AnEarful
@anearful.bsky.social
Music obsessive, deeply engaged with an omnivorous array of sound. Keep up with it all, including the Discover Music podcast, at my Linktree: linktr.ee/anearful (He/Him)
Wild Ponies - Things That Used To Shine (Ditch Dog, 2013) I stumbled on them in Nashville and became an instant fan of Doug and Telisha Williams’ moody take on classic country. This album has aged like a fine bourbon and their latest was a masterpiece! #5debutalbums1014
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wild Ponies - Things That Used To Shine (Ditch Dog, 2013) I stumbled on them in Nashville and became an instant fan of Doug and Telisha Williams’ moody take on classic country. This album has aged like a fine bourbon and their latest was a masterpiece! #5debutalbums1014
Here for it. Anthony Cheung Composer Portrait at the Miller Theatre with Claire Chase, the JACK Quartet, Yarn/Wire, and the composer playing works from the past decade. Deeply necessary! #livemusic
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Here for it. Anthony Cheung Composer Portrait at the Miller Theatre with Claire Chase, the JACK Quartet, Yarn/Wire, and the composer playing works from the past decade. Deeply necessary! #livemusic
Superb set from Folk Bitch Trio at Baby’s All Right! Harmonies to sigh for and stage presence that left the audience captivated. Great songs, great singing…what are you waiting for? #LiveMusic
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Superb set from Folk Bitch Trio at Baby’s All Right! Harmonies to sigh for and stage presence that left the audience captivated. Great songs, great singing…what are you waiting for? #LiveMusic
Alex Amen, a classic singer-songwriter with a touch of Tim Buckley and John Craigie, during his beautiful set opening for Folk Bitch Trio at Baby’s All Right - the Aussies are up next! #livemusic
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Alex Amen, a classic singer-songwriter with a touch of Tim Buckley and John Craigie, during his beautiful set opening for Folk Bitch Trio at Baby’s All Right - the Aussies are up next! #livemusic
No Lands/Negative Space @newamrecords.bsky.social, 2014) “You might call it a synth-art-almost-pop record, hinting at 80's hit-makers without actually going there. Even with the Linn drums, there's nothing ironic going on in these lush, warmly produced pieces.” (My original review) #5debutalbums1014
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No Lands/Negative Space @newamrecords.bsky.social, 2014) “You might call it a synth-art-almost-pop record, hinting at 80's hit-makers without actually going there. Even with the Linn drums, there's nothing ironic going on in these lush, warmly produced pieces.” (My original review) #5debutalbums1014
Jenny O. - Automechanic (Holy Trinity Records, 2013) Great songs, great singing, stellar production by Jonathan Wilson, James Gadson on two tracks…why wasn’t this huge? At least in an indie way? Music biz mystery. On my top 100 of the decade list! #5debutalbums1014
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Jenny O. - Automechanic (Holy Trinity Records, 2013) Great songs, great singing, stellar production by Jonathan Wilson, James Gadson on two tracks…why wasn’t this huge? At least in an indie way? Music biz mystery. On my top 100 of the decade list! #5debutalbums1014
Atoms For Peace - Amok (XL, 2013) After the slightly arid The King Of Limbs, Thom Yorke found a groovier groove with Flea (of all people), Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker & Nigel Godrich. Holds up well, but like TKOL, also better live! #5debutalbums1014
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Atoms For Peace - Amok (XL, 2013) After the slightly arid The King Of Limbs, Thom Yorke found a groovier groove with Flea (of all people), Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker & Nigel Godrich. Holds up well, but like TKOL, also better live! #5debutalbums1014
Boogarins - As Plantas Que Curam (Other Music Recording Co., 2013) It wasn’t until 2014, when I saw these Brazilian rockers “levitate” Other Music in their first NYC appearance that I became a fan. I’ve not looked back since - they were on my Top 25 last year! #5debutalbums1014
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Boogarins - As Plantas Que Curam (Other Music Recording Co., 2013) It wasn’t until 2014, when I saw these Brazilian rockers “levitate” Other Music in their first NYC appearance that I became a fan. I’ve not looked back since - they were on my Top 25 last year! #5debutalbums1014
Hospitality - s/t (Merge, 2012) Revisiting this at the end of the decade, I found “its blend of melody and melancholy so inviting” that I included it on my 100 best albums of the 2010s. It’s that good! Come back Amber Papini… #5debutalbums1014
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hospitality - s/t (Merge, 2012) Revisiting this at the end of the decade, I found “its blend of melody and melancholy so inviting” that I included it on my 100 best albums of the 2010s. It’s that good! Come back Amber Papini… #5debutalbums1014
Divine Fits - A Thing Called… (Merge, 2012) Side project? Super group? Either way this collabo between Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Eyes’ Dan Boeckner, Alex Fischel, and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown is neo-new wave perfection. Just wish I’d seen them live! #5debutalbums1014
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Divine Fits - A Thing Called… (Merge, 2012) Side project? Super group? Either way this collabo between Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Eyes’ Dan Boeckner, Alex Fischel, and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown is neo-new wave perfection. Just wish I’d seen them live! #5debutalbums1014
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (@subpop.bsky.social, 2012) The first missive from the man whose “reality is realer than yours.” My #3 album of that year: “Bitingly witty and with the best singing and songwriting of his career.” Little did I know about what lay ahead! #5debutalbums1014
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Father John Misty - Fear Fun (@subpop.bsky.social, 2012) The first missive from the man whose “reality is realer than yours.” My #3 album of that year: “Bitingly witty and with the best singing and songwriting of his career.” Little did I know about what lay ahead! #5debutalbums1014
Here for it. Talea Ensemble’s season opening concert and our first tribute to Luciano Berio’s Centenary. Steve Beck and Sam Jones will play pieces by him along with Adès, and Boulez, plus an NY premiere by Loretta Notareschi, and a world premiere by Saad Haddad. #LiveMusic
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Here for it. Talea Ensemble’s season opening concert and our first tribute to Luciano Berio’s Centenary. Steve Beck and Sam Jones will play pieces by him along with Adès, and Boulez, plus an NY premiere by Loretta Notareschi, and a world premiere by Saad Haddad. #LiveMusic
Breton - Other People’s Problems (Fatcat, 2012) My #2 album of 2012, when I called it a “dark (but never despairing) and often funky album…” Just tonight, my wife called it audacious, and she was not wrong! #5debutalbums1014
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Breton - Other People’s Problems (Fatcat, 2012) My #2 album of 2012, when I called it a “dark (but never despairing) and often funky album…” Just tonight, my wife called it audacious, and she was not wrong! #5debutalbums1014
Here for it. Mitski: The Land, a concert film from her last tour. From one SUNY Purchase alum to another 😂, congratulations! @regalmovies.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here for it. Mitski: The Land, a concert film from her last tour. From one SUNY Purchase alum to another 😂, congratulations! @regalmovies.bsky.social
Here for it. That’s Richard Orofino soundchecking in public before opening for Gideon Broshy at Stone Circle Theater. The resonant acoustic should be perfect for Broshy’s music! #livemusic
October 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Here for it. That’s Richard Orofino soundchecking in public before opening for Gideon Broshy at Stone Circle Theater. The resonant acoustic should be perfect for Broshy’s music! #livemusic
Glenn Branca - The Ascension (99 Records, 1981) Still as breathtaking as the first time I dropped the needle and heard Jeffrey Glenn’s bass doing something I would go on to emulate. Aptly named, too, with multiple lifts and pushes through time itself. #5debutalbums8084
October 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Glenn Branca - The Ascension (99 Records, 1981) Still as breathtaking as the first time I dropped the needle and heard Jeffrey Glenn’s bass doing something I would go on to emulate. Aptly named, too, with multiple lifts and pushes through time itself. #5debutalbums8084
Wet Leg at Brooklyn Paramount: BangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBALLADBangerBangerBangerBanger…you get the idea! Fantastic show, the perfect expression of the ideals they’ve set for themselves. See them!
September 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Wet Leg at Brooklyn Paramount: BangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBangerBALLADBangerBangerBangerBanger…you get the idea! Fantastic show, the perfect expression of the ideals they’ve set for themselves. See them!
Fantastic opening set from Mary In The Junkyard. The songs were dynamic, fun, and shaded with complexity. Wet Leg on next at the Brooklyn Paramount! #livemusic
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Fantastic opening set from Mary In The Junkyard. The songs were dynamic, fun, and shaded with complexity. Wet Leg on next at the Brooklyn Paramount! #livemusic
The world premiere of Tak & Levi Lu’s (Guānshìyīn), Perceiver of the World’s Sounds was an extraordinary coup de theatre, which showed all the members of the ensemble at both their most unified and individualistic, with the composer a full collaborator. Amazing!!
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The world premiere of Tak & Levi Lu’s (Guānshìyīn), Perceiver of the World’s Sounds was an extraordinary coup de theatre, which showed all the members of the ensemble at both their most unified and individualistic, with the composer a full collaborator. Amazing!!
There’s tenor madness, and then there’s TROMBONE MADNESS as perpetrated by Rage Thormbones (Mattie Barbier and Weston Olencki), who blew low, hard, and loud through a variety of mutes.
September 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There’s tenor madness, and then there’s TROMBONE MADNESS as perpetrated by Rage Thormbones (Mattie Barbier and Weston Olencki), who blew low, hard, and loud through a variety of mutes.
Gushes just brought the house down, chewing up roses and spitting them out, thrashing around with a guitar, and much more.
September 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Gushes just brought the house down, chewing up roses and spitting them out, thrashing around with a guitar, and much more.
Here for it: Night One of TAK Ensemble’s Swoonfest 2025 at the DiMenna Center, including Gushes, Rage Thormbones, Tak & Levi Lu, and Blasé. Sure to be a great night! #livemusic #newmusic
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Here for it: Night One of TAK Ensemble’s Swoonfest 2025 at the DiMenna Center, including Gushes, Rage Thormbones, Tak & Levi Lu, and Blasé. Sure to be a great night! #livemusic #newmusic
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain (Columbia, 1960/97) A visionary album, with Davis’ gleaming tone riding a sublime wave of brass. The collaboration between Gil Evans and Davis feels so genuine, too, making it only seem more rarified. #5albums50s60sfinal
August 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain (Columbia, 1960/97) A visionary album, with Davis’ gleaming tone riding a sublime wave of brass. The collaboration between Gil Evans and Davis feels so genuine, too, making it only seem more rarified. #5albums50s60sfinal
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study In Brown (EmArcy, 1955/9?) What a gem this album is, with everyone in top form on a balanced program of classics and originals. Astonishing how young they were, and how soon Brown and Richie Powell were gone. #5albums50s60s5
August 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Study In Brown (EmArcy, 1955/9?) What a gem this album is, with everyone in top form on a balanced program of classics and originals. Astonishing how young they were, and how soon Brown and Richie Powell were gone. #5albums50s60s5
Nat ‘King’ Cole - Penthouse Serenade (Capitol, 1952/98) The first 8 songs on this fine reissue are the original album, which was recorded in one session. The combo is fab, and Cole’s restraint barely hides his virtuosity and rhythmic incisiveness. Martini anyone? #5albums50s60s4
August 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Nat ‘King’ Cole - Penthouse Serenade (Capitol, 1952/98) The first 8 songs on this fine reissue are the original album, which was recorded in one session. The combo is fab, and Cole’s restraint barely hides his virtuosity and rhythmic incisiveness. Martini anyone? #5albums50s60s4