Rhys Langston, Resident Harebrain
@rhyslangston.bsky.social
Doing too much and doing it well
Earlier this month, Frankie Jax No Mad, a fixture of the LA rap underground, was seized by ICE Agents in Portland For POW, his friend & collaborator, @rhyslangston.bsky.social, spoke to him from the facility in Washington where he's being held A harrowing must-read www.powmag.net/p/frankie-ja...
The ICE Detention of Frankie Jax No Mad
After being snatched off the streets of Portland, the indie rapper is currently being held at a facility in Washington.
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LANGUAGE ARTS is one of my favorite albums of this century.
Wow, just reading this deep dive now... Beautiful attention to detail
The Cozmic Blue Autie@thebluestandtruest.bsky.social · 4mo agoTell me your thoughts. Why @rhyslangston.bsky.social Is a More Important Rapper Than Your Favorite
From latest episode of "Why Are We Here?" In which Justin Lain interviews @rhyslangston.bsky.social at the La Brea Tar Pits about everything from code switching to legally buying a gun. youtu.be/Ea0mZgzl70I?...
Why is Rhys Langston at the La Brea Tar Pits? | Why Are We Here
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Toronto, Montreal and more with @rhyslangston.bsky.social Brooklyn with ELUCID Germany added to EU/UK dates with @videodave.bsky.social on sale now mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
🎧Our Top 50 Albums of 2025🎧 Some obvious, some hidden gems. What did we miss? 👇
No Frills Reviews@nofrillsreviews.com · 11mo agoNo Frills Reviews Top 50 Albums of 2025 Out full top 50 countdown is up on the blog now. Check if your favourites made it and discover some hidden gems along the way. Read Here: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/12/21/2...
3 months too late, the vid for "Psychic Rhyming Like Kings Shining" feat. Andrew Mbaruk is out now no fake entelechy utilized in this handcrafted reel music movie: I frame-by-frame animated these lyric cut outs, and sorted through hours of archival footage to collage so youtu.be/OhzAxk3vm9c?...
Rhys Langston — Psychic Rhyming Like Kings Shining (feat. Andrew Mbaruk)
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Album Review: @rhyslangston.bsky.social - Pale Black Negative Rhys Langston’s “rapper’s singer-songwriter record” is a boundary blurring opus as his lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions. Full Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/03/a...
Album Review: Rhys Langston – Pale Black Negative
A boundary blurring opus as Langston’s lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions Pale Black Negative is ostensibly an underground hip-hop rec…
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DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: MAJUNELY 2025 Ruminated on how the personal is the political in rap, the newish records from Moor Mother x SUMAC, @mike-eagle.bsky.social, @rhyslangston.bsky.social, plus 9 other album recommendations. open.substack.com/pub/elmattic...
Dope of the Month Club :: Majunely 2025
Moor Mother x SUMAC, Open Mike Eagle, Rhys Langston & 9 more.
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I got to see @mike-eagle.bsky.social, with Cavalier and @rhyslangston.bsky.social at @highnoonmadison.bsky.social last night, and it was a *great* show. The performances were all super impressive, funny, thoughtful, entertaining, and skillful. Open Mike Eagle in particular was incredible live...
oh it’s groove time lovers 🪩📻 new video from los angeles sweetheart @rhyslangston.bsky.social cop the album here: rhyslangston.bandcamp.com/album/pale-b... youtu.be/2Bo6omYfPlc?...
Rhys Langston – When the Orchestra Is Dreaming feat. Mike Ladd
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Rhys Langston made one of the best albums of the year with "Pale Black Negative." He spoke to Kevin Crandall about genre abolition, learning to play the clarinet, the ICE Raids in LA, coping with grief, collabs with Mike Eagle & more. www.passionweiss.com/2025/08/05/r... @rhyslangston.bsky.social
Rhys Langston Is Too F*cking Weird For Genres
Between playing a dead guy’s clarinet and releasing his newest album, ‘Pale Black Negative,’ LA polymath Rhys Langston breaks down his creative world for POW.
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@rhyslangston.bsky.social’s new Pale Black Negative LP is terrific The live instrumentation, all self-played is routinely warm and inviting The singer-songwriter meets rap ethos of the record leads to some truly beautiful slices of melodic sweetness With thoughtful lyrical vulnerability to boot 🙏🏽
the Neighborhood Gods Unlimited tour starts in a little over a month mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
My 20th project is a rapper’s singer-songwriter album Pale Black Negative it is called Self-produced to the tune of 7 different instruments Featuring @mike-eagle.bsky.social , Mike Ladd, Andrew Mbaruk, Hymnal rhyslangston.bandcamp.com/album/pale-b...
ANNOUNCING the NGU tour where I'm joined by Cavalier and Rhys Langston and a run of dates supporting Phantogram ALL ON SALE NOW this is the first of a lot of news to come. don't sleep photo by @alexsteed mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
"When the Orchestra is Dreaming" featuring Mike Ladd comes out this Thursday, 5/1/25 The third single from my self-produced album 'Pale Black Negative' Out 6/11/25
Press advances of my record 'Pale Black Negative' are going out this week If you want to be added to the blast list, please let me know
Lil' quick fire post of stuff you shouldn't sleep from this week's What's Good drop. Thread of dope incoming. 🧵 blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
What's Good (Week of 3/30/25)
New music from Anika, Aesop Rock, Blu & August Fanon, ialive, Infinity Knives & Brain Ennals, L.A. Witch, Miki Berenyi Trio, Scowl, and much more!
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Hear @rhyslangston.bsky.social and @mike-eagle.bsky.social team up on the airport-themed dance-rap track "Ate The Tuning Fork While I Taxied In The Crepuscular"
Rhys Langston & Open Mike Eagle Share New Song "Ate The Tuning Fork While I Taxied In The Crepuscular": Listen
From Langston's new album 'Pale Black Negative.'
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I got 3 shows in LA this week Tues (today), 2/25 The Stowaway DTLA w/ Aaron Goldberg, Pendleton Ward, Smax Thurs, 2/27 Melody Lounge w/ Beat Cinema Sat, 3/1 De La Playa Records for nahhphet and Dick Chainey's 'Lavender Maze Recitations' release show
Started sending out advances of the first single from my next album If you're a writer / press / radio person and are interested Bang my line
Got ghosted by a publisher who I thought was going to publish my book of poems After 1.5 years of submissions, trying to bend the knee via email feels daunting Therefore, I'm seeking someone (who will be paid) who has experience copyediting (language) poetry so I can self-publish
Reading poems this evening at the Expo Park Library Rapping raps Friday in Downtown
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"Missing Persons Retort (Half-Carton Self-Portrait)" 2023 Acrylic, oil stick, spray paint, epoxy resin, canvas board, ceramic, plasticine on wood 12" x 14" x 3" _________ Something I didn't get digitized until this year A self-portrait of deferred expectation, in execution and surrounding life
Thanks to @nofrillsreviews.com for giving me the space to talk about some of my favorites from this year
No Frills Reviews@nofrillsreviews.com · 2y agoRapper, producer, visual artist, and much more. The multi-talented @rhyslangston.bsky.social told us his favourite music and favourite call-to-arms of 2024. Check out his picks here: nofrillsreviews.com/2024/12/24/2...
