Dim Wizard

Haven’t stopped listening to this, David fucking crushed this playlist like he does with all his show lineups.

graphic that says 2025

damn. I listened to new music for 365 days in 2025 and all I got was this lousy playlist of my 100 top jams of the year.

listen on Qobuz, Tidal, YouTube, or Sp*tify:
linktr.ee/davidcombspl...

graphic that says 2025

damn. I listened to new music for 365 days in 2025 and all I got was this lousy playlist of my 100 top jams of the year.

listen on Qobuz, Tidal, YouTube, or Sp*tify:
linktr.ee/davidcombspl...

New Playlist: December 2025 We’re slowly easing into 2026; last week, we crammed three different Pressing Concerns in before the New Year and revealed the results of the Rosy Overdrive Reader’s Poll. The December …

New blog post! Wrote about a bunch of songs I enjoyed in December, featuring @dimwizzy.bsky.social, @eriechoir.bsky.social, @cashlangdon.bsky.social, @ejrc.bsky.social, @fusedarrowrecords.com, @antirecords.bsky.social, @laikasongs.bandcamp.com, @lcsy.bsky.social, @fitzplastic.bsky.social, and more:

Photo of me wearing a black Dim Wizard shirt and black Dim Wizard hat

Photo of me wearing a white and red Dim Wizard t-shirt

Photo of me and Misty and she's wearing a Dim Wizard hat and pointing at it

Photo of me wearing mustard colored Dim Wizard shirt

DIM WIZARD MERCH!! YES YES YES I just put the leftover merch from our UK tour up for sale on BANDCAMP!

AND YES YES YES tour is expensive SO if you're looking for a last minute holiday gift, please consider grabbing some Dim Wizard gear:
dimwizard.bandcamp.com/merch

Music at 7:30!

THESE SONGS FUCKIN RIP!!

NEW MAX LEVINE ENSEMBLE IN 2025?? YEAH, KINDA!

We recorded a few songs we wrote in 2011 + 2016 including one we used to play all the time. Listen anywhere:
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

COME TO OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW THIS SATURDAY AT @songbyrddc.bsky.social:
dice.fm/partner/dice...

Poster for Dim Wizard UK tour 30 Nov: Newcastle at Mean Eyed Cat 1 Dec: Edinburgh at Home Bar 2 Dec: Glasgow at Bloc+ 3 Dec: Nottingam at the Grove 4 Dec: Bristol at the Croft 5 Dec: Oxford at Common Ground 6 Dec: London at New River Studios

The Dim Wizard Live Rock Experience arrives in the UK NEXT WEEK
🎟️: linktr.ee/dimwizard

Flyer for the Max Levine Ensemble's 25th anniversary show with the Ergs, Oceanator and Pinkwash at Songbyrd on Saturday December 20th

you wanna get nuts? LET'S GET NUTS. the 3rd + final special guest on the Max Levine Ensemble's 25th anniversary show is THE ERGS!! that's right, us, the Ergs, @oceanator.bsky.social + Pinkwash at @songbyrddc.bsky.social on 12/20. that's a party.

get tickets while u can:
link.dice.fm/Mrx3SkpgsYb?...

Flyer for French Cassettes + Dim Wizard at Songbyrd on Tuesday November 18th

Tuesday at @songbyrddc.bsky.social with French Cassettes!!
🎟️: dice.fm/partner/dice...

Flyer for Dim Wizard, Coral Grief and Maura Weaver at Quarry House Tavern on 10/30

TOMORROW NIGHT AT QUARRY HOUSE TAVERN

DON'T MISS IT
🎟️: app.opendate.io/e/dim-wizard...

flyer for the Max Levine Ensemble's 25th anniversary show with Oceanator and Pinkwash at Songbyrd on Saturday, December 20th

photo of Oceanator

Yes OF COURSE the next special guest on the Max Levine Ensemble's 25th anniversary of ancient history COULD ONLY BE THE GREAT OCEANATOR.

@oceanator.bsky.social joins TMLE and Pinkwash at @songbyrddc.bsky.social on Sat, Dec 20. I demand you purchase your tickets now:
dice.fm/partner/dice...

flyer for upcoming Dim Wizard UK tour 30 Nov: Newcastle at Mean Eyed Cat w/ Nathy SG 1 Dec: Edinburgh at Home Bar w/ Bike Notes + Marcus Carcus 2 Dec: Glasgow at Bloc+ w/ Lovers Turn to Monsters 3 Dec: Nottingham at The Grove w/ No Peeling 4 Dec: Bristol at The Croft w/ Cheerbleederz+ Hamburger 5 Dec: Oxford at Common Ground w/ Cheerbleederz + Spank Hair 6 Dec: London at New River Studios w/ Cheerbleederz + Spank Hair

TWO NEW UK SHOWS ADDED, THAT'S 1 DEC IN EDINBURGH AND 3 DEC IN NOTTINGHAM

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF GIGS IN NEWCASTLE, GLASGOW, BRISTOL, OXFORD AND LONDON, YOU'RE EITHER COMING OR TELLING YOUR FRIENDS TO COME, GET ON IT!
linktr.ee/dimwizard

Flyer for Dim Wizard UK tour 30 Nov: Newcastle at Mean Eyed Cat w/ Nathy SG 2 Dec: Glasgow at Bloc+ w/ Lovers Turn to Monsters 4 Dec: Bristol at the Croft w/ Cheerbleederz + Gamburger 5 Dec: Oxford at Common Ground w/ Cheerbleederz + Spank Hair 6 Dec: London at New River Studio w/ Cheerbleederz + Spank Hair

LOCK UP YOUR SPAGHETTI HOOPS the Dim Wizard Live Rock & Roll Experience is COMING TO THE UK

🎟: linktr.ee/dimwizard

Hmm I don't think I have them but email badmovesdc@gmail.com, maybe one of my bandmates has them

music moots with Dim Wizard ("Darkness" by Katie Dey) We are extremely back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask someone to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Today we have Dim Wizard!...

in which @dimwizzy.bsky.social, who made a great song with @katiedey.bsky.social, recommends me another great @katiedey.bsky.social song!

www.ienjoymusic.net/music-moots-...

The rebranding of reactionary gender and biological essentialism as “heterodox and challenging ideas to which liberal students must be exposed” is one of the greatest achievements of our stupid era. Congratulations to the reactionary centrists who helped make it happen - you dupes, you utter dolts.

FEEL OLD YET?? The Max Levine Ensemble will be celebrating our TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY on Saturday, December 20th at @songbyrddc.bsky.social. We've got some thrilling SPECIAL GUESTS who will be ANNOUNCED SOON, and I think you'll be pleased.

Get tickets now plz: dice.fm/partner/dice...

FEEL OLD YET?? The Max Levine Ensemble will be celebrating our TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY on Saturday, December 20th at @songbyrddc.bsky.social. We've got some thrilling SPECIAL GUESTS who will be ANNOUNCED SOON, and I think you'll be pleased.

Get tickets now plz: dice.fm/partner/dice...

Flyer for Dim Wizard, Coral Grief and Maura Weaver at Quarry House on 10/30

DC's next Dim Wizard Live Rock and Roll Experience will be Oct 30 with two great touring bands who recently dropped two great records, Coral Grief + Maura Weaver! All at the world's greatest bar, the Quarry House Tavern.
🎟️: link.dice.fm/2sn1TM5xSWb

Flyer for Dim Wizard, Coral Grief and Maura Weaver at Quarry House on 10/30

DC's next Dim Wizard Live Rock and Roll Experience will be Oct 30 with two great touring bands who recently dropped two great records, Coral Grief + Maura Weaver! All at the world's greatest bar, the Quarry House Tavern.
🎟️: link.dice.fm/2sn1TM5xSWb

I started watching this video with the sound on and my cat got excited and ran to the window to find the squirrel

"Stoicism" featuring @katiedey.bsky.social is out now!

Check out the full lyric video here:
m.youtube.com/shorts/IFJX1...

...and stream wherever you stream, baby!

Lyric video edited by me 🏋️

DON'T JUST STAND THERE! Listen to "Stoicism," the new Dim Wizard jam featuring @katiedey.bsky.social.

It's a song about how chaotic times call for chaotic reactions. I wrote it. Katie exploded it on production, vocals, synth, bass, drums, you name it.

Listen: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Dim Wizard & Katie Dey Share New Single "Stoicism": Listen David Combs from the dearly departed DC indie-pop band Bad Moves has this cool side project Dim Wizard in which he welcomes in a rotating cast of underground stars, one song at a time. That process ha...

Thank you @stereogum.bsky.social for jammin on "Stoicism!"
www.stereogum.com/2321785/dim-...

"Stoicism" featuring @katiedey.bsky.social is out now!

Check out the full lyric video here:
m.youtube.com/shorts/IFJX1...

...and stream wherever you stream, baby!

Lyric video edited by me 🏋️

Actually wild that the Texas legislature banned trans people from bathrooms in government buildings yesterday and it hasn’t gotten a whiff of news coverage in the Associated Press, NYT, WaPo, etc

I guess the national news biz is just shrugging at this stuff now?

Dim Wizard – “Stoicism” | Single Review — Swim Into The Sound I am still working on learning that people can only give me so much. Nobody can provide me with all that I need. I spend so much time railing against others’ expectations of me that I owe them grace w...

Check out @swimintosound.bsky.social's review of "Stoicism!"
swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/9/...