Relativity—and just learned that the Juilliard Quartet once played in Einstein’s home. How fucking cool is that???
Sarah writes provocative music that makes me feel feelings. Get on this, humans.
Sarah Hennies@sarahhennies.bsky.social · 3w agoPrisoner’s Cinema vinyl has arrived, 180 grams of luscious and deep bass/percussion music by me and @successfulartist.bsky.social - out on Friday next week. Limited to 200 copies, order now and help us out a lot! sarahhennies.bandcamp.com/album/prison...
Risen local star Shawn Okpebholo wrote us a love letter to #Chicago, and I think you’ll love it. Like any efficacious love letter, this one doesn’t shy away from pain (in this case, the omnipresent police as represented by the garish whistles) youtu.be/LU4y6_b8xs4?...
City of Big Shoulders by Shawn E. Okpebholo
YouTube video by Chicago Center For Contemporary Composition
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What has two thumbs and just recorded with Verböten’s Jason Narducy at Electrical Audio? Not sure how deep Bluesky goes on punk, but @imleor.bsky.social and @robertloerzel.bsky.social probably know what’s up.
Do you think Richard Gere ever said, “I Gere-untee it!”? Probably like all the time, right?
I’ve seen Patti Smith many times…and every concert is the best Patti Smith concert I’ve ever seen. #RiotFest2026 @riotfest.bsky.social
Double finger guns to the artists making fucking art during the downpour @riotfest.bsky.social Day 3. #RiotFest2026
Kicking off a waterlogged @riotfest.bsky.social Day 3 for me is a band I thought had broken up a while back…but Pretty Girls Make Graves sound fantastic! #RiotFest2026
And of course, TOOL was blisteringly, head-fuckingly brilliant tonight. Closing with Aenema was a gift!!! @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026
Weather has moved all the acts up and cancelled others altogether. Good thing The Descendents are sounding on point at the moment… @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026
Was despondent at not getting to @riotfest.bsky.social Day 2 in time to see NOBRO…but tears of sadness turned to tears of joy as Melt Banana reminded me that fun music can be, well, fun. @totalvibration.bsky.social you like these two, right?
Santigold pulls the crowd on stage for @riotfest.bsky.social …absolutely the most ebullient and uplifting set of the day! #RiotFest2026
I swear to gob I’ve waited my entire adult life to see Tricky live. Nostalgia cascades over me in awesome waves… @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026
Fantastic to finally see Greet Death in the flesh…lush, sweeping songwriting. @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026
