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happy new music friday! these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today. bit of metal, bit of trip-hop, bit of country. join the listening party via link in bio

today in the album club we’re preparing for the super bowl and listening to “Kerplunk!” by Green Day, and “X 100PRE” by Bad Bunny. join via link in bio

humpty dumpty sat on a paywall

this isn’t anything

pitchfork’s new subscription model and access vs ownership

today in the album club we’re listening to American Beauty by Grateful Dead. rest in peace Bob Weir. join via link in bio

must feel so good to shout "glastonbury" into a microphone. might try it later on a supermarket intercom

do you guys have any idea how privileged and disconnected it sounds when you speak like this

happy new music friday!! these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including a new album from HAIM and also Benson Boone for some reason

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he wanted her nachos

today in the album club we’re listening to “Punisher” by Phoebe Bridgers to celebrate it turning 5. with its themes of isolation, existential dread, dissociation, and even the apocalypse, the album was a defining one for many during lockdown

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today in the album club we're listening to "Dummy" by Portishead, a seminal trip hop album that's widely credited with popularising the genre. let us know what you think of Dummy, do you have a physical copy yourself?

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today in the album club we’re listening to “The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill”, the only solo album by former Fugees member Lauryn Hill, and still one of only two hip-hop albums to win album of the year at the grammys (fuck the grammys)

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Wolf Alice have shared an emergency appeal for Gaza

here’s the link: msf.org.uk/secure/donat...

happy new music friday!! these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including the new album from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

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today in the album club we’re listening to “Sunflower” & “Surf’s Up” by The Beach Boys, two incredible albums that are unfairly overlooked. both albums were hugely influential & were the precursor to a number of styles, including shoegaze

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open to any song recommendations suitable for our new playlist “LGBTQIA+ musicians you should listen to”

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today in the album club we’re listening to “There's a Riot Goin' On” by Sly & The Family Stone; the album tackles many themes, including the civil rights movement, the black power movement, and police brutality. rest in power Sly Stone

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“I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us”—Doechii in her acceptance speech at the BET Awards

musician Cat Power calls for Greta Thunberg & the other 11 activists from the Madleen freedom flotilla—who were illegally boarded and kidnapped by israel in international waters—to be freed

Massive Attack show in Manchester (free Palestine)

today in the album club we’re listening to “Brat” by Charli xcx to celebrate its one year anniversary

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marina & the diamonds’ rebrand is the music equivalent of X (formerly known as twitter). never once have i been able to talk about her without having to mention “& the diamonds” so people know who i’m talking about. what was she thinking

happy new music friday!! today is STACKED. these are the new albums we’re listening to in the album club today—and when—including new albums from Pulp, Addison Rae, and Little Simz

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