Darcy MacDonald
@darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Music and arts journalist, freelance writer, recovering addict, aspiring pile of ashes.
The Epstein Files gettin' buried on the former site of the East Wing under the ballroom, bet.
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Epstein Files gettin' buried on the former site of the East Wing under the ballroom, bet.
So shouldn't that just be "Andrew," then, @cnn.com?
Or maybe "Andrew the Pederast," if you want some sort of official-sounding distinction.
Or maybe "Andrew the Pederast," if you want some sort of official-sounding distinction.
October 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So shouldn't that just be "Andrew," then, @cnn.com?
Or maybe "Andrew the Pederast," if you want some sort of official-sounding distinction.
Or maybe "Andrew the Pederast," if you want some sort of official-sounding distinction.
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If Trump would just release the damn Epstein files he wouldn’t have to shut down the government to distract from them.
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If Trump would just release the damn Epstein files he wouldn’t have to shut down the government to distract from them.
So I guess the appropriate thing would be to send the National Guard into Utah, right?
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
So I guess the appropriate thing would be to send the National Guard into Utah, right?
DOJ loudly and proudly releases bribe-solicited bullshit from convicted criminal and disgusting human saying other convicted criminal and disgusting human is a stand up guy the same day as Epstein files are "released" = Trump (CC&DH #2) is in the Epstein files. Simple, shameless mathematics.
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
DOJ loudly and proudly releases bribe-solicited bullshit from convicted criminal and disgusting human saying other convicted criminal and disgusting human is a stand up guy the same day as Epstein files are "released" = Trump (CC&DH #2) is in the Epstein files. Simple, shameless mathematics.
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The issue isn’t that Maxwell lied throughout her entire proffer. She has been lying, deceiving and manipulating people her entire life. I expect it from her.
The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.
The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.
August 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The issue isn’t that Maxwell lied throughout her entire proffer. She has been lying, deceiving and manipulating people her entire life. I expect it from her.
The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.
The issue is that the US Department of Justice gave her very tangible benefits already for those lies with more to come.
"All the pieces matter"
“This is the sound of a band working with no net. Loud, restless and urgent — these 14 tracks do not flinch.”
9/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Turnstile, Never Enough: REVIEW
9/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Turnstile, Never Enough: REVIEW
Turnstile, Never Enough: REVIEW
Never Enough is the fourth studio album by Baltimore-bred hardcore punk band Turnstile, released by Roadrunner Record.
cultmtl.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"All the pieces matter"
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TODAY: Joey Valence & Brae return to Montreal to light up day one of Osheaga.
We spoke with JVB about their upcoming album HYPERYOUTH and being born into old-school.
An interview by @darcymacdonald.bsky.social.
We spoke with JVB about their upcoming album HYPERYOUTH and being born into old-school.
An interview by @darcymacdonald.bsky.social.
Joey Valence & Brae on being born into old-school
An interview with Joey Valence & Brae ahead of their set at Osheaga this weekend and the release of their album HYPERYOUTH on Aug. 15.
cultmtl.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TODAY: Joey Valence & Brae return to Montreal to light up day one of Osheaga.
We spoke with JVB about their upcoming album HYPERYOUTH and being born into old-school.
An interview by @darcymacdonald.bsky.social.
We spoke with JVB about their upcoming album HYPERYOUTH and being born into old-school.
An interview by @darcymacdonald.bsky.social.
@washingtonpost.com rather than risk trying to bury the story, much less report the hell out of it, goes with this headline. Fuckface "fuming" is the big reveal on its only front page coverage of this scandal today. What a farce. Speaking of which, that should read "White House scandal," too.
July 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@washingtonpost.com rather than risk trying to bury the story, much less report the hell out of it, goes with this headline. Fuckface "fuming" is the big reveal on its only front page coverage of this scandal today. What a farce. Speaking of which, that should read "White House scandal," too.
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I’m 50-50 Trump is going to show up at his military parade tomorrow in a Muammar Gaddafi uniform and just go full Borat.
June 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m 50-50 Trump is going to show up at his military parade tomorrow in a Muammar Gaddafi uniform and just go full Borat.
The first time I visited NYC was the 2004 CMJ conference. Arrived at 7 AM or so. The entire day and night were a blur. Next morning, 9 AM, I dragged ass to the Javits Center for free coffee and a press conference with Brian Wilson, Mo Ostin, Van Dyke Parks + Al Jardine. I realized where I was. RIP.
June 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The first time I visited NYC was the 2004 CMJ conference. Arrived at 7 AM or so. The entire day and night were a blur. Next morning, 9 AM, I dragged ass to the Javits Center for free coffee and a press conference with Brian Wilson, Mo Ostin, Van Dyke Parks + Al Jardine. I realized where I was. RIP.
Dear America,
Elon Musk's drug problem is hardly the issue.
Elon Musk's drug problem is hardly the issue.
May 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dear America,
Elon Musk's drug problem is hardly the issue.
Elon Musk's drug problem is hardly the issue.
I swear my cat has shed a whole other cat's worth of fur this spring.
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I swear my cat has shed a whole other cat's worth of fur this spring.
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“Step-children of the NYHC movement, students of hip hop and Black music, and map-keepers of New York’s underground, Rebelmatic leave no meat on the bone.”
8/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Rebelmatic, Black Hole Eats the Tornado: REVIEW
8/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Rebelmatic, Black Hole Eats the Tornado: REVIEW
Rebelmatic, Black Hole Eats the Tornado: REVIEW
NYC band Rebelmatic return with Black Hole Eats the Tornado, an album that drips with the paranoid sweat of early ’80s punk and hardcore.
cultmtl.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Step-children of the NYHC movement, students of hip hop and Black music, and map-keepers of New York’s underground, Rebelmatic leave no meat on the bone.”
8/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Rebelmatic, Black Hole Eats the Tornado: REVIEW
8/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Rebelmatic, Black Hole Eats the Tornado: REVIEW
For a moment, set aside the myriad troubles in the world, whatever those may mean to you; lift your head to the sky, and ask yourself: "Is anything I really, truly stand for impacted or influenced by what Laura-Fucking-Loomer thinks about popes?"
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
For a moment, set aside the myriad troubles in the world, whatever those may mean to you; lift your head to the sky, and ask yourself: "Is anything I really, truly stand for impacted or influenced by what Laura-Fucking-Loomer thinks about popes?"
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Neil MacDonald's new Substack is one to follow.
The rough beasts
The gauzy rhetoric of a decade ago seems ridiculous in retrospect
macdonaldn.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Neil MacDonald's new Substack is one to follow.
Not that my two cents matter but here they are.
“Only Dust Remains lets a little extra light in, widening the expanse on which Backxwash’s brutal brilliance radiates.”
9/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Backxwash, Only Dust Remains: REVIEW
9/10 | @darcymacdonald.bsky.social
Backxwash, Only Dust Remains: REVIEW
Backxwash, Only Dust Remains: REVIEW
Only Dust Remains is the fifth full-length album by Montreal rapper Backxwash, a follow-up to a trilogy of dark masterpieces.
cultmtl.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not that my two cents matter but here they are.
It's super simple. Carney seems like a decent, relatable person. Turtleneck guy is a shit heel. There's no contest. Funny how the "career politician" can't seem to politic himself up a single voter that hasn't been on his jock since Truckstock 2022.
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It's super simple. Carney seems like a decent, relatable person. Turtleneck guy is a shit heel. There's no contest. Funny how the "career politician" can't seem to politic himself up a single voter that hasn't been on his jock since Truckstock 2022.
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Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Office—he didn’t wear a suit! I mean, here’s a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Office—he looks like he’s about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Office—he didn’t wear a suit! I mean, here’s a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Office—he looks like he’s about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.
Wax off
How dare they cancel FACE renos after filming the new Karate Kid movie there!
April 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Wax off
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i am frankly tires of this nihilistic textualism that ignores the plain purpose of constitutional language in favor of a “nothing in the rulebook” approach
April 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
i am frankly tires of this nihilistic textualism that ignores the plain purpose of constitutional language in favor of a “nothing in the rulebook” approach
How many headlines did you see today that said something like "Trump won't rule out seeking third term saying there are ways to do it?"
Did you see the one that said, "Authoritarian dictator Trump suggests anti-democratic intention to stay in office indefinitely?"
Me neither. Fixed that.
Did you see the one that said, "Authoritarian dictator Trump suggests anti-democratic intention to stay in office indefinitely?"
Me neither. Fixed that.
April 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
How many headlines did you see today that said something like "Trump won't rule out seeking third term saying there are ways to do it?"
Did you see the one that said, "Authoritarian dictator Trump suggests anti-democratic intention to stay in office indefinitely?"
Me neither. Fixed that.
Did you see the one that said, "Authoritarian dictator Trump suggests anti-democratic intention to stay in office indefinitely?"
Me neither. Fixed that.
If you've trying to reach me and haven't been able to, check to make sure my contact info got properly sucked into your phone.
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If you've trying to reach me and haven't been able to, check to make sure my contact info got properly sucked into your phone.
It's almost as if they're thin-skinned crybabies without the backbones required for politics or government.
Trump and Vance wanted Zelenskyy to apologize. Then Trump wanted Columbia and Paul Weiss to apologize. Then Trump wanted CNN, MSNBC, and the NYT to apologize. Then he wanted the painter of a portrait of his in Colorado to apologize. Then Colorado's governor. Now Jasmine Crockett must apologize?
March 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It's almost as if they're thin-skinned crybabies without the backbones required for politics or government.