For the fiddlers
Fiddlehead decides to liveFiddlehead's new EP is out this Friday, and here are some words about it.www.formerclarity.com
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David Anthony
Профиль VivelyCurrent thing: https://formerclarity.com/ Old things: Music Editor at The A.V. Club, The Shape of Punk column at Noisey, bylines at a bunch of other places, No Plus Ones and As You Were podcasts
Back to the blog to talk new music, old music, movies, books, and not publishing things I write sometimes
Play the partA little Former Clarity fun fact is that I've written so many dispatches you'll never get to read. Between my last post and this one, I have three finished pieces sitting in the drafts folder, all wit...www.formerclarity.comThis record whips ass
Exploding In Sound RecordsCEL RAY’s new record CEL RAYZER is coming out on EIS, available 7/24! Pre-orders and the first single “Price of Gas” are available on Bandcamp today, so go listen before the real price changes. It’s about a man obsessed with the price of gas but also his wife. celray.bandcamp.com/album/cel-ra...
Mike's book about Mike Park and Asian Man Records is essential reading! It's a reminder that connecting with people over shared passions, and making ethical business decisions, actually can work. Give it a read and listen to an AMR release. You won't regret either thing.
mike huguenorElvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive is officially out now! Thank you to everyone who helped make my first published book a reality, and to everyone who has contibuted to its subject, the great Asian Man Records I hope you enjoy 🎸💚
Saw the Boss with Josh and he sums it up perfectly. Let's do it again sometime.
josh terryIt's Thursday, and this No Expectations has a recap of my first time seeing Bruce Springsteen live, plus a few recommended new LPs. I'm obsessed with the new Mildred album, especially www.noexpectations.fyi/p/mildred-br...
Saw Gwenifer on her recent tour and it was mind-blowing. Watch and be changed.
Lars GotrichThis YouTube thumbnail may capture the only smile from Gwenifer Raymond’s ripping Tiny Desk 🤗 Glad we could make this one happen while she was en route to Big Ears! youtu.be/DQ2EwQ2B5bc?...
Really hoping the album leaks and it results in an Alternative Press writer losing their job and then six months of webcomics building an ornate lore about how it happened (I'm old. Also, the song is good)
StereogumMinneapolis punk legends @dillingerfour.bsky.social share "Don't Happy Be Worry," their first new song in 18 years
Had some thoughts so I wrote them down
It takes a lot of doing to make peaceA deep dive on the new Neurosis, some books, some records, and much more.www.formerclarity.com
Gotta give it up to Josh for making this happen while I was 190,000 people deep in a queue that I was never going to exit
josh terrythis will be my first time seeing bruce. going with @dbanthony.bsky.social. can't wait
Thanks to Leor for writing about the show this weekend, a benefit for The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Also for finding this photo I didn't even know existed.
Leor GalilLike Tone Deaf Records? Well, you can see the owner play his own music in his own shop—and for a good cause—this weekend! This and more in the latest edition of Gossip Wolf: