Matthew Edwards
@matthewedwards.bsky.social
south philly. art director at electric kite. used to write about pop songs, now i just listen to them. phillies fan (derogatory).
At the moment it’s Detroiters
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
At the moment it’s Detroiters
wait are they just one guy???
Kevin Parker has announced the fifth Tame Impala album, ‘Deadbeat’
Tame Impala Announces New Album 'Deadbeat'
It’s been five years since Tame Impala released The Slow Rush, the most recent album from Kevin Parker’s festival-conquering one-man project. For months now, we’ve known that there’s a new Tame Impala...
www.stereogum.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
wait are they just one guy???
Every morning I wake up and wonder the all-important question: Will Beulah’s Yoko ever be issued on vinyl in my lifetime?
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Every morning I wake up and wonder the all-important question: Will Beulah’s Yoko ever be issued on vinyl in my lifetime?
it's a crispy 62 degrees this morning, so i put the first widowspeak record on the turntable. happy to report that it holds up really quite well.
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
it's a crispy 62 degrees this morning, so i put the first widowspeak record on the turntable. happy to report that it holds up really quite well.
In honor of the first truly sweltering day of Summer, here’s a playlist I made of some of greatest, gently psychedelic, harmony-laden slices of sunshine pop to complement the unbearable heatwave settling upon us! It’s not on Spotify, sorry. 🤷♀️
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Sunshine Pop Til You Drop by Matthew Edwards on Apple Music
Playlist · 42 Songs
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June 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In honor of the first truly sweltering day of Summer, here’s a playlist I made of some of greatest, gently psychedelic, harmony-laden slices of sunshine pop to complement the unbearable heatwave settling upon us! It’s not on Spotify, sorry. 🤷♀️
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
A few of my very favorite deep cut heaters lurking in here. Looking to improve your day immediately? Throw this on.
New playlist 50 UP-TEMPO SOUL SHAKERS - 2+ hours of danceable R&B from the 60s and early 70s, with some big Motown and Stax hits mixed in with some deeper cuts
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0si...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0si...
Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A few of my very favorite deep cut heaters lurking in here. Looking to improve your day immediately? Throw this on.
One of my very favorite Brian moments occurs on the 1968 Beach Boys masterpiece Friends, where he spends a majority of the 3:04 runtime of "Busy Doin' Nothin'" giving you directions to his house should you maybe want to come hang out with him.
June 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One of my very favorite Brian moments occurs on the 1968 Beach Boys masterpiece Friends, where he spends a majority of the 3:04 runtime of "Busy Doin' Nothin'" giving you directions to his house should you maybe want to come hang out with him.
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![• Alex Chilton, the former lead singer of Big Star, recalled receiving middle-of-the-night phone calls from Wilson asking him to sing on a recording of "Shortenin' Bread'' ("He was telling me I have the perfect voice for it"). [31]
• The Monkees' Micky Dolenz said that when he tripped on LSD with Wilson, John Lennon, and Harry Nilsson, Wilson played "Shortenin' Bread" on piano "over and over again". [291
• Biographer Peter Ames Carlin wrote that Elton John and Iggy Pop were bemused by an extended, contumacious Wilson-led singalong of "Shortenin' Bread", leading Pop to flee the room proclaiming, "I gotta get out of here, man. This guy is nuts!"[32]
• Musician Alice Cooper recalled that Wilson considered "Shortenin' Bread" to be the greatest song ever written. According to Cooper, when he asked why, Wilson responded
"I don't know, it's just the best song ever written." [33]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfy5rgqvohpdqxgu2geb5u2b/bafkreiezoi2xwo35alw7yhztpyuwpiuikzdsnj63tek5fzaspvfj2dxgve@jpeg)
man. losing sly and brian in one week is soul crushing.
June 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
man. losing sly and brian in one week is soul crushing.
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RIP to Sly Stone. Calling someone a genius has mostly lost meaning, except when you apply it to Sly.
I'm glad Questlove gave him a revealing and rewarding documentary with SLY LIVES (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS). I wrote about it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
I'm glad Questlove gave him a revealing and rewarding documentary with SLY LIVES (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS). I wrote about it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
“Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” is a sonic kick to the soul.
www.rogerebert.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
RIP to Sly Stone. Calling someone a genius has mostly lost meaning, except when you apply it to Sly.
I'm glad Questlove gave him a revealing and rewarding documentary with SLY LIVES (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS). I wrote about it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
I'm glad Questlove gave him a revealing and rewarding documentary with SLY LIVES (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS). I wrote about it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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new stereolab single is wonderful, but the AI slop music video??? why?
April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
new stereolab single is wonderful, but the AI slop music video??? why?
i don't have a spotify wrapped, because i switched to apple music in august, but if there was one it would probably be 200 thousand plays of the stellar magdalena bay lp, a bunch of mid-60s soul/r&b, and the byrds.
December 4, 2024 at 5:49 PM
i don't have a spotify wrapped, because i switched to apple music in august, but if there was one it would probably be 200 thousand plays of the stellar magdalena bay lp, a bunch of mid-60s soul/r&b, and the byrds.
Some favorites
November 14, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Some favorites
Every time I look up an album cover that struck me lately there's a 98% chance it's Loring Eutemey
November 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Every time I look up an album cover that struck me lately there's a 98% chance it's Loring Eutemey
Treating myself to going extra hard on Christmas music this year. This Del Vetts tune from 1961 is new to me, but I’m gonna wring the life out of this one.
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DEL VETTS - I Want A Boy For Christmas - END 1106 - 1961
YouTube video by 4JUKEBOXSATURDAYNITE
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November 14, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Treating myself to going extra hard on Christmas music this year. This Del Vetts tune from 1961 is new to me, but I’m gonna wring the life out of this one.
youtu.be/8ADxr_0bv4Y?...
youtu.be/8ADxr_0bv4Y?...
unfortunately impossible to not picture Robbie Rotten whenever Gaetz is mentioned
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
unfortunately impossible to not picture Robbie Rotten whenever Gaetz is mentioned
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BREAKING: Richard Kind is PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2024!
November 13, 2024 at 1:33 PM
BREAKING: Richard Kind is PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2024!
Still can’t believe I’ll be seeing velocity girl in less than two months
August 7, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Still can’t believe I’ll be seeing velocity girl in less than two months
The new Carly B-sides situation has a pretty good amount of pretty great songs on it.
July 28, 2023 at 7:30 PM
The new Carly B-sides situation has a pretty good amount of pretty great songs on it.
Man, this Smut record rules. How did I miss this last year??
Supersolar, by smut
from the album How the Light Felt
smutonline.bandcamp.com
July 6, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Man, this Smut record rules. How did I miss this last year??