Heathen Disco Music Reviews #0129 (September 23, 2025)

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The words aren’t coming today, but the music is — had to get a DJ set out of me, was really backed up, and here it is. Recorded live at home, first take, records were on the floor of my office. Haven’t done one in like six months, so here we are. Reviews return Friday — these are mostly more recent pickups from the summer with a few that aren’t, and some recent stuff I’ve written about. I hope you like it, because today, this is it.

Chicago folks: I’ll be trying to hit both the Nape Neck show at Fallen Log and Michael Beach / Axis:Sova at Cole’s tonight, and will be at Silkworm/Gotobeds tomorrow at Sleeping Village. Say hello.

playlist as follows:

• The Archies – Jingle Jangle

• Jeff Simmons – I’m In the Music Business

• Metal Urbain – Lady Coca Cola

• Pain Teens – Shallow Hole

• Bag People – Lark’s Vomit

• Soft Bait – New Leaf

• Six Finger Satellite – White Queen to Black Knight

• Fad Gadget – Jump

• Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette

• The Monorchid – Chompers

• Klon Dump – Dame, vo regars (dub)

• Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell (remix)

• Nona Hendryx – Soft Targets

• Actress – Iwaad

• Space – Magic Fly

• Giant Claw – Pulled Me In Dark

• Kate Bush – Cloudbusting (The Organon Re-Mix)

• Rest Symbol – Twelfth Hour

• Pärson Sound – Tio Minuter

• Alien Eyelid – Petition

• Maura Weaver – Do Nothing

• Lame – Los Funeales de la Humanidad

• Sonic Youth – Wish Fulfillment

• Madonna – Physical Attraction

• NYC Peech Boys – Don’t Make Me Wait

• Shutaro Noguchi and the Roadhouse Band – River Dagger / Time With You

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