independent music
Music reviews
+6
Apr 15, 2026
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3 min read
Room for one at this table: Verity Den in focus
Movie reviews
+8
Apr 11, 2026
7 min read
Remembering the deluge of '89: National Photo Committee, Lydia Lunch, Orcutt Shelley Miller Yow, Love Chants, Pan•American
+7
Apr 8, 2026
Purple Vu ascending, new stuff from Swedish Magazines, Verity Den and more
Apr 3, 2026
You get a recap every three months over here.
Mar 31, 2026
10 min read
Sunset and pixelation: Microwaves, Foote/Dickow, FRKSE, Mossy Floor, Suburban Pagans
Mar 28, 2026
6 min read
Late but here: Cancer Hourse, LPC, Excess Blood and a mix for paid subscribers
Mar 25, 2026
Happiness/luxury: Lifeguard, CIA Debutante, Bruce McClure, Boogie Witch, The Land Sharks
Mar 21, 2026
8 min read
Tardy with The Notwist, Wizardmaster, Bikini Mutants and more
Mar 17, 2026
Talk about the past: FREE edition with four current records that look back
Mar 13, 2026
Tear lights: Null Mutants, Bill Orcutt, Max Blagg, OUT., Second Story Man
Mar 11, 2026
Review THIS: new DJ set
Mar 6, 2026
9 min read
Breaking News: Fugazi, Derek White, Leda, Automelodi, Welt Star
Mar 3, 2026
Eric Cartman Vs. Lex Luthor: new(er) stuff by Bill Nace, Molly Nilsson, Dog Chocolate, The Black Watch and Vladislav Delay
Feb 27, 2026
Square Root Age: Shane Parish does Autechre, plus other new/recent releases by London Clay, Mod Lang, Exek and Stones Taro
Feb 24, 2026
Rolling it over: Station Model Violence, The Serfs, Flaccid Mojo, Gerard Cosloy, Universal Light
Feb 20, 2026
Caught up (in a one-night tube of air): Laughing Hyenas, Here, Messthetics & Brandon James Lewis, Winged Wheel, Eternal Music Society
Feb 19, 2026
Salve for the impatient: Slugfeast, Sexaphone, Badger Hunt and more
Feb 17, 2026
Bonus week at last: first of three newsletters, with Institute, Drop Nineteens, Van Goth and more
Feb 13, 2026
FREE edition abbreviated due to illness: Ulrika Spacek, OrOrOr, Dial Alaska. DEAL WITH ME!
Feb 11, 2026
Live from Sick Bay: Huggy Bear, Roy Montgomery, Sunday Mourners, Tinned Meats, Geologist
Feb 6, 2026
Hustlin' hard: Picture, E.R. Jurken, Blood Cookie, Itchy and the Nits, Belgrado, Val Acton Loper, Bungee Jumpers
Feb 3, 2026
The onslaught begins: Cult Objects, GUV, Bitchin Bajas, Doe St, Barry Walker Jr.
Jan 29, 2026
General Strike Edition: VU and TV bootz
Jan 27, 2026
11 min read
Consider the order: Molasses, Life Expectancy, Hiraeth, Maxine Funke, The Drags
Jan 23, 2026
Freeze 'em out! Smirk, Richard Youngs, Urlaub in Polen, YĪN YĪN and some Bay Area free rock spray
