Chris Forsyth
@chrisforsyth.bsky.social
guitar anti-hero
BASIC / Algorithm Free / Solar Motel
"This Is BASIC" out now:
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/
Booking: al@highroadtouring
“There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow (and I feel fine)”
Philadelphia PA
BASIC / Algorithm Free / Solar Motel
"This Is BASIC" out now:
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/
Booking: al@highroadtouring
“There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow (and I feel fine)”
Philadelphia PA
Dates w Steve Gunn in December. CF’s What Is Now will be on the Philly date, I’ll play solo on the rest.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Dates w Steve Gunn in December. CF’s What Is Now will be on the Philly date, I’ll play solo on the rest.
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No one who thinks that a Sly lyric is Orwellian should ever be taken seriously again.
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
No one who thinks that a Sly lyric is Orwellian should ever be taken seriously again.
I think I may finally really truly be approaching a point where I can enjoy a gig based purely on the doing and be comfortable evaluating its musical quality only once I hear a recording, if there is one, with some remove. Nigh impossible to do both in the moment.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I think I may finally really truly be approaching a point where I can enjoy a gig based purely on the doing and be comfortable evaluating its musical quality only once I hear a recording, if there is one, with some remove. Nigh impossible to do both in the moment.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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!!!
Sure friggin wish I was in Philly next Wed for this @chrisforsyth.bsky.social & @billorcutt.bsky.social gig. Got DAM.
Sure friggin wish I was in Philly next Wed for this @chrisforsyth.bsky.social & @billorcutt.bsky.social gig. Got DAM.
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Sure friggin wish I was in Philly next Wed for this @chrisforsyth.bsky.social & @billorcutt.bsky.social gig. Got DAM.
Sure friggin wish I was in Philly next Wed for this @chrisforsyth.bsky.social & @billorcutt.bsky.social gig. Got DAM.
Saw Mulholland Drive at #PhillyFilmFest for the first time maybe since it came out - certainly the first time I’ve seen it on the big screen since then - and I had forgotten how hilarious that film is, in addition to all the other things it is. I LOL’d multiple times.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Saw Mulholland Drive at #PhillyFilmFest for the first time maybe since it came out - certainly the first time I’ve seen it on the big screen since then - and I had forgotten how hilarious that film is, in addition to all the other things it is. I LOL’d multiple times.
Did some spielin’ on The Watt From Pedro Show yesterday. Listen in: www.twfps.com/past-episode...
on-air guest chris forsyth from philadelphia, pa via facetime - The Watt from Pedro Show
www.twfps.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Did some spielin’ on The Watt From Pedro Show yesterday. Listen in: www.twfps.com/past-episode...
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Get caught up on @chrisforsyth.bsky.social's recent doings — great stuff (obviously). doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7975745...
October 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Get caught up on @chrisforsyth.bsky.social's recent doings — great stuff (obviously). doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7975745...
Coca Leaves & Pearls in State College PA (tonight!) and Rochester NY (tomorrow!) this week.
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coca Leaves & Pearls in State College PA (tonight!) and Rochester NY (tomorrow!) this week.
Playing two sets at 48 Record Bar w new trio What Is Now (feat John Moran & Joey Sullivan). First set sold out but a few tix remain for 930 set as I type: dice.fm/event/92g3d7...
Chris Forsyth’s What Is Now (LATE SHOW) Tickets | $14.28 | 9 Oct @ 48 Record Bar, Philadelphia | DICE
Chris Forsyth’s What Is Now w John Moran & Joey Sullivan
What Is Now is a new collaborative project from Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth (BASIC, Solar ...
dice.fm
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Playing two sets at 48 Record Bar w new trio What Is Now (feat John Moran & Joey Sullivan). First set sold out but a few tix remain for 930 set as I type: dice.fm/event/92g3d7...
Suggestions for #BandcampFriday
Solar Motel (Expanded) - 2xLP of the one that started it for me in a lot of ways. Only $20 today!
Coca Leaves & Pearls shirts + “All One Song” EP. DL-only theme music for the eponymous podcast.
BASIC “This Is BASIC” LP & “Dream City” EP
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
Solar Motel (Expanded) - 2xLP of the one that started it for me in a lot of ways. Only $20 today!
Coca Leaves & Pearls shirts + “All One Song” EP. DL-only theme music for the eponymous podcast.
BASIC “This Is BASIC” LP & “Dream City” EP
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Suggestions for #BandcampFriday
Solar Motel (Expanded) - 2xLP of the one that started it for me in a lot of ways. Only $20 today!
Coca Leaves & Pearls shirts + “All One Song” EP. DL-only theme music for the eponymous podcast.
BASIC “This Is BASIC” LP & “Dream City” EP
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
Solar Motel (Expanded) - 2xLP of the one that started it for me in a lot of ways. Only $20 today!
Coca Leaves & Pearls shirts + “All One Song” EP. DL-only theme music for the eponymous podcast.
BASIC “This Is BASIC” LP & “Dream City” EP
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
Second show added for What Is Now on 10/9 @ 48 Record Bar: link.dice.fm/F5f5dbbd0b44
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Second show added for What Is Now on 10/9 @ 48 Record Bar: link.dice.fm/F5f5dbbd0b44
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#NowPlaying on Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bsky.social for @campradio.bsky.social
Coca Leaves & Pearls(@chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - Wrecked Anthem.
Shout out also to @aquariumdrunkard.com @tylerwilcox.bsky.social & @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
listen.camp
Coca Leaves & Pearls(@chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - Wrecked Anthem.
Shout out also to @aquariumdrunkard.com @tylerwilcox.bsky.social & @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
listen.camp
All One Song, by Coca Leaves & Pearls
4 track album
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#NowPlaying on Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bsky.social for @campradio.bsky.social
Coca Leaves & Pearls(@chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - Wrecked Anthem.
Shout out also to @aquariumdrunkard.com @tylerwilcox.bsky.social & @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
listen.camp
Coca Leaves & Pearls(@chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - Wrecked Anthem.
Shout out also to @aquariumdrunkard.com @tylerwilcox.bsky.social & @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
listen.camp
Obv the Kimmel thing is an awful sign of MAGA authoritarianism. This is also precisely why you don’t tie yourself to major corporations. More truly independent voices doing real work (see: WFMU) less comfortably aggrieved Hollywood folks shocked to find themselves in bed w the enemy (Maron, etc)…
September 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Obv the Kimmel thing is an awful sign of MAGA authoritarianism. This is also precisely why you don’t tie yourself to major corporations. More truly independent voices doing real work (see: WFMU) less comfortably aggrieved Hollywood folks shocked to find themselves in bed w the enemy (Maron, etc)…
Announcement: BASIC @ Big Ears 2026
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Announcement: BASIC @ Big Ears 2026
Help out Chris Schlarb if you can: gofund.me/00f142a21
Donate to Support Chris & the Next Chapter of BIG EGO, organized by Joe Cunningham
Support Chris Schlarb and the Future of BIG EGO
For nearly a decade, BI… Joe Cunningham needs your support for Support Chris & the Next Chapter of BIG EGO
gofund.me
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Help out Chris Schlarb if you can: gofund.me/00f142a21
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Very pumped for Sound & Gravity this week/not pumped about some of the decisions I'm going to have to make.
William Tyler vs. BASIC?
Steve Gunn vs Messthetics?
Mary Lattimore vs. Jeff Parker?
Bill Callahan vs. Mary Halvorson?
Have mercy.
William Tyler vs. BASIC?
Steve Gunn vs Messthetics?
Mary Lattimore vs. Jeff Parker?
Bill Callahan vs. Mary Halvorson?
Have mercy.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very pumped for Sound & Gravity this week/not pumped about some of the decisions I'm going to have to make.
William Tyler vs. BASIC?
Steve Gunn vs Messthetics?
Mary Lattimore vs. Jeff Parker?
Bill Callahan vs. Mary Halvorson?
Have mercy.
William Tyler vs. BASIC?
Steve Gunn vs Messthetics?
Mary Lattimore vs. Jeff Parker?
Bill Callahan vs. Mary Halvorson?
Have mercy.
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#NowPlaying #NewMusic2025
Coca Leaves & Pearls ( @chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - All One Song. 4 great tracks used on the recent Neil Young #podcast for @aquariumdrunkard.com presenter by @tylerwilcox.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
Coca Leaves & Pearls ( @chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - All One Song. 4 great tracks used on the recent Neil Young #podcast for @aquariumdrunkard.com presenter by @tylerwilcox.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#NowPlaying #NewMusic2025
Coca Leaves & Pearls ( @chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - All One Song. 4 great tracks used on the recent Neil Young #podcast for @aquariumdrunkard.com presenter by @tylerwilcox.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
Coca Leaves & Pearls ( @chrisforsyth.bsky.social) - All One Song. 4 great tracks used on the recent Neil Young #podcast for @aquariumdrunkard.com presenter by @tylerwilcox.bsky.social
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
Hearing reliable reports that Oasis is playing tracks from my albums “All Time Present” and “Dreaming in the Non Dream” as house music at their show in Pasadena tonight. Can anyone corroborate?
September 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hearing reliable reports that Oasis is playing tracks from my albums “All Time Present” and “Dreaming in the Non Dream” as house music at their show in Pasadena tonight. Can anyone corroborate?
Happy first birthday to “This Is BASIC,” released 9/6/24 on No Quarter.
BASIC plays Union Pool, Bklyn TONIGHT w Mike Polizze and Zach Cale, and Sound & Gravity, Chicago next week, Thurs 9/11
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/this-i...
BASIC plays Union Pool, Bklyn TONIGHT w Mike Polizze and Zach Cale, and Sound & Gravity, Chicago next week, Thurs 9/11
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/this-i...
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy first birthday to “This Is BASIC,” released 9/6/24 on No Quarter.
BASIC plays Union Pool, Bklyn TONIGHT w Mike Polizze and Zach Cale, and Sound & Gravity, Chicago next week, Thurs 9/11
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/this-i...
BASIC plays Union Pool, Bklyn TONIGHT w Mike Polizze and Zach Cale, and Sound & Gravity, Chicago next week, Thurs 9/11
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/this-i...
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We heard the call and we are heeding it: up for Bandcamp Friday today is "All One Song" a 4-song EP of faux-Neil instrumentals Coca Leaves & Pearls cooked up for the @aquariumdrunkard.com Neil Young podcast of the same name. A guided tour of the Ditch!: chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
All One Song, by Coca Leaves & Pearls
4 track album
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We heard the call and we are heeding it: up for Bandcamp Friday today is "All One Song" a 4-song EP of faux-Neil instrumentals Coca Leaves & Pearls cooked up for the @aquariumdrunkard.com Neil Young podcast of the same name. A guided tour of the Ditch!: chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
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CRUCIAL Bandcamp Friday purchase – Coca Leaves & Pearls' Ditch-worthy theme music for All One Song ... Finally, you can enjoy the jams without me blabbing over the top. @chrisforsyth.bsky.social chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
All One Song, by Coca Leaves & Pearls
4 track album
chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
CRUCIAL Bandcamp Friday purchase – Coca Leaves & Pearls' Ditch-worthy theme music for All One Song ... Finally, you can enjoy the jams without me blabbing over the top. @chrisforsyth.bsky.social chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/all-on...
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Congratulations to Cory Doctorow, for coining an all-too-useful word.
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Congratulations to Cory Doctorow, for coining an all-too-useful word.