Critical Masses
@criticalmasses.bsky.social
Reviewin’ junk: Tabs Out / Tiny Mix Tapes / Cassette Gods. criticalmassesmedia at gmail. criticalmassesmedia1 dot wordpress dot COM.
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EPISODE 212
💥 is the new GIANT CLAW his best yet?!
💥 does chi-town super group BYSH please you!?
💥 what does the WRONG SIDE of a Tiger 2-XL tape sound like??
💥 why does the wolf howl for BLACKBRAID??
💥 what are YOL and STORYTELLER talking about??
FIND OUT! tabsout.com or places where podcasts live
💥 is the new GIANT CLAW his best yet?!
💥 does chi-town super group BYSH please you!?
💥 what does the WRONG SIDE of a Tiger 2-XL tape sound like??
💥 why does the wolf howl for BLACKBRAID??
💥 what are YOL and STORYTELLER talking about??
FIND OUT! tabsout.com or places where podcasts live
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
EPISODE 212
💥 is the new GIANT CLAW his best yet?!
💥 does chi-town super group BYSH please you!?
💥 what does the WRONG SIDE of a Tiger 2-XL tape sound like??
💥 why does the wolf howl for BLACKBRAID??
💥 what are YOL and STORYTELLER talking about??
FIND OUT! tabsout.com or places where podcasts live
💥 is the new GIANT CLAW his best yet?!
💥 does chi-town super group BYSH please you!?
💥 what does the WRONG SIDE of a Tiger 2-XL tape sound like??
💥 why does the wolf howl for BLACKBRAID??
💥 what are YOL and STORYTELLER talking about??
FIND OUT! tabsout.com or places where podcasts live
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NEW TAPE DROP!!!
The first release on BLACK PYLON, a new cassette label from Lee Thompson & Nicholas Langley, is SAFE ZONE by Dogs Versus Shadows. Expect DREAMSTATE INDUSTRIAL AUDIO
The first release on BLACK PYLON, a new cassette label from Lee Thompson & Nicholas Langley, is SAFE ZONE by Dogs Versus Shadows. Expect DREAMSTATE INDUSTRIAL AUDIO
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
NEW TAPE DROP!!!
The first release on BLACK PYLON, a new cassette label from Lee Thompson & Nicholas Langley, is SAFE ZONE by Dogs Versus Shadows. Expect DREAMSTATE INDUSTRIAL AUDIO
The first release on BLACK PYLON, a new cassette label from Lee Thompson & Nicholas Langley, is SAFE ZONE by Dogs Versus Shadows. Expect DREAMSTATE INDUSTRIAL AUDIO
Autechre Guitar, by Shane Parish
10 track album
shaneparish.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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2025 music format ranking:
1 Bootleg cassettes
2 Radio
3 Supermarket
4 Person with loud phone on bus
5 Illegal downloads
6 Tapes
7 Passing car blasting music
8 CDr
9 Vinyls
10 Talented bird
11 VHS
12 MP3
13 Minidisc
14 LPs
15 CDs
16 Hold music
17 The gym
18 FLAC
19 Records
20 Streaming
1 Bootleg cassettes
2 Radio
3 Supermarket
4 Person with loud phone on bus
5 Illegal downloads
6 Tapes
7 Passing car blasting music
8 CDr
9 Vinyls
10 Talented bird
11 VHS
12 MP3
13 Minidisc
14 LPs
15 CDs
16 Hold music
17 The gym
18 FLAC
19 Records
20 Streaming
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
2025 music format ranking:
1 Bootleg cassettes
2 Radio
3 Supermarket
4 Person with loud phone on bus
5 Illegal downloads
6 Tapes
7 Passing car blasting music
8 CDr
9 Vinyls
10 Talented bird
11 VHS
12 MP3
13 Minidisc
14 LPs
15 CDs
16 Hold music
17 The gym
18 FLAC
19 Records
20 Streaming
1 Bootleg cassettes
2 Radio
3 Supermarket
4 Person with loud phone on bus
5 Illegal downloads
6 Tapes
7 Passing car blasting music
8 CDr
9 Vinyls
10 Talented bird
11 VHS
12 MP3
13 Minidisc
14 LPs
15 CDs
16 Hold music
17 The gym
18 FLAC
19 Records
20 Streaming
Not a Stone Roses fan, eh Spelling Bee?
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Not a Stone Roses fan, eh Spelling Bee?
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First post! We're gearing up to share some exciting new music in the coming months, and we're happy to connect with all the great folks on this platform.
Check out the new website: RIP dot com, long live dot org!
www.lightenupsounds.org
Check out the new website: RIP dot com, long live dot org!
www.lightenupsounds.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
First post! We're gearing up to share some exciting new music in the coming months, and we're happy to connect with all the great folks on this platform.
Check out the new website: RIP dot com, long live dot org!
www.lightenupsounds.org
Check out the new website: RIP dot com, long live dot org!
www.lightenupsounds.org
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Episode 211
⚡ classic SONIC YOUTH
🤖 a tape meant to be played in a 90's robot toy
🥴 @hyphyskazerbox.bsky.social goes ultra mode
💨 a generation joint from SIR TAD
☎️ a call to THE GATE's hotline + new jams
➕ hawsh noish, @jollies.bsky.social, Dave Rudder and more!
tabsout.com
⚡ classic SONIC YOUTH
🤖 a tape meant to be played in a 90's robot toy
🥴 @hyphyskazerbox.bsky.social goes ultra mode
💨 a generation joint from SIR TAD
☎️ a call to THE GATE's hotline + new jams
➕ hawsh noish, @jollies.bsky.social, Dave Rudder and more!
tabsout.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Episode 211
⚡ classic SONIC YOUTH
🤖 a tape meant to be played in a 90's robot toy
🥴 @hyphyskazerbox.bsky.social goes ultra mode
💨 a generation joint from SIR TAD
☎️ a call to THE GATE's hotline + new jams
➕ hawsh noish, @jollies.bsky.social, Dave Rudder and more!
tabsout.com
⚡ classic SONIC YOUTH
🤖 a tape meant to be played in a 90's robot toy
🥴 @hyphyskazerbox.bsky.social goes ultra mode
💨 a generation joint from SIR TAD
☎️ a call to THE GATE's hotline + new jams
➕ hawsh noish, @jollies.bsky.social, Dave Rudder and more!
tabsout.com
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TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025
BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU
troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU
troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
September 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025
BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU
troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
BIG SALE happening over at our Bandcamp page. Take a whopping 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU
troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com/merch
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“Born Outside My Window (10th Anniversary Edition)” out Friday on @bumpy.bandcamp.com ❣️
🎶 New ALBUM releases! Sept. 22 - Sept. 28 🎶
FRIDAY
@larrywish.bandcamp.com
larrywish.bandcamp.com/album/born-o...
@micahewood.bsky.social
ampwall.com/a/micahewood
micahewood.bandcamp.com/album/you-me...
3/5
FRIDAY
@larrywish.bandcamp.com
larrywish.bandcamp.com/album/born-o...
@micahewood.bsky.social
ampwall.com/a/micahewood
micahewood.bandcamp.com/album/you-me...
3/5
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Born Outside My Window (10th Anniversary Edition)” out Friday on @bumpy.bandcamp.com ❣️
This is a rusty-ass episode, but whatever.
EPISODE 210
cassettes from Final Heaven 🤢 Dreamcastle™ 🤢 VODE 🤢 G Lucas Crane 🤢 Tallulah Bankheist 🤢 Lars McCoy 🤢 Master Boot Record 🤢 Dr. Peter J Woods and more!
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cassettes from Final Heaven 🤢 Dreamcastle™ 🤢 VODE 🤢 G Lucas Crane 🤢 Tallulah Bankheist 🤢 Lars McCoy 🤢 Master Boot Record 🤢 Dr. Peter J Woods and more!
www.tabsout.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is a rusty-ass episode, but whatever.
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Alright, I just left 14 more copies of the tape in the vending machine kiosk at the Kittery rest stop. Sorry to anyone who tried to pick one up recently and couldn't score one.
August 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Alright, I just left 14 more copies of the tape in the vending machine kiosk at the Kittery rest stop. Sorry to anyone who tried to pick one up recently and couldn't score one.
Can’t wait to see where “Roped Off Is Waiting for Your Challenge!!” lands on this list!
1, probably?
1, probably?
Stoked to share the Label of the Month piece I wrote up with @1000timesjeff.bsky.social on the great @hausumountain.bsky.social label! Interviewed label heads Doug & Max and blurbed abt awesome albs from Cocojoey, Pulse Emitter, Dustin Wong and more gems. Dig!
www.treblezine.com/12-essential...
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12 Essential Hausu Mountain Releases - Treble
Our picks for some of the best releases on the singular experimental music label
www.treblezine.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can’t wait to see where “Roped Off Is Waiting for Your Challenge!!” lands on this list!
1, probably?
1, probably?
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OUT TODAY:
new single from Jetski’s upcoming album The Radiant Radish!
🌟🎿
“Bucking Broadway” hits as an epic plunderphonic journey overflowing with intertwined drum patterns, sax bursts, & movie dialogue, like free jazz formed from infinite constituent parts. bottomless zones.
new single from Jetski’s upcoming album The Radiant Radish!
🌟🎿
“Bucking Broadway” hits as an epic plunderphonic journey overflowing with intertwined drum patterns, sax bursts, & movie dialogue, like free jazz formed from infinite constituent parts. bottomless zones.
August 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OUT TODAY:
new single from Jetski’s upcoming album The Radiant Radish!
🌟🎿
“Bucking Broadway” hits as an epic plunderphonic journey overflowing with intertwined drum patterns, sax bursts, & movie dialogue, like free jazz formed from infinite constituent parts. bottomless zones.
new single from Jetski’s upcoming album The Radiant Radish!
🌟🎿
“Bucking Broadway” hits as an epic plunderphonic journey overflowing with intertwined drum patterns, sax bursts, & movie dialogue, like free jazz formed from infinite constituent parts. bottomless zones.
OMG, also this!!
ANNOUNCING:
𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨
🫧🌊
out Sept 26th on LP, CD, & digi
We're so happy to have world's nicest man Daryl Groetsch back in HausMo zones with a spellbinding new LP that finds him dipping his toes into progressive synth composition, jazz-inspired harmonies, & intricate rhythmic swirls.
𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨
🫧🌊
out Sept 26th on LP, CD, & digi
We're so happy to have world's nicest man Daryl Groetsch back in HausMo zones with a spellbinding new LP that finds him dipping his toes into progressive synth composition, jazz-inspired harmonies, & intricate rhythmic swirls.
July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
OMG, also this!!
Oh yes, oh my, yes!
ANNOUNCING:
Jetski
The Radiant Radish
🌱🧬
out September 2nd, 2025
We’re very excited to welcome @jetski0.bsky.social to the HausMo family with his mind-boggling album that churns thousands of royalty-free/public domain samples into a plunderphonic prog odyssey, all performed on Koala samplers 🐨🔊
Jetski
The Radiant Radish
🌱🧬
out September 2nd, 2025
We’re very excited to welcome @jetski0.bsky.social to the HausMo family with his mind-boggling album that churns thousands of royalty-free/public domain samples into a plunderphonic prog odyssey, all performed on Koala samplers 🐨🔊
July 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Oh yes, oh my, yes!
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July 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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EPISODE 209
We got mentioned in another book and someone made us a fan IG account. So we must be very smart and very very funny!
To celebrate we played tapes by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Toxic Chicken, Unholy Altar, Ouroborean Piss, Liz Meredith, Bridges of Konigsberg, Degraved, & more
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We got mentioned in another book and someone made us a fan IG account. So we must be very smart and very very funny!
To celebrate we played tapes by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Toxic Chicken, Unholy Altar, Ouroborean Piss, Liz Meredith, Bridges of Konigsberg, Degraved, & more
tabsout.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
EPISODE 209
We got mentioned in another book and someone made us a fan IG account. So we must be very smart and very very funny!
To celebrate we played tapes by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Toxic Chicken, Unholy Altar, Ouroborean Piss, Liz Meredith, Bridges of Konigsberg, Degraved, & more
tabsout.com
We got mentioned in another book and someone made us a fan IG account. So we must be very smart and very very funny!
To celebrate we played tapes by Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Toxic Chicken, Unholy Altar, Ouroborean Piss, Liz Meredith, Bridges of Konigsberg, Degraved, & more
tabsout.com
Dang, @dasroyalarctic.bsky.social ! Gorgeous as always. Video directed by my little league teammate @thejohnisjohn.bsky.social . Record out on @centripetalforce.bsky.social
Check out the premiere for The Royal Arctic Institute’s new video from their self-titled album, which is out now on @centripetalforce.bsky.social recordcratesunited.com/2025/06/13/m... @dasroyalarctic.bsky.social
Music Video Premiere: The Royal Arctic Institute – “The Opener”
East coast cosmic Americana rockers, The Royal Arctic Institute, has just released a dreamy music video for their track, “The Opener,” from their excellent new self-titled LP on Centrip…
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June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Dang, @dasroyalarctic.bsky.social ! Gorgeous as always. Video directed by my little league teammate @thejohnisjohn.bsky.social . Record out on @centripetalforce.bsky.social
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I'm excited to announce 'Save The Waves: People for Public Media' — a 19-track benefit comp curated in support of PBS.
Out June 27 (Digital + Cassette).
Pre-order now & get 2 tracks instantly
All proceeds to PBS.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/save-t...
Out June 27 (Digital + Cassette).
Pre-order now & get 2 tracks instantly
All proceeds to PBS.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/save-t...
Save The Waves: People for Public Media, by Seawind of Battery
19 track album
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm excited to announce 'Save The Waves: People for Public Media' — a 19-track benefit comp curated in support of PBS.
Out June 27 (Digital + Cassette).
Pre-order now & get 2 tracks instantly
All proceeds to PBS.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/save-t...
Out June 27 (Digital + Cassette).
Pre-order now & get 2 tracks instantly
All proceeds to PBS.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/save-t...
Doing the repress thing up in here. @billorcutt.bsky.social / Fake Estates.
June 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Doing the repress thing up in here. @billorcutt.bsky.social / Fake Estates.
One of the best baseball writers out there. Sorry, did not mean to make this a baseball thread!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT (Non-sarcastic)
My first book, "Summer of the Cheap Wieners," will be released next year by @brooklinebooks.bsky.social!
Ted Williams. Joe DiMaggio. In 1941, some eternal baseball lore was being written.
Also, the Phillies were there.
www.brooklinebooks.com/978195504158...
My first book, "Summer of the Cheap Wieners," will be released next year by @brooklinebooks.bsky.social!
Ted Williams. Joe DiMaggio. In 1941, some eternal baseball lore was being written.
Also, the Phillies were there.
www.brooklinebooks.com/978195504158...
Summer of the Cheap Wieners - Brookline Books
Meet the 1941 Phillies: A sad little ball club with a fading number of disgruntled fans. They aren’t very good now, and they won’t be soon. But the Phill...
www.brooklinebooks.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of the best baseball writers out there. Sorry, did not mean to make this a baseball thread!
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Episode 208
🕊️ new MERZBOW
🩸 old CONTROLLED BLEEDING
⚔️ crawl the dungeon with TOMESTONER
👨👦👦 Mike Watt and Mold Omen collab as MOW
🫧 burst the DOT COM BUBBLE
☢️ double shot of NUCLEAR WAR NOW!
@merzbow.net @wattfrompedro.bsky.social @alexhoman.bsky.social @oxenrecords.bsky.social
👉 tabsout.com
🕊️ new MERZBOW
🩸 old CONTROLLED BLEEDING
⚔️ crawl the dungeon with TOMESTONER
👨👦👦 Mike Watt and Mold Omen collab as MOW
🫧 burst the DOT COM BUBBLE
☢️ double shot of NUCLEAR WAR NOW!
@merzbow.net @wattfrompedro.bsky.social @alexhoman.bsky.social @oxenrecords.bsky.social
👉 tabsout.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Episode 208
🕊️ new MERZBOW
🩸 old CONTROLLED BLEEDING
⚔️ crawl the dungeon with TOMESTONER
👨👦👦 Mike Watt and Mold Omen collab as MOW
🫧 burst the DOT COM BUBBLE
☢️ double shot of NUCLEAR WAR NOW!
@merzbow.net @wattfrompedro.bsky.social @alexhoman.bsky.social @oxenrecords.bsky.social
👉 tabsout.com
🕊️ new MERZBOW
🩸 old CONTROLLED BLEEDING
⚔️ crawl the dungeon with TOMESTONER
👨👦👦 Mike Watt and Mold Omen collab as MOW
🫧 burst the DOT COM BUBBLE
☢️ double shot of NUCLEAR WAR NOW!
@merzbow.net @wattfrompedro.bsky.social @alexhoman.bsky.social @oxenrecords.bsky.social
👉 tabsout.com