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Tejano slacker trash. Hipster doofus. Face like a frying pan.
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New at No Fences Review: I offer thoughts on my favorites of the year. Every year's a great year for music, and 2025 was no exception. Please share and subscribe!
(Godspeed, Raul Malo. Te amamos mucho.)
(Godspeed, Raul Malo. Te amamos mucho.)
Best of 2025: Charles' Version
Charles Hughes picks his favorite albums of the year
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December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New at No Fences Review: I offer thoughts on my favorites of the year. Every year's a great year for music, and 2025 was no exception. Please share and subscribe!
(Godspeed, Raul Malo. Te amamos mucho.)
(Godspeed, Raul Malo. Te amamos mucho.)
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Way too much Nuzzi and Altman in the feed today. Purify your timeline in the fake snow of the Ad-vent Calendar.
Better watch out on December 1: The Best VHS Ad-vent Calendar Ever is coming to town.
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Way too much Nuzzi and Altman in the feed today. Purify your timeline in the fake snow of the Ad-vent Calendar.
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The Best VHS Ad-vent Calendar Ever: Day 9
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Best VHS Ad-vent Calendar Ever: Day 9
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Pass the Living Wage for Musicians Act! @umaw.bsky.social weareumaw.org/make-streami...
Twenty years ago, over 90% of revenue from recorded music came from physical album sales.
Now, streaming accounts for 84% of that money.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Now, streaming accounts for 84% of that money.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Musicians push back on dwindling payments from streaming services
Nearly every song ever recorded is available for about $12 a month, or free if you don’t mind the ads. But while the streaming giant Spotify has conquered the music industry, many of the artists respo...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Pass the Living Wage for Musicians Act! @umaw.bsky.social weareumaw.org/make-streami...
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The House Seen from the Rose Garden - 1922/1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11303
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11303
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The House Seen from the Rose Garden - 1922/1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11303
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11303
Killed my own vibe for no reason. Had to teach myself a lesson.
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Killed my own vibe for no reason. Had to teach myself a lesson.
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We have a new look! Check it out and read through our posts on all the biggest singles of 2025: thesinglesjukebox.com
The Singles Jukebox – Pop, to two decimal places
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December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We have a new look! Check it out and read through our posts on all the biggest singles of 2025: thesinglesjukebox.com
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Romare Bearden, The Silent Valley of Sunrise, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134853
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134853
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Romare Bearden, The Silent Valley of Sunrise, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134853
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134853
4x4 (barely) this week! Only managed twelve albums from '97 and '98. Mixed bag as usual: mostly post-rock, various electronica, and some hip hop thrown in for good measure.
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
4x4 (barely) this week! Only managed twelve albums from '97 and '98. Mixed bag as usual: mostly post-rock, various electronica, and some hip hop thrown in for good measure.
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Streaming services MUST be regulated. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Streaming services MUST be regulated. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
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Anybody still making that good good hit 'em music
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Anybody still making that good good hit 'em music
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at IHTOV today:
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
Welcome to Frank Black Friday
Oh, you don’t know about Frank Black Friday? Read on to learn all about Frank Black Friday and more as PopMatters pals Rich Wilhelm and Chris Ingalls present an oral history of how their separate 30-y...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
at IHTOV today:
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
“Can you explain this gap in your resumé?”
“Oh, you mean my Liminal Period?”
“Oh, you mean my Liminal Period?”
m-flo has announced their 10th studio album, alongside their first solo live event in 6 years, to be released in February 2026 with a creative “liminal period” to follow.
m-flo announces 10th album releasing in February 2026, with “liminal” period to follow | scrmbl
Fans know that this year has been a busy one for iconic hip-hop/dan...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Can you explain this gap in your resumé?”
“Oh, you mean my Liminal Period?”
“Oh, you mean my Liminal Period?”
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Happy birthday Wata! ✌️
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy birthday Wata! ✌️
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Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
We must defeat AI kitsch by spreading vintage, handcrafted kitsch
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gonna repost this every time I see its AI monstrosity of a sequel.
Early(?) 4x4 for the week! Checked out some hip hop, IDM, post-rock and more from the mid-'90s. Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Early(?) 4x4 for the week! Checked out some hip hop, IDM, post-rock and more from the mid-'90s. Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
5x4 this week. We're in the Nineties now! Mostly '90 and '91, to be specific. Gathered some classics from hip hop, jazz, and ambient house as well as lone representatives of trip-hop, dancehall/ragga, and new age/Celtic folk.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
5x4 this week. We're in the Nineties now! Mostly '90 and '91, to be specific. Gathered some classics from hip hop, jazz, and ambient house as well as lone representatives of trip-hop, dancehall/ragga, and new age/Celtic folk.
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Resharing my 22 Best Country Albums of 1975 list. Ahead of Part 2 on its way in a few minutes—accounting for (yikes!) 232 more
The Best Country Albums of 1975
David picks his 22 favorite country albums from a half century ago.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Resharing my 22 Best Country Albums of 1975 list. Ahead of Part 2 on its way in a few minutes—accounting for (yikes!) 232 more
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New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social with Part 2 of his Best Country Albums of 1975. 90 more albums (!) from across the stylistic spectrum, all considered with the care and insight that makes David one of the best in the business. Essential stuff. Please share and subscribe!
The Best Country Albums of 1975, Part 2
David spotlights 90 more noteworthy country albums from a half century ago
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November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social with Part 2 of his Best Country Albums of 1975. 90 more albums (!) from across the stylistic spectrum, all considered with the care and insight that makes David one of the best in the business. Essential stuff. Please share and subscribe!
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the IHTOV writer fund is once again empty and i've been paying the writers and for maintenance on my own and my own personal funds are depleted at the moment. if you can, help IHTOV stay afloat bsky.app/profile/ihav...
please keep in mind that IHTOV is reader/self funded and right now the writer/maintenance fund is empty. if you'd like to help IHTOV keep going, consider leaving a tip for the stories you read: michele-catalano2659 at venmo. paypal is michele.catalano@gmail. thank you
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
the IHTOV writer fund is once again empty and i've been paying the writers and for maintenance on my own and my own personal funds are depleted at the moment. if you can, help IHTOV stay afloat bsky.app/profile/ihav...
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I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music - YouTube
songs featured in Al Shipley's book Tough Breaks
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November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Yo! It's this week's 4x4! I've made it to the end of the Eighties. This time, I checked out a bunch of hip hop and dance classics as well as the usual jazz, art rock/pop, and avant-garde curios.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yo! It's this week's 4x4! I've made it to the end of the Eighties. This time, I checked out a bunch of hip hop and dance classics as well as the usual jazz, art rock/pop, and avant-garde curios.
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we've got @superchunk.bsky.social covering magnetic fields and it's incredible superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/i-don-...
“I Don’t Want to Get Over You”, by Superchunk
1 track album
superchunk.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
we've got @superchunk.bsky.social covering magnetic fields and it's incredible superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/i-don-...
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Flipper’s Guitar helped define the sound of Shibuya-kei, blending global pop, British indie, and bossa nova into a collage that reshaped ’90s Japanese music.
scrmbl contributor Patrick St. Michel (of make believe melodies) gives a crash course introduction to the iconic Japanese duo.
scrmbl contributor Patrick St. Michel (of make believe melodies) gives a crash course introduction to the iconic Japanese duo.
Colour Me Pop - Introduction to Shibuya-Kei pioneers Flipper's Guitar | scrmbl
Some bands last for decades but don’t shape much of the sonic ecosy...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Flipper’s Guitar helped define the sound of Shibuya-kei, blending global pop, British indie, and bossa nova into a collage that reshaped ’90s Japanese music.
scrmbl contributor Patrick St. Michel (of make believe melodies) gives a crash course introduction to the iconic Japanese duo.
scrmbl contributor Patrick St. Michel (of make believe melodies) gives a crash course introduction to the iconic Japanese duo.