Zachary Lipez
@zacharylipez.bsky.social
Editor at large for Creem Magazine. I am in a couple bands with people who are in other, more successful, bands. Like your mom, I have a newsletter.
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I absolutely love the latest entry in our new North American music column
My absolute fave MaxelleTalena has her first piece up at The Quietus this week and it’s a doozy: trü underground nyc noise and pop narcotics, w/ H20 and Michael Rappaport slander thrown in for taste. I guarantee that this is the stuff not covered anywhere else. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed.
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I absolutely love the latest entry in our new North American music column
My absolute fave MaxelleTalena has her first piece up at The Quietus this week and it’s a doozy: trü underground nyc noise and pop narcotics, w/ H20 and Michael Rappaport slander thrown in for taste. I guarantee that this is the stuff not covered anywhere else. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed.
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My absolute fave MaxelleTalena has her first piece up at The Quietus this week and it’s a doozy: trü underground nyc noise and pop narcotics, w/ H20 and Michael Rappaport slander thrown in for taste. I guarantee that this is the stuff not covered anywhere else. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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2000 or so words on my 150 favorite albums from 1986 + questionable claims I made in a famous Creem profile I wrote about the Beastie Boys back then, such as whether metal or rap had a better year & were major labels as bad as I thought, & how come I left out that Prince album everybody loves now.
150 Best Albums of 1986
I know it’s the equivalent of rock bands whining about how tired they are of always playing their biggest hit (“No way will I do that bloody wedding song!,” a solo-tour-prepping Robert Plant once prom...
chuckeddy.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
2000 or so words on my 150 favorite albums from 1986 + questionable claims I made in a famous Creem profile I wrote about the Beastie Boys back then, such as whether metal or rap had a better year & were major labels as bad as I thought, & how come I left out that Prince album everybody loves now.
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The latest @thequietus.com column looking at US music scenes/communities reaches the Big Apple: "There’s a lot to be mad about and there’s a lot to fight for. I love this city, and I genuinely believe that we will continue to adapt and make great art no matter what."
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena in the latest of tQ’s dispatches from the North American underground. It’s being killed.
thequietus.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The latest @thequietus.com column looking at US music scenes/communities reaches the Big Apple: "There’s a lot to be mad about and there’s a lot to fight for. I love this city, and I genuinely believe that we will continue to adapt and make great art no matter what."
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
I’m doing this reading on Sunday with a bunch of people who are half my age and twice as smart as me so come laugh and jeer at the display I will put on! Also not sure what I’ll read as I’ve never been cheated on (too handsome).
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m doing this reading on Sunday with a bunch of people who are half my age and twice as smart as me so come laugh and jeer at the display I will put on! Also not sure what I’ll read as I’ve never been cheated on (too handsome).
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'New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena, it’s being killed. From jumpstyle to hardcore punk, from hip hop to garage rock, she introduces five key artists keeping the flame alive'
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
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North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'New York isn’t dead, says Maxelle Talena, it’s being killed. From jumpstyle to hardcore punk, from hip hop to garage rock, she introduces five key artists keeping the flame alive'
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
buff.ly/PKflZeL
North American Music: tQ in New York City, by Maxelle Talena
buff.ly/PKflZeL
Going to see Throwing Muses for the first time tonight and I’m so excited I might puke.
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Going to see Throwing Muses for the first time tonight and I’m so excited I might puke.
“The Grammys remain an industry awards show that can only tell us what the music business thinks of itself. When we shovel Grammy victories into our history books, we are participating in a corporate history, not a people’s history.” MY GUY.
Is this strange, unfamiliar sensation upon learning that half of the GRAMMY NOMINEES for album of the year make rap music… optimism?
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Column | Music’s biggest night is finally changing its tune on rap
Kendrick Lamar leads the list of new Grammy Award nominees. Will rap music finally rule on music’s biggest night?
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“The Grammys remain an industry awards show that can only tell us what the music business thinks of itself. When we shovel Grammy victories into our history books, we are participating in a corporate history, not a people’s history.” MY GUY.
The timeline where LCD Soundsystem signed to Hospital.
perfect jcard for a noise tape. no notes. print it
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The timeline where LCD Soundsystem signed to Hospital.
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Being cleverly petty AND righteous in that pettiness is honestly 🧑🏻🍳💋
Mamdani quoted Mario Cuomo *and* referenced the Good Cuomo’s 1984 speech about Reagan’s “shining city on a hill.” Not sure if people are fully appreciating our new mayor’s scope of vision & history, love of language & heritage, or his apparent willingness to put that knife in a motherfucker.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Being cleverly petty AND righteous in that pettiness is honestly 🧑🏻🍳💋
Mamdani quoted Mario Cuomo *and* referenced the Good Cuomo’s 1984 speech about Reagan’s “shining city on a hill.” Not sure if people are fully appreciating our new mayor’s scope of vision & history, love of language & heritage, or his apparent willingness to put that knife in a motherfucker.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Mamdani quoted Mario Cuomo *and* referenced the Good Cuomo’s 1984 speech about Reagan’s “shining city on a hill.” Not sure if people are fully appreciating our new mayor’s scope of vision & history, love of language & heritage, or his apparent willingness to put that knife in a motherfucker.
You guys should all resurrect your Twitter accounts. It’s so funny over there right now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You guys should all resurrect your Twitter accounts. It’s so funny over there right now.
BREAKING NEWS! Mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social plummeting in polls after hot mic captures him mutter “‘Geese are the new Strokes,’ my ass.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
BREAKING NEWS! Mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social plummeting in polls after hot mic captures him mutter “‘Geese are the new Strokes,’ my ass.”
it’s disintegration discourse season already??? Great! I’ve never gotten so many abusive posts from hammer & sickle avatars as when I said on Twitter that Disintegration is indirectly/directly why so much alt metal is atmospheric mush. (I like disintegration tbc… but boy has it had a bad influence)
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
it’s disintegration discourse season already??? Great! I’ve never gotten so many abusive posts from hammer & sickle avatars as when I said on Twitter that Disintegration is indirectly/directly why so much alt metal is atmospheric mush. (I like disintegration tbc… but boy has it had a bad influence)
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I hear there's a "meme" going around (not that I've seen much meming myself) regarding favorite albums of 198-NINE. The number. Sound of the funky drummer. That said, here's mine, plus 2100+ words on the end of history, end of the '80s, end of welfare as we know it, a Joshua Clover book, and more.
Best Albums of 1989
Most of the music Joshua Clover (a/k/a the late Associate Professor Formerly Known as Jane Dark) writes about in his 2009 book 1989 did not technically come out in 1989.
chuckeddy.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I hear there's a "meme" going around (not that I've seen much meming myself) regarding favorite albums of 198-NINE. The number. Sound of the funky drummer. That said, here's mine, plus 2100+ words on the end of history, end of the '80s, end of welfare as we know it, a Joshua Clover book, and more.
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Zach’s gonna play Mike Scheidt’s yacht rock cover band some Star Wars tribute music during his DJ set so come on out! Also I curated this art show it’s my first time curating an art show and I’m very stoked on the art!
Hey wanna see me play niche yob rock and proto-grebo from my computer at an art show sponsored by Brooklyn’s greatest defunct heavy metal club???!!! It’s gonna be great, so you better!
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Zach’s gonna play Mike Scheidt’s yacht rock cover band some Star Wars tribute music during his DJ set so come on out! Also I curated this art show it’s my first time curating an art show and I’m very stoked on the art!
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I finished drafting my 2nd book. It’s about someone who lived through the worst depravity the CIA & the US military could inflict; & also about his dad, who came under FBI investigation by association.
Next Thursday at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn, I’m going to debut a chapter. Check it out:
Next Thursday at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn, I’m going to debut a chapter. Check it out:
Come Hear An Excerpt From THE TORTURE AND DELIVERANCE OF MAJID KHAN
Next week, I'll be reading from the manuscript of my forthcoming second book. Come out to Pete's Candy Store on Thursday, Nov. 6
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October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I finished drafting my 2nd book. It’s about someone who lived through the worst depravity the CIA & the US military could inflict; & also about his dad, who came under FBI investigation by association.
Next Thursday at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn, I’m going to debut a chapter. Check it out:
Next Thursday at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn, I’m going to debut a chapter. Check it out:
Hey wanna see me play niche yob rock and proto-grebo from my computer at an art show sponsored by Brooklyn’s greatest defunct heavy metal club???!!! It’s gonna be great, so you better!
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey wanna see me play niche yob rock and proto-grebo from my computer at an art show sponsored by Brooklyn’s greatest defunct heavy metal club???!!! It’s gonna be great, so you better!
Hey wanna see me play niche yob rock and proto-grebo from my computer at an art show sponsored by Brooklyn’s greatest defunct heavy metal club???!!! It’s gonna be great, so you better!
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey wanna see me play niche yob rock and proto-grebo from my computer at an art show sponsored by Brooklyn’s greatest defunct heavy metal club???!!! It’s gonna be great, so you better!
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Good stuff. Geese isn't for me, but I've been a lil confused by the stray shots of discourse flying by. This helped orient me on that.
But, to be fair the stuff I'm obsessed with right now is like, Skinhead, the D4 comp that just came out, and an old John Cale record, so I'm far from the target.
But, to be fair the stuff I'm obsessed with right now is like, Skinhead, the D4 comp that just came out, and an old John Cale record, so I'm far from the target.
Wrote about Geese, as one does. zacharylipez.ghost.io/geese-gets-w...
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good stuff. Geese isn't for me, but I've been a lil confused by the stray shots of discourse flying by. This helped orient me on that.
But, to be fair the stuff I'm obsessed with right now is like, Skinhead, the D4 comp that just came out, and an old John Cale record, so I'm far from the target.
But, to be fair the stuff I'm obsessed with right now is like, Skinhead, the D4 comp that just came out, and an old John Cale record, so I'm far from the target.
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Abundant Living
Don't drag your orchestra into this thing
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October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I'm just hanging out with it, mind doped up by those drums!, while I wait for the new Geese album to save me.
Here's a great read (fun even!) about those who've already been saved and those who refuse to believe.
Here's a great read (fun even!) about those who've already been saved and those who refuse to believe.
Wrote about Geese, as one does. zacharylipez.ghost.io/geese-gets-w...
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I'm just hanging out with it, mind doped up by those drums!, while I wait for the new Geese album to save me.
Here's a great read (fun even!) about those who've already been saved and those who refuse to believe.
Here's a great read (fun even!) about those who've already been saved and those who refuse to believe.
Every time Eddy posts one of these I end up giving all my money to iTunes.
NEW!! 4800 words on unsung genres, popular masterpieces, whos on first, whats goin' on, psychotic reactions, carburetor dung, mid '60s nostalgia, editorial weeze, auteur theory, metal with organs, prank contests, war crimes, rams in space, monkeys not stopping shows, & my 150 favorite LPs of 1971.
150 Best Albums of 1971
There were all sorts of different kinds of music in 1971, but as far as I can tell, nobody knew what they were.
chuckeddy.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Every time Eddy posts one of these I end up giving all my money to iTunes.
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Hi hello I curated an art show opening Thursday at Selva in Bushwick! I’m super excited about not only the visual artists included BUT ALSO the DJ lineup, including one Mr. @zacharylipez.bsky.social, whose newsletter, Abundant Living, has alerted me to some very fucking good music!
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hi hello I curated an art show opening Thursday at Selva in Bushwick! I’m super excited about not only the visual artists included BUT ALSO the DJ lineup, including one Mr. @zacharylipez.bsky.social, whose newsletter, Abundant Living, has alerted me to some very fucking good music!
Wrote about Geese, as one does. zacharylipez.ghost.io/geese-gets-w...
October 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Wrote about Geese, as one does. zacharylipez.ghost.io/geese-gets-w...