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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 2d

The mighty @troubleinmind.bsky.social is shutting down operations so I spent some time writing about five of my favorite songs from their sprawling catalog of hits, as well as a few other assorted cool songs I listened to last month.

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September 2025 (Part 3): A Farewell to Trouble in Mind (plus 5 more)

I spent a lot of time over the last few weeks looking back at the catalog of Chicago-based indie label Trouble in Mind , who recently announ...

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 6d

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring.

In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

Musicians Against Live Nation–Ticketmaster

Live Nation–Ticketmaster controls nearly every corner of the US live music business, from ticketing to touring. In Portland, Maine, a coalition of venues, musicians, and art workers rallied the city against the industry’s most powerful monopoly.

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 9d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=acf8...

Smog (Bill Callahan) - "Look Now"

YouTube video by lipperskip

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 11d

Go Bills

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colinmiller.bandcamp.com/track/cadillac

Cadillac, by Colin Miller

from the album Losin'

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 13d

Just posted something on the blog about the awesome #ChicagoOffSpotify campaign alongside ten blurbs about ten newish songs I heard this month.

Featuring tracks from Modern Nature, Emily Hines, Algernon Cadwallader, M. Sage, Horse Lords, and more!
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September 2025 (Part 2)

We're back and blogging again, baby! The most exciting thing that happened since we last spoke was probably the publication of an open lette...

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 15d

Nearly six dozen Chicago musical acts have signed onto this boycott campaign / open letter urging other local musicians to pull their music from Spotify. More on this in my @chicagoreader.com story chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Open Letter: Chicago Musicians Are Pulling Their Music From Spotify

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 16d

new from me: a treatise on why using AI for every goddamn thing (incl, now, promos for music performances by humans) sucks shit www.coyotemedia.org/diy-vs-ai-th...

DIY vs. AI: The battle for the soul of the show flyer

An Oakland venue owner is fed up with AI-generated show flyers. What's the big deal?

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 17d

Open Letter: Chicago Musicians Are Pulling Their Music From Spotify
tinyurl.com/ChicagoOffSpotify

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Steve Knutson/Audika Records/Arthur Russell Estate @steveaudika.bsky.social · 19d

@darkentries.bsky.social mix to brighten your day soundcloud.com/darkentriesr...

Arthur Russell Day Mix for NTS

NTS asked me to contribute a mix of my favorite club tracks Arthur Russell wrote or was involved with. Broadcast Nov 14, 2019 celebrating the life & work of this composer, musician and cultural icon w

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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 19d

In 27 years
I've drunk fifty thousand beers
And they just wash against me
Like the sea into a pier

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 20d

Go Bills

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kranky ltd @krankyltd.bsky.social · 20d

here's the archive of this month's nts program.

Kranky 17th September 2025

Playing Minimal, Ambient, Drone. The inimitable Kranky Ltd, live from LA once a month.

www.nts.live

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 21d

I've once again punched the clock at the blog factory and produced nine blurbs about nine cool songs I listened to this month.

This time we're talking about Julie Doiron, Ambarchi/Berthling/Werliin, Steve Gunn, Sam Prekop, Anysia Kym and more!

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September 2025 (Part 1)

Friends, it's time to talk about nine songs I listened to this month and added to the Horse Combinations September 2025 playlist on Tidal. ...

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A CLOSER LISTEN @acloserlisten.bsky.social · 23d

Listen/Download my mix for Palestine, now on Soundcloud soundcloud.com/acloserliste...

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 25d

Go Bills

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frozen reeds @frozenreeds.com · 28d

Jim O’Rourke’s Steamroom series of electronic and archive works now has its prices cut by half, to help people fill the gaps. So much incredible music here: you can literally dip in at random and land on something beautiful every time. steamroom.bandcamp.com

Steamroom

@steamroom.bsky.social

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 27d

The spirit of the SXSW Doritos vending machine stage lives on 🥰

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 27d

Scooby-Doo dropped an album of lofi hip-hop radio beats to study/relax to

Scooby-Doo Dropped An Album Of Lofi Hip-Hop Radio Beats To Relax/Study To

It’s not entirely clear how this happened, but the beloved mystery-solving cartoon dog Scooby-Doo has now entered the lofi chill-beats music genre that populates so many Spotify playlists. WaterTower ...

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · 27d

anysiakym.bandcamp.com/album/purity/

Purity, by Anysia Kym & Tony Seltzer

12 track album

anysiakym.bandcamp.com

Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · Sep 8

after95.bandcamp.com/track/outbound

Outbound, by After

track by After

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · Sep 7

Go Bills

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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · Sep 7

The snow falls down so beautiful and stupid
For the black silhoutte of Abraham Lincoln trees
The sky's low and grey like a Japanese table
And my horse's legs look like four brown shotguns

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · Sep 7

16 minutes and 41 seconds of exactly my kind of shit, thank you "ear"
surfgangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...

The Most Dear and The Future, by ear

8 track album

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Horse Combinations @horsecombinations.bsky.social · Sep 6

flurflur.bandcamp.com/album/plunge

Plunge, by Flur

10 track album

flurflur.bandcamp.com

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jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social · Sep 5

i was the 52nd person to purchase a copy of Hotline TNT's Raspberry Moon today as part of their 24-hour anti-spotify telethon ! they hope to sell 500 records. how cool www.assnup.com

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