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I Hate New Music (2026-01) New releases from The Happy Somethings, Peter Gabriel, Railroad Earth, Billy Bragg, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Pernice, Gladie, Heavenly, Joyce Manor and many more.
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NO – Langkamer (Breakfast Records) I first came to know the Bristol, UK band Langkamer from a couple of shows which I caught of theirs in 2024 when they were visiting NYC as part of the wonderful New Colossus Festival. Much to my cahgrin, they haven’t made thier way back to the States since then,
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In Celebration Of Bobby Weir: Bushwick’s Dead & Friends Live at Brooklyn Bowl (2026-01-13) I am an unabashed Dead Head dating back to my early teenage years. I fell in love with The Gratedul Dead the first time I heard the Skull and Roses album back in 1972(?). And although over the years I gravitated
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There’s A Light That I Will Never Have – The Interpretation Cultures I’m not sure what it is about Indonesia, but they sure do love their Jangle Pop. The debut LP of original material from The Information Cultures is case in point. The Makassar, Indonesian band, which started out as a vehicle to perform jangly
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“Future Spring” – Gladie (Get Better Records) Everyone’s favorite Philadelphia indie punk band Gladie dropped their second single, “Future Spring” from their forthcoming album, Jeff Rosenstock produced, No Need To Be Lonely which will be out in March on Get Better Records, “Future Spring”, in Augusta “Gus” Koch’s words is a song about isolation and
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Genius Is Back (Let’s Get This 2026 Party Started)
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Postcard From Hell Favorite Albums of 2025 Rank Score Artist Album 1 252.5 Fust BIG UGLY 2 170.0 The Beths STRAIGHT LINE WAS A LIE 3 124.5 Snocaps SNOCAPS 4 114.5 Craig Finn ALWAYS BEEN 5 105.5 Wednesday BLEEDS 6 95.0 Ben Kweller COVER THE MIRRORS 7 89.0 Jeff Tweedy TWILIGHT OVERRIDE 8 86.0 Superchunk
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01. Straight Line Was A Lie – The Beths (Anti Records) As anyone who knows me should realize by now, I am a huge fan of New Zealand’s The Beths. I’ve been listening, seeing and following Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pierce, Benjamin SInclair and Tristan Deck from pretty much the beginning (even before Tristan became the
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 