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.
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.
What’s (Re)New?: Two Decades of Pink by Boris and Way Their Crept by Grouper
Celebrating twenty years, Relapse Records is reissuing two Boris albums, Pink and dronevil, as deluxe and expanded editions. Way Their Crept, the first album from Grouper (Liz Harris), is also blowing out its twentieth candle and being reissued later this year by kranky.
In The Headphones: loscil, Coffin Prick, Grails, Kilynn Lunsford
A few words about albums by loscil, Coffin Prick, Grails, and Kilynn Lunsford.
Sorting Through Browser Tabs: Bandcamp Edition — July Entries
This playlist was built from a Bandcamp rabbit hole. Enjoy.
From The Headphones — Six Organs Of Admittance, Beak>, Belong, Bangladeafy, Thou
Last week of May: A review of Time Is Glass by Six Organs Of Admittance, a few words about >>>> by Beak>, two new tracks from Belong’s upcoming Realistic IX, a track from Bangladeafy’s Vulture album, and a video stream of Thou’s Umbilical.
Just Another Ambient Monday — Streams Of Consciousness, RITUAL / HABIT / CEREMONY, Justin Walter
Some ambient selections to begin the new week.