Matthew Perpetua
@fluxblog.bsky.social
Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years... I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind http://linktr.ee/fluxblog
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Matthew Perpetua
@fluxblog.bsky.social
· Oct 13
A HISTORY OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC IN 40 PLAYLISTS - a special edition of the free Fluxblog newsletter sketching out this history with my playlists in rough chronological order, all in one place for the first time fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-4...
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I’ve been getting through this for the last week or so and it’s so good.
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’ve been getting through this for the last week or so and it’s so good.
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good music is good
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
good music is good
"This Tornado Loves You" is a perfect song and so particular to Neko Case's sensibility, POV, quirks, strengths - I love when songs are these little monuments to the writer's existence, something that simply couldn't exist without the precise conditions of their being www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL0...
Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - 2009-04-15
YouTube video by steelygray
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"This Tornado Loves You" is a perfect song and so particular to Neko Case's sensibility, POV, quirks, strengths - I love when songs are these little monuments to the writer's existence, something that simply couldn't exist without the precise conditions of their being www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL0...
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Incredible playlist
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Incredible playlist
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Formative, still bangers.
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Formative, still bangers.
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
Some heaters on this list
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Some heaters on this list
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
A playlist of killer songs from the 90s? Yes please and thank you.
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A playlist of killer songs from the 90s? Yes please and thank you.
King Gizzard's new synth table rave version of "Ice V" rules www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcH...
Ice V Live In Tilburg '25 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
YouTube video by Bootleg Gila
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
King Gizzard's new synth table rave version of "Ice V" rules www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcH...
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
Sure, Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social and I are the same age, share an all-time favorite band (Pavement obvi), and typ see, ohh, ~5-10x’s as many live shows as most ppl half our age, but
NEVER HAVE I EVER SEEN A FLUXBLOG PLAYLIST W THIS MUCH CROSSOVER W MY ALL-TIME “Carleyoke 🎤💅🏼💦” PLAYLIST!
NEVER HAVE I EVER SEEN A FLUXBLOG PLAYLIST W THIS MUCH CROSSOVER W MY ALL-TIME “Carleyoke 🎤💅🏼💦” PLAYLIST!
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Sure, Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social and I are the same age, share an all-time favorite band (Pavement obvi), and typ see, ohh, ~5-10x’s as many live shows as most ppl half our age, but
NEVER HAVE I EVER SEEN A FLUXBLOG PLAYLIST W THIS MUCH CROSSOVER W MY ALL-TIME “Carleyoke 🎤💅🏼💦” PLAYLIST!
NEVER HAVE I EVER SEEN A FLUXBLOG PLAYLIST W THIS MUCH CROSSOVER W MY ALL-TIME “Carleyoke 🎤💅🏼💦” PLAYLIST!
New issue features a 90s alt-rock playlist and some old posts about songs featured on it - Archers of Loaf, R.E.M., Sugar, The Smashing Pumpkins, Juliana Hatfield, Blur, Royal Trux and Pearl Jam
fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
Fluxblog 573: 90s alt-rock golden greats
Plus old songs by Archers of Loaf, Royal Trux, Smashing Pumpkins, Sugar, R.E.M., Juliana Hatfield, Blur, Pearl Jam, and The Loud Family
fluxblog.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New issue features a 90s alt-rock playlist and some old posts about songs featured on it - Archers of Loaf, R.E.M., Sugar, The Smashing Pumpkins, Juliana Hatfield, Blur, Royal Trux and Pearl Jam
fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
shout out to whoever it was at DC Comics who jumped on the opportunity to publish the Compact Comics budget edition of V For Vendetta on the 5th of November
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
shout out to whoever it was at DC Comics who jumped on the opportunity to publish the Compact Comics budget edition of V For Vendetta on the 5th of November
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New playlist 99 INDIE + ALT-ROCK BANGERS FROM THE 90s ...self-explanatory, right? A good time!
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
📠Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ee...
🥦Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🔊YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
the true Fab Four: Agatha, Agnes, Jermaine, and Jack
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the true Fab Four: Agatha, Agnes, Jermaine, and Jack
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
you might think "this is not for me" but I urge you to listen to these playlists containing some of the best songs ever recorded
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
you might think "this is not for me" but I urge you to listen to these playlists containing some of the best songs ever recorded
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
Oooh
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oooh
for your weekend!
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
for your weekend!
you might think "this is not for me" but I urge you to listen to these playlists containing some of the best songs ever recorded
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
you might think "this is not for me" but I urge you to listen to these playlists containing some of the best songs ever recorded
Reposted by Matthew Perpetua
Thanks to cuts to public education, many children no longer know who Bauhaus or Siouxsie and the Banshees are. So I am grateful to @fluxblog.bsky.social for this essential Goth Playlist, which I will be blasting today while handing out candy.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6th...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6th...
Dead Souls: Goth Sounds 1967-1990
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thanks to cuts to public education, many children no longer know who Bauhaus or Siouxsie and the Banshees are. So I am grateful to @fluxblog.bsky.social for this essential Goth Playlist, which I will be blasting today while handing out candy.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6th...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6th...
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New playlist 🇯🇲DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT: JAMAICAN MUSIC 1968-1981🇯🇲 - a selection of 100 reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska classics.
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🟢Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7d3...
🟡Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
⚫YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Springsteen being embarrassed about writing a song with a very strong melody totally checks out if you compare it to like 85% of his material, in which melody is like his 150th priority
I am a "Hungry Heart" truther. Bruce Springsteen didn't write it for The Ramones, he just said he did because he was uncomfortable putting out something so catchy and upbeat. Saying it was for Joey Ramone gave it credibility it wouldn't have had otherwise
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Springsteen being embarrassed about writing a song with a very strong melody totally checks out if you compare it to like 85% of his material, in which melody is like his 150th priority
King Gizzard... Nine Inch Nails... now Tame Impala - we are now truly in the era of the mid-arena show mini techno set and I love it
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
King Gizzard... Nine Inch Nails... now Tame Impala - we are now truly in the era of the mid-arena show mini techno set and I love it
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New newsletter featuring a review of The Fiery Furnaces' live show in NYC this weekend and three playlists covering the discographies of iconic alt-rock labels 4AD, Matador, and DGC fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
Fluxblog 571: 3 record labels that built alternative rock
Deep-dive playlists covering the history of 4AD, Matador, and DGC. Plus, The Fiery Furnaces return in NYC!
fluxblog.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New newsletter featuring a review of The Fiery Furnaces' live show in NYC this weekend and three playlists covering the discographies of iconic alt-rock labels 4AD, Matador, and DGC fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
New newsletter featuring a review of The Fiery Furnaces' live show in NYC this weekend and three playlists covering the discographies of iconic alt-rock labels 4AD, Matador, and DGC fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
Fluxblog 571: 3 record labels that built alternative rock
Deep-dive playlists covering the history of 4AD, Matador, and DGC. Plus, The Fiery Furnaces return in NYC!
fluxblog.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New newsletter featuring a review of The Fiery Furnaces' live show in NYC this weekend and three playlists covering the discographies of iconic alt-rock labels 4AD, Matador, and DGC fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...