AJ is Rocking Out

Love Is Not Enough, by Converge 10 track album

NEW CONVERGE DAY!!!

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#metalsky #musicsky

That song is loaded with them.

I don't even usually like the jangly pop. My "upbeat" music is 90s hip-hop. But I'm trying Alvvays' "Antisocialitese" right now and it's just...downright pleasant. "Not My Baby" is, as you say, a brilliant little track.

I'm going to have to listen to some KEN Mode after this, though.

I contend with my family/friends badgering me about my "depressing/dark" music tastes all the time. Not sure how to get out of that rut; it's just what I like. I'll try some Alvvays.

And yep, the Matthewson's are genuinely quality people who put on a helluva live show. Just ordered "VOID" yesterday

I'm so confused about the Super Bowl. I care not for either team and have been disdainful of the NFL since Kaepernick. But this whole TPUSA alternative halftime show and Trump's tacit boycott are making me want to watch... Never thought the NFL would be a progressive fulcrum.

Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50

Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it

Can I make these on Apple Music, or do they already exist?

Inevitable slow motion head-banging COMMENCE at 3:08 in "Summer Comes to Multiply"

so fucking good

THIS is the news I needed today.

How dare you parrot information from DHS like it is fact when it is obviously a bunch of lies. Do some fucking legwork.

5 shows I've seen with female lead singers:

Wednesday
Garbage
Wet Leg
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bitchflower

Three ICE agents hold reporter face down on the ground. One of the agents is spraying the reporter in the face with pepper spray. The reporter cannot do anything to defend himself or cover his face because there are THREE ICE AGENTS HOLDING HIM DOWN.

No, this isn't enough. Bloviating about speeches against "for-profit prison companies....making record profits" is not enough. Meanwhile, this is happening in Minneapolis. Do something real, for god's sake. We are desperate for it.

You have a knack for capturing our Western light.

Do you use an app for focus? Music? Nothing? I've used Waking Up and other apps and I'm kind of burnt out on them, would love a different angle.

Wow, I really like this! Captures the side-light of Laramie winter perfectly. Love the color palette as well. Great work!

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains

Ditto 95% of Converge songs.

💯💯 - I remember feeling a bit concerned that there was something unidentifiable that I liked about Terrifyer. "What is wrong with me?" But that song...it is perfectly arranged. Inevitable headbanger for me. That amazing groove at the end... *chef's kiss*

All-time favorite Pig Destroyer song right there.

Gosh I love Cezanne.

Phonetics On and On, by Horsegirl 11 track album

Forgot one! #AOTY list: Horsegirl - "Phonetics On and On". Super pleasant indie from this Chicago trio reminiscent of 90s indie. Summertime music. #musicsky

thisishorsegirl.bandcamp.com/album/phonet...

In The Earth Again, by Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo 11 track album

#AOTY list (last one): Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - "In the Earth Again". A masterpiece of contrast that makes it menacing and heart-wrenching. I can't stop listening, despite its weight. Somehow completely metal without sounding like metal. #musicsky #metalsky

chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

LOTTO, by they are gutting a body of water 10 track album

#AOTY list: They Are Gutting a Body of Water - "LOTTO". Philly shoegazers perfect their sound on this lovely set of satisfying tracks, even if one of them features autotune (barf).

#musicsky #shoegaze

theyareguttingabodyofwater.bandcamp.com/album/lotto

Feral Darkness, by Tombs 10 track album

#AOTY list: Tombs - "Feral Darkness". Deliciously messy black metal sludge. I've tried Tombs several times in the past and failed, but this album gets me headbanging. Just when it feels like too much, it hits with incredibly grooves. Solid.
#musicsky #metalsky
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Nocturnal Birding, by Author & Punisher 8 track album

#AOTY list: Author & Punisher - "Nocturnal Birding". Immensely gratifying industrial sludge from San Diegan Tristan Shone's, reflecting on trips into the desert as a Border Angel. Fascinating ideas conveyed with chainsaw guitars

#musicsky #metalsky

authorandpunisher.bandcamp.com/album/noctur...

Under a Gilded Sun, by Malevich 9 track album

#AOTY list: Malevich - "Under a Guilded Sun" As @treblezine.bsky.social said, this one is hard to pin down. Post-metal, sludge, blackened post-hardcore? Pretty much right in my wheelhouse. #musicsky #metalsky

malevichatlanta.bandcamp.com/album/under-...

Ripped and Torn, by Lifeguard 12 track album

#AOTY list: Lifeguard - "Ripped and Torn". This one scratches my post-punk itch with sounds echoing Women/Viet Cong. I need to spend more time with it so I can learn to accept the poppy parts. #musicsky #post-punk

lifeguardband100.bandcamp.com/album/ripped...

neumann, by baan 9 track album

#AOTY list: baan - "neumann". Out of left field from @mmmmmmuhh.bsky.social, this thing has huge sludgy guitars in post-hardcore lo-fi. A Korean antidote to K-Pop. The wheels are always about to fall off this album in the best possible way. #musicsky #metalsky

baan1.bandcamp.com/album/neumann

Lonely People with Power Double LP - Daydream Variant Album Release Date: March 28, 2025 Variant - Daydream TRACKLIST: LP1 Side A 1. Incidental I 2. Doberman 3. Magnolia Side B 4. The Garden Route 5. Heathen 6. Amethyst LP2 Side A 7. Incidental II (feat....

#AOTY list: Deafheaven, "Lonely People with Power". Shocker, I know, but this is my #1 album of the year. It is sooo good to have Deafheaven back in true blackgaze form. I still get chills listening to "Amethyst" and "Winona." #musicsky #metalsky

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The Return Of Magik, by Rwake 6 track album

#AOTY list: Rwake - "The Return of Magik". After a LONG hiatus, the Arkansas Southern sludge-lords come back like they were never gone. Totally filthy guitar on this thing. #musicsky #metalsky

rwake.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...