AnEarful
@anearful.bsky.social
Music obsessive, deeply engaged with an omnivorous array of sound. Keep up with it all, including the Discover Music podcast, at my Linktree: linktr.ee/anearful (He/Him)
Here for it. A free four-act lineup at Baby’s All Right, featuring Nine Perfect Lives, Anastasia Coope, Autobahn, and Starcleaner Reunion. What a way to end the weekend! #livemusic #freeconcert
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Here for it. A free four-act lineup at Baby’s All Right, featuring Nine Perfect Lives, Anastasia Coope, Autobahn, and Starcleaner Reunion. What a way to end the weekend! #livemusic #freeconcert
A landmark recording of Monochromatic Light (Afterlife), an elegiac epic from Tyshawn Sorey, is this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Richard Carrick, Concrete Husband, Sarah Belle Reid, and @TMolotovs. #newmusicfriday anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
A Song For Friday: Tyshawn Sorey
A landmark recording of an elegiac epic. Also: Richard Carrick, Concrete Husband, Sarah Belle Reid, and The Molotovs.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:59 AM
A landmark recording of Monochromatic Light (Afterlife), an elegiac epic from Tyshawn Sorey, is this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Richard Carrick, Concrete Husband, Sarah Belle Reid, and @TMolotovs. #newmusicfriday anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
Here for it: The debut of the Trinket Ensemble at the Miller Theatre! Featuring Alice Teyssier, flute; Modney, violin; Daniel Lippel, guitar; and Michael Nicolas, cello. Two world premieres (by Modney and Rick Burkhardt), Wang Lu’s eponymous piece, and Beatriz de Dia. Psyched! #livemusic
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Here for it: The debut of the Trinket Ensemble at the Miller Theatre! Featuring Alice Teyssier, flute; Modney, violin; Daniel Lippel, guitar; and Michael Nicolas, cello. Two world premieres (by Modney and Rick Burkhardt), Wang Lu’s eponymous piece, and Beatriz de Dia. Psyched! #livemusic
I'm jumping into @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's latest challenge and peering back to what I was listening to in 2001. It was a crazy year so I'm not surprised that some of the new albums I heard came from old favorites. open.substack.com/pub/anearful...
2001: A Musical Oddity
A bracket challenge has me peering back 25 years, to the music of 2001.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I'm jumping into @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's latest challenge and peering back to what I was listening to in 2001. It was a crazy year so I'm not surprised that some of the new albums I heard came from old favorites. open.substack.com/pub/anearful...
A Song For Friday: Clutter. Obliterating guitars feature in a new single from the Stockholm band. Also: Arctic Monkeys, Lucinda Williams, Flying Needle, Jo Passed, Searows, Maria Somerville, DJ Harrison, Colin Hinton, and more! anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #NewMusicFriday
A Song For Friday: Clutter
Obliterating guitars feature in a new single from the Stockholm band. Also: Arctic Monkeys, Lucinda Williams, Flying Needle, Jo Passed, Searows, Maria Somerville, DJ Harrison, Colin Hinton, and more!
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January 24, 2026 at 4:24 AM
A Song For Friday: Clutter. Obliterating guitars feature in a new single from the Stockholm band. Also: Arctic Monkeys, Lucinda Williams, Flying Needle, Jo Passed, Searows, Maria Somerville, DJ Harrison, Colin Hinton, and more! anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #NewMusicFriday
Are The Darts US Tchotchke's evil twin sisters? Watch the video for "Midnight Creep" and tell me what YOU think! youtu.be/itmm1CMg_yQ?... Halloween Love Songs LP coming on 3/3 from Adrenaline Fix.
The Darts US - "Midnight Creep" [Official Video]
YouTube video by The Darts (US)
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January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Are The Darts US Tchotchke's evil twin sisters? Watch the video for "Midnight Creep" and tell me what YOU think! youtu.be/itmm1CMg_yQ?... Halloween Love Songs LP coming on 3/3 from Adrenaline Fix.
Screentime: Elvis Sings A Song Of Himself takes a look at Baz Luhrmann’s well-titled EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert. It’s been a while since I wrote a film review…and I love writing about Elvis, so I hope you enjoy! anearful.substack.com/p/screentime...
Screentime: Elvis Sings A Song Of Himself
Baz Luhrmann's EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert is a stunning series of breathless highlights.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Screentime: Elvis Sings A Song Of Himself takes a look at Baz Luhrmann’s well-titled EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert. It’s been a while since I wrote a film review…and I love writing about Elvis, so I hope you enjoy! anearful.substack.com/p/screentime...
Dawn Penn - No, No, No (Big Beat/Atlantic, 1994) Almost two decades after retiring from music, rocksteady princess Penn returns and handily becomes a queen of dancehall. The album is uneven, but the highlights are high indeed. Yes, yes, yes! #5DebutAlbums9094 open.spotify.com/album/7DLI0K...
No, No, No
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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Dawn Penn - No, No, No (Big Beat/Atlantic, 1994) Almost two decades after retiring from music, rocksteady princess Penn returns and handily becomes a queen of dancehall. The album is uneven, but the highlights are high indeed. Yes, yes, yes! #5DebutAlbums9094 open.spotify.com/album/7DLI0K...
Incoming from Snail Mail…and it’s a nice dose of sunshine 🌞- just what we need on such a frigid day! New album, Ricochet, coming March 27th from @matadorrecords.bsky.social. youtu.be/AgCTkQdArwk?...
Snail Mail - "Dead End"
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January 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Incoming from Snail Mail…and it’s a nice dose of sunshine 🌞- just what we need on such a frigid day! New album, Ricochet, coming March 27th from @matadorrecords.bsky.social. youtu.be/AgCTkQdArwk?...
Discover Music With AnEarful is back with one last episode! Monthly Listening: December 2025 celebrates one concert, nine recent releases, and my Top 25. Feat. andPlay, Quatuor Mémoire, Ensemble Dal Niente, @essvus.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, etc.! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Discover Music with AnEarful
Music Commentary Podcast · Updated Monthly · When was the last time you bought an album from an artist just starting out? When was the last time you became obsessed with a song by someone you never he...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Discover Music With AnEarful is back with one last episode! Monthly Listening: December 2025 celebrates one concert, nine recent releases, and my Top 25. Feat. andPlay, Quatuor Mémoire, Ensemble Dal Niente, @essvus.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, etc.! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Westside Cowboy, a young band from Manchester, explores several styles on their second EP. Strange Taxidermy is this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Alev Lenz, LochHaven, Maya Shenfeld, Imarhan, and Osvaldo Golijov. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #newmusicfriday
A Song For Friday: Westside Cowboy
The Manchester band explores several styles on their second EP. Also: Alev Lenz, LochHaven, Maya Shenfeld, Imarhan, and Osvaldo Golijov
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January 17, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Westside Cowboy, a young band from Manchester, explores several styles on their second EP. Strange Taxidermy is this week’s A Song For Friday. Also: Alev Lenz, LochHaven, Maya Shenfeld, Imarhan, and Osvaldo Golijov. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #newmusicfriday
This new track from Ulrika Spacek has teeth 🦷 - at least the video does! 😁Picto [Official Video] youtu.be/1l2VM9UeE6Y?... EXPO out February 6 on @fulltimehobby.bsky.social
Ulrika Spacek - Picto [Official Video]
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January 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This new track from Ulrika Spacek has teeth 🦷 - at least the video does! 😁Picto [Official Video] youtu.be/1l2VM9UeE6Y?... EXPO out February 6 on @fulltimehobby.bsky.social
Here for it. Advance screening of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a 96-minute film culled from 55 hours of footage from the early 70s. Thoughts to come!
January 14, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Here for it. Advance screening of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a 96-minute film culled from 55 hours of footage from the early 70s. Thoughts to come!
This is your alert that 2026 will include a terrific new ROBBER ROBBER album. Listen now to The Sound It Made and get ready for Two Wheels Move the Soul, out April 3 on @firetalkrecs.bsky.social. Soul movement guaranteed! youtu.be/T2U6rCr9tns?...
Robber Robber - The Sound It Made [Official Video]
YouTube video by Robber Robber
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January 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is your alert that 2026 will include a terrific new ROBBER ROBBER album. Listen now to The Sound It Made and get ready for Two Wheels Move the Soul, out April 3 on @firetalkrecs.bsky.social. Soul movement guaranteed! youtu.be/T2U6rCr9tns?...
Unless I'm even more ignorant about puppeteering than I think I am, this must surely be counted as one of the highest expressions of the art form. Beautiful music, too! Tristan Allen - Act I: Garden [Official Video]. Album arrives March 27th on RVNG. youtu.be/40kuu2fXbVY?...
Tristan Allen - Act I: Garden [Official Video]
YouTube video by RVNG Intl.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Unless I'm even more ignorant about puppeteering than I think I am, this must surely be counted as one of the highest expressions of the art form. Beautiful music, too! Tristan Allen - Act I: Garden [Official Video]. Album arrives March 27th on RVNG. youtu.be/40kuu2fXbVY?...
UnArchived: David Bowie - Life On Earth: A decade after David Bowie's death, I'm revisiting my attempt to describe the size and shape of the hole left behind by one of my artistic and musical heroes. anearful.substack.com/p/unarchived...
UnArchived: David Bowie - Life On Earth
A decade after Bowie's death, I'm revisiting my attempt to describe the size and shape of the hole left behind by one of my artistic and musical heroes.
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January 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
UnArchived: David Bowie - Life On Earth: A decade after David Bowie's death, I'm revisiting my attempt to describe the size and shape of the hole left behind by one of my artistic and musical heroes. anearful.substack.com/p/unarchived...
The ferment of 2026 is already felt in a fascinating new song by Frances Chang. Also: Dry Cleaning, Father John Misty, Joe Glass, Winged Wheel, Clémentine March, Marcel Sletten, Luke Marantz + Simon Jermyn, Kris Davis, and Ken Ueno. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #newmusicfriday
A Song For Friday: Frances Chang
The ferment of 2026 is already felt in a fascinating new song. Also: Dry Cleaning, Father John Misty, Joe Glass, Winged Wheel, Clémentine March, Marcel Sletten, and more!
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January 10, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ferment of 2026 is already felt in a fascinating new song by Frances Chang. Also: Dry Cleaning, Father John Misty, Joe Glass, Winged Wheel, Clémentine March, Marcel Sletten, Luke Marantz + Simon Jermyn, Kris Davis, and Ken Ueno. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for... #newmusicfriday
Here for it: Hiding Places and Bloodsports at Union Pool - first concert of 2026! Good bands at the right price 😂😎#livemusic
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Here for it: Hiding Places and Bloodsports at Union Pool - first concert of 2026! Good bands at the right price 😂😎#livemusic
Catching up with some 2025 concerts, including Thin Lear, Hannah Cohen, Lifeguard, Pachyman, The Thing, and more! Live Log 2025: The Year In Words And Images, Part 1 anearful.substack.com/p/live-log-2...
Live Log 2025: The Year In Words And Images, Part 1
Catching up with some 2025 concerts, including Thin Lear, Hannah Cohen, Lifeguard, Pachyman, The Thing, and more!
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January 6, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Catching up with some 2025 concerts, including Thin Lear, Hannah Cohen, Lifeguard, Pachyman, The Thing, and more! Live Log 2025: The Year In Words And Images, Part 1 anearful.substack.com/p/live-log-2...
Spoiler Alert: @geeseband.bsky.social continues to rule last year! The @rosyoverdrive.com 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results rosyoverdrive.com/2026/01/01/t...
The Rosy Overdrive 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results
The third annual Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll has now been summed, tallied, and assembled! We asked you about your favorite albums, songs, EPs and label of the year, and we got sixty-four different…
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January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Spoiler Alert: @geeseband.bsky.social continues to rule last year! The @rosyoverdrive.com 2025 Reader’s Poll: Results rosyoverdrive.com/2026/01/01/t...
Their discography is as knotty as some of their music. But we cut through the chaff to find the gold - not that we always agreed what that was! Did any of us get it right? King Crimson Albums Ranked on Songs From The Attic. youtu.be/tSjPwxXsp2c?...
King Crimson Albums Ranked
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January 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Their discography is as knotty as some of their music. But we cut through the chaff to find the gold - not that we always agreed what that was! Did any of us get it right? King Crimson Albums Ranked on Songs From The Attic. youtu.be/tSjPwxXsp2c?...
Florist - Jellywish (Double Double Whammy) “…another sublime album that seems to come even closer to touching the infinite. Each of the ten perfect songs presented here creates its own impossibly light and tiny universe…” #5albums25
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Florist - Jellywish (Double Double Whammy) “…another sublime album that seems to come even closer to touching the infinite. Each of the ten perfect songs presented here creates its own impossibly light and tiny universe…” #5albums25
Crate Digging: Stockholm City Rockers. Getting dusty at Mickes, chopping it up at @pnkslm.bsky.social HQ, and packing a stack of wax for my return trip from Sweden. anearful.substack.com/p/crate-digg... #vinyl #recordstores
Crate Digging: Stockholm City Rockers
Getting dusty at Mickes, chopping it up at Punk Slime HQ, and packing a stack of wax for my return trip from Sweden
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December 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Crate Digging: Stockholm City Rockers. Getting dusty at Mickes, chopping it up at @pnkslm.bsky.social HQ, and packing a stack of wax for my return trip from Sweden. anearful.substack.com/p/crate-digg... #vinyl #recordstores
A new track from Detroit producer AF13 featuring Tuareg guitar whiz Bombino is the perfect way to end A Song For Friday in 2025. Also: Musical solutions for New Year’s Eve. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
A Song For Friday: AF13
The Detroit-based producer helps us end the year right with a new track featuring the Tuareg guitar whiz Bombino. Also: Musical solutions for New Year's Eve.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A new track from Detroit producer AF13 featuring Tuareg guitar whiz Bombino is the perfect way to end A Song For Friday in 2025. Also: Musical solutions for New Year’s Eve. anearful.substack.com/p/a-song-for...
I was late to the table for this FEAST of a Bob Marley cover from Lucinda Williams: "So Much Trouble in the World" (feat. Mavis Staples) youtu.be/RiMn6Aktaho?... New Lu album coming January 23rd!
Lucinda Williams "So Much Trouble in the World" (feat. Mavis Staples) [Visualizer]
YouTube video by LucindaWilliams
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December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I was late to the table for this FEAST of a Bob Marley cover from Lucinda Williams: "So Much Trouble in the World" (feat. Mavis Staples) youtu.be/RiMn6Aktaho?... New Lu album coming January 23rd!