https://youtu.be/ZTRJbVSVHjQ
2. Alfie Templeman and Nile Rodgers – "Just a Dance". Fifth single from the 21-year-old Templeman's upcoming LP Radiosoul is all about that Chic disco sound—and he gets it right from the source in Nile Rodgers. #music

My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 23):
https://youtu.be/en58di7wS7c
1. Swiftumz – "Never Impress". San Francisco's Chris McVicker serves up a short but oh-so-twee slice of bedroom pop with a vibe similar to The Clean or The Housemartins (if they were a little more depressed). #music

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
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https://youtu.be/WhX960kK1Tk
4. Habibi – "Do You Want Me Now". Brooklyn's Habibi swirl together Middle Eastern melodies,'60s girl-group harmonies and some chunky distorto guitar to whip up this tasty treat for your ears. #music

https://youtu.be/aIoOin1mpwU
3. King Hannah – "Davey Says". How is there still interesting new music coming out of Liverpool? Scouse duo grab a catchy melody, wrap it in Velvet Underground/Mazzy Star sonics, and ride it into a blissed-out sunset. #music

https://youtu.be/dM8uSgIsBVE
2. Robber Robber – "Backup Plan". Burlington, VT postpunk band take krautrock out for a spin on this five-minute blast featuring a motorik beat, melodic bass, and reckless guitar. #music

My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 22):
https://youtu.be/jSgfCpTiFZI
1. Dean Blunt, Panda Bear and Vegyn – "Downer". Genre-busting Londoner Blunt collaborates here on a hypnotic track that starts in a wash of processed guitar a la My Bloody Valentine, then adds a trip-hoppy indie beat under Panda Bear's vocal. #music

https://blackscatbooks.com/2024/06/03/a-big-new-issue/
Two poems from my Oulipo-inspired series "Pumice Vocal" were just published in the 6th issue of TYPO from Black Scat Books. Each poem takes a vowel sound and runs with it--every word contains that sound. I'm pleased to be included in this journal: each issue not only dives deep into avant-garde history, but also carries its spirit into the future. #poetry

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
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https://youtu.be/hs_cdK-M4hE
3. RJD2 – "Catch The Exit Door". A jangly guitar, honking ska sax and deep purple organ combine forces over a looped beat to propel this clubby track straight on to Bangersville, daddy-o. #music

https://youtu.be/rheuPJc_O6c
2. Juliet Ivy – "Is It My Face?" A simple yet highly contagious indie-pop tune that somehow sounds both current and timeless and deals with the evergreen fear that no one will ever love you. #music

My Top 3 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 21):
https://youtu.be/Tk-fCCJs4FU
1. Father Arcadia – "Dark Star". Not the Grateful Dead concert staple, this is Sheffield indie rock, anthemic yet moody, a bit like Editors' "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors". #music

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
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https://youtu.be/3qJeQpcHDGE
5. Armlock – "Ice Cold". Evokes '90s indie rock (in particular, slowcore) with its slacker, stoned-sounding drum and guitar playing and aching vocals. #music

https://youtu.be/KFwVIkSf7mk
4. cumgirl8 – "Quite Like Love". Self-described Manhattan "sex-positive alien amoeba entity" score here with a banger that sounds like it was made by a whacked-out Tom Tom Club. #music

https://youtu.be/22ZegppjB5c
3. Chief Keef – "1, 2, 3". Chicago drill rap pioneer meets 1960s soul via ear-catching samples of Bobby Womack and Wilson Pickett. #music

https://youtu.be/JvSPp-4LBeA
2. Treanne – "Sharing My Body". A spare, raw slowburner that captures all the trepidation of the morning after using little more than piano, bass and a vocal. #music

My Top 5 Songs of the Week (2024 Week 20):
https://youtu.be/T0Se1-n_hdI
1. Jake Bugg – "Zombieland". A Britpop-adjacent rocker from Nottingham singer-songwriter Bugg that hurtles along for nigh on 3 breathless minutes. #music

https://www.scribd.com/document/720424944/BlazeVOX24-Spring24#from_embed
Since the beginning of this year the amazing Chris Stroffolino and I have been writing poems on our relationship to music, both in dialogue and collaboratively. Nine of the pieces from this project appear in the Spring 2024 issue of BlazeVOX launched today. Follow the link and click on Chris's name to read four of his response poems, plus one that we wrote together. Click on my name to see four of my responses (plus one, "Future Futures", that's unrelated). #poetry

My best of 2024 (so far) playlist is updated regularly and can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJeO4dNUaIn2mN9hFpBK1szGAA07d8pq&si=ZVqklnxTIwkgAQKq
#music