New Bands for Old Heads
Gabbie, Jeff Van Dreason, Jacqui Devaney, Indie Scientist, Queen Kwong, Lavender Sound (Max Freedman), Dusty Henry, The RiriverseNew music recommendations for people who don't keep up with new music. The record store experience, sans snobbery.
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Ersatz music critic turned curator helping you find yr new fav band + playing whack-a-mole with gatekeepers. Email for PR and collabs (submit music via link on website, NOT email or DM!) [email protected]
Co-creator of Greater Boston podcast. Writer and sound designer. College administrator and writing professor.
writer, selector and DJ in austin texas
Let's discover some new music together
Not fun but funny ...candid writer, loud musician, death worker.
Subscribe to Lavender Sound for Max Freedman’s reviews and retrospectives on music by and for LGBTQ+ people (allies are welcome too!), with other music-related content sometimes in the mix.
Seattle-based author, music writer, and comic artist. Another Thought newsletter. ‘20th Century Ambient’ is out now via Bloomsbury. Co-host of The Cobain 50 podcast.
just an ordinary Rita making music
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