reminder: no longer posting here. Find me at bluesky or instagram (we'll see how long that one lasts). Or newsletter! Or RSS! There are lots of ways to keep up.

Come find me on Bluesky, I’m done with this place:

@KevinLightRoth Glad to have found it!

(...2/2) PALES HANNAHBELLA wing! @beatsbykloyd Strange Flesh Mood Bored @momma_band @zackkeim Anna Justen @averyfriedman Keara Listen here:

The Shortlist: 5 stories I loved this week. Incredible nonfiction from @KevinLightRoth in @thesmallbow (w/ @EmpowermentAve) And: Lena Valencia in @thebafflermag Jamey Gallagher in @MISTERBULLBULL @jordan_harper in @SouthwestReview David Waters in JMWW

Sloane Crosley's grief memoir is striking and memorable. She's an incredibly gifted writer dealing with the biggest of themes. more here:

"Joel Roberts” by @Trumansinclairr is already a classic to me. His upcoming album American Recordings might be one of the first great records of 2025. More here:

I've read and loved a bunch of stories by @emilyrinkema and didn't realize it until last week. Turns out I'm a big fan. I've collected links to a bunch of my favourites here:

Kloyd's Høurglass EP is atmospheric and moody electronic music - four tracks with enough range to spawn three remix releases. It's excellent stuff. More here:

The Drop is like Lehane channelling Elmore Leonard – snappy dialogue, cartoonish characters, and lots of fun twists.

For the Beastie Boys' 2006 concert film "Awesome, I Fuckin' Shot that", they gave 50 audience members 8mm cameras and the only instruction: 'keep rolling'. It's so good, and you can't buy or rent it anywhere. But you can watch the thing in full here:

@KevinLightRoth thank you for sharing, it's a remarkable piece.

Nadia Garofalo’s sick-and-tired vocal and Ben Shillabeer’s post-punk instrumentals make Heavy Feelings' Anatomy EP dark, gloomy and blisteringly good. More here:

A building suddenly collapses in Harlem in 2008. A man is found in the rubble, alive, 36 hours later. Richard Price's Lazarus Man is rich and compelling, but if you’re looking for another Lush Life, this might not be it.

tibia is music for epic roadtrips and late nights of debauchery. They've only got four singles, but their 00s-inspired dance-rock is addictive and fun as hell. more here:

Honorary Canadian Anna Justen’s new singles are an evolution of her sound from indie-folk to something much more complex and adventurous. It's compelling stuff. more here:

Look busy on your Monday morning while reading the five short stories on from Friday's Shortlist. They’re short! They’ll get your brain in gear. And they’re short. Get short with me:

Start the week off with some killer music - the T&W setlist is an hour of new independent music, with indie rock, trip hop, and weirder stuff. Updated Friday, but it works for Mondays too:

I know exactly how many of you have signed up for the newsletter: Not enough. ‘Missed you last week’ is a rundown of *some* of what the newsletter subscribers already got on Friday. Check it out then sign up for the newsletter. I’ll know if you don’t.