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Knight Writher

@jayw1023.bsky.social

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not even a rapper. muzak writer for Beats Per Minute, The Needle Drop, Under The Radar & more he/him https://jayw1023.medium.com/ // https://jasperwillems1023.substack.com/

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · Jun 3

Made my The Needle Drop debut with a long read on grassroots venues – and why they are in danger of disappearing.

Interviewed Shabaka, Dan Deacon, Lambrini Girls, Jeff Parker and Anika for it. Check it out!

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THE SCENE CHANGES: Grassroots Venues in the Age of Algorithms

Jasper Willems interviews Dan Deacon, Shabaka, Anika, Jeff Parker, Lambrini Girls, and our expert Frank Kimenai on the state of grassroots venues in the year 2025.

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 22h

the fuck

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Blawan - The GL Lights

YouTube video by Blawan

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 5d

seeing national dutch newspapers trivialise rape and abuse so casually is actually scary

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 7d

trends are dumb as fuck

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 8d

'bros' by panda bear sounds like the velvets/beach boys collab that never happened. inconceivable stuff

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 8d

paying my taxes w/ SZA www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6z-...

SZA - Scorsese Baby Daddy (Official Audio)

YouTube video by SZA

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 9d

i was up late night ballin'

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 10d

saw Texoprint rip a hole thru time and space and caught the tail end of of MC Yallah's VulvaVerse set. this is rotterdam at its best.

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Mrs. Bucket, erm, Bouquet

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 11d

the first three BSS albums always clear

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 12d

Broken Social Scene's self-titled LP was part of a massive indie rock groundswell in the mid-2000s.

The album turns 20 this Saturday, so let's look back:

'Broken Social Scene' Turns 20

In which the social scene started to seem a lot more coherent.

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 12d

bottle rockets

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 14d

the new dry cleaning artwork is fortunately less repulsive than 'stumpwork'. i still gag when i think about that

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 15d

go forward forever

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 16d

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Westbrook // Pat Bev

#basketball #westbrook #beverley

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 16d

there's nothing cooler than a gen of music fans discovering something that feels theirs.

you're a sad sack to want to undercut that somehow. every gen has its greats.

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 18d

excited mostly because of the score. nala at rewire was one of the best gigs i've seen in my damn life.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 18d

Benny Safdie's 'The Smashing Machine' has Nala Sinephro's first film score and a Cleaners From Venus song played in full

Benny Safdie’s 'The Smashing Machine' Has Nala Sinephro's First Score And A Cleaners From Venus Song Played In Full

After teaming with his brother Josh on modern classics like Good Time and Uncut Gems, filmmaker Benny Safdie is making his solo directorial debut this Oscar-bait season with The Smashing Machine, whic...

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 18d

my interview w/ Cate Le Bon at @theneedledropnews.bsky.social HQ: theneedledrop.com/interviews/i...

INTERVIEW: Cate Le Bon on her new album 'Michelangelo Dying'

"Heartache is a strange neurosis; it keeps you in loops."

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 18d

bumpin this texoprint.bandcamp.com/album/modern...

Modern Living, by Texoprint

12 track album

texoprint.bandcamp.com

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 19d

Ik kan niet meer.

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 20d

lovecraft meets dick wolf

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 21d

don't conflate the Kimmel thing with that sexist turdbag Louis CK

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 21d

aye

Vera Siemons @verasiemons.bsky.social · 22d

Het Belgische antwoord op FKA Twigs en Sevdaliza

Tsar B - Amor (official video)

YouTube video by Tsar B

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 21d

TRENDING: Some inconsequential bullshit

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The Needle Drop News @theneedledropnews.bsky.social · 22d

Dua Lipa fires her European agent over Kneecap petition

A source told Daily Mail that Dua is "very openly pro-Palestine and that doesn't align with [her agent's views]."

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Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 23d

these guys put up one of the best shows i've seen this year. seriously in peak form.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 24d

Panda Bear’s on tour behind this year’s acclaimed ‘Sinister Grift’ and tonight Noah Lennox and his band headlined the first night of Woodsist Festival ‘25 at bucolic Arrowood Farms in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Here’s some “Slow Motion” from 2011’s ‘Tomboy.’

[📹: @scottgum.bsky.social]

Knight Writher @jayw1023.bsky.social · 24d

first substack post in fuck knows how long. i couldn't hold this turd in.

it's about this thing called 'shoegaze'

jasperwillems1023.substack.com/p/shoegaze

shoegaze

Note from the author: I saw some shoegaze bands in a Utrecht venue called Ekko and wrote a little story about it, in the same line as some of my recent writings I've been bundling together. Enjoy.

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