Join us this upcoming #AudioDramaSunday as we celebrate the launch of LFC-003 with a Bandcamp listening party! Great chance to listen to ALLEYOOP (DELUXE EDITION) in full before purchasing. 👀👂 RSVP: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/merch/alleyo...

Alleyoop Audiodrama Sunday Listening Party from Local Files Club

Listening Party from Local Files Club.

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First issue out now! www.earwaxmag.com/ear-wax-news...

EAR•WAX Newsletter 001 | July 2026

In This Issue: * Welcome to EAR•WAX! Jeff wrote an editorial on AI. It’ll be the first and last time we talk about it in detail. * Who would you choose as your dream sperm donor? Adam Cecil writes ...

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To celebrate the launch of @ear-wax-magazine.bsky.social, @vandreasonable.bsky.social gives us his hottest audio fiction hot take over on the LFC blog: www.localfiles.club/5-questions-...

5 questions with Jeff Van Dreason

The founder of EAR•WAX, a new magazine for music and audiodrama, shares his hottest take

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Local files travel well. Get Ms. Shipton's Travelling Tea Shop on Bandcamp or Itch.io today and bring it with you on your next adventure. BC: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/ms-shi... Itch: localfilesclub.itch.io/ms-shiptons-...

The first issue of the EAR•WAX newsletter is out THIS WEDNESDAY - with some pieces on AI in Audio Fiction (boo), a brief segment of an interview with Lauren Shippen (yay), thoughts on who Robyn wants as a sperm donor(any guesses?) and good/bad album art of the year. Subscribe at earwaxmag.com

EAR•WAX Magazine

All Things Ears

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ALLEYOOP (EXTENDED EDITION) A darkly funny take on self-hate and self-help, Alleyoop explores one broken psyche’s attempt to heal itself and the existential hole it digs trying. Available to pre-order on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/alleyo...

LFC-003 is Alleyoop (Extended Edition), a remastered and expanded version of Alleyoop from A. Yeshaiek. A darkly funny take on self-hate and self-help, Alleyoop explores one broken psyche’s attempt to heal itself. Available for pre-sale today on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/alleyo...

Alleyoop (Extended Edition), by A. Yeshaiek

8 track album

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Might try to sell some content for money.

Drew Ackerman (@dearestscooter.bsky.social) stopped by the Local Files Club blog to tell us his favorite sound effect—and four more! www.localfiles.club/5-questions-...

5 questions with Drew Ackerman

The voice behind the Sleep With Me podcast tells us his favourite sound effect

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Subscribe at earwaxmag.com or the podcatcher of your choice! Did I mention that EAR•WAX will be four podcasts in one about music and audio fiction? That's right! I may never have a sleep again!

EAR•WAX Magazine@ear-wax-magazine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Issue #1 of the EAR•WAX Magazine is scheduled for release on July 22nd. New issues monthly after that, but other surprises TBA as well! Issue #1 features two audio fiction reviews, ten 2026 song recommendations, lots of other fun, plus part 1 of an interview with @laurenshippen.com!

Just had a short story drop in the latest online edition of Waxing & Waning mag: free to read! I'm definitely in my lonely-robot-era of storytelling. www.waxingandwaning.org/issue-17/all...

As fans of organized local files and folders, we approve this message. www.creativefieldrecording.com/2026/06/10/s...

Sound Effects Curation Tips: 4 Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Sound effects curation tips for crafting better field recording names and keywords

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Latest project from the creator of SALT BLOOM!

Justin Hellstrom@scratchybananas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Robot Shrines is out now! An hour and a half of ambient music / rain / robots / and a marshland shrine. Behold my answer to all those low effort “ambislop” videos on YouTube. Made in Blender & Unreal, it’s a blast to play this like a game in order to record the video. youtu.be/MzpMFhKo0w4?...

Thank you to @theendupdates.podvibes.co.ap.brid.gy for naming MS. SHIPTON'S TRAVELLING TEA SHOP a "Fan Favorite"! www.theend.fyi/shows/ms-shi...

Scooch over to Bandcamp and download our SLEEP WITH ME crossover for free today — and get a good night's sleep tonight! localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/local-...

I love working with Scooter and the Sleep With Me podcast and was so thrilled to bring this collaboration to life in time for Bandcamp Friday! I'm going to rest easy tonight thanks to Local Sleepers Club. 😴

Local Files Club@localfiles.club · 3mo ago

Our unique bedtime collaboration with the Sleep With Me podcast is now available for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp! Four bedtime stories inspired by our first two releases, in either "plain" or "flavoured with sound" varieties. Check it out on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/local-...

Our unique bedtime collaboration with the Sleep With Me podcast is now available for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp! Four bedtime stories inspired by our first two releases, in either "plain" or "flavoured with sound" varieties. Check it out on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/local-...

Local Sleepers Club, Vol.1, by Local Files Club

4 track album

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Surprise! #BobbysSnacks is back this #AudioDramaSunday! In it, I talk @wgcproductions.bsky.social's #SMALLVICTORIES, @localfiles.club's first two releases, @gabrielurbina.com's #THEHARBINGERS, @midnightburger.bsky.social, @witherburnnews.bsky.social, & more: bobbys-snacks.beehiiv.com/p/we-are-all...

Bobby’s Snacks Vol. 46: We Are All the Accident of Our Birth

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Workshopping a new tagline: “An old idea for new media”. Too LinkedIn-coded?

Our second crossover with the Sleep With Me podcast is out now! Listen to Scooter's very sleepy edition of Salt Bloom over on the Sleep With Me feed, and keep an eye out for a unique release on Bandcamp in the coming weeks. 👀 www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/1434-salt-bl...

My book is out! It's got everything I know about making audio drama! Thinking about dipping your toes into fiction podcasting? You should! Get my book at: talminear.com#howtomakeaud... (ebook is only $7 cause it want it to be accessible)

Excellent article about theatre sound design that holds some good questions for audiodrama producers as well. exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/sound-desi...

Sound design offers infinite possibilities. So why do we default to naturalism?

A sound designer makes the case for abstraction

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Never posted the full trailer for Salt Bloom here! Follow a curious oceanic probe on a lifeless ocean world. An hour long audiodrama + OST + artbook over at Local Files Club on Bandcamp: localfilesclub.bandcamp.com/album/salt-b...

We caught up with @starplanes.bsky.social ahead of the release of their new book, "How to Make Audio Drama," out this Saturday! www.localfiles.club/5-questions-...

5 questions with Tal Minear

The fiction podcast veteran and author of How to Make Audio Drama answers our burning questions

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I'm working on a top-secret new thing, and I'm looking for people to submit poetry and short fiction that may be produced and published in a newsletter and/or podcast in the future. Submit your short poems fiction here. Very small honorarium available upon request: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Say nice things about the albums you love on Bandcamp—including our shows! We’ll show you how in four easy steps: www.localfiles.club/how-to-leave...

How to leave a review on Bandcamp

Write something nice for other people to read

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PodJam is a collaborative podcast making event hosted by PBC, where teams and individuals are given one month to create the pilot of a brand-new #audiodrama . If that sounds right up your alley, then you're in luck, sign-ups are live now!

Bedtime has never been so magical—Sleep With Me is here with a very special sleepy edition of Ms. Shipton’s Travelling Tea Shop! Listen to it whether you get your podcasts and stay tuned for more sleepy crossovers coming soon! pod.link/sleep-with-m...