Jon Buckland
@pacificbeliefs.bsky.social
Freelance Writer and ultracrepiderian
Words: Resident Music, The Quietus, Bandcamp etc
https://pacificbeliefs.journoportfolio.com/writing/
Words: Resident Music, The Quietus, Bandcamp etc
https://pacificbeliefs.journoportfolio.com/writing/
I'm about 500 pages into this great hulking beast from @markzdanielewski.bsky.social and I have some musical accompaniment suggestions for the journey through the canyons and mountain peaks of Tom’s Crossing:
John Fahey
Gwenifer Raymond
Joseph Allred
elijah jamal asani
Daniel Bachman
Robbie Basho
John Fahey
Gwenifer Raymond
Joseph Allred
elijah jamal asani
Daniel Bachman
Robbie Basho
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'm about 500 pages into this great hulking beast from @markzdanielewski.bsky.social and I have some musical accompaniment suggestions for the journey through the canyons and mountain peaks of Tom’s Crossing:
John Fahey
Gwenifer Raymond
Joseph Allred
elijah jamal asani
Daniel Bachman
Robbie Basho
John Fahey
Gwenifer Raymond
Joseph Allred
elijah jamal asani
Daniel Bachman
Robbie Basho
Cases in point...
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Cases in point...
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Joseph Allred was in cosmic form yesterday evening, summoning entire worlds from the tips of his nimble fingers.
@poorfaulkner.bsky.social
@poorfaulkner.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Joseph Allred was in cosmic form yesterday evening, summoning entire worlds from the tips of his nimble fingers.
@poorfaulkner.bsky.social
@poorfaulkner.bsky.social
A good friend and I are taking the bold and perhaps slightly barmy step of putting on gigs in Worthing from next month.
If you're in the South Coast locale and fancy getting the low down, give @dreamsmotherers.bsky.social a follow.
If you're in the South Coast locale and fancy getting the low down, give @dreamsmotherers.bsky.social a follow.
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A good friend and I are taking the bold and perhaps slightly barmy step of putting on gigs in Worthing from next month.
If you're in the South Coast locale and fancy getting the low down, give @dreamsmotherers.bsky.social a follow.
If you're in the South Coast locale and fancy getting the low down, give @dreamsmotherers.bsky.social a follow.
Thoroughly enjoyed @hyperdawn.bsky.social's twinkly tape manipulations too.
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed @hyperdawn.bsky.social's twinkly tape manipulations too.
Moin were in fine form the other night at ACCA... Like they were weaving a battering ram out of vibrating atoms.
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Moin were in fine form the other night at ACCA... Like they were weaving a battering ram out of vibrating atoms.
To help work through the grief of losing her father, @annahogberg.bsky.social got her old ensemble back together for a sonic trip across mountain and sea.
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
To help work through the grief of losing her father, @annahogberg.bsky.social got her old ensemble back together for a sonic trip across mountain and sea.
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Blawan's got a cracking new record out so naturally I used up the word count harping on about Armand Van Helden, robotics, Transformers, AI, and maggots.
Album of the Week action for @thequietus.com
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Album of the Week action for @thequietus.com
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Blawan's got a cracking new record out so naturally I used up the word count harping on about Armand Van Helden, robotics, Transformers, AI, and maggots.
Album of the Week action for @thequietus.com
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Album of the Week action for @thequietus.com
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Huge billowing soundscapes formed with delicate poise by @k-lc.bsky.social at the ICA last night.
Very much looking forward to her third(!) album of the year.
Very much looking forward to her third(!) album of the year.
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Huge billowing soundscapes formed with delicate poise by @k-lc.bsky.social at the ICA last night.
Very much looking forward to her third(!) album of the year.
Very much looking forward to her third(!) album of the year.
And last, but not least, Mr @muterecords.bsky.social himself - Daniel Miller - on the modulars.
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
And last, but not least, Mr @muterecords.bsky.social himself - Daniel Miller - on the modulars.
Sadly Mieko Shimizu couldn't make it but a couple of her new tracks were played with Violet Savage's flowing movements as accompaniment.
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Sadly Mieko Shimizu couldn't make it but a couple of her new tracks were played with Violet Savage's flowing movements as accompaniment.
Dhangsha in crushing form over at All is Joy.
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Dhangsha in crushing form over at All is Joy.
Harmonious shaver-wrangled drones courtesy of @monsterbobby.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Harmonious shaver-wrangled drones courtesy of @monsterbobby.bsky.social
Followed by Storyteller
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Followed by Storyteller
Cracking evening at Soho Electronic on Saturday.
It sounded like there were some dazzling performances earlier in the day but it began for me with Noise Warfare at Farsight Gallery.
It sounded like there were some dazzling performances earlier in the day but it began for me with Noise Warfare at Farsight Gallery.
September 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Cracking evening at Soho Electronic on Saturday.
It sounded like there were some dazzling performances earlier in the day but it began for me with Noise Warfare at Farsight Gallery.
It sounded like there were some dazzling performances earlier in the day but it began for me with Noise Warfare at Farsight Gallery.
Some thoughts on 'This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll' by @danielrachel.bsky.social due out next month through @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
A thread 1/9
A vital, chilling, and impactful documentation of pop music’s incessant obsession with Nazism and the culture's willingness to look the other way...
A thread 1/9
A vital, chilling, and impactful documentation of pop music’s incessant obsession with Nazism and the culture's willingness to look the other way...
September 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Some thoughts on 'This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll' by @danielrachel.bsky.social due out next month through @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
A thread 1/9
A vital, chilling, and impactful documentation of pop music’s incessant obsession with Nazism and the culture's willingness to look the other way...
A thread 1/9
A vital, chilling, and impactful documentation of pop music’s incessant obsession with Nazism and the culture's willingness to look the other way...
Happy 500th birthday @thewiremagazine.bsky.social!
September 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy 500th birthday @thewiremagazine.bsky.social!
And then some cracking insight from @soundsofslomo.com, @stephenomalley74.bsky.social, @jjstannard.bsky.social, @matthewmshaw.bsky.social on heavy drone masterpiece, 'The Creep'
September 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
And then some cracking insight from @soundsofslomo.com, @stephenomalley74.bsky.social, @jjstannard.bsky.social, @matthewmshaw.bsky.social on heavy drone masterpiece, 'The Creep'
Just @alexandertucker.bsky.social conjuring magic from a few strummed strings last night @stoneclub.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just @alexandertucker.bsky.social conjuring magic from a few strummed strings last night @stoneclub.bsky.social
Jackie-O Motherfucker in mesmerising form at the Rose Hill last night.
August 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Jackie-O Motherfucker in mesmerising form at the Rose Hill last night.
Well worthy of your ears...
August 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Well worthy of your ears...
A worthy challenger for my own nightmarish artwork high/low point.
I present to you the girl who kept watch over us as we slept in a Rochester hotel:
I present to you the girl who kept watch over us as we slept in a Rochester hotel:
August 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A worthy challenger for my own nightmarish artwork high/low point.
I present to you the girl who kept watch over us as we slept in a Rochester hotel:
I present to you the girl who kept watch over us as we slept in a Rochester hotel:
Gonna be slinging merchandise at this tonight.
Swing by, give us a wave.
Swing by, give us a wave.
August 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Gonna be slinging merchandise at this tonight.
Swing by, give us a wave.
Swing by, give us a wave.
Andrew Nolan's a busy chap. He's pulled together a second batch of non-album tracks in the past few months.
I had some thoughts here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
@thequietus.com
I had some thoughts here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
@thequietus.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Andrew Nolan's a busy chap. He's pulled together a second batch of non-album tracks in the past few months.
I had some thoughts here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
@thequietus.com
I had some thoughts here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
@thequietus.com