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Reviewin’ junk: Tabs Out / Tiny Mix Tapes / Cassette Gods. criticalmassesmedia at gmail. criticalmassesmedia1 dot wordpress dot COM.
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Uuuuugh. Love Garek’s work.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Martin Rach // Four Improvisations in Burnt Colours (Lurker Bias, 2024) Tones and textures.

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RM.Gambill // Medium Fortune (Oxtail, 2023) Look, I’ll eventually get through all the Oxtail tapes I got. This one’s as peaceful as they come. Unstuck in time indeed.

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Every copy of “From Chaos to Ambiguity” purchased directly from yours truly comes signed & includes an original, 1 of 1 mini print that I’ve created over the past year. Sales from the publisher, Amazon, and elsewhere help too, but if you want something a little more personalized, this is for you.

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new Günter Schlienz. 2 hours long. deep zones 🫠 grisaille.bandcamp.com/album/zeitma...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

daborabo// Dream Lesson (Kirigirisu, 2025). Presently listening.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Élément Kuuda // Harbour of the North Wind (@hothamsound.bsky.social Sound, 2025). Just out last week!

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Tomomi Kubo & Camila Nebbia // Polycephaly (Tripticks Tapes, 2021). Presently listening.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Tanson, “Coral Grief,” Oxtail, 2022. Presently listening.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve been to Delaware!

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Ooh!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s go.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Chilled synthscapes by former @tabsout.bsky.social cohost Dave Doyen. Still digging through my Oxtail shipment!

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

New release: Sonopædia by Turmeric Acid y Bardo Todol A Borgesian audio-tome produced using musique concrète techniques, field samples and the human voice (in both Polish and Spanish), transforming encyclopaedic topics into sonic experiences. strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/sonop-...

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

Here we go… RIP Susan Alcorn. Alcorn/McPhee/Vandermark, “Invitation to a Dream” (Astral Spirits, 2019)

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Presently listening: @tigervillage.bsky.social “Grid Work,” 2024. Gorgeous shell, great artwork, exhilarating madness! Nice one, Tim.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Rhucle, “Place,” Oxtail Recordings, 2024.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Classiest of acts!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

US folks! Check out @trupatrupa.bsky.social as they blast through! Philadelphia, I’m looking at you…

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Welcome @heaven-drugs.bsky.social ! Follow @heaven-drugs.bsky.social !

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Yooooo! Welcome @g-kwiatkowski.bsky.social, follow him! His band Trupa Trupa rules, and he’s a super smart dude. You’ll like him.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

On the headphones tonight: @seawindofbattery.bsky.social’s “Clockwatching” on @islandhouserecs.bsky.social. Thanks for sending, Mike! Fantastic.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Power Pill Fist, “Kongmanivong,” Graveface, 2008.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Dead Monster Galaxy, curdled, blown-out drum/bass/electronics. Like sticking your face in the afterburners, graverobbing a cemetery planet, or slowly dipping your toe in a corona. White-hot mutation jams.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

EPISODE 204 / TOP 200 TAPES OF 2024 🥳 The dang thing is up. the 200 best cassettes of 2024 in the exact right order. what an accomplishment Episode 204 features pop ins from buds Delaware Dan, Crash Symbols, Strategic Tape Reserve, Scott Scholz, and More Eaze and a bunch of tapes! tabsout.com

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

Some more Constellation stuff: Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, “Never Were the Way She Was,” 2015.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Presently listening: Do Make Say Think, “Other Truths,” Constellation, 2009. The tracklist is A1. Do, A2. Make, B1. Say, B2. Think. Goofballs!

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Ah. Goddammit. Just so inspirational. Same day as Ueck. 😭

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome @orb-tapes.bsky.social! 👀

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

A continually-updating Google doc of musicians and music-related people who have been affected by the LA fires, including gofundme links where applicable. Please spread/share! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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