Kevin Alexander
@kevinalexander.bsky.social
Indie music reporter | Mixtape maker | Playlist dealer. | EIC of The Riff on Medium.com | I write the On Repeat Records newsletter.
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Hot takes on cool records:
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Hot takes on cool records:
https://thekevinalexander.substack.com
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Hello new friends! 👋
As an intro, here is my newsletter On Repeat Records.
Looking for a place to share the music you love w/like-minded people? You’re in the right spot.
Please consider subscribing (free/paid). Give me 2 weeks; I'll give you a new favorite song.
thekevinalexander.substack.com
As an intro, here is my newsletter On Repeat Records.
Looking for a place to share the music you love w/like-minded people? You’re in the right spot.
Please consider subscribing (free/paid). Give me 2 weeks; I'll give you a new favorite song.
thekevinalexander.substack.com
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Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
This checks out
Ted Danson on Becker was the original Post Malone.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This checks out
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A theory: all Warren Zevon songs are Thanksgiving songs because Warren Zevon has big Uncle Making A Scene energy
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A theory: all Warren Zevon songs are Thanksgiving songs because Warren Zevon has big Uncle Making A Scene energy
Your groove, I do deeply dig
Deee-Lite’s SUPA DJ DMITRY is here to celebrate the RSD Black Friday release of The Very Best Of Deee-Lite, and share tales of the group’s funkadelic encounters with Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, and the JB horns.
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Your groove, I do deeply dig
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
Ahead of Album of the Year season, 4 of us decided to look back at the best of the decade so far.
Did we get it right? Faceplant? Come laud our good taste or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice!
#music
thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/top-albums...
Did we get it right? Faceplant? Come laud our good taste or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice!
#music
thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/top-albums...
The Best Albums of the 2020s (So Far): Our No-Homework Guide to the Decade’s Essential Records
Four writers. Forty albums that defined indie, soul, and every genre in between—ranked and ready for your queue.
thekevinalexander.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ahead of Album of the Year season, 4 of us decided to look back at the best of the decade so far.
Did we get it right? Faceplant? Come laud our good taste or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice!
#music
thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/top-albums...
Did we get it right? Faceplant? Come laud our good taste or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice!
#music
thekevinalexander.substack.com/p/top-albums...
Work photo
(📸 Jason Lano)
(📸 Jason Lano)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Work photo
(📸 Jason Lano)
(📸 Jason Lano)
Enjoying the time honored Thanksgiving tradition of trying to rush through my Annual Recurrent Training before the end of the month.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Enjoying the time honored Thanksgiving tradition of trying to rush through my Annual Recurrent Training before the end of the month.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
I am, once again, in my Wire era:
Ahead by Wire on Apple Music
Song · 1987 · Duration 4:59
music.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I am, once again, in my Wire era:
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Wordle 1,620 2/6
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Not a bad way to start the day!
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Not a bad way to start the day!
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Wordle 1,620 2/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Not a bad way to start the day!
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Not a bad way to start the day!
you’ll be visited by three spirits”
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
you’ll be visited by three spirits”
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
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There's no such thing as an emergency podcast
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There's no such thing as an emergency podcast
Mondays might suck, but yours doesn't have to!
New playlist is up ft. killer tracks from @thebeths.bsky.social #FOAMBOY @nationoflanguage.bsky.social and more! Come share your latest faves, and come away w/a couple of new ones.
#musuc #playlists
New playlist is up ft. killer tracks from @thebeths.bsky.social #FOAMBOY @nationoflanguage.bsky.social and more! Come share your latest faves, and come away w/a couple of new ones.
#musuc #playlists
Discussion: What're You Listening To?
Good morning!
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Mondays might suck, but yours doesn't have to!
New playlist is up ft. killer tracks from @thebeths.bsky.social #FOAMBOY @nationoflanguage.bsky.social and more! Come share your latest faves, and come away w/a couple of new ones.
#musuc #playlists
New playlist is up ft. killer tracks from @thebeths.bsky.social #FOAMBOY @nationoflanguage.bsky.social and more! Come share your latest faves, and come away w/a couple of new ones.
#musuc #playlists
I’m in my Heaven 17 era:
Let Me Go by Heaven 17 on Apple Music
Song · 1982 · Duration 4:22
music.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m in my Heaven 17 era:
You love to see it
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
You love to see it
Write some words on making new traditions, New Radicals, and why it’s (sometimes) okay to show up to the function w/a bag of Fritos.
If you’re dreading T-day this year, this might give you some hope.
If you’re dreading T-day this year, this might give you some hope.
For The Record- 22. November. 2025
Some thoughts on family, breaking with tradition, and the New Radicals.
thekevinalexander.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Write some words on making new traditions, New Radicals, and why it’s (sometimes) okay to show up to the function w/a bag of Fritos.
If you’re dreading T-day this year, this might give you some hope.
If you’re dreading T-day this year, this might give you some hope.
Reposted by Kevin Alexander
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
DJ Muggs was ahead of his time
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
DJ Muggs was ahead of his time
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces that she is resigning from office effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces that she is resigning from office effective January 5, 2026.
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Out Today: "Greedy," the new single from UK postpunk veterans The Jack Rubies! From their forthcoming new album out in early 2026 from Big Stir Records. Stream or purchase "Greedy" now at:👇
orcd.co/jackrubies-g...
#TheJackRubies #NewSingle #IndieRock #PostPunk #IndiePop #NoirWave #BigStirRecords 🎸
orcd.co/jackrubies-g...
#TheJackRubies #NewSingle #IndieRock #PostPunk #IndiePop #NoirWave #BigStirRecords 🎸
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Out Today: "Greedy," the new single from UK postpunk veterans The Jack Rubies! From their forthcoming new album out in early 2026 from Big Stir Records. Stream or purchase "Greedy" now at:👇
orcd.co/jackrubies-g...
#TheJackRubies #NewSingle #IndieRock #PostPunk #IndiePop #NoirWave #BigStirRecords 🎸
orcd.co/jackrubies-g...
#TheJackRubies #NewSingle #IndieRock #PostPunk #IndiePop #NoirWave #BigStirRecords 🎸