Michael Tedder
@mtedder.bsky.social
(He/Him) Words for Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Ringer, bunch of other places.
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/
Perry Bamonte went insanely hard on this song, and the entire Wish album. RIP to a goth icon.
youtube.com/watch?v=KKUzrYwB3To&list=RDKKUzrYwB3To&start_radio=1&pp=ygUNdGhlIGN1cmUgb3BlbqAHAdIHCQlNCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
youtube.com/watch?v=KKUzrYwB3To&list=RDKKUzrYwB3To&start_radio=1&pp=ygUNdGhlIGN1cmUgb3BlbqAHAdIHCQlNCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
The Cure - Open - Live Wish Tour 1992 (2018 Unofficial Remaster)
YouTube video by Rema Sters
youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Perry Bamonte went insanely hard on this song, and the entire Wish album. RIP to a goth icon.
youtube.com/watch?v=KKUzrYwB3To&list=RDKKUzrYwB3To&start_radio=1&pp=ygUNdGhlIGN1cmUgb3BlbqAHAdIHCQlNCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
youtube.com/watch?v=KKUzrYwB3To&list=RDKKUzrYwB3To&start_radio=1&pp=ygUNdGhlIGN1cmUgb3BlbqAHAdIHCQlNCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
Reposted by Michael Tedder
It was a pleasure to review the great new Big Thief album for the fourth issue of ANTICS Magazine
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It was a pleasure to review the great new Big Thief album for the fourth issue of ANTICS Magazine
Desire Lines >>>>>>>> Other songs
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Desire Lines >>>>>>>> Other songs
Andy Cohen is leaving money on the table by not trying to make this into a Bravo series.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
MAGA is eating itself alive
From TPUSA to the White House, the feuds are spiraling out of control.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Andy Cohen is leaving money on the table by not trying to make this into a Bravo series.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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cannot believe 12 years of my adult will have been in trumps era, exiting this absurd period is going to feel good as fuck
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
cannot believe 12 years of my adult will have been in trumps era, exiting this absurd period is going to feel good as fuck
It's so cool that the President had a psychotic breakdown on live TV. Even cooler that we got three more years of this.
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's so cool that the President had a psychotic breakdown on live TV. Even cooler that we got three more years of this.
"Breaking up is an option that occurs to too few bands." -Steve Albini
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Breaking up is an option that occurs to too few bands." -Steve Albini
Shameful.
But, there's always room for more names on the Primary Them Now list.
But, there's always room for more names on the Primary Them Now list.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Shameful.
But, there's always room for more names on the Primary Them Now list.
But, there's always room for more names on the Primary Them Now list.
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I don’t know about any of the rest of you but I’m getting pretty tired of this guy’s whole deal
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don’t know about any of the rest of you but I’m getting pretty tired of this guy’s whole deal
It is very important that Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig make more Knives Out movies for as long as they are alive.
By all means, Johnson should also do other types of films, go explore and all that. But we need one or two Knives Out films a decade.
By all means, Johnson should also do other types of films, go explore and all that. But we need one or two Knives Out films a decade.
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It is very important that Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig make more Knives Out movies for as long as they are alive.
By all means, Johnson should also do other types of films, go explore and all that. But we need one or two Knives Out films a decade.
By all means, Johnson should also do other types of films, go explore and all that. But we need one or two Knives Out films a decade.
Michael Stipe! Paul Thomas Anderson! A Safdie Brother! Everyone was at the Cameron Winter solo show. Well, everyone but me. (Cries uncontrollably.)
December 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Michael Stipe! Paul Thomas Anderson! A Safdie Brother! Everyone was at the Cameron Winter solo show. Well, everyone but me. (Cries uncontrollably.)
This is, objectively, the correct answer; you just had to be there.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8iwtn4
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8iwtn4
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is, objectively, the correct answer; you just had to be there.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8iwtn4
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8iwtn4
In other Adventures in Print and This Cult '90s Band Is Now Crazy Huge, Vice has a special Ooops All Deftones issue. It features a great band profile from @iancohen.bsky.social, a range of interesting arcana, and, rather unexpectedly, some Deftones-themed erotica.
Print Is So Back.
Print Is So Back.
December 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In other Adventures in Print and This Cult '90s Band Is Now Crazy Huge, Vice has a special Ooops All Deftones issue. It features a great band profile from @iancohen.bsky.social, a range of interesting arcana, and, rather unexpectedly, some Deftones-themed erotica.
Print Is So Back.
Print Is So Back.
While I knew that they had caught on with Generation Z, I wasn't aware that Pavement were now big enough to have a single magazine dedicated to them, a la Kiss, Taylor Swift, or Ariana Grande.
And yes, the magazine has a whole subsection about Zoomer favorite David Berman.
Print is back, baby!
And yes, the magazine has a whole subsection about Zoomer favorite David Berman.
Print is back, baby!
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
While I knew that they had caught on with Generation Z, I wasn't aware that Pavement were now big enough to have a single magazine dedicated to them, a la Kiss, Taylor Swift, or Ariana Grande.
And yes, the magazine has a whole subsection about Zoomer favorite David Berman.
Print is back, baby!
And yes, the magazine has a whole subsection about Zoomer favorite David Berman.
Print is back, baby!
For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about how Saturday Night Live satirized the Male Loneliness Crisis, and paid tribute to Andrew Dismukes, a Beta King.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Keeping Your Friends Is Hard. ‘SNL’ Knows Why.
In last night’s episode, Andrew Dismukes played a normal guy who just wants to hang out.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about how Saturday Night Live satirized the Male Loneliness Crisis, and paid tribute to Andrew Dismukes, a Beta King.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
While we're all talking about how great these My Bloody Valentine live videos are, no one is talking about how dapper our Shoegaze King is looking these days. We need the Kevin Shields Capsule collection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghrw...
My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When (Live @ OVO Arena Wembley - London, U.K - 11.25.2025)
YouTube video by Miserly Portions
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
While we're all talking about how great these My Bloody Valentine live videos are, no one is talking about how dapper our Shoegaze King is looking these days. We need the Kevin Shields Capsule collection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghrw...
Tonight, I will be at Hoboken's Little City Books, speaking with my friend Chris Dalla Riva about his thought-provoking and amazingly in-depth book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. Music nerd fun guaranteed!
littlecitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
littlecitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Chris Dalla Riva: Uncharted Territory
Popular music history collides with data analytics, charts, and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits and musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and much more. Data analyst and musician Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music.
littlecitybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tonight, I will be at Hoboken's Little City Books, speaking with my friend Chris Dalla Riva about his thought-provoking and amazingly in-depth book Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves. Music nerd fun guaranteed!
littlecitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
littlecitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Aurora was a lovely person with an infectious enthusiasm for music, and we loved working with her. She will be dearly missed.
i found out that one of antics' contributors, aurora crooks, passed away this past weekend. she was extremely sweet and a joy to not only work with but spend time with. hold your loved ones close and tell your friends you love them. it's so devastating when kind, young people die unexpectedly
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Aurora was a lovely person with an infectious enthusiasm for music, and we loved working with her. She will be dearly missed.
The Aftyn Behn race is one nice little post-credit sequence for the too-online progressives before the year is over.
This is the place to follow tonight's election. We'll have our live forecast model turned on.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tennessee Seventh Congressional District Special Election Results 2025: Behn vs. Van Epps
Get live results and maps from the 2025 Tennessee congressional special election.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Aftyn Behn race is one nice little post-credit sequence for the too-online progressives before the year is over.
I'm putting together a round of investors to purchase Warner Bros.
Upon completion of the transaction, I will immediatly instruct all parties involved to make Shane Black's The Nice Guys 2: Even Nicer.
Upon completion of the transaction, I will immediatly instruct all parties involved to make Shane Black's The Nice Guys 2: Even Nicer.
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm putting together a round of investors to purchase Warner Bros.
Upon completion of the transaction, I will immediatly instruct all parties involved to make Shane Black's The Nice Guys 2: Even Nicer.
Upon completion of the transaction, I will immediatly instruct all parties involved to make Shane Black's The Nice Guys 2: Even Nicer.
My friend Whitney wrote a great piece that's well worth your time.
Hi. I wrote a really long story and it ran last week. If you are on Bluesky right now, I bet you have time to read it ...
Gen Z is the audience Hollywood depends on, yet 65 percent of their viewing is older library shows. @whitneyfriedlander.com speaks with showrunners and executives about why new 20-something comedies rarely break through and how creators are trying to reach them theankler.com/p/gen-z-is-h...
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My friend Whitney wrote a great piece that's well worth your time.
I don't think Zohran can charm his way into getting the Constitution changed so he can run for President.
But if anyone could do it, it would be him.
But if anyone could do it, it would be him.
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don't think Zohran can charm his way into getting the Constitution changed so he can run for President.
But if anyone could do it, it would be him.
But if anyone could do it, it would be him.
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I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
If anything, we underestimated how charismatic he is. Trump is smitten!
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If anything, we underestimated how charismatic he is. Trump is smitten!
Can we just not do this? I hope artists have the option to say "absolutely not."
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...
Major Labels Strike Landmark Deal To License Catalogs For AI Music Startup
It doesn’t matter if nobody actually wants AI music; the major labels are still going to push it on us. Reuters reports that Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, the three curren...
stereogum.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can we just not do this? I hope artists have the option to say "absolutely not."
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...