Horse Combinations
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a blog about cool songs
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We've got another new post up this morning, featuring ten cool songs I listened to this month.
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
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Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
December 2025 (Part 1)
Hope you're having a nice holiday season! We've slowly been getting into the spirit, mostly drinking eggnoggy cocktails watching an endless ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We've got another new post up this morning, featuring ten cool songs I listened to this month.
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
Featuring tracks by cootie catcher, Takuro Okada, Adeline Hotel, Flur, Anna von Hausswolff, Arthur Russell, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
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Aquarium Drunkard :: Year In Review 2025 - Aquarium Drunkard
Looking back to look ahead. The clock never stops, but sometimes music manages the impossible: slowing time for a moment. Our list arrives in the spirit of sharing, and we’re back with our annual Year...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Man
Radiohead debuted "True Love Waits" 30 years ago today
[📹: Johnny Airbag]
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Wrote about my complicated Wrapped feelings (obviously bad but also I like seeing what my friends listen to) plus 13 blurbs about 13 cool songs
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
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Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
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November 2025 (Part 2)
And just like that, another Cool Music November is behind us, folks. December is here and everyone's posting their Spotify Wrapped. I famous...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wrote about my complicated Wrapped feelings (obviously bad but also I like seeing what my friends listen to) plus 13 blurbs about 13 cool songs
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove...
Featuring Westside Cowboy, This Is Lorelei, Wendy Eisenberg, Spencer Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, and more!
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Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The Quiet Revolution: Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock
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Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
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Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Quiet Revolution: Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock
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Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/28/t...
Some records feel impossible to write about... they resist language the way water resists a net.
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Twenty year old Frankie
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Twenty year old Frankie
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
He's married, he's got a kid
And he's workin' in a factory
Ten new blurbs up this morning in honor of Cool Music November, featuring some stray thoughts on tracks by John Roseboro, Makaya McCraven, Danny Brown, Flamin' Groovies, Avalon Emerson, Seefeel, and more!
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horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
November 2025 (Part 1)
It's been an awesome few weeks for live music in Chicago, in the last few weeks alone I've checked out incredible shows from David Byrne, To...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ten new blurbs up this morning in honor of Cool Music November, featuring some stray thoughts on tracks by John Roseboro, Makaya McCraven, Danny Brown, Flamin' Groovies, Avalon Emerson, Seefeel, and more!
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I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm gonna shine out in the wild silence
This is a super fun and thought provoking read
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is a super fun and thought provoking read
Surprise new Spencer Radcliffe record! Thank you @orindal.bsky.social
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Ohio Vision, by Spencer Radcliffe
10 track album
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November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Surprise new Spencer Radcliffe record! Thank you @orindal.bsky.social
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Another new post is live over on Horse Combinations, featuring blurbs about nine cool songs I listened to last month.
Featuring thoughts on Daily Toll, Les McCann, Bloodsports, Snocaps, Eve Matin, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/octo...
Featuring thoughts on Daily Toll, Les McCann, Bloodsports, Snocaps, Eve Matin, and more!
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October 2025 (Part 3)
My friends, it's time to discuss the final nine songs that were added to the official Horse Combinations October 2025 playlist , a mix of c...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Another new post is live over on Horse Combinations, featuring blurbs about nine cool songs I listened to last month.
Featuring thoughts on Daily Toll, Les McCann, Bloodsports, Snocaps, Eve Matin, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/octo...
Featuring thoughts on Daily Toll, Les McCann, Bloodsports, Snocaps, Eve Matin, and more!
horsecombinations.blogspot.com/2025/11/octo...
New post is live just in time for Halloween! Featuring nine SCARY good tracks from bands like Able Noise, Sam Wilkes, Oxis, Pullman, and more!
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October 2025 (Part 2)
Wow, it's Halloween! Here are some ghoulish thoughts on nine songs that are so good you'll scream!!! Katy & the Null Sets - “Last Time/Next...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New post is live just in time for Halloween! Featuring nine SCARY good tracks from bands like Able Noise, Sam Wilkes, Oxis, Pullman, and more!
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I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.
Donate to Support William and His Family After Unjust ICE Arrest, organized by National Day Laborer Organizing Network
On September 12, ICE agents unjustly abducted day laborer Wil… National Day Laborer Organizing Network needs your support for Support William and His Family After Unjust ICE Arrest
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October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.
Can't wait to dig into this cootie catcher mix for Ugly Hug, tons of good stuff here: uglyhug.com/2025/10/29/c...
cootie catcher x ugly hug | Guest List vol. 80
Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by Toronto-based band cootie ca…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Can't wait to dig into this cootie catcher mix for Ugly Hug, tons of good stuff here: uglyhug.com/2025/10/29/c...
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Excellent sound quality. Possibly a radio broadcast or a soundboard. Unusual version of "Nuclear War" w/ an extended instrumental intro. Nice version of "Springtime Again" with John Gilmore vocals; the tune originally came out on the Holy Grail "Sleeping Beauty" album.
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Sun Ra 3/20/1984 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1st set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8wcOPpdAxI
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Excellent sound quality. Possibly a radio broadcast or a soundboard. Unusual version of "Nuclear War" w/ an extended instrumental intro. Nice version of "Springtime Again" with John Gilmore vocals; the tune originally came out on the Holy Grail "Sleeping Beauty" album.
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If you need to escape this world occasionally, 'Les Bibliotechaires' is an exploration of the myriad funky, sophisticated, playful, otherworldly sounds of Library Music from the late 60s to early 80s, across 28 LP-side-length themed mixes.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you need to escape this world occasionally, 'Les Bibliotechaires' is an exploration of the myriad funky, sophisticated, playful, otherworldly sounds of Library Music from the late 60s to early 80s, across 28 LP-side-length themed mixes.
musicophilia.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/l...
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Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O'Rourke have shared surprise four live albums following their Unsound shows
Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke Share Four Live Albums Following Unsound Shows
In August, Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke released their latest LP Pareidolia. Now, the pair has released four live albums.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk.
It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.
It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk.
It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.
It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.
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New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old.
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
October 2025 (Part 1)
I have no good ideas for an introductory paragraph to today's blog post, so let's just get straight to it. Here are some thoughts on eleven ...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old.
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
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Honored to have played both old & “new” 9:30, worked with with the amazing staff, some old friends, some new each time, AND with IMP, who’ve always been kind & generous. Honored now to stand with the workers pursuing a union & voluntary recognition!
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Workers at Major D.C. Concert Venues Launch Unionization Effort
There are more than 300 staff members aiming to unionize at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Honored to have played both old & “new” 9:30, worked with with the amazing staff, some old friends, some new each time, AND with IMP, who’ve always been kind & generous. Honored now to stand with the workers pursuing a union & voluntary recognition!
❤️✊❤️
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old.
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
October 2025 (Part 1)
I have no good ideas for an introductory paragraph to today's blog post, so let's just get straight to it. Here are some thoughts on eleven ...
horsecombinations.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New post is live now! Featuring eleven blurbs about eleven cool songs, new and old.
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!
Tracks from james K, verity den, TOPS, Cocteau Twins, Shrunken Elvis, and more!