Horse Combinations
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a blog about cool songs
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i genuinely believe that the further music journalism/arts criticism in general gets from the magazine model the worse it is. i want to read good and insightful writing and everything about our current media model disincentivizes that
I do not need a music news site to become a social media platform
A New Era for Pitchfork: Introducing Reader Scores and Commenting
After 30 years, we’re expanding the role readers have in our music criticism and giving you full access to the reviews archive
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January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
i genuinely believe that the further music journalism/arts criticism in general gets from the magazine model the worse it is. i want to read good and insightful writing and everything about our current media model disincentivizes that
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
Incredible
Life Without Buildings will reunite to perform their 2001 album Any Other City in full this November to mark fifty years since Rough Trade opened its first record store; tickets on sale from 16 January!
Life Without Buildings to reform for one-off show to celebrate Rough Trade's 50th anniversary
Glasgow art-rock band Life Without Buildings reunite to perform their 2001 album Any Other City in full to mark fifty years since Rough Trade opened its first record store.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Incredible
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This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
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Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
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January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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There is a house in New Orleans
Not the one you've heard about, I'm talking about another house
They spoke of gold in the cellar that a Spanish gentleman had left
I broke in one hundred years ago with a dagger tucked in my vest
Not the one you've heard about, I'm talking about another house
They spoke of gold in the cellar that a Spanish gentleman had left
I broke in one hundred years ago with a dagger tucked in my vest
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
There is a house in New Orleans
Not the one you've heard about, I'm talking about another house
They spoke of gold in the cellar that a Spanish gentleman had left
I broke in one hundred years ago with a dagger tucked in my vest
Not the one you've heard about, I'm talking about another house
They spoke of gold in the cellar that a Spanish gentleman had left
I broke in one hundred years ago with a dagger tucked in my vest
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Build power. Join UMAW. 💪
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Build power. Join UMAW. 💪
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I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information
In an age where AI slop websites have made entire categories of information difficult to find, what we need is Yahoo (or Dmoz): a human-curated list of reliable websites, organized by topic.
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I actually think it's time to bring back the approach of curated lists and webrings from the early web again. Huge opportunity space for hand curation of information
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Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025!
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25 albums from 2025
2025 has drawn to a close and there are lots of cool songs to look back on with fondness despite the darkness, despair, and complacency over...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
25 albums from 2025
2025 has drawn to a close and there are lots of cool songs to look back on with fondness despite the darkness, despair, and complacency over...
horsecombinations.blogspot.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Now that the year's almost over it's time to talk about my favorite albums released in 2025!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/25-a...
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I've wondered the past few years what musical narrative(s) would emerge if we still had a functioning music crit public sphere; which albums/artists would've been lifted up by the shared desire of multiple publications to get a piece of the traffic
so many people invest in music for the love of it and it sucks that the market does not reward that but i admire their (our, hopefully) persistence
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I've wondered the past few years what musical narrative(s) would emerge if we still had a functioning music crit public sphere; which albums/artists would've been lifted up by the shared desire of multiple publications to get a piece of the traffic
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I wrote a letter to a wildflower
On a classic nitrogen afternoon
On a classic nitrogen afternoon
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I wrote a letter to a wildflower
On a classic nitrogen afternoon
On a classic nitrogen afternoon
We've got another new post up this morning, featuring ten cool songs I listened to this month.
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
December 2025 (Part 1)
Hope you're having a nice holiday season! We've slowly been getting into the spirit, mostly drinking eggnoggy cocktails watching an endless ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We've got another new post up this morning, featuring ten cool songs I listened to this month.
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
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The AD list is up. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/08/a...
Aquarium Drunkard :: Year In Review 2025 - Aquarium Drunkard
Looking back to look ahead. The clock never stops, but sometimes music manages the impossible: slowing time for a moment. Our list arrives in the spirit of sharing, and we’re back with our annual Year...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The AD list is up. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/08/a...
Man
Radiohead debuted "True Love Waits" 30 years ago today
[📹: Johnny Airbag]
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Man
Wrote about my complicated Wrapped feelings (obviously bad but also I like seeing what my friends listen to) plus 13 blurbs about 13 cool songs
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
November 2025 (Part 2)
And just like that, another Cool Music November is behind us, folks. December is here and everyone's posting their Spotify Wrapped. I famous...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wrote about my complicated Wrapped feelings (obviously bad but also I like seeing what my friends listen to) plus 13 blurbs about 13 cool songs
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
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Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The Quiet Revolution: Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t...
Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t...
Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Quiet Revolution: Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t...
Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t...
Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
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Twenty year old Frankie
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Twenty year old Frankie
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
Ten new blurbs up this morning in honor of Cool Music November, featuring some stray thoughts on tracks by John Roseboro, Makaya McCraven, Danny Brown, Flamin' Groovies, Avalon Emerson, Seefeel, and more!
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horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
November 2025 (Part 1)
It's been an awesome few weeks for live music in Chicago, in the last few weeks alone I've checked out incredible shows from David Byrne, To...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ten new blurbs up this morning in honor of Cool Music November, featuring some stray thoughts on tracks by John Roseboro, Makaya McCraven, Danny Brown, Flamin' Groovies, Avalon Emerson, Seefeel, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
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I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence
This is a super fun and thought provoking read
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
www.passionweiss.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a super fun and thought provoking read
Surprise new Spencer Radcliffe record! Thank you @orindal.bsky.social
spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/ohio-v...
spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/ohio-v...
Ohio Vision, by Spencer Radcliffe
10 track album
spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Surprise new Spencer Radcliffe record! Thank you @orindal.bsky.social
spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/ohio-v...
spencerradcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/ohio-v...