Critical Masses
@criticalmasses.bsky.social
Reviewin’ junk: Tabs Out / Tiny Mix Tapes / Cassette Gods. criticalmassesmedia at gmail. criticalmassesmedia1 dot wordpress dot COM.
Not a Stone Roses fan, eh Spelling Bee?
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Not a Stone Roses fan, eh Spelling Bee?
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.
Toxic Chicken, “Buff!” 2025 @ingrownrecords.bsky.social
Joyous, wild, synth shit. I mean, look at that cover art.
Joyous, wild, synth shit. I mean, look at that cover art.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Toxic Chicken, “Buff!” 2025 @ingrownrecords.bsky.social
Joyous, wild, synth shit. I mean, look at that cover art.
Joyous, wild, synth shit. I mean, look at that cover art.
Toadofsky/Hallucinogenic Bulb // Distortion of a Perfect World [split] ( @virtua94.bsky.social , 2024)
Released following the passing of Dave Petersen, aka Hallucinogenic Bulb. RIP, Dave…
Released following the passing of Dave Petersen, aka Hallucinogenic Bulb. RIP, Dave…
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Toadofsky/Hallucinogenic Bulb // Distortion of a Perfect World [split] ( @virtua94.bsky.social , 2024)
Released following the passing of Dave Petersen, aka Hallucinogenic Bulb. RIP, Dave…
Released following the passing of Dave Petersen, aka Hallucinogenic Bulb. RIP, Dave…
Presently listening: Mr. Hideyoshi // Present-Day Megalith // @virtua94.bsky.social // 2021
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Presently listening: Mr. Hideyoshi // Present-Day Megalith // @virtua94.bsky.social // 2021
CHXMERAS // Terminal City // @virtua94.bsky.social // 2024
April 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
CHXMERAS // Terminal City // @virtua94.bsky.social // 2024
Presently listening: Megzbow and Vinegar Tom // Field Mulch (Sgarab Tapes, 2024). Not sure where this came from, but I’m pretty sure wherever it is, it’s under water. Also, I believe Megzbow has blocked @tabsout.bsky.social as well.
April 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Presently listening: Megzbow and Vinegar Tom // Field Mulch (Sgarab Tapes, 2024). Not sure where this came from, but I’m pretty sure wherever it is, it’s under water. Also, I believe Megzbow has blocked @tabsout.bsky.social as well.
Presently listening: Necking // Final Embers of Sunlight (Marginal Frequency, 2021). Cacophony blossoms.
April 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Presently listening: Necking // Final Embers of Sunlight (Marginal Frequency, 2021). Cacophony blossoms.
Ian MacPhee // Cycles ( @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2025). Love this artist. Ambient soundscapes and field recordings flawlessly stitched together.
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ian MacPhee // Cycles ( @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2025). Love this artist. Ambient soundscapes and field recordings flawlessly stitched together.
Presently listening: Desolation Plains // The Pillars of Ruination (Old Stories, 2025). New dungeon synth jammer!
April 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Presently listening: Desolation Plains // The Pillars of Ruination (Old Stories, 2025). New dungeon synth jammer!
Presently listening: Seth Graham and Keith @giantclaw.bsky.social Rankin from Orange Milk Records. This tape is bonkers and I love it. Cream Juice // Man Feelings (Orange Milk, 2013)
April 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Presently listening: Seth Graham and Keith @giantclaw.bsky.social Rankin from Orange Milk Records. This tape is bonkers and I love it. Cream Juice // Man Feelings (Orange Milk, 2013)
Now up: DJ VLK, “Passion,” from the inimitable @strategictaper.bsky.social !
March 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Now up: DJ VLK, “Passion,” from the inimitable @strategictaper.bsky.social !
Sobbing Honey // Melela (true stereo) (@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2024). Creeping musique concrete and ambience. Duo of Grant Capes and Mike Meanstreetz. (More Mike Meanstreetz in our lives, please. Where have you gone Tingo Tongo Tapes??)
March 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sobbing Honey // Melela (true stereo) (@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2024). Creeping musique concrete and ambience. Duo of Grant Capes and Mike Meanstreetz. (More Mike Meanstreetz in our lives, please. Where have you gone Tingo Tongo Tapes??)
So glad this tape finally arrived! @andrewhowie.bsky.social drops “unreachable” by his slow_the_tape project on Autoclave Records. Almost-improv’d to four-track, each piece of this mini album was inspired by and composed after reading each chapter in philip toshio sudo's book “zen guitar.” Love it!
March 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So glad this tape finally arrived! @andrewhowie.bsky.social drops “unreachable” by his slow_the_tape project on Autoclave Records. Almost-improv’d to four-track, each piece of this mini album was inspired by and composed after reading each chapter in philip toshio sudo's book “zen guitar.” Love it!
Martin Rach // Four Improvisations in Burnt Colours (Lurker Bias, 2024)
Tones and textures.
Tones and textures.
February 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Martin Rach // Four Improvisations in Burnt Colours (Lurker Bias, 2024)
Tones and textures.
Tones and textures.
RM.Gambill // Medium Fortune (Oxtail, 2023)
Look, I’ll eventually get through all the Oxtail tapes I got. This one’s as peaceful as they come. Unstuck in time indeed.
Look, I’ll eventually get through all the Oxtail tapes I got. This one’s as peaceful as they come. Unstuck in time indeed.
February 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
RM.Gambill // Medium Fortune (Oxtail, 2023)
Look, I’ll eventually get through all the Oxtail tapes I got. This one’s as peaceful as they come. Unstuck in time indeed.
Look, I’ll eventually get through all the Oxtail tapes I got. This one’s as peaceful as they come. Unstuck in time indeed.
daborabo// Dream Lesson (Kirigirisu, 2025). Presently listening.
February 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
daborabo// Dream Lesson (Kirigirisu, 2025). Presently listening.
Élément Kuuda // Harbour of the North Wind (@hothamsound.bsky.social Sound, 2025). Just out last week!
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Élément Kuuda // Harbour of the North Wind (@hothamsound.bsky.social Sound, 2025). Just out last week!
Tomomi Kubo & Camila Nebbia // Polycephaly (Tripticks Tapes, 2021). Presently listening.
February 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Tomomi Kubo & Camila Nebbia // Polycephaly (Tripticks Tapes, 2021). Presently listening.
Tanson, “Coral Grief,” Oxtail, 2022. Presently listening.
February 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tanson, “Coral Grief,” Oxtail, 2022. Presently listening.
Chilled synthscapes by former @tabsout.bsky.social cohost Dave Doyen. Still digging through my Oxtail shipment!
February 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Chilled synthscapes by former @tabsout.bsky.social cohost Dave Doyen. Still digging through my Oxtail shipment!
Here we go… RIP Susan Alcorn.
Alcorn/McPhee/Vandermark, “Invitation to a Dream” (Astral Spirits, 2019)
Alcorn/McPhee/Vandermark, “Invitation to a Dream” (Astral Spirits, 2019)
February 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here we go… RIP Susan Alcorn.
Alcorn/McPhee/Vandermark, “Invitation to a Dream” (Astral Spirits, 2019)
Alcorn/McPhee/Vandermark, “Invitation to a Dream” (Astral Spirits, 2019)