David Glickman
@sublimebombast.bsky.social
Freelance Music Writer. Stuff at Pitchfork, RA, CREEM, and Bandcamp. Former bookseller at McNally Jackson.
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Winged Wheel: Desert So Green
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Reviewed the debut album by Katzin for @pitchfork.com For fans of earnest bedroom pop sprinkled with a love of early Orchid Tapes pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Katzin: Buckaroo
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February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Reviewed the debut album by Katzin for @pitchfork.com For fans of earnest bedroom pop sprinkled with a love of early Orchid Tapes pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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An immigration judge has found there were no grounds to deport a Turkish graduate student who was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper. nyti.ms/4tAxM0X
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
An immigration judge has found there were no grounds to deport a Turkish graduate student who was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper. nyti.ms/4tAxM0X
Engaging in schadenfreude (reading “Wuthering Heights” reviews)
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Engaging in schadenfreude (reading “Wuthering Heights” reviews)
The Washington Post Guild launched a GoFundMe to support the 300 writers who were laid off from the Post today www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The Washington Post Guild launched a GoFundMe to support the 300 writers who were laid off from the Post today www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Thinking about the Brits I scarred last night by not only introducing them to Hershey’s for the first time but explaining US college debt
February 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Thinking about the Brits I scarred last night by not only introducing them to Hershey’s for the first time but explaining US college debt
So upset. What do you mean Arthur Russell’s new wave band The Necessaries got a deluxe reissue of their output and I’m only just finding out about it? omnivorerecordings.com/shop/complet...
The Necessaries — Completely Necessary (Anthology 1978-1982) – Omnivore Recordings
omnivorerecordings.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
So upset. What do you mean Arthur Russell’s new wave band The Necessaries got a deluxe reissue of their output and I’m only just finding out about it? omnivorerecordings.com/shop/complet...
Finally read @simonwilliam.bsky.social's piece on the state of touring in indie rock and it's...not pretty www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Is the Touring Business Broken for Indie Acts?
Artists, agents, and managers say that touring is more expensive than ever, and it's becoming harder for indie artists to make money on the road
www.rollingstone.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Finally read @simonwilliam.bsky.social's piece on the state of touring in indie rock and it's...not pretty www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
The first General Strike in 80 years
We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before
www.jphilll.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
Mad at all my indie pop and Texas friends who did not tell me about this perfect twee pop album that came out last year paperjammusic.bandcamp.com/album/this-a...
This and That, by Paper Jam
10 track album
paperjammusic.bandcamp.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Mad at all my indie pop and Texas friends who did not tell me about this perfect twee pop album that came out last year paperjammusic.bandcamp.com/album/this-a...
Don't have the movie or religious knowhow for it, but there probably is a good piece to be written about Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold both making grand spectacle films dealing with religious identities neither is directly connected to
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Don't have the movie or religious knowhow for it, but there probably is a good piece to be written about Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold both making grand spectacle films dealing with religious identities neither is directly connected to
Surprise surprise, the new Joshua Chuquimia Crampton song is stunning joshuachuquimiacrampton.bandcamp.com/album/anata
Anata, by Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
7 track album
joshuachuquimiacrampton.bandcamp.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Surprise surprise, the new Joshua Chuquimia Crampton song is stunning joshuachuquimiacrampton.bandcamp.com/album/anata
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Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Winged Wheel: Desert So Green
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Daniel Stewart, the singer of Total Control, has finally started a new band, and if the first single is any indication it’s going to be just as great staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/statio...
Station Model Violence, by Station Model Violence
10 track album
staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Daniel Stewart, the singer of Total Control, has finally started a new band, and if the first single is any indication it’s going to be just as great staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/statio...
Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Winged Wheel: Desert So Green
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Reviewed the new Winged Wheel album for @pitchfork.com, a supergroup of sorts made up of members of Sonic Youth, Spray Paint, Water Damage playing cosmic krautrock and experimental post punk. I dug it quite a bit pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Haven’t seen too many talk about it, but The Bats put out a new album last month and it’s pretty stunning thebats.bandcamp.com/album/corner...
Corner Coming Up, by The Bats
11 track album
thebats.bandcamp.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Haven’t seen too many talk about it, but The Bats put out a new album last month and it’s pretty stunning thebats.bandcamp.com/album/corner...
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The Trump administration plans to restrict gender transition care for minors by barring medical providers from receiving federal health insurance reimbursements if they offer such services. https://wapo.st/3Y3846I
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Trump administration plans to restrict gender transition care for minors by barring medical providers from receiving federal health insurance reimbursements if they offer such services. https://wapo.st/3Y3846I
New Sharp Pins album is great/Kai Slater being 3 for 3 this year in terms of albums is truly impressive sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/balloo...
Balloon Balloon Balloon, by Sharp Pins
21 track album
sharppins.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New Sharp Pins album is great/Kai Slater being 3 for 3 this year in terms of albums is truly impressive sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/balloo...
Checked this out of morbid curiosity cuz this review is going around my corner of social media and I’m kind of aghast that it exists. Just some of the blandest, most uninteresting takes on early 2000s radio rock that was already some of the blandest music that existed! pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
After: After EP / After EP 2
Read Billie Bugara’s review of the EPs.
pitchfork.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Checked this out of morbid curiosity cuz this review is going around my corner of social media and I’m kind of aghast that it exists. Just some of the blandest, most uninteresting takes on early 2000s radio rock that was already some of the blandest music that existed! pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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There is a fantastic mix of scrappy, rough and tumble indie pop coming from the Midwest, and I got to write about one of my favorites, Good Flying Birds’ Talulah Tape for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Good Flying Birds: Talulah’s Tape
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is a fantastic mix of scrappy, rough and tumble indie pop coming from the Midwest, and I got to write about one of my favorites, Good Flying Birds’ Talulah Tape for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
There is a fantastic mix of scrappy, rough and tumble indie pop coming from the Midwest, and I got to write about one of my favorites, Good Flying Birds’ Talulah Tape for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Good Flying Birds: Talulah’s Tape
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is a fantastic mix of scrappy, rough and tumble indie pop coming from the Midwest, and I got to write about one of my favorites, Good Flying Birds’ Talulah Tape for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Back in 2010, my friend Tom made me a mix CD with a slightly obscure @dischord.com band on it that I quickly became obsessed with. 15 years later Black Eyes have finally put out a new album and I got to review it for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Black Eyes: Hostile Design
Read David Glickman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Back in 2010, my friend Tom made me a mix CD with a slightly obscure @dischord.com band on it that I quickly became obsessed with. 15 years later Black Eyes have finally put out a new album and I got to review it for @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Help out the old VIBE staff if you can www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
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November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Help out the old VIBE staff if you can www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Can’t wait to invalidate his legacy by electing the first socialist Muslim mayor of New York today
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died. He leaves behind a legacy of war, torture and impunity.
“The Dark Side”: Dick Cheney’s Legacy from Iraq Invasion to U.S. Torture Program
Dick Cheney, the former vice president and one of the key architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died Monday at age 84. Cheney served six terms in Congress as Wyoming’s lone representative befo...
www.democracynow.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Can’t wait to invalidate his legacy by electing the first socialist Muslim mayor of New York today
Got to vote for Zohran today
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Got to vote for Zohran today
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Deerhunter come back we miss you
Deerhunter’s ‘Fading Frontier,’ one of the best albums of 2015, was released 10 years ago today
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Deerhunter come back we miss you