J Simpson
@forestpunk.bsky.social
J Simpson is a prolific academic writer, journalist, creative and critic, specializing in "dark," experimental, and avant-garde art, idealistically believing that good art makes the world a better place.
https://linktr.ee/for3stpunk
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Watching Ginger Snaps with my bestie.
Perfect way to spend a birthday!
Perfect way to spend a birthday!
February 7, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Watching Ginger Snaps with my bestie.
Perfect way to spend a birthday!
Perfect way to spend a birthday!
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Album of the Day 324
Alice Costelloe - Move On With The Year
Pretty drifty dream pop from the great-great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. A little bit Stereolab, a lil Broadcast, a titch Beach House. Light and fresh and lovely.
open.spotify.com/album/5JMt8g...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 324
Alice Costelloe - Move On With The Year
Pretty drifty dream pop from the great-great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. A little bit Stereolab, a lil Broadcast, a titch Beach House. Light and fresh and lovely.
open.spotify.com/album/5JMt8g...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Move On With The Year
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February 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Album of the Day 324
Alice Costelloe - Move On With The Year
Pretty drifty dream pop from the great-great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. A little bit Stereolab, a lil Broadcast, a titch Beach House. Light and fresh and lovely.
open.spotify.com/album/5JMt8g...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 324
Alice Costelloe - Move On With The Year
Pretty drifty dream pop from the great-great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. A little bit Stereolab, a lil Broadcast, a titch Beach House. Light and fresh and lovely.
open.spotify.com/album/5JMt8g...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
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“The gorgeous, soaring vocals are more than enough to make V one of this year’s most ecstatic listens so far.”
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February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“The gorgeous, soaring vocals are more than enough to make V one of this year’s most ecstatic listens so far.”
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@popmatters.com
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Album of the Day 323
Patty Griffin - Seeing Red
Shortly after establishing herself as one of the leading folk acts of the '90s, Patty Griffin returned with a rocking, rollicking, hard-hitting country rock record.
open.spotify.com/album/7GWcXB...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Album of the Day 323
Patty Griffin - Seeing Red
Shortly after establishing herself as one of the leading folk acts of the '90s, Patty Griffin returned with a rocking, rollicking, hard-hitting country rock record.
open.spotify.com/album/7GWcXB...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Flaming Red
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February 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Album of the Day 323
Patty Griffin - Seeing Red
Shortly after establishing herself as one of the leading folk acts of the '90s, Patty Griffin returned with a rocking, rollicking, hard-hitting country rock record.
open.spotify.com/album/7GWcXB...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Album of the Day 323
Patty Griffin - Seeing Red
Shortly after establishing herself as one of the leading folk acts of the '90s, Patty Griffin returned with a rocking, rollicking, hard-hitting country rock record.
open.spotify.com/album/7GWcXB...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
No new pictures...
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
No new pictures...
Where are you mentally?
Where are you mentally?
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Album of the Day 322
Terry Lyne Carington - The Mosaic Project
Sublime Big Band Soul Jazz from an all female band, playing everything from soprano sax to flugelhorn & bass clarinet. A smooth & joyful noise.
open.spotify.com/album/04Qp7y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge#jazzsky
Album of the Day 322
Terry Lyne Carington - The Mosaic Project
Sublime Big Band Soul Jazz from an all female band, playing everything from soprano sax to flugelhorn & bass clarinet. A smooth & joyful noise.
open.spotify.com/album/04Qp7y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge#jazzsky
The Mosaic Project
open.spotify.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Album of the Day 322
Terry Lyne Carington - The Mosaic Project
Sublime Big Band Soul Jazz from an all female band, playing everything from soprano sax to flugelhorn & bass clarinet. A smooth & joyful noise.
open.spotify.com/album/04Qp7y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge#jazzsky
Album of the Day 322
Terry Lyne Carington - The Mosaic Project
Sublime Big Band Soul Jazz from an all female band, playing everything from soprano sax to flugelhorn & bass clarinet. A smooth & joyful noise.
open.spotify.com/album/04Qp7y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge#jazzsky
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Happy birthday, James Joyce 🥂🍀
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Happy birthday, James Joyce 🥂🍀
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Happy Black History Month!
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Happy Black History Month!
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Album of the Day 321
Minako - MONOCHROME
Best of 1980 151/1000
I like this better than i like most City Pop. A lil less manic, a little more elegant and atmospheric. Also like its track titles sound like Library Music.
open.spotify.com/album/3jaNik...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #citypop
Album of the Day 321
Minako - MONOCHROME
Best of 1980 151/1000
I like this better than i like most City Pop. A lil less manic, a little more elegant and atmospheric. Also like its track titles sound like Library Music.
open.spotify.com/album/3jaNik...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #citypop
MONOCHROME
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January 30, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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Album of the Day 321
Minako - MONOCHROME
Best of 1980 151/1000
I like this better than i like most City Pop. A lil less manic, a little more elegant and atmospheric. Also like its track titles sound like Library Music.
open.spotify.com/album/3jaNik...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #citypop
Album of the Day 321
Minako - MONOCHROME
Best of 1980 151/1000
I like this better than i like most City Pop. A lil less manic, a little more elegant and atmospheric. Also like its track titles sound like Library Music.
open.spotify.com/album/3jaNik...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #citypop
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Give me a follow on Bandcamp and grab some cheap (or free) stuff whilst you’re on there. Spread the word for us. Ta.
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HDRF
Releases on Moolakii Club Audio Interface, Dustopian Frequencies, Wormhole World, Institute for Alien Research, Castles in Space, Sounds for the Soul Records, Church of Noisy Goat and Aural Films Go seek them all out....
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January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Give me a follow on Bandcamp and grab some cheap (or free) stuff whilst you’re on there. Spread the word for us. Ta.
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fascists can’t really grasp the power of minimal techno
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM
fascists can’t really grasp the power of minimal techno
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Album of the Day 320
Aphrodite's Child - 666
87/1000 Best of 1972
3516/5000 Best Albums
2313/10000 BestEverAlbums
Absolute madness this is ranked so high, in a good way! Also, TIL i learned Vangelis was in a witchy prog band!
open.spotify.com/album/31u1VE...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 320
Aphrodite's Child - 666
87/1000 Best of 1972
3516/5000 Best Albums
2313/10000 BestEverAlbums
Absolute madness this is ranked so high, in a good way! Also, TIL i learned Vangelis was in a witchy prog band!
open.spotify.com/album/31u1VE...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
666 (The Apocalypse Of John, 13/18) [Deluxe]
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Album of the Day 320
Aphrodite's Child - 666
87/1000 Best of 1972
3516/5000 Best Albums
2313/10000 BestEverAlbums
Absolute madness this is ranked so high, in a good way! Also, TIL i learned Vangelis was in a witchy prog band!
open.spotify.com/album/31u1VE...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 320
Aphrodite's Child - 666
87/1000 Best of 1972
3516/5000 Best Albums
2313/10000 BestEverAlbums
Absolute madness this is ranked so high, in a good way! Also, TIL i learned Vangelis was in a witchy prog band!
open.spotify.com/album/31u1VE...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
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Album of the Day 319
Ella Red - It's Not Real
Suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, making Ms. Red sound a bit too much like others to truly inhabit her own sound. Her voice alone is enough to carry this record, though. A fun time!
open.spotify.com/album/4Cgtqi...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 319
Ella Red - It's Not Real
Suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, making Ms. Red sound a bit too much like others to truly inhabit her own sound. Her voice alone is enough to carry this record, though. A fun time!
open.spotify.com/album/4Cgtqi...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
IT’S NOT REAL
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Album of the Day 319
Ella Red - It's Not Real
Suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, making Ms. Red sound a bit too much like others to truly inhabit her own sound. Her voice alone is enough to carry this record, though. A fun time!
open.spotify.com/album/4Cgtqi...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 319
Ella Red - It's Not Real
Suffers from a bit of an identity crisis, making Ms. Red sound a bit too much like others to truly inhabit her own sound. Her voice alone is enough to carry this record, though. A fun time!
open.spotify.com/album/4Cgtqi...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
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Album of the Day 318
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Best of 2019 5/1000
561/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
213/10000 Best Ever Albums
Too many thoughts for 300 characters.
musicboard.app/jsimpson/rev...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #pop
Album of the Day 318
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Best of 2019 5/1000
561/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
213/10000 Best Ever Albums
Too many thoughts for 300 characters.
musicboard.app/jsimpson/rev...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #pop
Review of Norman Fucking Rockwell! by jsimpson - Musicboard
Review of Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey. J Simpson rated the album 4.5 / 5 stars. Norman Fucking Rockwell is as American as apple pie. As mass shootings. As the Las Vegas strip, as rock 'n ...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Album of the Day 318
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Best of 2019 5/1000
561/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
213/10000 Best Ever Albums
Too many thoughts for 300 characters.
musicboard.app/jsimpson/rev...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #pop
Album of the Day 318
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell
Best of 2019 5/1000
561/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
213/10000 Best Ever Albums
Too many thoughts for 300 characters.
musicboard.app/jsimpson/rev...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #musicchallenge #pop
Madison Beer returns to what she's always done on locket, and that's a good thing!
Read my album review on @popmatters.com
www.popmatters.com/madison-beer...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #albumreview #pop
Read my album review on @popmatters.com
www.popmatters.com/madison-beer...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #albumreview #pop
Madison Beer Creates a Tasty R&B/Club Pop Hybrid » PopMatters
Locket is a slow-and-steady evolution of Madison Beer's best features. It's a highly satisfying, seductive, heartbreaking, heartbroken pop opus.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Madison Beer returns to what she's always done on locket, and that's a good thing!
Read my album review on @popmatters.com
www.popmatters.com/madison-beer...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #albumreview #pop
Read my album review on @popmatters.com
www.popmatters.com/madison-beer...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #albumreview #pop
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Album of the Day 317
Janis Ian - Between the Lines
Best of 1975 299/1000
6155/10000 The Greatest Albums of all Time
Utterly sublime folk rock sophistipop. Somehow manages to be both earthy AND highly cerebral.
open.spotify.com/album/6RjDm4...
#albumoftheday #musisky #musicchallenge #70smusic
Album of the Day 317
Janis Ian - Between the Lines
Best of 1975 299/1000
6155/10000 The Greatest Albums of all Time
Utterly sublime folk rock sophistipop. Somehow manages to be both earthy AND highly cerebral.
open.spotify.com/album/6RjDm4...
#albumoftheday #musisky #musicchallenge #70smusic
Between the Lines (Remastered)
open.spotify.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Album of the Day 317
Janis Ian - Between the Lines
Best of 1975 299/1000
6155/10000 The Greatest Albums of all Time
Utterly sublime folk rock sophistipop. Somehow manages to be both earthy AND highly cerebral.
open.spotify.com/album/6RjDm4...
#albumoftheday #musisky #musicchallenge #70smusic
Album of the Day 317
Janis Ian - Between the Lines
Best of 1975 299/1000
6155/10000 The Greatest Albums of all Time
Utterly sublime folk rock sophistipop. Somehow manages to be both earthy AND highly cerebral.
open.spotify.com/album/6RjDm4...
#albumoftheday #musisky #musicchallenge #70smusic
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Album of the Day 316
Lhase de Sala - La Llorona
Best of 1997 80/1000
4556/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
6166/10000 BestEverAlbums
What a truly cosmopolitan record! A Mexican folk record with French arrangements & klezmer elements.
open.spotify.com/album/7J8k8Y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 316
Lhase de Sala - La Llorona
Best of 1997 80/1000
4556/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
6166/10000 BestEverAlbums
What a truly cosmopolitan record! A Mexican folk record with French arrangements & klezmer elements.
open.spotify.com/album/7J8k8Y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
La Llorona
open.spotify.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Album of the Day 316
Lhase de Sala - La Llorona
Best of 1997 80/1000
4556/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
6166/10000 BestEverAlbums
What a truly cosmopolitan record! A Mexican folk record with French arrangements & klezmer elements.
open.spotify.com/album/7J8k8Y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Album of the Day 316
Lhase de Sala - La Llorona
Best of 1997 80/1000
4556/10000 Greatest Albums of all Time
6166/10000 BestEverAlbums
What a truly cosmopolitan record! A Mexican folk record with French arrangements & klezmer elements.
open.spotify.com/album/7J8k8Y...
#albumoftheday #musicsky
Copy limit? On a book i fucking OWN?!? Goddam, can big tech platforms PLEASE stop being so invasive?
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Copy limit? On a book i fucking OWN?!? Goddam, can big tech platforms PLEASE stop being so invasive?
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Album of the Day 315
Blondie - Autoamerican
Best of 1980 555/1000
Utterly insane that this isn't ranked higher in 1980. What the heck is wrong with RYM users? A stone cold classic, effortlessly blending punk, new wave & ska.
open.spotify.com/album/1VuNXm...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #80smusic
Album of the Day 315
Blondie - Autoamerican
Best of 1980 555/1000
Utterly insane that this isn't ranked higher in 1980. What the heck is wrong with RYM users? A stone cold classic, effortlessly blending punk, new wave & ska.
open.spotify.com/album/1VuNXm...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #80smusic
Autoamerican (Remastered 2001)
open.spotify.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Album of the Day 315
Blondie - Autoamerican
Best of 1980 555/1000
Utterly insane that this isn't ranked higher in 1980. What the heck is wrong with RYM users? A stone cold classic, effortlessly blending punk, new wave & ska.
open.spotify.com/album/1VuNXm...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #80smusic
Album of the Day 315
Blondie - Autoamerican
Best of 1980 555/1000
Utterly insane that this isn't ranked higher in 1980. What the heck is wrong with RYM users? A stone cold classic, effortlessly blending punk, new wave & ska.
open.spotify.com/album/1VuNXm...
#albumoftheday #musicsky #80smusic
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Album of the Day 314
Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island
Been a watery kind of week. Perfect hard/soft rock jams for where the water meets the land. Ms. Tyler will always have one of the best voices in the rock game.
open.spotify.com/album/4Ot30E...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Album of the Day 314
Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island
Been a watery kind of week. Perfect hard/soft rock jams for where the water meets the land. Ms. Tyler will always have one of the best voices in the rock game.
open.spotify.com/album/4Ot30E...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Goodbye to the Island
open.spotify.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Album of the Day 314
Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island
Been a watery kind of week. Perfect hard/soft rock jams for where the water meets the land. Ms. Tyler will always have one of the best voices in the rock game.
open.spotify.com/album/4Ot30E...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
Album of the Day 314
Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island
Been a watery kind of week. Perfect hard/soft rock jams for where the water meets the land. Ms. Tyler will always have one of the best voices in the rock game.
open.spotify.com/album/4Ot30E...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #musicchallenge
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Album of the Day 313
Seduction - Nothing Matters Without Love
Seduction had a massive 3-way hit of r&b, dance music, and pop in 1989, yet it doesn't even crack internet best-of lists. Good New Jack Swing! Underappreciated.
open.spotify.com/album/7ruxoz...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #80smusic
Album of the Day 313
Seduction - Nothing Matters Without Love
Seduction had a massive 3-way hit of r&b, dance music, and pop in 1989, yet it doesn't even crack internet best-of lists. Good New Jack Swing! Underappreciated.
open.spotify.com/album/7ruxoz...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #80smusic
Nothing Matters Without Love
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Album of the Day 313
Seduction - Nothing Matters Without Love
Seduction had a massive 3-way hit of r&b, dance music, and pop in 1989, yet it doesn't even crack internet best-of lists. Good New Jack Swing! Underappreciated.
open.spotify.com/album/7ruxoz...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #80smusic
Album of the Day 313
Seduction - Nothing Matters Without Love
Seduction had a massive 3-way hit of r&b, dance music, and pop in 1989, yet it doesn't even crack internet best-of lists. Good New Jack Swing! Underappreciated.
open.spotify.com/album/7ruxoz...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #80smusic
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Album of the Day 312
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
Best of 1980 192/1000
Pure Ambient.
Spiegel's synth becomes particle physics, heating into neon firmaments of pulsing morse code, cooling into brittle inertness.
open.spotify.com/album/1oiMfh...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #ambient
Album of the Day 312
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
Best of 1980 192/1000
Pure Ambient.
Spiegel's synth becomes particle physics, heating into neon firmaments of pulsing morse code, cooling into brittle inertness.
open.spotify.com/album/1oiMfh...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #ambient
The Expanding Universe
open.spotify.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Album of the Day 312
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
Best of 1980 192/1000
Pure Ambient.
Spiegel's synth becomes particle physics, heating into neon firmaments of pulsing morse code, cooling into brittle inertness.
open.spotify.com/album/1oiMfh...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #ambient
Album of the Day 312
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe
Best of 1980 192/1000
Pure Ambient.
Spiegel's synth becomes particle physics, heating into neon firmaments of pulsing morse code, cooling into brittle inertness.
open.spotify.com/album/1oiMfh...
#musicsky #albumoftheday #ambient
Odessa A'zion is so good in Marty Supreme that she brought me back around to I Love L.A.
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Odessa A'zion is so good in Marty Supreme that she brought me back around to I Love L.A.
Has WhatsApp been slow as shit for anyone else since the New Year?
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Has WhatsApp been slow as shit for anyone else since the New Year?
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Album of the Day 311
Elba Ramalho - Capim do Vale
Best of 1980 154/1000
What a bizarre, eclectic record! Northeastern Brazilian movie by way of 80s Kate Bush artpop.
open.spotify.com/album/1xH1oG...
#albumofthday #musicsky #musicchallenge #bestofthe80s
Album of the Day 311
Elba Ramalho - Capim do Vale
Best of 1980 154/1000
What a bizarre, eclectic record! Northeastern Brazilian movie by way of 80s Kate Bush artpop.
open.spotify.com/album/1xH1oG...
#albumofthday #musicsky #musicchallenge #bestofthe80s
Capim do Vale
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Album of the Day 311
Elba Ramalho - Capim do Vale
Best of 1980 154/1000
What a bizarre, eclectic record! Northeastern Brazilian movie by way of 80s Kate Bush artpop.
open.spotify.com/album/1xH1oG...
#albumofthday #musicsky #musicchallenge #bestofthe80s
Album of the Day 311
Elba Ramalho - Capim do Vale
Best of 1980 154/1000
What a bizarre, eclectic record! Northeastern Brazilian movie by way of 80s Kate Bush artpop.
open.spotify.com/album/1xH1oG...
#albumofthday #musicsky #musicchallenge #bestofthe80s