Cal Cashin
@calcash.in
𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠 𝔚𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯 at @thequietus.com, @sonemic.com, and in my column 'The Drift' for Loud and Quiet. #postrocksummer
do not send me any bad music.
Complete works: calcash.in
do not send me any bad music.
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Best album of 2025 according to Pitchfork. Absolutely crazy and psych noise collage mixed with Latin American sounds. Who’s going to release it on vinyl as soon as possible? Quite a remarkable discovery.
Los Thuthanaka, by Los Thuthanaka
8 track album
losthuthanaka.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Best album of 2025 according to Pitchfork. Absolutely crazy and psych noise collage mixed with Latin American sounds. Who’s going to release it on vinyl as soon as possible? Quite a remarkable discovery.
Found myself watching the World Cup Draw. The programme and the ceremony are possibly the most evil, disgusting, sycophantic thing I have ever seen broadcast on TV
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Found myself watching the World Cup Draw. The programme and the ceremony are possibly the most evil, disgusting, sycophantic thing I have ever seen broadcast on TV
This interview with Good Night & Good Morning about their glacial one-shot slowcore masterpiece album 'Narrowing Type' epitomised why I love writing about music. The energy and love the trio had for each other moved me so much rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This interview with Good Night & Good Morning about their glacial one-shot slowcore masterpiece album 'Narrowing Type' epitomised why I love writing about music. The energy and love the trio had for each other moved me so much rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
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Always looking for the Cal bylines on the list, I call those Calbums
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Always looking for the Cal bylines on the list, I call those Calbums
It's the honour of a lifetime to help, in the most minor way possible, with the Rolls Royce of End of Year Lists. Love and support The Quietus always and forever
Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
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What have been your top picks of the year?
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December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's the honour of a lifetime to help, in the most minor way possible, with the Rolls Royce of End of Year Lists. Love and support The Quietus always and forever
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Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
Maybe I'm ... entering my midwest emo era ... ?! This has floored me thejimyoshiipile-up.bandcamp.com/album/its-wi...
It's Winter Here, by The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
8 track album
thejimyoshiipile-up.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Maybe I'm ... entering my midwest emo era ... ?! This has floored me thejimyoshiipile-up.bandcamp.com/album/its-wi...
2025, what's been the deal with that?
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
![my albums of the year. the top 50 are in alt text but too many characters to do the full 75
caroline – caroline 2
Širom – In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Hesse Kassel – La Brea
Weed420 – Amor de encava
Alpha Maid – Is this a queue?
Anna von Hausswolff – Iconoclasts
Los Thuthanaka – Los Thuthanaka
Jerskin Fendrix – Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire
Shearling – Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” and “Hallelujah”…
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong
Quade – The Foel Tower
DJ K – RADIO LIBERTADORA !
Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
Ciśnienie – [angry noises]
Titanic – Hagen
Richard Dawson – End of the Middle
Elkotsh – Rhlt Jdi
Kiran Leonard / No Tailgate Group – Small Brown Bed/With You Waltz
Ureuk and the Gypsies – Pungnyu
d. silvestre – O que as mulheres querem
Pastor Chris Congregation – West Virginia Snake Handler Revival “They Shall Take Up Serpents”
Chuquimamani-Condori – Edits
Neptunian Maximalism – Le sacre du soleil invaincu
France – Destino Scifosi
Invariance – Wish You Well
Milkweed – Remscéla
jawharp – Untimely Divorce of Tooth + Gum
Foot Foot – Still Waters, Empty House
Cóclea / Canut de Bon – No esperan por nadie
billy woods – G******
Maurice Louca – Barĩy (Fera)
Klein – Thirteen Sense
Candelabro – Deseo, carne y voluntad
Elizabeth A. Carver – The Cart Before the Horse
Huremic – Seeking Darkness
McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive!
leather.head – Mud again
The New Eves – A New Eve is Rising
Gwenifer Raymond – Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
Ex Agent – New Assumptions…
alice protozoa smoke – opulent familiarity, lotus horizon
Raisa K – Affectionately
Water From Your Eyes – It’s a Beautiful Place
Ata Kak – Batakari
Van Zon – All Things, All One, Aglow
SANAM – Sametou Sawtan
PulciPerla – Tatekieto
The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Sary Moussa – Wind, Again
Blaq Bandana – Blaq Garden
Cóclea – Modus Operandi](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z766dnnumdyu6larp5ol6six/bafkreifegjenqdnmnbzwfcu74wauurtefc5cd7temwotedy4c7nyraecf4@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
2025, what's been the deal with that?
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
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November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
thequietus.com/subscribers/
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All my end of year blurbs are done and I am once more rated above 1800. Seizing the day so hard right now
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
All my end of year blurbs are done and I am once more rated above 1800. Seizing the day so hard right now
Putting the finishing touches to an interview I am so genuinely happy with
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Putting the finishing touches to an interview I am so genuinely happy with
Well excited to dig into the new Butch Kassidy EP. Good to have something substantial from them music.apple.com/gb/album/asc...
Ascend / Like Fire - EP by Butch Kassidy on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 3 Songs
music.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well excited to dig into the new Butch Kassidy EP. Good to have something substantial from them music.apple.com/gb/album/asc...
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
Incendiary debut from leather.head leatherhead666.bandcamp.com/album/mud-ag...
mud again, by leather.head
8 track album
leatherhead666.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Incendiary debut from leather.head leatherhead666.bandcamp.com/album/mud-ag...
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A lot on the mind so trying to busy myself with premature list making.
My favourite albums of 2025, also excited to see all the official lists come out as I usually find a bunch of lasting faves on them. But this is what I’ve been loving this year.
My favourite albums of 2025, also excited to see all the official lists come out as I usually find a bunch of lasting faves on them. But this is what I’ve been loving this year.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A lot on the mind so trying to busy myself with premature list making.
My favourite albums of 2025, also excited to see all the official lists come out as I usually find a bunch of lasting faves on them. But this is what I’ve been loving this year.
My favourite albums of 2025, also excited to see all the official lists come out as I usually find a bunch of lasting faves on them. But this is what I’ve been loving this year.
One of the best rock albums of the year, for sure. Must have listened to this dozens and dozens of times hessekassel.bandcamp.com/album/la-brea
La Brea, by Hesse Kassel
8 track album
hessekassel.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the best rock albums of the year, for sure. Must have listened to this dozens and dozens of times hessekassel.bandcamp.com/album/la-brea
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So happy to be finally sharing this!
New signing klaxon! Thrilled to announce that we are working with the excellent @lottiebrazier.bsky.social Watch the video for new single ‘Ropes of Time’ here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=UqvN...
LOTTIE BRAZIER - ROPES OF TIME (Official video)
YouTube video by Hand of Glory Records
m.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
So happy to be finally sharing this!
Top 5 movie genres:
- that house you like is going to kill you
- that dress you like is going to kill you
- that show you like is going to kill you
- that ideology you like is going to kill you
- that jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you feel is going to kill you
- that house you like is going to kill you
- that dress you like is going to kill you
- that show you like is going to kill you
- that ideology you like is going to kill you
- that jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you feel is going to kill you
Top 5 movie genres:
- Moving here was a bad idea
- I went away and now I'm back
- I am eventually vindicated for my weird obsession
- My weird obsession gets me killed
- Let's have some people over for dinner
- Moving here was a bad idea
- I went away and now I'm back
- I am eventually vindicated for my weird obsession
- My weird obsession gets me killed
- Let's have some people over for dinner
Top 5 movie genres:
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Top 5 movie genres:
- that house you like is going to kill you
- that dress you like is going to kill you
- that show you like is going to kill you
- that ideology you like is going to kill you
- that jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you feel is going to kill you
- that house you like is going to kill you
- that dress you like is going to kill you
- that show you like is going to kill you
- that ideology you like is going to kill you
- that jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart you feel is going to kill you
How does Billy Woods keep getting better billywoods.bandcamp.com/album/gowillog
gowillog, by August Fanon & billy woods
17 track album
billywoods.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How does Billy Woods keep getting better billywoods.bandcamp.com/album/gowillog
Starting the day with this. Heavy heavy brutalitygarden.bandcamp.com/album/blaq-g...
Blaq Garden, by BLAQ BANDANA
10 track album
brutalitygarden.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Starting the day with this. Heavy heavy brutalitygarden.bandcamp.com/album/blaq-g...
Sometimes I hate working split shifts, and other times I'm like hell yeah it's the middle of my work day and I'm playing Geoguessr and listening to Ascension by John Coltrane
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sometimes I hate working split shifts, and other times I'm like hell yeah it's the middle of my work day and I'm playing Geoguessr and listening to Ascension by John Coltrane
I love the new Mountain Goats album very much. Nice to hear from you, John Darnielle, I hope you're doing well
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I love the new Mountain Goats album very much. Nice to hear from you, John Darnielle, I hope you're doing well
I saw Alpha Maid last night and I loved it so much. Pure expression, drone and wooze
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I saw Alpha Maid last night and I loved it so much. Pure expression, drone and wooze