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Community driven datasource of venues and resources for small / independent musicians in the Northeast US. Find your spot. Do your thing. nemusicdb.neocities.org https://linktr.ee/nemusicdb
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BOSTON will not back down. wcvb.com/article/bost...

Amidst the general upheaval and uncertainty of American life in 2025, there’s a growing sense that building an alternative to big streaming might actually be possible—or that it’s worth trying, in any case, when the status quo so obviously stinks

At some point in my life I found this folder of classic drum machine samples called Mega Drum Machines (not the Reverb dot com ones) that I cannot find now, and I know people like drum machine samples, so I've made them available on archive dot org: archive.org/details/mega...

Every day can be like Bandcamp Friday if you buy the new Lunar Cult album on @ampwall.com Where a listener can choose to cover the artist's fees everyday, not just one Friday every couple months! lunarcult.ampwall.com/album/the-bl...

the holy trinity

asking the important questions

Fri. Apr 25 in DMV DC-Takaat (members of Mdou Moctar's band) @ 7pm @ Current Space Baltimore; Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso @ Howard Theatre (Latin indie) (sold out); Gang of 4 @ 10 @ 930 (UK post-punk band final tour) (sold out) ; Bartees Strange , Ekko Astral @ Ottobar (Postpunk rock & punk); 🧵

well executed schlock and cheese in any art medium is good actually

The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't. Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure

what's your favorite song that came out in 1990? working on something

I PROMISE you that if you give up Spotify, follow a bunch of cool-ass musicians and music writers on here, and actually CLICK ON AND LISTEN TO the links they post, you will discover more great music DAILY than you've find via Spotify "Discover" horseshit in a year.

If you are an artist or someone who had an NEH grant rescinded and are open to being interviewed about this for ARTnews, I can be reached on Signal at karenkho.45

What up #somerville we're gonna be playing #porchfest around 1pm, check the map when they post it. Super pumped!

Playing Salem for the first time in May at Moon Base One With: Luxury Deathtrap, Lesotho, and Permanent Blue. www.moon-ns.org/shows/salem-...

Thursday, April 24th *underlining represents Maine based musicians

The music you listen to literally impacts your brain, and scientists now know why #MusicNews

Spring is happening in spite of our best efforts. We’ve got right whales skim feeding and river herring on the make and old couples in Buicks looking for lobster rolls

hello from Vienna, which I found out tonight has a fast food place called "Hab's Burgers"

Microsoft365: Here are your most recent documents. Me: Where's the one I just saved? MS365: I have no idea what you're talking about, how about one from six months ago?

"Radio is the ultimate internet circumvention tool because it is not the internet. And it can’t be tracked." www.radioworld.com/columns-and-...

Old music does not always equal bad music, and new music does not always equal good music. Maybe this is one of the potential flaws in Modernist logic, with the insatiable ‘make it new.’

great books tht link experimental music and pop music?

One of my students wrote this lovely essay about their visit to Boston's Museum of African American History. If you're local, read it and then go visit! MAAH recently lost an IMLS grant and they need and deserve our support. slis.simmons.edu/blogs/lis476...

TODAY: @swordsjew.bsky.social on facing down writer's block. "I moved through the world sluggishly, a writer without words, feeling as useful as a cup without a bottom." flaminghydra.com/r/e65e970c?m...

the national park service wiped boston lgbtq+ history from their websites due to trump's executive orders. community members worry this will impact their ability to fight back. for @bostonglobe.com:

randomizer #4: one of my all time favorite albums. such an emotional ride

good morning, it's IHTOV time. today we have IHTOV editor @jpariseye.bsky.social with a deep and beautiful piece on the joy of finding new music (and new friends) really proud of jim for this essay, it's a wonderful journey ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/name-...

More than 1,500 protest Trump policies in downtown Portland

There’s a lot solid advice in this article about dropping streaming music from your life, but I think this section about labels often gets overlooked. Connecting artists you like to their label acts like a co-sign and gives you the impetus to seek things out actively instead of passively.

wrote about my quest to escape the algorithms and get back to finding new music via human recs only, with some excellent advice from @cushac.bsky.social of @hearingthingsco.bsky.social, who's also had enough of the streaming economy nygroove.nyc/enough-is-en...

Forgive yourself. Then eat three bananas. Regret is useless. Potassium isn't.

Judge orders Tufts grad student moved from Louisiana gulag to Vermont www.cambridgeday.com/2025/04/18/j...

Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state www.aarp.org/travel/trave...

The #Massachusetts GOP has come out against due process and in favor of concentration camps. #mapoli

On the Old North church tonight

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

It is imperative that the Internet Archive survives.

musicians promote your gigs somewhere other than just instagram challenge

Not the headline I want to post. But for everyone trying to understand what’s happening at UMass Chan, why things are so difficult, this is what’s happening. We are a service institution. We educate; we care; we give; we serve rural MA. We dont make money. Our own govt is crushing us. Link below