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🐛 Bug Heaven 🌌
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formerly Omaha, currently Philadelphia emo band

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Holy cow 🐄- there’s so much great music that dropped the past few weeks. If I missed yours, let me know and be sure to spin it to support the homies

Ft. @smokincola.bsky.social @bugheaven.bsky.social @lastdaysofrome.bsky.social and more!

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November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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bugheaven.bsky.social
here it is. if you can hear me, i hope you hate it.
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Bug Heaven - Wasn’t This Supposed to Be Fun? album art a stuffed sloth falling from the sky above the ocean This record took so long to make, I don't think I'd ever be able to organize my thoughts enough to make a coherent post about it. (I've already been trying for about 30 minutes as I write this.) I'm grateful to everyone who made it happen, and I hope some of you enjoy listening to it. Thanks, first and foremost, to Alex, Kelly, Drew, and Austin for investing so much time and energy into playing in this band with me. Wherever Bug Heaven takes me, I will always miss the first 4 years of this band more than anything. You wouldn't know it from these songs, but 2020-2023 were literally the happiest years of my life, and it was largely due to being in this band with the four of you. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. I don't have a lot else to say, but a lot of people have been involved in the making of this record and in the past 5 years of this band, so I'm going to drop the credits and thank-yous here. Drew Shuck - vocals, guitars, drums, synthesizer Alex Brown - guitars on tracks 3, 4, 6 Drew Augustine - bass, vocals Kelly Langin - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals Austin Elsberry - drums, auxiliary percussion Reuben Houser - guitars on tracks 1, 5, 7 Nick Costa - guitars & piano on track 2 Ian Aeillo - additional instrumentation Lindsey Yoneda - vocals on track 4 Alex Steele - additional vocals on track 4 Produced by Drew Shuck, Ian Aeillo, and Nate Van Fleet Engineered by Drew Shuck at The Elwood, Nate Van Fleet at ARC Studios. and Ian Aeillo at A Sun Room in Omaha, NE Mixed by lan Aeillo at A Sun Room Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE Additional Engineering on "Happy Somewhere" by Nick Costa Additional Engineering on "If You Really Don't Want to Go, I Don't Know Why You Won't Just Stay' by Alex Steele at Old Haunt Audio Art Design & Layout by Alex Brown Cover photo by Sarah Marceau Thank you to: Reuben Houser, who played guitar on a few of these songs and who I egregiously neglected to thank in the last album's liner notes for building more than half of my guitar pedalboard, Alex Brown, Mike Bauer, Yasmine Sayre, and Ellen Magnuson for the merch designs & show posters, David Schildman, Hannah Theobald, James Dean, Ben Semisch, Scotty Fields, Nat Breeden, and Thrash Panda for the photos, Zach Schmeider & crew at The Sydney, Alex Jochim and all the folks at Petshop/Petfest/BFF, Pat Oakes, Bill Sharp, and everyone at InkTank, Anne Hepburn & crew at The Slowdown, O'Leaver's Pub, Reverb Lounge, Pageturners Lounge, Bourbon Theater, Duffy's Tavern, Lefty's in Des Moines, Onion Transfer, Kung Fu Necktie, and Porchfest in Philly, Taylor Eagan, Eric Mellow, Adam Haug/Haunted Gauntlet/Conny Franko/M34n Str33t, Mikey Elfers/Lindsey Yoneda/Vempire, Alex Steele, Thomas Rehbein/Toilet Rats, Thom Flaherty, Jim Schroeder, DIY Twitter, Will Green/Full Blown Meltdown, Josh McManus/isitjosh, Megan Siebe, Mary Holzapfel, Shelby Hinman, Howdy Bates, the Shuck family, the Langin family, the Brown family, the Augustine family, the Elsberry and Ohm-Moser families, JP Flexner and Joe DeCarolis for keeping Bug Heaven alive in Philly, all the bands we've played with, everyone who has ever run sound or worked the bar for our shows, and all the venues I forgot to mention. Everyone who has listened or come to a show so far, everyone who has said nice things or bought merch, everyone who has put one of our songs on a playlist, everyone who has said a kind word about anything we've made - thank you. Love, Drew Shuck & Bug Heaven. As always, for Jmal, forever.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
here it is. if you can hear me, i hope you hate it.
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Bug Heaven - Wasn’t This Supposed to Be Fun? album art a stuffed sloth falling from the sky above the ocean This record took so long to make, I don't think I'd ever be able to organize my thoughts enough to make a coherent post about it. (I've already been trying for about 30 minutes as I write this.) I'm grateful to everyone who made it happen, and I hope some of you enjoy listening to it. Thanks, first and foremost, to Alex, Kelly, Drew, and Austin for investing so much time and energy into playing in this band with me. Wherever Bug Heaven takes me, I will always miss the first 4 years of this band more than anything. You wouldn't know it from these songs, but 2020-2023 were literally the happiest years of my life, and it was largely due to being in this band with the four of you. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. I don't have a lot else to say, but a lot of people have been involved in the making of this record and in the past 5 years of this band, so I'm going to drop the credits and thank-yous here. Drew Shuck - vocals, guitars, drums, synthesizer Alex Brown - guitars on tracks 3, 4, 6 Drew Augustine - bass, vocals Kelly Langin - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals Austin Elsberry - drums, auxiliary percussion Reuben Houser - guitars on tracks 1, 5, 7 Nick Costa - guitars & piano on track 2 Ian Aeillo - additional instrumentation Lindsey Yoneda - vocals on track 4 Alex Steele - additional vocals on track 4 Produced by Drew Shuck, Ian Aeillo, and Nate Van Fleet Engineered by Drew Shuck at The Elwood, Nate Van Fleet at ARC Studios. and Ian Aeillo at A Sun Room in Omaha, NE Mixed by lan Aeillo at A Sun Room Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE Additional Engineering on "Happy Somewhere" by Nick Costa Additional Engineering on "If You Really Don't Want to Go, I Don't Know Why You Won't Just Stay' by Alex Steele at Old Haunt Audio Art Design & Layout by Alex Brown Cover photo by Sarah Marceau Thank you to: Reuben Houser, who played guitar on a few of these songs and who I egregiously neglected to thank in the last album's liner notes for building more than half of my guitar pedalboard, Alex Brown, Mike Bauer, Yasmine Sayre, and Ellen Magnuson for the merch designs & show posters, David Schildman, Hannah Theobald, James Dean, Ben Semisch, Scotty Fields, Nat Breeden, and Thrash Panda for the photos, Zach Schmeider & crew at The Sydney, Alex Jochim and all the folks at Petshop/Petfest/BFF, Pat Oakes, Bill Sharp, and everyone at InkTank, Anne Hepburn & crew at The Slowdown, O'Leaver's Pub, Reverb Lounge, Pageturners Lounge, Bourbon Theater, Duffy's Tavern, Lefty's in Des Moines, Onion Transfer, Kung Fu Necktie, and Porchfest in Philly, Taylor Eagan, Eric Mellow, Adam Haug/Haunted Gauntlet/Conny Franko/M34n Str33t, Mikey Elfers/Lindsey Yoneda/Vempire, Alex Steele, Thomas Rehbein/Toilet Rats, Thom Flaherty, Jim Schroeder, DIY Twitter, Will Green/Full Blown Meltdown, Josh McManus/isitjosh, Megan Siebe, Mary Holzapfel, Shelby Hinman, Howdy Bates, the Shuck family, the Langin family, the Brown family, the Augustine family, the Elsberry and Ohm-Moser families, JP Flexner and Joe DeCarolis for keeping Bug Heaven alive in Philly, all the bands we've played with, everyone who has ever run sound or worked the bar for our shows, and all the venues I forgot to mention. Everyone who has listened or come to a show so far, everyone who has said nice things or bought merch, everyone who has put one of our songs on a playlist, everyone who has said a kind word about anything we've made - thank you. Love, Drew Shuck & Bug Heaven. As always, for Jmal, forever.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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ghstmnthrd.bsky.social
The @lonelyghostrecords.com weekly playlist is updated and includes @phoneswithchords.bsky.social @minitreesband.bsky.social @fanclubwallet.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social @goodsleepy.bsky.social @neokiio.bsky.social @gololimpicomx.bsky.social @bugheaven.bsky.social +more

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October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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lonelyghostrecords.com
Listen to this week's playlist from @ghstmnthrd ft. new music from @minitreesband.bsky.social @barteesstrange.bsky.social @superdestroyer.diysky.xyz @fanclubwallet.bsky.social @scarletstreet.co @ekkoastral.bsky.social @neokiio.bsky.social @bugheaven.bsky.social + more!

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October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
bugheaven.bsky.social
NEW 2-SONG SINGLE OUT TODAY!
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October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
we are finally releasing a record that took way too long to make, title track single drops on streaming at midnight and you can listen to it at bugheaven.bandcamp.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
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hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 24d
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
bugheaven.bsky.social
hey logged off for a while has this site gotten any less weird or is it still just maxed out vote blue lib energy over here all the time
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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flavorflav.bsky.social
I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 17
what's the most random interaction you've ever had with a celebrity?
July 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
me seeing a bunch of posts about yet another album that doesn't have the artist or album name on the cover art
Tim Robinson driving a car with the subtitle reading “I don't know what any of this shit is, and I'm fucking scared”
July 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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perennialtheband.bsky.social
Buying one t-shirt ($20) from your favorite artist nets them more than 6,500 Spotify streams
undertowmusic.bsky.social U N D E R T O W @undertowmusic.bsky.social · Jul 17
Go see a small show. Say hello to the artist. Buy something from them that you can take home and enjoy forever. Everyone wins!
July 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
“fruuustraaaated incorporated” has gotta be a top five 90s hook
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Misery by Soul Asylum on Apple Music
Song · 1995 · Duration 4:24
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July 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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jasonkirk.fyi
As pretty much always, attempting to use the Bible in favor of imperialism is complicated by the act of reading it
Isaiah 6:8-13 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” 9 And he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’ 10 Make the mind of this people dull, and stop their ears, and shut their eyes, so that they may not look with their eyes and listen with their ears and comprehend with their minds and turn and be healed.” 11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said, “Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is utterly desolate; 12 until the Lord sends everyone far away, and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land. 13 Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains standing when it is felled.”[a] (The holy seed is its stump.)
July 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
drummers what songs did you drum along to last time you played for fun?
Your Deep Rest - The Hotelier Cinderella - Northstar Chica Chica - Park All the Way (Stay)- Jimmy Eat World Birds- The Starting Line reindeer games- Oso Oso Balance- All Get Out When You Pass - Somos Eiffel - Foxing Now That You're Home - Manchester Orchestra Dressed to Kill - New Found Glory Still Trying - Midtown Are We Really Happy With Who... - Moneen We're All Thieves - Circa Survive Silhouette - Thrice Remember To Feel Real- Armor for Sleep
June 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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jblainefoster.bsky.social
Tweet from Cait: Zohran Mamdani: I want to make buses fast and free for everybody NY Post: …even Hamas?
June 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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ekkoastral.bsky.social
Today @genderlib.com and activist volunteers took HRT in front of the Supreme Court and then occupied the street in front of the building.

This was in defiance and dissent against Skrmetti, a demonic SCOTUS ruling that will kill so, so many trans people.

Please do not avert your eyes.
Activists release blue pink and white smoke in front of the SCOTUS with the trans flag colors draped in front of them Transmasc protestor takes T in front of Supreme Court & smoke Protestors occupying street in front of SCOTUS Raquel Willis of GLM and another protestor in police van arrested
June 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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jael.bsky.social
Remember the trans rights music festival I threw? Yeah, the money went to this.
ekkoastral.bsky.social ekko astral @ekkoastral.bsky.social · Jun 20
Today @genderlib.com and activist volunteers took HRT in front of the Supreme Court and then occupied the street in front of the building.

This was in defiance and dissent against Skrmetti, a demonic SCOTUS ruling that will kill so, so many trans people.

Please do not avert your eyes.
Activists release blue pink and white smoke in front of the SCOTUS with the trans flag colors draped in front of them Transmasc protestor takes T in front of Supreme Court & smoke Protestors occupying street in front of SCOTUS Raquel Willis of GLM and another protestor in police van arrested
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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jenbyers.com
Last week, Philly PD dispersed the anti-ICE protests by beating pro-immigrant activists up with batons, in broad daylight.

PPD also used motorized dirt bikes to nearly run over people.

My latest:
Philadelphia Police Crack Down on Anti-ICE Marches Twice in One Week - UNICORN RIOT
Philadelphia, PA — The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down. On Tuesday, June 10, and...
unicornriot.ninja
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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2amwakeupcall.com
Dead City, my sophomore album, is now available everywhere.

This album is about grief and loss, and the collapse of everything. But also about being able to put yourself together again after that. I’d really like you to hear it.

2amwakeupcall.com/deadcity to find it wherever you get music
The beautiful Dead City cover art by Evangeline Gallagher depicting a wide shot of a city street from above, overgrown with huge purple and green plants, and with a car overturned in the street below. A composition book lies next to it
June 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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jeffrosenstock.bsky.social
Also CALIFORNIA IS MEXICO! AMERICA TOOK THIS LAND FROM MEXICO!! WE DESTROYED A MEXICAN COMMUNITY IN LA TO BUILD A FUCKING BASEBALL STADIUM!!! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE ICE!!!! FUCK!!!!
June 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
bugheaven.bsky.social
imagine thinking putting 95% of kids back into in-person school during a still-raging pandemic was a really cool thing for a president to do
BlueSky post reads: Biden had 95% + of kids back in person school within his first 100 days in office while doing a vaccine rollout that hit >75% of the adult population and >90% of US senior citizens.
June 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
bugheaven.bsky.social
gonna have some fun down here
basement jam space with drums, guitars, and some pink and yellow
June 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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mcsweeneys.net
"It just really comes as a shock that such accomplished intellectuals, who’ve spent their entire careers pushing the upper bounds of human achievement, could be judgy about a machine that runs the entirety of human imagination through a shredder and glues together what comes out."
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
bugheaven.bsky.social
being a mastering engineer must be so fucking cool. I love spending months driving @theolympics.bsky.social insane with nitpicky mixing bullshit and then sending it off to Doug and a few days later being like “thanks Doug sounds sick appreciate you”
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM