New Bands for Old Heads
Gabbie, Eric, The Ririverse, Jeff Van Dreason, Caroline in the Garden, Max FreedmanNew music recommendations, essays, and community for people who don't keep up with new music. The record store experience, sans snobbery.
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New music recs for people who don't keep up with new music. Please don't DM with music submissions 🙏 There's a link on my website for exactly that.
just looking for people to politely but passionately argue about pop music on the internet with me @TrackTen
just an ordinary Rita making music
Co-creator of Greater Boston podcast. Writer and sound designer. College administrator and writing professor.
I make: unhinged adult contemporary (Kate Bush + Phil Collins + the 90s?) I write about: making music, cultivating creativity, staying curious and letting your art blow with the winds. AI never. Transparency always.
I write Lavender Sound, which is my home for commentary on artists who are LGBTQ+ or have massive LGBTQ+ fanbases (allies are welcome to subscribe too!). Occasional album reviews and retrospectives, but mostly ~takes~
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