Avery Brandel
@xeroxmystix.bsky.social
Artist and diy-punk promoter (he/they).
Allentown, PA/Wilmington, NC.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3PDuZ7QlhhWu5CbsjdlKcC?si=a2P2E6FGTnqPrOCZLHwcFw&pi=u-zeM3s5srT4GM
Allentown, PA/Wilmington, NC.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3PDuZ7QlhhWu5CbsjdlKcC?si=a2P2E6FGTnqPrOCZLHwcFw&pi=u-zeM3s5srT4GM
New show announcement: Kill Alters and Murderpact are coming to The Soft Machine Gallery on October 3rd with Emotional Aphasia and Dece Scientist. It's going to be a fun dancey night of chaos!
August 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New show announcement: Kill Alters and Murderpact are coming to The Soft Machine Gallery on October 3rd with Emotional Aphasia and Dece Scientist. It's going to be a fun dancey night of chaos!
August 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
tagabow - trainers
YouTube video by they are gutting a body of water
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Breaking my booking hiatus to announce that I’m teaming up with @pleasuretonediy.bsky.social for some shows this fall, including Melaina Kol at Cloud 10 in Reading, PA on December 8th!
July 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Breaking my booking hiatus to announce that I’m teaming up with @pleasuretonediy.bsky.social for some shows this fall, including Melaina Kol at Cloud 10 in Reading, PA on December 8th!
Post a banger that’s not in English
June 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Post a banger that’s not in English
May 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Friendship (the band) > Friendship (the movie)
Friendship have been important fixtures of the indie world for years, but with CAVEMAN WAKES UP, they've really and truly Arrived. I wrote about one of my favorite albums of the year:
Album Of The Week: Friendship 'Caveman Wakes Up'
“He sounds like he’s dying.” When my wife — by no means an aficionado of diaristic indie country-rock steeped in melancholia — happened upon me listening to Friendship’s new album Caveman Wakes Up whi...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Friendship (the band) > Friendship (the movie)
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Eurovision but every country does 4'33
May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Eurovision but every country does 4'33
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How will Spotify pay musicians now?
May 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How will Spotify pay musicians now?
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Let’s kill the one thing that we commonly use as evidence we are civilized and have merit as a species so the tech bros can buy more yachts. Ghouls
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Let’s kill the one thing that we commonly use as evidence we are civilized and have merit as a species so the tech bros can buy more yachts. Ghouls
Truly one of the most underrated bands out there #nowplaying #nowave #punk #artrock #musicsky #noiserock #diy
Half Japanese | Calling All Girls EP [full]
YouTube video by 1/4 DEAD
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Truly one of the most underrated bands out there #nowplaying #nowave #punk #artrock #musicsky #noiserock #diy
Desperate Bicycles - Advice On Arrest
YouTube video by couldntfeelsafer
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s after the end of the world #sunra
SUN RA: A JOYFUL NOISE | Cosmic Jazz Maestro Unleashes Timeless Spectacle
YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It’s after the end of the world #sunra
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Good morning Bluesky !
April 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Good morning Bluesky !
Lars Von Trier’s “The Country Bears”
Wim Wenders' 'Dude, Where's My Car'
Louis Malle's Freddy Got Fingered
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Lars Von Trier’s “The Country Bears”
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fuck TERFs, literally every single day. except in the sex way
March 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
fuck TERFs, literally every single day. except in the sex way
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Agencies across the federal government are gutting offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws under a Trump administration push to shrink the workforce, weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights.
Trump officials start gutting civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Agencies across the federal government are gutting offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws under a Trump administration push to shrink the workforce, weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights.
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I made a small contribution to our appreciation of the late, great Gene Hackman's 20 essential film roles:
Gene Hackman: 20 Essential Movies
From 'The French Connection' to 'The Royal Tenenbaums' — these films represented one of the greatest American actors of all time at his finest.
www.rollingstone.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I made a small contribution to our appreciation of the late, great Gene Hackman's 20 essential film roles:
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The director Nicholas Ray, admired by French critics but at odds with U.S. studios, based one of his greatest films, “Bigger Than Life,” on an article in The New Yorker.
Nicholas Ray’s Hollywood Counterculture
The freethinking director, admired by French critics but at odds with U.S. studios, based one of his greatest films, “Bigger Than Life,” on an article in The New Yorker.
www.newyorker.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The director Nicholas Ray, admired by French critics but at odds with U.S. studios, based one of his greatest films, “Bigger Than Life,” on an article in The New Yorker.