Alec Hanley Bemis
@alechanleybemis.bsky.social
Check out my mixtape delivery service: alechanleybemis.substack.com
Founded Brassland.org. I help artists—and manage & curate creative projects. Current stuff at http://linktr.ee/a_h_b
Be brave & be kind ❤️🔥
Founded Brassland.org. I help artists—and manage & curate creative projects. Current stuff at http://linktr.ee/a_h_b
Be brave & be kind ❤️🔥
🗽New Yorkers: This Saturday, November 22nd at 11am I’m co-hosting the launch of Bootsy Holler’s ‘Making It‘ — a book of photos depicting music life in the Pacific NW in the late 90s & early 00s. Joining us is @nabilayers.bsky.social
📍🗺️ at Leica Gallery, 406 W. 13th St, Manhattan, NYC
📍🗺️ at Leica Gallery, 406 W. 13th St, Manhattan, NYC
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🗽New Yorkers: This Saturday, November 22nd at 11am I’m co-hosting the launch of Bootsy Holler’s ‘Making It‘ — a book of photos depicting music life in the Pacific NW in the late 90s & early 00s. Joining us is @nabilayers.bsky.social
📍🗺️ at Leica Gallery, 406 W. 13th St, Manhattan, NYC
📍🗺️ at Leica Gallery, 406 W. 13th St, Manhattan, NYC
London 2025: royalty but make it fashion.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
London 2025: royalty but make it fashion.
an accurate reflection of the current American cultural vibecast, unfortunately?
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
an accurate reflection of the current American cultural vibecast, unfortunately?
I just re-shared a thing I wrote about Lou Reed's smile. Here's a Tweet-length summary: "Lou Reed cared about art long after he could have stopped caring."
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/lou-reed-1942-2013
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/lou-reed-1942-2013
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I just re-shared a thing I wrote about Lou Reed's smile. Here's a Tweet-length summary: "Lou Reed cared about art long after he could have stopped caring."
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/lou-reed-1942-2013
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/lou-reed-1942-2013
fix that MMO’H negligence stat!
also gonna throw a mention of this fantastic Moebius & Plank record I fell in love with this summer into the chat
also gonna throw a mention of this fantastic Moebius & Plank record I fell in love with this summer into the chat
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
fix that MMO’H negligence stat!
also gonna throw a mention of this fantastic Moebius & Plank record I fell in love with this summer into the chat
also gonna throw a mention of this fantastic Moebius & Plank record I fell in love with this summer into the chat
New to my mixtape delivery service: Let’s All Abandon Reality Together — 60 mins of Music for Yoga made with artist Jonathan Bruce Williams.
alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/music-for-yoga
Inspired by his show of LED lightboxes at Kai Matsumiya gallery, 264 Canal St, NYC through October 25.
🎈 🧘🏻 🛰️
alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/music-for-yoga
Inspired by his show of LED lightboxes at Kai Matsumiya gallery, 264 Canal St, NYC through October 25.
🎈 🧘🏻 🛰️
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New to my mixtape delivery service: Let’s All Abandon Reality Together — 60 mins of Music for Yoga made with artist Jonathan Bruce Williams.
alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/music-for-yoga
Inspired by his show of LED lightboxes at Kai Matsumiya gallery, 264 Canal St, NYC through October 25.
🎈 🧘🏻 🛰️
alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/music-for-yoga
Inspired by his show of LED lightboxes at Kai Matsumiya gallery, 264 Canal St, NYC through October 25.
🎈 🧘🏻 🛰️
Note to self: listen to D’Angelo’s 'Voodoo'—and remind others to do the same.
No doubt one of the best albums released in my lifetime, and possibly my favorite LP released since the year 2000.
No doubt one of the best albums released in my lifetime, and possibly my favorite LP released since the year 2000.
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Note to self: listen to D’Angelo’s 'Voodoo'—and remind others to do the same.
No doubt one of the best albums released in my lifetime, and possibly my favorite LP released since the year 2000.
No doubt one of the best albums released in my lifetime, and possibly my favorite LP released since the year 2000.
This AI slop was generated from photo I used as cover art on the latest edition of my mixtape delivery service.
Because I’ll do whatever it takes to introduce you to some music you’ve probably never heard before.
alechanleybemis.substack.com
Because I’ll do whatever it takes to introduce you to some music you’ve probably never heard before.
alechanleybemis.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This AI slop was generated from photo I used as cover art on the latest edition of my mixtape delivery service.
Because I’ll do whatever it takes to introduce you to some music you’ve probably never heard before.
alechanleybemis.substack.com
Because I’ll do whatever it takes to introduce you to some music you’ve probably never heard before.
alechanleybemis.substack.com
I’m enjoying ‘Getting Killed’ — the new record by the rock band Geese.
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’m enjoying ‘Getting Killed’ — the new record by the rock band Geese.
Proud my new publishing project OTHsongs.com gets to be a small part of her trip...
The new record "hooke's law" is out on October 31
🖤 🎃 🖤
The new record "hooke's law" is out on October 31
🖤 🎃 🖤
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Proud my new publishing project OTHsongs.com gets to be a small part of her trip...
The new record "hooke's law" is out on October 31
🖤 🎃 🖤
The new record "hooke's law" is out on October 31
🖤 🎃 🖤
Just posted a new entry to my mixtape delivery service.
No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.
❤️🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america
No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.
❤️🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Just posted a new entry to my mixtape delivery service.
No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.
❤️🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america
No, a great funk album will NOT save America.
But I do think deep & complex music's an antidote to brain rot. And you can't spend all your time protesting or you'll be a spent force.
❤️🔥 📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/funk-album-heals-america
🌈 💻 by artist Jonathan Bruce Williams
September 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🌈 💻 by artist Jonathan Bruce Williams
Talking Heads' bassist Tina Weymouth in Vogue, August 1985 | 📷 Oliverio Toscani
August 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Talking Heads' bassist Tina Weymouth in Vogue, August 1985 | 📷 Oliverio Toscani
New to my mixtape delivery service is a 17 hour mix cloud designed for shuffle mode. Find it at alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/some-music-for-a-50-year-olds-birthday
That's Prem with the 🟣
He curated chunks of it.
Includes André 3000, The Cure, Men I Trust, Molchat Doma, Erykah Badu, etc.
That's Prem with the 🟣
He curated chunks of it.
Includes André 3000, The Cure, Men I Trust, Molchat Doma, Erykah Badu, etc.
July 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
New to my mixtape delivery service is a 17 hour mix cloud designed for shuffle mode. Find it at alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/some-music-for-a-50-year-olds-birthday
That's Prem with the 🟣
He curated chunks of it.
Includes André 3000, The Cure, Men I Trust, Molchat Doma, Erykah Badu, etc.
That's Prem with the 🟣
He curated chunks of it.
Includes André 3000, The Cure, Men I Trust, Molchat Doma, Erykah Badu, etc.
the desire of humans to see & be seen's also a bit psychotic
haven't seen the doc you mention, but this one We Live In Public sounds like it might be a sibling to it?
worth a watch. info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public
haven't seen the doc you mention, but this one We Live In Public sounds like it might be a sibling to it?
worth a watch. info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public
July 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
the desire of humans to see & be seen's also a bit psychotic
haven't seen the doc you mention, but this one We Live In Public sounds like it might be a sibling to it?
worth a watch. info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public
haven't seen the doc you mention, but this one We Live In Public sounds like it might be a sibling to it?
worth a watch. info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public
I posted a party playlist to the Internet:
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-mixtape-delivery-service
I hope you like listening to it as much as I enjoyed hanging out with friends while playing it out loud.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-mixtape-delivery-service
I hope you like listening to it as much as I enjoyed hanging out with friends while playing it out loud.
July 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I posted a party playlist to the Internet:
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-mixtape-delivery-service
I hope you like listening to it as much as I enjoyed hanging out with friends while playing it out loud.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/welcome-to-my-mixtape-delivery-service
I hope you like listening to it as much as I enjoyed hanging out with friends while playing it out loud.
My longtime collaborator Arone Dyer recently launched her Substack. She’s a great musician but the story she’s telling is mostly about…volunteer firefighting!
🖇️ aronedyer.substack.com
🖇️ aronedyer.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My longtime collaborator Arone Dyer recently launched her Substack. She’s a great musician but the story she’s telling is mostly about…volunteer firefighting!
🖇️ aronedyer.substack.com
🖇️ aronedyer.substack.com
Wrote a thing for @artforum.com about a recent album I liked called "Song of the Earth"
Pretty cool this dude shared it. 🤯
Pretty cool this dude shared it. 🤯
June 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wrote a thing for @artforum.com about a recent album I liked called "Song of the Earth"
Pretty cool this dude shared it. 🤯
Pretty cool this dude shared it. 🤯
For those elsewhere, I shared a playlist on 📼 my mixtape delivery service 📼 so you can hear the artists taking part.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/irish-family-reunion
It's a beautiful and precise mix of folk tradition, minimalist composition & deeply intuitive improvisation.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/irish-family-reunion
It's a beautiful and precise mix of folk tradition, minimalist composition & deeply intuitive improvisation.
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For those elsewhere, I shared a playlist on 📼 my mixtape delivery service 📼 so you can hear the artists taking part.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/irish-family-reunion
It's a beautiful and precise mix of folk tradition, minimalist composition & deeply intuitive improvisation.
🖇️ alechanleybemis.substack.com/p/irish-family-reunion
It's a beautiful and precise mix of folk tradition, minimalist composition & deeply intuitive improvisation.
I helped organize a @brassland.bsky.social family reunion this weekend—at Ireland’s National Concert Hall, no less.
I’ll be there so give a holler if you know anyone in Dublin.
More info at mailchi.mp/brassland/dublin-ireland-reunion (including a promo code for 2-for-1 tickets to main stage shows)
I’ll be there so give a holler if you know anyone in Dublin.
More info at mailchi.mp/brassland/dublin-ireland-reunion (including a promo code for 2-for-1 tickets to main stage shows)
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I helped organize a @brassland.bsky.social family reunion this weekend—at Ireland’s National Concert Hall, no less.
I’ll be there so give a holler if you know anyone in Dublin.
More info at mailchi.mp/brassland/dublin-ireland-reunion (including a promo code for 2-for-1 tickets to main stage shows)
I’ll be there so give a holler if you know anyone in Dublin.
More info at mailchi.mp/brassland/dublin-ireland-reunion (including a promo code for 2-for-1 tickets to main stage shows)
To better times chatting on the ‘net before broligarchs built platforms to monetize our social interactions.
I’m mostly done w/ ‘em, BlueSky included.
But I’ll speak up to say I’m enjoying @tromano.bsky.social’s book & plug my (mostly free) mixtape delivery service
📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com 📼
I’m mostly done w/ ‘em, BlueSky included.
But I’ll speak up to say I’m enjoying @tromano.bsky.social’s book & plug my (mostly free) mixtape delivery service
📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com 📼
April 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To better times chatting on the ‘net before broligarchs built platforms to monetize our social interactions.
I’m mostly done w/ ‘em, BlueSky included.
But I’ll speak up to say I’m enjoying @tromano.bsky.social’s book & plug my (mostly free) mixtape delivery service
📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com 📼
I’m mostly done w/ ‘em, BlueSky included.
But I’ll speak up to say I’m enjoying @tromano.bsky.social’s book & plug my (mostly free) mixtape delivery service
📼 alechanleybemis.substack.com 📼