Lars Gotrich

Deleted and reposted because of my dumb thumbs.

Jilly from Philly and me at the NPR Music office

Jill Scott called me “pretty.” Y’all can’t tell me nuthin.

Tiny Desk out now! youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc?...

We chatted for 15 minutes afterward, so I think so!

Jill Scott: Tiny Desk Concert One of the most requested artists for the Tiny Desk is finally here. Jill Scott shares some new music along with the classics we've been yearning for.

One of the most requested artists for the Tiny Desk is finally here. Jill Scott shares some new music along with the classics we've been yearning for. n.pr/4qImbtU

Where The Earth Has Teeth, by Cryptid Summer 9 track album

I’m loving the new Cryptid Summer album “Where The Earth Has Teeth”. Thanks for putting it on my radar @totalvibration.bsky.social !

Goth-tinged postpunk at its finest.

cryptidsummer.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

#musicsky

Valentines card with a picture of the ridiculous black metal band Immortal. Text reads: BABE, OUR LOVE IS [Immortal logo]. Bottom text: TO FROM

The Best Bread for Toast & Jam

shitty white bread >>>> literally any other bread

hey hey, are you having a great friday?

Just making sure! I don't want to deadname or anything!

Are they officially going by Mazer these days?

Dry Tuna is the name of my brutal death slam metal band.

I mean, very!

Vast, by WET TUNA 10 track album

Wet Tuna, 'Vast'

Matt Valentine's funky psych goes down like a iridescent river of the mind. The dankest of jams.

wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/vast

dance! skip! hop!, by Tomeka Reid 5 track album

Tomeka Reid, 'dance! skip! hop!'

A real case of lightning strikes twice. This is one of my favorite jazz quartets going right now: Reid, Roebke, Halvorson, Fujiwara. Dynamic, rubbery, joyous and fun.

outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...

Where The Earth Has Teeth, by Cryptid Summer 9 track album

Cryptid Summer, 'Where The Earth Has Teeth'

D.C. homies making swoony gothic post-punk with all the influences you'd imagine for such a thing. The band's secret weapon is Liz, who has fronted every great Halloween cover band with a mysterious flair.

cryptidsummer.bandcamp.com/album/where-...

There's a new Jill Scott album out now — really looking forward to spending time with one of the all-time greats. (NPR Music has something special for y'all on Monday 😉)

Here are a few more albums I'm spinning today! 🧵

Upcoming - Superior Viaduct

Superior Viaduct really coming for my wallet.

Flipper.
Julius Hemphill.
Noah Howard.
Luciano Cilio. *

*OK, I already own a copy of 'Dialoghi Del Presente,' but I can't recommend this relatively unknown masterpiece enough.

www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/...

a reminder that DC remains under occupation

🐶

YouTube video by NPR Music Sarah McLachlan: Tiny Desk Concert

GET READY 2 CRY U ANGELS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ND...

Damián Antón Ojeda has, like, 25 bands (Barbelith, Life, Liminal Dream, Ser, Trhä, etc.) with 50 releases each, but I think that letterstoyou is his most immediate and visceral.

...maybe someday became today, by letterstoyou 4 track album

morning skramz letterstoyouscreamo.bandcamp.com/album/maybe-...

Yes, he did!

That’s rad! And I love Harvest — I go there when I visit the parents.

I don’t know that we ever got the story? Or maybe we did and I missed?

Terry Riley And Big Boi, Hanging Out Like It's Not A Thang The father of minimalism and half of OutKast, together at last. (Now, where's that collaboration?)

This happened all the way back in 2011!

www.npr.org/sections/all...

Kings of burger

I think about this photo of Terry Riley (with Burger King bag in hand) and Big Boi all of the time. It reminds me that there is good and imagination and burgers in this world and that makes me happy.

A country-pop newcomer's debut is your reinvention album of 2026 August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How, exactly, does the artist fit in here?

As a matter of fact www.npr.org/2026/02/11/g...

I have 5 minutes until this meeting, which means I can listen to approximately 2.5 Joyce Manor songs.

I grow accustomed to the dark, by Zosha Warpeha 3 track album

Two side-long meditations on the Hardanger fiddle, a folk instrument native to Norway (aka my people ;).

Really looking forward to spending some time with this Zosha Warpeha record.

zosha.bandcamp.com/album/i-grow...

ohhh yeah!