Nielly
@niellylistens.substack.com
Writer at the intersection of music, culture, and world peace
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@niellylistens.substack.com
· May 12
Hi, I’m Nielly!! 👋🏽
I inspire readers to listen more deeply to music they already love & explore the conditions under which the music was made to learn more about themselves and the world around them.
Through this learning and exploration, I hope to create a more kind and beautiful society.
I inspire readers to listen more deeply to music they already love & explore the conditions under which the music was made to learn more about themselves and the world around them.
Through this learning and exploration, I hope to create a more kind and beautiful society.
Music lovers, book worms, and people against the patriarchy, come see us next Wednesday in Echo Park!
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We’re Miki & Nielly and together we’re Crate Digest!🗣️ LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT to buy tickets to Crate Digest: Boys Don’t Cry on Oct 22. You don’t wanna miss it RSVP at the link in our bios#music #substack #echopark #losangeles #explore
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October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Music lovers, book worms, and people against the patriarchy, come see us next Wednesday in Echo Park!
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it’s that time of year when i insert twilight memes where they don’t belong
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Show & Tell: Allen Stone & Quinn XCII
bubblegum, rainbows, and butterflies
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October 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
it’s that time of year when i insert twilight memes where they don’t belong
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Trying my hand at podcast-style essays. What do you think?
Music as Literature the Podcast?
Apocalypse Now or Never now available on MixCloud
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October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trying my hand at podcast-style essays. What do you think?
Now Playing: why waste time say lot word when few word do trick open.substack.com/pub/niellyli...
#musicsky #playlist
#musicsky #playlist
Now Playing: why waste time say lot word when few word do trick
kthxbai
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October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Now Playing: why waste time say lot word when few word do trick open.substack.com/pub/niellyli...
#musicsky #playlist
#musicsky #playlist
he asked me what day it was.
it was new playlist day
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#meangirls #newmusic #playlist #musicsky
it was new playlist day
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#meangirls #newmusic #playlist #musicsky
Now Playing: daaaaaamn, africa!
oh my god, karen! you can't just ask people why they're white
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October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
he asked me what day it was.
it was new playlist day
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#meangirls #newmusic #playlist #musicsky
it was new playlist day
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#meangirls #newmusic #playlist #musicsky
the next british invasion is your inbox. subscribe tonight for new music tomorrow
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#musicsky #newmusic
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#musicsky #newmusic
Now Playing: commonwealth
the british are coming!
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September 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
the next british invasion is your inbox. subscribe tonight for new music tomorrow
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#musicsky #newmusic
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#musicsky #newmusic
I got to scream my lungs out and head bang till I nearly flipped over the seat in front of me (don’t worry, I played it cool).
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#musicsky #concert
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#musicsky #concert
Show & Tell: Coheed and Cambria & Taking Back Sunday
Claudio, drop the curl routine!
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September 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I got to scream my lungs out and head bang till I nearly flipped over the seat in front of me (don’t worry, I played it cool).
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#musicsky #concert
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#musicsky #concert
Apocalypse Now or Never
Armageddon through the lens of popular music
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September 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If subreddits and comment sections cannot contain your desire to discuss your passion for music and its role in your life, join us IRL October 22
Crate Digest
Overview - Crate Digest
posh.vip
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If subreddits and comment sections cannot contain your desire to discuss your passion for music and its role in your life, join us IRL October 22
this week’s playlist will take you to a spy movie, a bad breakup, and the dancefloor
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#musicsky #nowplaying
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#musicsky #nowplaying
Now Playing: pumped up kicks
better run
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September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
this week’s playlist will take you to a spy movie, a bad breakup, and the dancefloor
niellylistens.substack.com/p/now-playin...
#musicsky #nowplaying
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#musicsky #nowplaying
If someone wanted to learn to tinkle with DJing or mixing, where would they start?
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If someone wanted to learn to tinkle with DJing or mixing, where would they start?
need new music? check out this week's playlist featuring Laufey, Teyana Taylor, Flume, and more from the around the world
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Now Playing: main character syndrome
marsha, marsha, marsha!
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September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
need new music? check out this week's playlist featuring Laufey, Teyana Taylor, Flume, and more from the around the world
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tomorrow's playlist is chock full of goodies! subscribe tonight to get it in your inbox in the morning
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Now Playing: main character syndrome
marsha, marsha, marsha!
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September 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
tomorrow's playlist is chock full of goodies! subscribe tonight to get it in your inbox in the morning
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Subscribe to my Substack if you want obscure music recommendations!
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September 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Subscribe to my Substack if you want obscure music recommendations!
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Imagine: a playlist. A scent. A story. A touch. A sound.
That’s your entry point. The topic is masculinity.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
That’s your entry point. The topic is masculinity.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry | Crate Digest | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | WHAMMY!
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posh.vip
September 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Imagine: a playlist. A scent. A story. A touch. A sound.
That’s your entry point. The topic is masculinity.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
That’s your entry point. The topic is masculinity.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
You don’t just come to Crate Digest to listen.
You come to experience, reflect, connect.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
You come to experience, reflect, connect.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry | Crate Digest | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | WHAMMY!
Posh - Get tickets for Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry by Crate Digest - on Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - at WHAMMY!
posh.vip
September 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You don’t just come to Crate Digest to listen.
You come to experience, reflect, connect.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
You come to experience, reflect, connect.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP now → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Happy Labor Day! Which songs challenge your views about labor, success, or ambition the most?
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Workin' Hard or Hardly Workin'
A Labor Day Listening Guide for Reflection & Resistance
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September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Labor Day! Which songs challenge your views about labor, success, or ambition the most?
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You’ll taste it. Hear it. Smell it. Touch it. See it.
Masculinity, broken down. One track at a time.
RSVP now: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Masculinity, broken down. One track at a time.
RSVP now: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry | Crate Digest | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | WHAMMY!
Posh - Get tickets for Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry by Crate Digest - on Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - at WHAMMY!
posh.vip
August 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You’ll taste it. Hear it. Smell it. Touch it. See it.
Masculinity, broken down. One track at a time.
RSVP now: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Masculinity, broken down. One track at a time.
RSVP now: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
This month’s Music as Literature installment is celebrating the laborers and resistors that fought to give us three-day discounts on trucks…I mean rights in the workplace
🗞️ Subscribe tonight to get the guide & playlist in your inbox my breakfast!
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🗞️ Subscribe tonight to get the guide & playlist in your inbox my breakfast!
open.substack.com/pub/niellyli...
Workin' Hard or Hardly Workin'
A Labor Day Listening Guide for Reflection & Resistance
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This month’s Music as Literature installment is celebrating the laborers and resistors that fought to give us three-day discounts on trucks…I mean rights in the workplace
🗞️ Subscribe tonight to get the guide & playlist in your inbox my breakfast!
open.substack.com/pub/niellyli...
🗞️ Subscribe tonight to get the guide & playlist in your inbox my breakfast!
open.substack.com/pub/niellyli...
We’re talking about the pressure to be okay.
The quiet between men.
And the ways it spills into all our lives.
Through music, through senses, through dialogue.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
The quiet between men.
And the ways it spills into all our lives.
Through music, through senses, through dialogue.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry | Crate Digest | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | WHAMMY!
Posh - Get tickets for Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry by Crate Digest - on Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - at WHAMMY!
posh.vip
August 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We’re talking about the pressure to be okay.
The quiet between men.
And the ways it spills into all our lives.
Through music, through senses, through dialogue.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
The quiet between men.
And the ways it spills into all our lives.
Through music, through senses, through dialogue.
Crate Digest: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP → posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Introducing Crate Digest: a live, multi-sensory listening experience.
We explore music the way we live it—through feeling, politics, memory, culture.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
We explore music the way we live it—through feeling, politics, memory, culture.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry | Crate Digest | Wed, Oct 22, 2025 | WHAMMY!
Posh - Get tickets for Crate Digest: Boys Don't Cry by Crate Digest - on Wed, Oct 22, 2025 - at WHAMMY!
posh.vip
August 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Introducing Crate Digest: a live, multi-sensory listening experience.
We explore music the way we live it—through feeling, politics, memory, culture.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
We explore music the way we live it—through feeling, politics, memory, culture.
First edition: BOYS DON’T CRY
October 22 @ WHAMMY!
RSVP: posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
What happens when two music nerds, a roomful of thinkers, and five senses come together?
posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
August 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What happens when two music nerds, a roomful of thinkers, and five senses come together?
posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
This is a facilitated dialogue and community gathering centered around music and social justice. Come ready to snack, chat, make new friends, and become more empowered in your communities!
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
#musicsky
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
#musicsky
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is a facilitated dialogue and community gathering centered around music and social justice. Come ready to snack, chat, make new friends, and become more empowered in your communities!
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
#musicsky
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
#musicsky
At BOYS DON’T CRY we’ll guide you through an interactive musical discussion about men’s mental health, friendship structures, homophobia, & its impact on women & allies’ wellbeing. We’ll explore the topic with sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound leading the way.
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At BOYS DON’T CRY we’ll guide you through an interactive musical discussion about men’s mental health, friendship structures, homophobia, & its impact on women & allies’ wellbeing. We’ll explore the topic with sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound leading the way.
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...
RSVP 👉🏽 posh.vip/e/crate-dige...