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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 22h

RIP JOHN LODGE. there's string of moodys LPs -- from lost chord" to "question of balance" -- that remain a guilty pleasure 50+ years after i first tripped to them in my dorm room. why deny it?

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The Moody Blues - Legend of a mind

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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 11d

Voice, guitar, fading Parisian sunlight … what more do you need? Check out a great Myriam Gendron video: doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7961267...

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 1d

ha! story of my life!

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 2d

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EXCLUSIVE: Thurston Moore’s New Book on Monumental Free Jazz Recordings - JazzTimes

JazzTimes is thrilled to present the following exclusive excerpt from NOW JAZZ NOW, co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and iconic … Read More "EXCLUSIVE: Thu...

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 3d

nice piece on ken jacobs from the times. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

The Strangely Beautiful Realities You Can Discover in a Ken Jacobs Film

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 3d

anyone who's in the northeast next sunday should make haste to visit thr redscroll record fair. free admission, fine eats & drinks, lots of ace records
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d

RIP KEN JACOBS one of the last masters of lo-fi avant garde cinema. if you don't know his work, do yourself a favor and check it out

no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Ken Jacobs, Visionary Experimental Filmmaker, Is Dead at 92

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d

RIP CHRIS DREJA. those yardbirds sides still get regular play around here. there's no firewall on this link

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/a...

Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 7d

NEW THIS WEEK ON FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

JOMF "Give Me Shelter" LP
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ERICA DAWN LYLE "On Fire" LP (co-release with half-a-million)
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Give Me Shelter

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 7d

sunday oct 5 4 pm at feeding tube records
ERICA DAWN LYLE / BARBIE AI

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 7d

rec of the day: BILL NACE "head 2" (open mouth pb) amazing collection with bill riffing on the idea of masks. it's halfway between something you'd see in "fangoria" and fine fuckin' art. i might start a new label just to use the images for LP covers.

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/head-2-2

Head #2 from Open Mouth Records

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 12d

RIP VIV PRINCE insane drummer for the early Pretty Things. his legend will live forever. no firewall to this link
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/a...

Viv Prince, Rock’s Original Madman Drummer, Is Dead at 84

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 14d

rec of the day VANGAS "you left us in the spring" (chunklet LP) recorded in '23, while still in ATL (they're now in BRKLN), this quartet has made a brilliant post-core noise-pop freak-out smoosh LP that'll tickle the ears of anyone who's not lame. dont fuck up.
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/you-le...

You Left Us In the Spring, by Vangas

7 track album

chunklet.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 19d

rec of the day LES RALLIZES DENUDES "jittoku '76" (temporal drift 2LP) another great archival set from LRD with playing that veers between their explosively-oit avant psych & their more inside-hard-blues-rock stance. a wild and wonderful teeter.
lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/jittok...

Jittoku '76, by Les Rallizes Dénudés

9 track album

lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 22d

rec of the day: JORDAN DARBY "follow me up" (hissing objects LP) most blasted effort yet by ventura's answer to the question -- what's yahowha? three guitars spinning their own wigs in a dark room while god tries to tickle you. that's entertainment!
hissingobjects.bandcamp.com/album/follow...

Follow Me Up, by Jordan Darby

20 track album

hissingobjects.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 23d

rec of the day GARY PANTERS "flycatcher" (smoke signals #44 newspaper) superb new sketchbook sequence from the great garloo, brough to us by the geniuses at desert island. roast your brain & eyes today!

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/smoke-signal

Smoke Signal — Desert Island

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 23d

rec of the day: ANN POWERS "traveling: on the path of joni mitchell" (harper collins) played the audio book & it's great i still don't care about any of joni's post-reprise recordings (question of time/place) but now i kinda understand them at least. solid book.
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Traveling

*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024* Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascin...

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 25d

rec of the day: NOISE NOMADS "obsidian shards pooled in silver" (open mouth LP) a decade and a half after his last LP, jeff hartford returns with another monster of unshackled forms. two side-long noise-pulsed blasts of percussive energy. can't beat it,
openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsidi...

Obsidian shards pooled in Silver, by Noise Nomads

2 track album

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 26d

rec of the day: CHRIS BROKAW "ghost ship' (12XU LP) another mesmeric solo album from this boldly eclectic electric string maestro. a bleary-eyed travelogue with shades of the velvets and a noisy take on dream pop that is addictive. an instant classic.
chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...

Ghost Ship, by Chris Brokaw

9 track album

chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 9

rec of the day: JIM SHEPHARD "panties & perfume" (no label LP) akin to a follow-up to the "wreckage" LP, an incredible journey through the o-mind of big jim -- a collaged bramble of sacred profanities. essential for anyone with a hankering for scum-freakery.
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/jim-sh...

Jim Shepard-Panties & Perfume, by Siltbreeze Records

19 track album

siltbreeze.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 8

rec of the day: PG SIX "the well of memory/lost & live" (amish 2LP) fantastic expanded reissue of PG's 2nd LP, combining both his most traditional folk playing as well as some very outwardly-canted explorations. still one of my faves -- the extras are just superb.

pgsix.bandcamp.com/album/the-we...

The Well of Memory (2025 Expanded Edition), by P.G. Six

20 track album

pgsix.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 6

rec of the day: EVAN PARKER/JEAN MARC FOUSSAT "insolence" (nashazphone LP) one side of splendidly wiggling synth/soprano mystery duets, one bracing tenor by parker & some solo synth explosions by j-m to wind things up. the snake still decides! and then some.

nashazphone.bandcamp.com/album/insole...

Insolence, by EVAN PARKER / JEAN-MARC FOUSSAT

4 track album

nashazphone.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 5

record the day: BRANIMIR NORAC/BYRON ASHER/ROBBY BOWEN "clarinets & drums" (yes we cannibal LP) 4tet session w/ the titular instruments in a mode making me think of '70s l.a. - john carter & vinny golia's scene - some w/ more moderne percussion. sweet stuff.
byronasher.bandcamp.com/album/clarin...

Clarinets & Drums, by Branimir Norac, Byron Asher, Robby Bowen

7 track album

byronasher.bandcamp.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 3

i have not

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 3

i'm ready when you are

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