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4eva wading in the Cosmic slop
byline and opinions:plentiful
https://www.clippings.me/sounddqualities
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The 100 Best Songs of 2025 | Treble
As the year draws ever nearer to a close, we queue up an epic playlist with our list of the 100 best songs of 2025
www.treblezine.com
The 100 Best Songs of 2025 from @treblezine.bsky.social
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
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Excellent list and that black mahogani repress is so warranted and is my personal repress of the year. Lost an original copy of it in a bag that got knicked in my Great Record Bag Disappearence and so happy to have the record back now
The best reissues of 2025
Our guide to the best archival digs of the year
www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
Our guide to the best archival digs of the year
www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
The Best Reissues of 2025 | Treble
We flip through the year's best archival digs with the best reissues of 2025, including Sting, Prince, Springsteen and more
www.treblezine.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excellent list and that black mahogani repress is so warranted and is my personal repress of the year. Lost an original copy of it in a bag that got knicked in my Great Record Bag Disappearence and so happy to have the record back now
Best Of Heavyweight: The Best Vinyl Reissues Lists
The Best Reissues of 2025 for @treblezine.bsky.social
Moodyman to The Boss
Joni to Buckingham Nicks
Eddie Hazel to Hüsker Dü
✒️ www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
The Best Reissues of 2025 for @treblezine.bsky.social
Moodyman to The Boss
Joni to Buckingham Nicks
Eddie Hazel to Hüsker Dü
✒️ www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Best Of Heavyweight: The Best Vinyl Reissues Lists
The Best Reissues of 2025 for @treblezine.bsky.social
Moodyman to The Boss
Joni to Buckingham Nicks
Eddie Hazel to Hüsker Dü
✒️ www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
The Best Reissues of 2025 for @treblezine.bsky.social
Moodyman to The Boss
Joni to Buckingham Nicks
Eddie Hazel to Hüsker Dü
✒️ www.treblezine.com/the-best-rei...
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For weeks all the #NFL insiders were drinking that
"the injury could actually heal while he's playing"
bs kool-aid. Finally came home to roost.
DJ should not have been out there in the first place.
Get the back-up QB in there and have him hand off to the NFL MVP RB JT
Sorry to see this 👇
"the injury could actually heal while he's playing"
bs kool-aid. Finally came home to roost.
DJ should not have been out there in the first place.
Get the back-up QB in there and have him hand off to the NFL MVP RB JT
Sorry to see this 👇
This is really not good for Daniel Jones. Looks like he knows he's done-done. Grabbed his knee, then calf/Achilles
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
For weeks all the #NFL insiders were drinking that
"the injury could actually heal while he's playing"
bs kool-aid. Finally came home to roost.
DJ should not have been out there in the first place.
Get the back-up QB in there and have him hand off to the NFL MVP RB JT
Sorry to see this 👇
"the injury could actually heal while he's playing"
bs kool-aid. Finally came home to roost.
DJ should not have been out there in the first place.
Get the back-up QB in there and have him hand off to the NFL MVP RB JT
Sorry to see this 👇
#rewind
Nine years ago this week, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, snatched the damn throne with “Awaken, My Love!”
Wrote about this Future Classic for MIMS:
www.musicismysanctuary.com/childish-gam...
Nine years ago this week, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, snatched the damn throne with “Awaken, My Love!”
Wrote about this Future Classic for MIMS:
www.musicismysanctuary.com/childish-gam...
When Hip-Hop is not enough: Childish Gambino pushes forward on newest album
With "Awaken, My Love!", Childish Gambino has made an 11-track pivot move and clean break from his musical contemporaries and earlier releases.
www.musicismysanctuary.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#rewind
Nine years ago this week, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, snatched the damn throne with “Awaken, My Love!”
Wrote about this Future Classic for MIMS:
www.musicismysanctuary.com/childish-gam...
Nine years ago this week, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, snatched the damn throne with “Awaken, My Love!”
Wrote about this Future Classic for MIMS:
www.musicismysanctuary.com/childish-gam...
Your suggestions for @bandcamp.com Friday
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Your suggestions for @bandcamp.com Friday
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise
@slumberlandrecords.com
@intlanthem.bsky.social
💥🎹 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Links all here 👇
BIG WEEK/THIS WEEK @48hills.bsky.social
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BIG WEEK/THIS WEEK @48hills.bsky.social
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend
✒️ 48hills.org/2025/12/big-...
Bay Area Anthem 👇🕊️
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
TV on the Radio:
🎵 I Was a Lover
#TVontheRadio
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
I Was a Lover, by TV on the Radio
from the album Return To Cookie Mountain
tvontheradio.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bay Area Anthem 👇🕊️
Tortoise on @intlanthem.bsky.social
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tortoise on @intlanthem.bsky.social
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
Wore Italian loafers in Space : Cultural Icon
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Wore Italian loafers in Space : Cultural Icon
For @bandcamp.com Friday @48hills.bsky.social has Bay Area picks
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For @bandcamp.com Friday @48hills.bsky.social has Bay Area picks
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."
UnderTheStars
@slumberlandrecords.com
48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
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Craft. It's all about craft. There are people who nerd out about musicianship and instruments purely for the sake of complicating their life, they're the ones who get success then end up disappearing into their own home studios spending more time getting the right cable arrangements
Why I Use a Telecaster Guitar - Steve Cropper
YouTube video by Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Craft. It's all about craft. There are people who nerd out about musicianship and instruments purely for the sake of complicating their life, they're the ones who get success then end up disappearing into their own home studios spending more time getting the right cable arrangements
For you on December 2, the 50 Best Albums of 2025 from Treblezine. I wrote about the futuristic R&B of Rochelle Jordan and the LA-based experimental jazz supergroup, SML.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
ENJOY: www.treblezine.com/the-50-best-...
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
ENJOY: www.treblezine.com/the-50-best-...
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 | Treble
We wrap a long and overwhelming year with a list that captures a wide spread of the best music we heard: the 50 best albums of 2025
www.treblezine.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
For you on December 2, the 50 Best Albums of 2025 from Treblezine. I wrote about the futuristic R&B of Rochelle Jordan and the LA-based experimental jazz supergroup, SML.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
ENJOY: www.treblezine.com/the-50-best-...
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
ENJOY: www.treblezine.com/the-50-best-...
The 100 Best Songs of 2025 from @treblezine.bsky.social
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
The 100 Best Songs of 2025 | Treble
As the year draws ever nearer to a close, we queue up an epic playlist with our list of the 100 best songs of 2025
www.treblezine.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The 100 Best Songs of 2025 from @treblezine.bsky.social
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
..... I wrote about the New Zealand indie rock band The Beths' "No Joy" and the Chicago-based American post-rock band Tortoise and their song "Oganesson."
@thebeths.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...
#pop #music #culture #repost
Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, released on November 30, 1982, hit number one on the Billboard charts on February 26, 1983, and stayed there for a non-consecutive 37 weeks until April 14, 1984.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2024/04/1984...
Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, released on November 30, 1982, hit number one on the Billboard charts on February 26, 1983, and stayed there for a non-consecutive 37 weeks until April 14, 1984.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2024/04/1984...
1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere - 48 hills
As the 40th anniversary releases and tributes roll out, revisiting a year of barrier-busting giants.
48hills.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#pop #music #culture #repost
Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, released on November 30, 1982, hit number one on the Billboard charts on February 26, 1983, and stayed there for a non-consecutive 37 weeks until April 14, 1984.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2024/04/1984...
Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, released on November 30, 1982, hit number one on the Billboard charts on February 26, 1983, and stayed there for a non-consecutive 37 weeks until April 14, 1984.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2024/04/1984...
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For The Win
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
For The Win
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Jack White is the king of “indie dudes love sports too” representation matters baby
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Jack White is the king of “indie dudes love sports too” representation matters baby
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"McCraven’s sound proposes a radical reimagining of what jazz can be in the 21st century. For McCraven, it’s a result of 'liking to shake things up and feeling like that is part of the legacy of jazz in broader terms. It’s a provocative music and music of the people.'"
Makaya McCraven Interviewed:
Makaya McCraven Interviewed:
A Representation of Life: Makaya McCraven Interviewed | The Quietus
Makaya McCraven is releasing four new records on Halloween. What of it, says Daniel Spicer, he certainly has the range and the chops...
thequietus.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"McCraven’s sound proposes a radical reimagining of what jazz can be in the 21st century. For McCraven, it’s a result of 'liking to shake things up and feeling like that is part of the legacy of jazz in broader terms. It’s a provocative music and music of the people.'"
Makaya McCraven Interviewed:
Makaya McCraven Interviewed:
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"It’s a total gas watching vocalist Michael Bingham schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley," writes John-Paul Shiver of the buzz surrounding Spiritual Cramp's new album 'Rude' #UnderTheStars
Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with 'Rude' - 48 hills
Plus: KeiyaA's atmospheric heft—and 'tis the season for new releases from immortal crews like De La Soul, The Pharcyde, and Lush.
48hills.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"It’s a total gas watching vocalist Michael Bingham schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley," writes John-Paul Shiver of the buzz surrounding Spiritual Cramp's new album 'Rude' #UnderTheStars
📻 #SF/ WestCoast self-proclaimed punks, Spiritual Cramp, schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley, totin’ a boombox.
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with 'Rude' - 48 hills
Plus: KeiyaA's atmospheric heft—and 'tis the season for new releases from immortal crews like De La Soul, The Pharcyde, and Lush.
48hills.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📻 #SF/ WestCoast self-proclaimed punks, Spiritual Cramp, schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley, totin’ a boombox.
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
🦃Gobble Gobble! Ho, Ho, Ho, patrons! It's gift season for the music lover, art enthusiast, or otherwise cool person in your life.
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
Take me to tinsel town: a music lover's holiday gift guide - 48 hills
Fillmore merch, kaleidoscopic Peanuts Xmas vinyl, books to cheer any genre buff, donations to the arts, much more
48hills.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🦃Gobble Gobble! Ho, Ho, Ho, patrons! It's gift season for the music lover, art enthusiast, or otherwise cool person in your life.
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Manute Bol, Spud Webb, and Dominique Wilkins
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Manute Bol, Spud Webb, and Dominique Wilkins
Having a little side convo w/@padlife.bsky.social about DJing around SF in the 90s got me thinking about a weekly I had playing jazz, hip-hop, acid jazz, soul etc at Dalva on 16th St and some of the records I'd spin. This was one of them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClTi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClTi...
United Future Organization Feat. Monday Michiru - My Foolish Dream (VIDEO CLIP)
YouTube video by DJ Paulo Riei
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM