In The Headphones: Enneads, Ora Cogan, clocolan
A few words regarding the recently released self-titled LP from Enneads, Ora Cogan’s Hard Hearted Woman, and When the Emptying Sun Filled the Sky by clocolan.
Notes From The Record Room: Post-August Weak Fore — Phoenixville Punk Rock Flea Market, Sleep, Truck Violence
Some thoughts and happenings for the final week of August: Phoenixville Punk Rock Flea Market, a review of Sleep’s new album Hempispheres, and a live video from The Flenser’s Truck Violence.
Sorting Through Browser Tabs: August 2026 Playlist
My favorite tracks of August 2026: Gnod, midori jaeger, Strange Lot, Anne-Claire, Ch'ahom, Strawberry Hands, Concrete Vehicles, Tyondai Braxton, Dig Fig, Sweeping Promises, more eaze, Chat Pile, Russian Circle, Protomartyr, and more.
Notes From The Record Room: August Weak Won & Too — David Keenan, Helen, Faith Coloccia + Tashi Dorji, Tropical Fuck Storm, Dis Fig
I got a little bit of a late start for August, but here are a few words about Helen, Faith Coloccia + Tashi Dorji, Tropical Fuck Storm, and Dis Fig.
Buys and Receipt: 45rpms and Singles Edition — mclusky, Otoboke Beaver, FACS/Chimers, Orcutt Shelley Miller (Yow)
Reviewing some recent buys of the EP and singles persuasion from mclusky, Otoboke Beaver, FACS & Chimers, and Orcutt Shelly Miller (w/ a vocal assist from David Yow).
Notes From The Record Room: Off Pause (or, Let’s Pretend July Doesn’t Exist), Tomahawk & Melvins - 7/27 at Union Transfer
My absence is explained. Plus, I saw Melvins and Tomahawk perform at Union Transfer on Monday, 7/27/26.
Notes From The Record Room: Father’s Day Shopping, Sleep, Pink Fuzz
Father’s Day record shopping and a few thoughts on “Have Spacesuit Will Travel,” a new single by a reconfigured version of Sleep. I had some comments on a new Pink Fuzz single as well.
Notes From The Record Room: Ween (some shopping), The Cramps, Nu Jazz, Chat Pile
End of week commentary on The Cramps, Nu Jazz, and Chat Pile. Oh, and I bought some music.
Notes From The Record Room: Birth (Defects), Emma Ruth Rundle, SLIFT
Sunday evening in the record room: “Youth” by Birth (Defects), “Powerless” by Emma Ruth Rundle, and “Fantasia” by SLIFT.
Notes From The Record Room: Bandcamp Friday, Heathen Axe, PISS
This week’s updates: Bandcamp Friday purchases, a new John Dwyer project called Heathen Axe, and a live video from Sub Pop acquisition PISS.
Sorting Through Browser Tabs: April Playlist
April playlist features Rhododendron, Tomorrows Woman, Otoboke Beaver, Fatboi Sharif/Child Actor, Massive Attack/ Tom Waits, Portrayal Of Guilt, Eve Maret, SUSS, Weird Nightmare, .gif from god, Horse Lords, PALMAR DE TROYA, BIG | BRAVE, and many more.
What’s (Re)New?: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum’s TRIPTYCH
Twenty-five years after the release of their first LP, Grand Opening And Closing, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum will be reissuing their 2000s-era trio of albums as a 6-LP box set titled Triptych.
Show Notes: Sunn O))) at Union Transfer, 4/11/26
On Saturday evening, April 11th, Sunn O)))’s 2026 Spring tour landed the duo in Philly at Union Transfer. I was in attendance.
In The Headphones (for March Part 1): Those Who Walk Away, Stimmerman, Damaged Bug
Still working through a daunting list of new releases from March, I had some thoughts on albums by Those Who Walk Away, Stimmerman, and Damaged Bug.
Notes From The Record Room: Fugazi’s Albini Sessions
For March 2026, Bandcamp Friday arrived with a surprise: Fugazi, D.C.’s post-hardcore progenitors, issued Albini Sessions, a long-ago shelved recording session helmed by Steve Albini featuring material that would ultimately be re-recorded by Ted Nicely for the band’s 1993 LP, In On The Kill Taker.
Notes From The Record Room: Henry Rollins, Tropical Fuck Storm, IRK, Stimmerman, mclusky, Damaged Bug, Kathryn Mohr
Summarizing the week in music: Henry Rollins turned 65; see live videos from Tropical Fuck Storm and IRK; two new singles from the latest project by Stimmerman; release announcements from mclusky and Damaged Bug (John Dwyer of Osees); and a haunting single from Kathryn Mohr’s upcoming album, Carve.
Sorting Through Browser Tabs: January Playlist
First playlist of 2026: January’s playlist features tracks by Zu, Mandy, Indiana; Kim Gordon, sunn O))), Blackwater Holylight, Maria BC, Pullman, dälek, Mitski, trauma ray, Ora Cogan, and many more.
Notes From The Record Room: Isabel Pine, TAGABOW, OOIOO/Lightning Bolt, Alan Vega
Summarizing the week in music: Check out tracks by kranky artist Isabel Pine; an NTS video session by They Are Gutting a Body of Water; a preview track featured on the upcoming split LP from OOIOO and Lightning Bolt, and info on the new Alan Vega reissues.
In The Headphones: Zu’s Ferrum Sidereum
Zu, Italian purveyors of metallically-tinged jazz and the unsettlingly avant, have issued Ferrum Sidereum: an 80-minute masterclass in “metallic hard bop, feral calculus, and dark electronics.”
Two-Zero-Two-Five C.E. — Counting Down The Year In Sound Worship
Here are my picks for favorite albums of 2025. Happy New Year.