#nowplaying🎧: METZ — II (2015 / Sub Pop) - I miss this band. - #METZ #subpoprecords

#nowplaying🎧: The Messthetics — s/t (2018 / Dischord) - CD acquired at the Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis gig I attended back in May. It was purchased directly from Brendan Canty, which makes us best friends obviously. The road was not kind to the jewel case. - #themessthetics #dischordrecords

#nowplaying🎧: Naked City — BlackBox (Torture Garden/Leng Tch’e) (20th Anniversary Edition) (CD compilation issued, 2010 / Archival Series / Tzadik) - #nakedcityjohnzorn #johnzorn #tzadikrecords

#nowplaying🎧: Sun Ra And His Arkestra — Super-Sonic Jazz (180g bootleg pressing / reissued 2026 / WaxTime) - At time of purchase, I was unaware of WaxTime, which is apparently a label that reissues Jazz bootlegs. - #sunraandhisarkestra #180gbootlegreissue #1950sbopjazz

#nowplaying🎧: The Art Of Noise — In Visible Silence (Promo copy / 1986 / Chrysalis, China Records) - #theartofnoise #80selectronicmusic #synthpop

#nowplaying🎧: Sunn O))) — s/t (2-LP / white variant / 2026 / Sub Pop) - Picked up at the 4/11 gig at Union Transfer. - #sunn #greganderson #stephenomalley #2026albums

#nowplaying🎧: Death Grips — Government Plates (Clear variant / RSD ’23 / reissued 2023 / Third Worlds) - #deathgrips #deathgripsgovernmentplates #rsdessentials #reissue

#nowplaying🎧: OM — Advaitic Songs (2-LP / 45rpm / 2012 / Drag City) - #omband #alcisneros #omadvaiticsongs #dragcityrecords

#nowplaying🎧: Ween — God Ween Satan (from the 10-CD {brown box} box set / 2026 / Rhino Records) - #ween #weenbrownbox #godweensatan #cdboxset

#postshowblissmode — The Messthetics And James Brandon Lewis at Solar Myth, Philly, PA, 5/8/26 #phillyshows #liveshows2026 #themesstheticsandjamesbrandonlewis

#nowplaying🎧: Descendents — Enjoy! (Translucent magenta variant / “Punk Note” edition / reissued 2026 / ORG Music) - Third “Punk Note” Descendents reissue. Eager to acquire All when it’s up for preorder. - #descendents #punknotereissue #orgmusic

#nowplaying🎧: Bongzilla — Weedsconsin (2021 / Heavy Psych Sounds) - Obligatory Holiday spin. I don’t partake, but I dig the tunes. Enjoy responsibly. - #bongzillaband #heavypsychsoundsrecords #420tunes

Sunn O))) at Union Transfer (@uniontransfer.bsky.social), 4/11/26 - #sunno #uniontransferphilly #2026shows #postshowblissmode

Sketch, 3/31/26

#nowplaying🎧: Alan Vega — Collision Drive (“red & silver collision” variant/reissued 2026/Sacred Bones Records) - #alanvega #alanvegavault #alanvegacollisiondrive #sacredbonesrecords

#nowplaying🎧: Black Eyes — Hostile Design (2025/Dischord Records) - #blackeyesband #blackeyeshostiledesign #dischordrecords

#nowplaying🎧: Foisy/Hannum — Adversary (Original Soundtrack) (cassette release/2018/Anathemata Editions) - #andréfoisy #terencehannum #soundtrack #anathemataeditions

#nowplaying🎧: Public Image Ltd. — This Is What You Want… This Is What You Get (promotional copy / 1984 / Elektra) - #publicimageltd #pilthisisnotalovesong #80spostpunk

#nowplaying🎧: John Coltrane — Sun Ship (reissued 1980 / MCA, Impulse!) - #johncoltrane #johncoltranesunship #impulserecords

#nowplaying🎧: Fugazi — In On The Kill Taker (cassette / 1993 / Dischord Records) - For Bandcamp Friday, Fugazi officially released Steve Albini’s 1992 In On The Kill Taker sessions, issued as Albini Sessions. I revisited the version of Kill Taker I heard first via this 33 year-old cassette.

#nowplaying🎧: Eddie Gale — Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music (reissued 2003, 4 Men With Beards) - #eddiegale #eddiegalesghettomusic #60ssouljazz #reissue

#nowplaying🎧: Tinned Meats — Kilter (CDr / 2026 / I Heart Noise) - Thanks, @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com! - #tinnedmeatskilter #iheartnoise #2026albums

#nowplaying🎧: Thee Sacred Souls — s/t (2022 / Daptone Recording Co., Penrose) - Truly gorgeous stuff. - #theesacredsouls #neofunk #neosoul

#nowplaying🎧: Mandy, Indiana — URGH (RGB vinyl edition; I got the green variant / 2025 / Sacred Bones - @sacredbones.bsky.social) - Already a top five 2026 album. - #mandyindiana #mandyindianaurgh #sacredbonesrecords #2026albums

#nowplaying🎧: nyxy nyx — Cult Classics Vol. I (cassette release / 2025 / Julia’s War Recordings) - #nyxynyx #2025albums #juliaswarrecordings #phillyindiemusic

#nowplaying🎧: J Dilla — Donuts (cassette reissued 2014/Stones Throw Records) - J Dilla, pioneering hip-hop DJ and producer, released his final living studio opus, Donuts, on this day in 2006. - #jdillarip #jdilladonuts🍩 #stonesthrowrecords #00shiphop

#nowplaying🎧: Lush — Lovelife (1996 / 4AD, Reprise) - #lushlovelife #4AD #90sindierock

Today it’s 50 candles for my favorite David Bowie album, Station To Station. - #davidbowie #davidbowiestationtostation

#nowplaying🎧: v/a — Flex Your Head (12” compilation / yellow variant / reissued 2024 / Dischord Records) - #flexyourheadcompilation #dischordrecords #80shardcore #reissue

#nowplaying🎧: Nico — The Marble Index (reissued 2024 / Domino Recording Co. Ltd.) - #nico #johncale #60savantgarde #reissue