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liz_pelly - listening in 2025 A website for curating and sharing lists of independent music downloads available on Bandcamp.

not very good at keeping this updated this year but trying
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Interview: Ol’ Joey Scrums This Raleigh-based Americana four-piece is a textbook example of finding a band when you least expect it

Great interview from @jax.blanktapes.co with our friends and neighbors in @oljoeyscrums.com!

If you've got a taste for Americana, do yourself a favor and give those fellas a listen!

blanktapes.co/interview-ol...

a 5x5 grid of my top albums from the past week. mostly I listened to The Armed.

soundtrack for a week of increasing water damage

my biggest takeaway after 10 years of renting: there are no tangible benefits to being a “good tenant”

no amount of paying rent on time, or staying on top of maintenance needs, can create a positive relationship with an inherently parasitic entity

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck gambling y’all. it’s one of many leeches sucking our collective soul

a stock photo of a mountain lake with a dock in the foreground. text reads “LAKE LIFE” in a stereotypical handwritten sign font and “(I threw a lot of negativity into the lake)” in bold comic sans

fine art without context for your consumption

Interview: Gabe Anderson and Saman Khoujinian (Sleepy Cat Records) What to expect from Sleepy Fest ‘25 and why Sleepy Cat will never be the next Virgin Records (not that they want to be)

today I've got an interview with Gabe and Saman from Sleepy Cat Records!

Saman was the first musician I met after moving to Durham. fast forward 7 years & I’m interviewing him with Gabe for this little music journalism thing I’ve got 🤯

check it out & don’t miss Sleepy Fest on 10/11!

mortgage broker: you really spent $500 on [check notes] cassette tapes?

me: IT WAS A LIMITED RUN AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE

“Op-ed: Why I must always be better than some people”

a 5x5 album cover grid from last week via last.fm. don't be fooled, I really just listened to the one in the top left corner about 12 times.

mewithoutYou is the best band

Before you honk, just know that we're bmm-ma-ma-mmm-mah-nah-ee-nah-ing the whole way.

this is adorable

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke Bo Burnham: How The World Works

the line "every politician, every cop on the street, protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite" is made more relevant every day

YouTube video by Run For Cover Records mewithoutYou - "9:27a.m., 7/29" (Official Audio)

it's 9:27am, 7/29 somewhere

Shanna M. Rogers Author Shanna M. Rogers is an up-and-coming author who lives in Raleigh, NC, with her cats and a deep love for writing, literature, and analytics.

if you want to follow Shanna's work, check out her website! www.shannamrogers.com

Moving Boxes at The Pour House, Raleigh (July 20, 2025) Moving Boxes headlined a local emo night to remember in Raleigh with blankstate., Found Footage, and ColorMeKrazy!

HYPED as hell to share our first local show review from Shanna Rogers! she's a talented concert photographer and gracious enough to help cover our local live music scene as a contributor

I can speak from experience that this show was not one to miss. but if you did, check out shanna's review!

@stereogum.bsky.social
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social (especially @andrewdsacher.bsky.social, he's the GOAT)
@treblezine.bsky.social
@rosyoverdrive.com
@thequietus.com
@chorusfm.bsky.social

a crowd of Vermonter football fans celebrate a national semi-final win on penalties. most notably, there’s a flag that says “ABOLISH ICE”

this @vermontgreenfc.bsky.social pic goes hard

This is a proper shitpost

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

PRE-ORDER mewithoutYou LIVE (vol. Two) Available to Pre-Order on Vinyl • Compact Disc • Audio Cassette Streaming August 8, 2025

MAKE MY DAY, MEWITHOUTYOU 😍

breakfast/brunch/lunch of champions, depending on where you're at in your daily food intake

a 5x5 grid of my most listened to music from the past week, featuring a lot of Deep Sea Diver, PUP, and local North Carolina bands

what a week for music

Meat & Three is a post-punk act worth savoring This Durham-based band is made up of members with deep local music scene roots, talent, and influence

got a new local music review from our contributor Stephen Mullaney over at blanktapes.co! I love how specific and vivid his reflections are. well worth the quick read and listen!

quid! at the pro quo

there’s two types of people in the world: those who have eaten cereal out of a coffee pot and those who haven’t

bbb in his villain arc

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY

Ozzy Osbourne being Ozzy Osbourne.

An incomparable legend.

the "imposter" screen from among us. there's an orange astronaut with a cowboy hat on.

me after getting followed by local news orgs: