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Josh Ejnes

@joshejnes.bsky.social

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I have a blog about cassette tapes (tapestudy.substack.com) I also make music under the name Cutaway Car (linktr.ee/cutawaycar) Guest Writer for Swim Into The Sound He/Him

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Mar 25

I'm a huge fan of Marble Teeth so I was super excited to get the chance to interview him for @swimintosound.bsky.social in advance of the first vinyl release of his records Cars and Park. Check the interview, check the records: swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/3/...

Don't Really Mind These Miles: An Interview with Marble Teeth — Swim Into The Sound

For most of my life, I’ve been chasing the high of listening to The Replacements for the first time. It happened back in seventh grade. I was a performative hater of anything modern, and I had a probl...

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tapes

Cassettes of:

Phony - Heater
Oso Oso - Basking in the Glow
State Lines - Hoffman Manor

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 23

I make sure to get all of my betting recommendations from ESPN Bet Live, the show produced by the people who get paid if you lose

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molly mary o'brien @missmollymary.bsky.social · Aug 15

my first pitchfork byline, about the first official radiohead live album since 2001? sure why the hell not

pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)

Read Molly Mary O’Brien’s review of the album.

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Underrated Bob. Very good as is and with a few tweaks would be a stone cold classic

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 9

Noroi: The Curse is great

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 8

Listening to Faces for the first time in a while and even though they're super well known and respected I'm coming away feeling like they're still kind of underrated?

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Aug 6

Covering this all timer for Tape Study tomorrow, subscribe so you don't miss it

tapestudy.substack.com

Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks on cassette

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can you guess the 2005 movie?

Text on DVD that reads "Discomfortingly gratuitous even by slasher standards" - Benjamin Strong of The Village Voice

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 16

*please imagine the below is paired with enticing thumbnail where a guy looks surprised*

You WON'T believe who did cinematography on Ray Davies' directoral debut. Click here to be shocked (and to read about Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dinosaur Jr, and others)

tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

Tape Study 13: The Cure, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Misc. Power-Pop, Ray Davies, and Dinosaur Jr.

Live albums, compilations, soundtracks, they're all here

tapestudy.substack.com

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 14

What are we going to revive after Shoegaze and Nu Metal? I hope it's Big Music

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Best of Badfinger is GOATed when saying "Wait, that's by Badfinger?" is the vibe

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Broken Record @brokenrecord.bsky.social · Jul 11

We are getting so frickin organized over here rn

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~*~things~*~
whatever

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just relistened to Pretty Years for Tape Study and that's a record that did not get it's due. Arguably stronger than Lose. Like it more every time I hear it.

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 3

Pick 3.

I'm going Lose, Hell Hath No Fury, Here and Nowhere Else with We Have the Facts just missing the cut

Shelf with many records standing up, spine out. Too many to write them all here but ones I think would likely be in the running are:

Carseat Headrest: Teens of Denial
Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else
Deftones: White Pony
Clipse: Hell Hath no Fury
The dBs: I Thought You Wanted to Know
Brandi Carlisle: By the Way I Forgive You
Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lose
Camp Trash: The Long Way the Slow Way
Captain We're Sinking: The Future is Cancelled
Death Cab for Cutie: We Have The Facts
Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
Elvis Costello: King of America

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just dropped a very Cure heavy edition of Tape Study. Check it out: tapestudy.substack.com/p/tape-study...

Tape Study 12: CSNY, Crowded House, and The Cure

A very Cure edition of the newsletter

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · Jul 1

The IDF killed more than 40 people with an airstrike on a coffee shop where Palestinian students go to use the internet and study for exams. www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/m...

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Noëlle Midnight (e/er) @noellemidnight.com · Jun 30

I got to write about the emotionally charged new EP from @carefulgaze.bsky.social for the Best of Q2 round-up on @swimintosound.bsky.social. Please listen to this record. It's only three tracks, but it's as powerful as anything else they've done.

swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/6/...

The Best of Q2 2025 — Swim Into The Sound

We’re halfway through 2025, and it feels like my brain is contorting into shapes it was never meant to hold. Unlike my intro for our favorites of Q1 , I’m going to try my best not to go on a screed, ...

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 30

Coming to think that prime Crowded House is on par with prime Squeeze

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · Jun 24

I don't mean to belabor the point, but technically speaking, Arthur Russell (d. 1992) has lived in New York City more recently than Andrew Cuomo.

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 24

This shit is crazy

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 24

Exhibit B: tidal.com/browse/track...

Superchunk - Sunny Brixton

Listen to Sunny Brixton on your streaming service

tidal.com

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · Jun 23

It's my birthday a week from today and look, if you're trying to think of the perfect present I think being a bestselling author would be a great way to celebrate turning 43.

Grab a copy of my book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman wherever books are grabbed.

📚🔗: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477331484/

a book with a blue cover, and text that reads the dad rock that made me a woman by niko stratis

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 23

Exhibit A: tidal.com/browse/track...

Superchunk - February Punk

Listen to February Punk on your streaming service

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Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 23

Never been the biggest outtakes/b-sides guy but listening through Superchunk's Misfits and Mistakes and it's crazy how good some of their non-album stuff is

Josh Ejnes @joshejnes.bsky.social · Jun 23

Randomly dawned on me this weekend how good this release is:

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Truth or Consequences New Mexico - Between GA

Listen to Between GA on your streaming service

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