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🥵❤️🔥 @ekkoastral.bsky.social are back with “𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖌𝖑𝖚𝖊,” the heaviest song from the band to date. The 2-minute slugfest is a baptism in fire that sees the 3-piece D.C. punk band reborn as the harbingers of sludgy dystopiacore, brimming with confidence.
🎥 WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO: youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y?...
🎥 WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO: youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y?...
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TODAY: @parkermolloy.com in conversation with @jael.bsky.social, a musician and a senior reporter at Heatmap News. "I do think we need to start boycotting news outlets that take fossil fuel money." flaminghydra.com/issue-435/#d...
Hill bully elegy
Parker Molloy talks media with Jael Holzman of Ekko Astral; a photo album from Flaming Hydra’s first-ever party
flaminghydra.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
TODAY: @parkermolloy.com in conversation with @jael.bsky.social, a musician and a senior reporter at Heatmap News. "I do think we need to start boycotting news outlets that take fossil fuel money." flaminghydra.com/issue-435/#d...
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🎤 Ekko Astral turns punk shows into mutual aid — proving the stage can build real trans solidarity. More here ▶️
The DIY and IRL energy of punk rock mutual aid
Bands like Ekko Astral are bringing the urgency of online solidarity into the mosh pit.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎤 Ekko Astral turns punk shows into mutual aid — proving the stage can build real trans solidarity. More here ▶️
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"Shallowing” by Maneka drifts like late-night neon over wet pavement—intimate, moody, and achingly precise. Every synth and whispered lyric pulls you closer, until you’re lost in the glow. #Maneka #Shallowing youtu.be/90tcS_H4VLI?...
"shallowing" & "dimelo" by Maneka (official video)
YouTube video by Topshelf Records
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November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Shallowing” by Maneka drifts like late-night neon over wet pavement—intimate, moody, and achingly precise. Every synth and whispered lyric pulls you closer, until you’re lost in the glow. #Maneka #Shallowing youtu.be/90tcS_H4VLI?...
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2026 merch
They should make a blanket that feels like a peel dream magazine song
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
2026 merch
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Living Hour and Peel Dream Magazine talk scoring, LA, and getting back into straightforward rock
Peel Dream Magazine and Living Hour Make Pretty Music
Joe Stevens, Sam Sarty, and Gil Carroll talk scoring, experimenting with rock, and more.
www.talkhouse.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Living Hour and Peel Dream Magazine talk scoring, LA, and getting back into straightforward rock
listen to "horseglue" by @ekkoastral.bsky.social & read Jael Holzman's essay on how this song, and her decision to leave her job as a journalist covering Congress, came to be:
~ > www.topshelfrecords.com/horseglue
~ > www.topshelfrecords.com/horseglue
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
listen to "horseglue" by @ekkoastral.bsky.social & read Jael Holzman's essay on how this song, and her decision to leave her job as a journalist covering Congress, came to be:
~ > www.topshelfrecords.com/horseglue
~ > www.topshelfrecords.com/horseglue
"Maneka has never sounded better, nor has the music been as immediate."
⛓️ @post-trash.bsky.social and @manekadevin69.bsky.social in conversation:
⛓️ @post-trash.bsky.social and @manekadevin69.bsky.social in conversation:
The Maneka Interview: Devin McKnight on the Making of His Anthemic New Album and How Compassion Can Shape the Future — POST-TRASH
Makena’s new album bathes and listen finds Devin McKnight turning inward, riding the tension between the personal and the universal. Post-Trash’s Benji Heywood caught up with McKnight to discuss th...
post-trash.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"Maneka has never sounded better, nor has the music been as immediate."
⛓️ @post-trash.bsky.social and @manekadevin69.bsky.social in conversation:
⛓️ @post-trash.bsky.social and @manekadevin69.bsky.social in conversation:
🤝 @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social in KRUI.fm staff picks! long live college radio <3
read it in full here: krui.fm/2025/11/06/k...
listen to 𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 here: www.topshelfrecords.com/291
read it in full here: krui.fm/2025/11/06/k...
listen to 𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 here: www.topshelfrecords.com/291
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🤝 @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social in KRUI.fm staff picks! long live college radio <3
read it in full here: krui.fm/2025/11/06/k...
listen to 𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 here: www.topshelfrecords.com/291
read it in full here: krui.fm/2025/11/06/k...
listen to 𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 here: www.topshelfrecords.com/291
Tonight in Brooklyn, @manekadevin69.bsky.social album release show at Alphaville! Grab a copy of the record in person. 🤝 Tickets here: dice.fm/event/yop7vx...
🗣️ @manekadevin69.bsky.social has two album release shows coming up ~ nov 13 at alphaville in brooklyn and nov 14 at the pouch in philly. both shows are with @jopassed.bsky.social + fusilier, plus @specialworld.bsky.social in philly too!
come on out, gonna be a good as hell time
come on out, gonna be a good as hell time
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Tonight in Brooklyn, @manekadevin69.bsky.social album release show at Alphaville! Grab a copy of the record in person. 🤝 Tickets here: dice.fm/event/yop7vx...
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Bless up @topshelfrecords.com for releasing this banger
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Bless up @topshelfrecords.com for releasing this banger
🫂 @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social + @livinghour.bsky.social in convo for @talkhouse.bsky.social ~ lovely read.
y'all check out Living Hour's new record "Internal Drone Infinity" out now on @keeledscales.bsky.social, it's great <3
y'all check out Living Hour's new record "Internal Drone Infinity" out now on @keeledscales.bsky.social, it's great <3
Peel Dream Magazine and Living Hour Make Pretty Music
Joe Stevens, Sam Sarty, and Gil Carroll talk scoring, experimenting with rock, and more.
www.talkhouse.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🫂 @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social + @livinghour.bsky.social in convo for @talkhouse.bsky.social ~ lovely read.
y'all check out Living Hour's new record "Internal Drone Infinity" out now on @keeledscales.bsky.social, it's great <3
y'all check out Living Hour's new record "Internal Drone Infinity" out now on @keeledscales.bsky.social, it's great <3
✨ NYC, heads up. Next week on 11/11, Mal Devisa plays Night Club 101 supporting Saintseneca + Radiator Hospital ~ hell of a bill, hope you'll join. Tickets here: www.ticketweb.com/event/saints...
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
✨ NYC, heads up. Next week on 11/11, Mal Devisa plays Night Club 101 supporting Saintseneca + Radiator Hospital ~ hell of a bill, hope you'll join. Tickets here: www.ticketweb.com/event/saints...
Thank you so much to @mynameisblueskye.blacksky.app who wrote a beautiful piece on Mal Devisa's 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒂 for @everydejavurecords.bsky.social 🕯️
Read it in full here: everydejavu.com/blog/mal-dev...
Read it in full here: everydejavu.com/blog/mal-dev...
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thank you so much to @mynameisblueskye.blacksky.app who wrote a beautiful piece on Mal Devisa's 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒂 for @everydejavurecords.bsky.social 🕯️
Read it in full here: everydejavu.com/blog/mal-dev...
Read it in full here: everydejavu.com/blog/mal-dev...
ICYMI: @manekadevin69.bsky.social's mix on NTS featuring tracks by Pinback, Teethe, Sword II, Jay Som, Urika's Bedroom, Failure, Jeff Parker, Deftones and more:
Maneka 31st October 2025
Playing Shoegaze, Indie Rock. Ex Speedy Ortiz guitarist Devin McKnight aka Maneka presents an hour of inspirations behind his explosive new solo record with music from Golden Apples, Tagabow, Pinback,...
www.nts.live
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
ICYMI: @manekadevin69.bsky.social's mix on NTS featuring tracks by Pinback, Teethe, Sword II, Jay Som, Urika's Bedroom, Failure, Jeff Parker, Deftones and more:
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i see people in my feed telling their followers that conde’s illegal and retaliatory activities against my friends somehow is cause for boycotting some of the few news publications that still do great work in this industry, ones made up of fellow union members who still need to put bread on tables
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
i see people in my feed telling their followers that conde’s illegal and retaliatory activities against my friends somehow is cause for boycotting some of the few news publications that still do great work in this industry, ones made up of fellow union members who still need to put bread on tables
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please listen to the union’s calls to action when a company does something illegal and retaliatory to its employees instead of just blindly canceling or boycotting the company because someone craving engagement told you to do so
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
please listen to the union’s calls to action when a company does something illegal and retaliatory to its employees instead of just blindly canceling or boycotting the company because someone craving engagement told you to do so
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here’s your sunday read: how fossil fuel ads, islamophobia and self-hatred in the beltway press corpse led me to write “horseglue,” a two-minute clarion call for accountability in the mainstream media.
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
“Can’t believe I’m just a dateline to my friends.”
The story of “horseglue” by Ekko Astral.
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
here’s your sunday read: how fossil fuel ads, islamophobia and self-hatred in the beltway press corpse led me to write “horseglue,” a two-minute clarion call for accountability in the mainstream media.
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
Subsonic Eye contributed a track to this fundraiser compilation from kittywurecords.com, with all proceeds from this & the previous volume donated to Love Aid Singapore (loveaidsg on IG) at the end of Nov, supporting humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Give what you can at the link below. Free Palestine.
Give what you can at the link below. Free Palestine.
Still Louder Than Silence - Fundraising Compilation 2, by KittyWu Records
17 track album
kittywurecords.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Subsonic Eye contributed a track to this fundraiser compilation from kittywurecords.com, with all proceeds from this & the previous volume donated to Love Aid Singapore (loveaidsg on IG) at the end of Nov, supporting humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Give what you can at the link below. Free Palestine.
Give what you can at the link below. Free Palestine.
"the type of record best played on repeat with undivided attention, a treasure trove of deranged sonics that lend to gorgeous walls of sound and a delightfully warped sense of accessibility." 🧡 thanks @post-trash.bsky.social! listen to @manekadevin69.bsky.social!
post-trash.com/news/2025/10...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"the type of record best played on repeat with undivided attention, a treasure trove of deranged sonics that lend to gorgeous walls of sound and a delightfully warped sense of accessibility." 🧡 thanks @post-trash.bsky.social! listen to @manekadevin69.bsky.social!
post-trash.com/news/2025/10...
post-trash.com/news/2025/10...
💌 thanks so much @rosyoverdrive.com for such a thoughtful @manekadevin69.bsky.social review:
"𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 can certainly hold its own against some of the biggest names currently making music that is (correctly or otherwise) called 'shoegaze.'"
"𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 can certainly hold its own against some of the biggest names currently making music that is (correctly or otherwise) called 'shoegaze.'"
New blog post! Wrote about new albums from Maneka @manekadevin69.bsky.social @topshelfrecords.com, Camp Trash @camptrashband.bsky.social @cylsrecords.bsky.social, Radioactivity, and Andrés Miguel Cervantes @speakeasystudiossf.bsky.social:
Pressing Concerns: Maneka, Camp Trash, Radioactivity, Andrés Miguel Cervantes
Welcome to the Thursday Pressing Concerns, featuring three albums coming out tomorrow, October 31st (from Camp Trash, Radioactivity, and Andrés Miguel Cervantes), plus one album that came out yeste…
rosyoverdrive.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
💌 thanks so much @rosyoverdrive.com for such a thoughtful @manekadevin69.bsky.social review:
"𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 can certainly hold its own against some of the biggest names currently making music that is (correctly or otherwise) called 'shoegaze.'"
"𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 can certainly hold its own against some of the biggest names currently making music that is (correctly or otherwise) called 'shoegaze.'"
friends in the UK can save on shipping costs and order the new limited edition @manekadevin69.bsky.social "shallowing" variant LP from devildogdistro.com below. in stock + shipping out already! 🪞🪞🪞
Maneka "bathes and listens" LP
LP - 'Shallowing' vinyl ltd 200🚛 - In Stock & Shipping In addition to past work in bands Speedy Ortiz and Grass is Green, Devin McKnight has long written his own music as Maneka, releasing his sol...
devildogdistro.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
friends in the UK can save on shipping costs and order the new limited edition @manekadevin69.bsky.social "shallowing" variant LP from devildogdistro.com below. in stock + shipping out already! 🪞🪞🪞
happy halloween 👻 today AT 2PM EST, NTS is hosting a special guest mix from @manekadevin69.bsky.social ~ an hour of inspirations specially curated by devin 🌀
if you aren't able to listen live later, the show will be archived and available to hear starting monday:
www.nts.live/shows/guests...
if you aren't able to listen live later, the show will be archived and available to hear starting monday:
www.nts.live/shows/guests...
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
happy halloween 👻 today AT 2PM EST, NTS is hosting a special guest mix from @manekadevin69.bsky.social ~ an hour of inspirations specially curated by devin 🌀
if you aren't able to listen live later, the show will be archived and available to hear starting monday:
www.nts.live/shows/guests...
if you aren't able to listen live later, the show will be archived and available to hear starting monday:
www.nts.live/shows/guests...
🪞⚔️ HAPPY MANEKA DAY TO ALL ⚔️🪞
@manekadevin69.bsky.social's fantastic new record 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 is out today. extremes are a fixture of Devin’s songwriting here, "touring through the ripping, distorted, and adventurous cracks and corners of his sound" to make his strongest work to date.
@manekadevin69.bsky.social's fantastic new record 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 is out today. extremes are a fixture of Devin’s songwriting here, "touring through the ripping, distorted, and adventurous cracks and corners of his sound" to make his strongest work to date.
October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🪞⚔️ HAPPY MANEKA DAY TO ALL ⚔️🪞
@manekadevin69.bsky.social's fantastic new record 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 is out today. extremes are a fixture of Devin’s songwriting here, "touring through the ripping, distorted, and adventurous cracks and corners of his sound" to make his strongest work to date.
@manekadevin69.bsky.social's fantastic new record 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔 is out today. extremes are a fixture of Devin’s songwriting here, "touring through the ripping, distorted, and adventurous cracks and corners of his sound" to make his strongest work to date.