Antonio
@alteranthony.bsky.social
🤔 music writer, researcher, teacher, programmer
✍️ The Wire, The Quietus, Kulturpunkt, Research Music
❤️ music, literature, film, leftist politics, philosophy, tech
🌐 https://antonio.poscic.net
📰 https://researchmusic.blog
✍️ The Wire, The Quietus, Kulturpunkt, Research Music
❤️ music, literature, film, leftist politics, philosophy, tech
🌐 https://antonio.poscic.net
📰 https://researchmusic.blog
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The best metal of 2025 as selected by Spyros and me for @popmatters.com.
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
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Thrilled to see "The Burden of I" on here! Antonio has followed my work since the Judicator days. Happy to see the album appreciated for what it is <3
And in general this is a great list of 2025 goodies to check out!!
And in general this is a great list of 2025 goodies to check out!!
The best metal of 2025 as selected by Spyros and me for @popmatters.com.
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Thrilled to see "The Burden of I" on here! Antonio has followed my work since the Judicator days. Happy to see the album appreciated for what it is <3
And in general this is a great list of 2025 goodies to check out!!
And in general this is a great list of 2025 goodies to check out!!
The best metal of 2025 as selected by Spyros and me for @popmatters.com.
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The best metal of 2025 as selected by Spyros and me for @popmatters.com.
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin...
🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...
Incredible set here, the opening section based around Assata Shakur's poem 'Leftovers - What is Left' in particular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URF...
Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends - Full Performance
YouTube video by KEXP
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Incredible set here, the opening section based around Assata Shakur's poem 'Leftovers - What is Left' in particular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URF...
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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Support independent journalism, material culture, and adventurous music.
Give the gift of The Wire this Christmas.
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Give the gift of The Wire this Christmas.
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Support independent journalism, material culture, and adventurous music.
Give the gift of The Wire this Christmas.
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/
Give the gift of The Wire this Christmas.
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/
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you asked chatgpt. i asked the vampire louis de pointe du lac. he spoke in purple prose for ten uninterrupted minutes and didn't directly answer the question.
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
you asked chatgpt. i asked the vampire louis de pointe du lac. he spoke in purple prose for ten uninterrupted minutes and didn't directly answer the question.
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Jesus christ, absolutely no stone left unturned in big tech's quest to turn your brain into quivering, listless pudding. Feel like I need to scream into a pillow, although the pillow probably has AI now and will recap my scream and play it back with annotated notes that are all wrong
It feels to me like letting a streaming platform summarize your book for readers using AI could be problematic
newsroom.spotify.com/2025-11-13/a...
newsroom.spotify.com/2025-11-13/a...
Introducing Audiobook Recaps, a New Way to Reengage With Your Favorite Stories — Spotify
Today, Spotify is beginning to roll out a powerful new feature designed to help listeners jump back into stories they’ve put down, whether it’s after a busy week or a doze during a bedtime story, or s...
newsroom.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Jesus christ, absolutely no stone left unturned in big tech's quest to turn your brain into quivering, listless pudding. Feel like I need to scream into a pillow, although the pillow probably has AI now and will recap my scream and play it back with annotated notes that are all wrong
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On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
A Topography of Intimacy: A Body Like A Home by Alejandra Cárdenas | The Quietus
To the sound of cumbia rhythms, noisy bass tremors, frantic violin phrases and spectral electronics, the Peruvian-born artist creates a moving meditation on home and homeliness, from the unconscious d...
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
A Topography of Intimacy: A Body Like A Home by Alejandra Cárdenas | The Quietus
To the sound of cumbia rhythms, noisy bass tremors, frantic violin phrases and spectral electronics, the Peruvian-born artist creates a moving meditation on home and homeliness, from the unconscious d...
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
I rarely get to write about Croatian experimental music releases – because there are so few of them – so I'm extra happy when something as excellent as Rob Mazurek's encounter with Roj Osa (Alen & Nenad Sinkauz, Marco Quarantotto) comes along.
I reviewed their album 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘰 for @thequietus.com.
I reviewed their album 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘰 for @thequietus.com.
Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek – Beton Kino | The Quietus
Croatian brothers Alen and Nenad Sinkauz meet the Chicago cornet player for some interstellar sonics played live in brutalist venues
thequietus.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I rarely get to write about Croatian experimental music releases – because there are so few of them – so I'm extra happy when something as excellent as Rob Mazurek's encounter with Roj Osa (Alen & Nenad Sinkauz, Marco Quarantotto) comes along.
I reviewed their album 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘰 for @thequietus.com.
I reviewed their album 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘰 for @thequietus.com.
🎶 Brave Sir Robert ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robert! 🎶
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robert! 🎶
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎶 Brave Sir Robert ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robert! 🎶
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robert! 🎶
Monthly reminder to buy a copy or subscribe: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502
Some excellent profiles in this issue: Mulatu Astatke by Francis Gooding, Alpha Maid by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social, Konrad Smoleński by @monsterbobby.bsky.social, Emergence Collective by @darylworthington.bsky.social...
Some excellent profiles in this issue: Mulatu Astatke by Francis Gooding, Alpha Maid by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social, Konrad Smoleński by @monsterbobby.bsky.social, Emergence Collective by @darylworthington.bsky.social...
For another top issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, I reviewed:
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
The Wire 502 is out now!
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Monthly reminder to buy a copy or subscribe: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502
Some excellent profiles in this issue: Mulatu Astatke by Francis Gooding, Alpha Maid by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social, Konrad Smoleński by @monsterbobby.bsky.social, Emergence Collective by @darylworthington.bsky.social...
Some excellent profiles in this issue: Mulatu Astatke by Francis Gooding, Alpha Maid by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social, Konrad Smoleński by @monsterbobby.bsky.social, Emergence Collective by @darylworthington.bsky.social...
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I Interviewed Polish sound artist Konrad Smolenski for the new issue of The Wire www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502
The Wire 502
On the cover: Mulatu Astatke : Deep into his latest tour, the pioneering 81 year old Ethio jazz vibraphonist is finding new ways to be himself. By Francis Gooding; Griot Galaxy : Faruq Z Bey’s enigma...
www.thewire.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I Interviewed Polish sound artist Konrad Smolenski for the new issue of The Wire www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502
Listen to Beachers.
You can hear the music in question here: ineffectualsuns.bandcamp.com/album/horns-...
Horns of Death, by Beachers
11 track album
ineffectualsuns.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Listen to Beachers.
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This issue’s featured reviews:
@abibliss.bsky.social on vari/ations: Ode To Oram
@jamesgormley.bsky.social on HAYWARDxDÄLEK
@msclairebiddles.bsky.social on Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc
@noroofonlysky.com on Fini Tribe
Xenia Benivolski on CxBxT
@abibliss.bsky.social on vari/ations: Ode To Oram
@jamesgormley.bsky.social on HAYWARDxDÄLEK
@msclairebiddles.bsky.social on Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc
@noroofonlysky.com on Fini Tribe
Xenia Benivolski on CxBxT
The Wire 502 is out now!
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This issue’s featured reviews:
@abibliss.bsky.social on vari/ations: Ode To Oram
@jamesgormley.bsky.social on HAYWARDxDÄLEK
@msclairebiddles.bsky.social on Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc
@noroofonlysky.com on Fini Tribe
Xenia Benivolski on CxBxT
@abibliss.bsky.social on vari/ations: Ode To Oram
@jamesgormley.bsky.social on HAYWARDxDÄLEK
@msclairebiddles.bsky.social on Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc
@noroofonlysky.com on Fini Tribe
Xenia Benivolski on CxBxT
For another top issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, I reviewed:
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
The Wire 502 is out now!
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For another top issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, I reviewed:
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
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Budokan Boys are back and deep in the night crawlin' electro-doom stalkin'
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooze
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooze
The Ooze, by Budokan Boys
8 track album
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Budokan Boys are back and deep in the night crawlin' electro-doom stalkin'
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooze
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooze
There ought to be more buzz around Abadir's new album 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Social media soundbites, ads, and reels collaged into microcosms of semioblitz. Brutal, spastic, and weirdly comforting, all at the same time.
Kitbashing, by ABADIR
7 track album
svbkvlt.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There ought to be more buzz around Abadir's new album 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Social media soundbites, ads, and reels collaged into microcosms of semioblitz. Brutal, spastic, and weirdly comforting, all at the same time.
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As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
Jeff Tobias – One Hundredfold Now In This Age | The Quietus
From Queens, New York, the composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US ...
thequietus.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
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Indulged a childhood dream and started a metal band with my friends and we put our first demo up on Bandcamp:
unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
Absolute Immiseration, by Unmaking
6 track album
unmaking.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Indulged a childhood dream and started a metal band with my friends and we put our first demo up on Bandcamp:
unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
Jeff Tobias – One Hundredfold Now In This Age | The Quietus
From Queens, New York, the composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US ...
thequietus.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
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'The composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'
Jeff Tobias - One Hundredfold Now In This Age
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Jeff Tobias - One Hundredfold Now In This Age
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October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'The composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'
Jeff Tobias - One Hundredfold Now In This Age
buff.ly/0j6tFb1
Jeff Tobias - One Hundredfold Now In This Age
buff.ly/0j6tFb1
I see that @monsterbobby.bsky.social enjoyed some of Sunn O)))'s 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 recently as well. Nice and immersive (!) report from the Venice Biennale Musica.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I see that @monsterbobby.bsky.social enjoyed some of Sunn O)))'s 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 recently as well. Nice and immersive (!) report from the Venice Biennale Musica.
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Fly on, Jack DeJohnette. 💐🕊️🤲🏾
photo (by me) backstage at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Nov 2, 2019
photo (by me) backstage at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Nov 2, 2019
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Fly on, Jack DeJohnette. 💐🕊️🤲🏾
photo (by me) backstage at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Nov 2, 2019
photo (by me) backstage at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Nov 2, 2019
What if we remove the reviewer from reviews and instead use 'AI' to synthesise a review from reader comments?!
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What if we remove the reviewer from reviews and instead use 'AI' to synthesise a review from reader comments?!