byron coley
@byroncoley.bsky.social
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western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 19h
nice piece on ken jacobs from the times. no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...
The Strangely Beautiful Realities You Can Discover in a Ken Jacobs Film
www.nytimes.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 1d
anyone who's in the northeast next sunday should make haste to visit thr redscroll record fair. free admission, fine eats & drinks, lots of ace records
redscrollrecords.com/wp-content/u...
redscrollrecords.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 2d
RIP KEN JACOBS one of the last masters of lo-fi avant garde cinema. if you don't know his work, do yourself a favor and check it out

no firewall
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
Ken Jacobs, Visionary Experimental Filmmaker, Is Dead at 92
www.nytimes.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 2d
RIP CHRIS DREJA. those yardbirds sides still get regular play around here. there's no firewall on this link

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/a...
Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d
NEW THIS WEEK ON FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

JOMF "Give Me Shelter" LP
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/giv...

ERICA DAWN LYLE "On Fire" LP (co-release with half-a-million)
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/on-...
Give Me Shelter
feedingtuberecords.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 4d
sunday oct 5 4 pm at feeding tube records
ERICA DAWN LYLE / BARBIE AI
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 5d
rec of the day: BILL NACE "head 2" (open mouth pb) amazing collection with bill riffing on the idea of masks. it's halfway between something you'd see in "fangoria" and fine fuckin' art. i might start a new label just to use the images for LP covers.

openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/head-2-2
Head #2 from Open Mouth Records
Head #2 from Open Mouth Records
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 9d
RIP VIV PRINCE insane drummer for the early Pretty Things. his legend will live forever. no firewall to this link
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/a...
Viv Prince, Rock’s Original Madman Drummer, Is Dead at 84
www.nytimes.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 11d
rec of the day VANGAS "you left us in the spring" (chunklet LP) recorded in '23, while still in ATL (they're now in BRKLN), this quartet has made a brilliant post-core noise-pop freak-out smoosh LP that'll tickle the ears of anyone who's not lame. dont fuck up.
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/you-le...
You Left Us In the Spring, by Vangas
7 track album
chunklet.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 16d
rec of the day LES RALLIZES DENUDES "jittoku '76" (temporal drift 2LP) another great archival set from LRD with playing that veers between their explosively-oit avant psych & their more inside-hard-blues-rock stance. a wild and wonderful teeter.
lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/jittok...
Jittoku '76, by Les Rallizes Dénudés
9 track album
lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 19d
rec of the day: JORDAN DARBY "follow me up" (hissing objects LP) most blasted effort yet by ventura's answer to the question -- what's yahowha? three guitars spinning their own wigs in a dark room while god tries to tickle you. that's entertainment!
hissingobjects.bandcamp.com/album/follow...
Follow Me Up, by Jordan Darby
20 track album
hissingobjects.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 20d
rec of the day GARY PANTERS "flycatcher" (smoke signals #44 newspaper) superb new sketchbook sequence from the great garloo, brough to us by the geniuses at desert island. roast your brain & eyes today!

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/smoke-signal
Smoke Signal — Desert Island
www.desertislandbrooklyn.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 21d
rec of the day: ANN POWERS "traveling: on the path of joni mitchell" (harper collins) played the audio book & it's great i still don't care about any of joni's post-reprise recordings (question of time/place) but now i kinda understand them at least. solid book.
www.harpercollins.com/products/tra...
Traveling
*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024* Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascin...
www.harpercollins.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 22d
rec of the day: NOISE NOMADS "obsidian shards pooled in silver" (open mouth LP) a decade and a half after his last LP, jeff hartford returns with another monster of unshackled forms. two side-long noise-pulsed blasts of percussive energy. can't beat it,
openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsidi...
Obsidian shards pooled in Silver, by Noise Nomads
2 track album
openmouthrecords.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 23d
rec of the day: CHRIS BROKAW "ghost ship' (12XU LP) another mesmeric solo album from this boldly eclectic electric string maestro. a bleary-eyed travelogue with shades of the velvets and a noisy take on dream pop that is addictive. an instant classic.
chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...
Ghost Ship, by Chris Brokaw
9 track album
chrisbrokaw12xu.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 29d
rec of the day: JIM SHEPHARD "panties & perfume" (no label LP) akin to a follow-up to the "wreckage" LP, an incredible journey through the o-mind of big jim -- a collaged bramble of sacred profanities. essential for anyone with a hankering for scum-freakery.
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/jim-sh...
Jim Shepard-Panties & Perfume, by Siltbreeze Records
19 track album
siltbreeze.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 8
rec of the day: PG SIX "the well of memory/lost & live" (amish 2LP) fantastic expanded reissue of PG's 2nd LP, combining both his most traditional folk playing as well as some very outwardly-canted explorations. still one of my faves -- the extras are just superb.

pgsix.bandcamp.com/album/the-we...
The Well of Memory (2025 Expanded Edition), by P.G. Six
20 track album
pgsix.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 6
rec of the day: EVAN PARKER/JEAN MARC FOUSSAT "insolence" (nashazphone LP) one side of splendidly wiggling synth/soprano mystery duets, one bracing tenor by parker & some solo synth explosions by j-m to wind things up. the snake still decides! and then some.

nashazphone.bandcamp.com/album/insole...
Insolence, by EVAN PARKER / JEAN-MARC FOUSSAT
4 track album
nashazphone.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 5
record the day: BRANIMIR NORAC/BYRON ASHER/ROBBY BOWEN "clarinets & drums" (yes we cannibal LP) 4tet session w/ the titular instruments in a mode making me think of '70s l.a. - john carter & vinny golia's scene - some w/ more moderne percussion. sweet stuff.
byronasher.bandcamp.com/album/clarin...
Clarinets & Drums, by Branimir Norac, Byron Asher, Robby Bowen
7 track album
byronasher.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 3
i have not
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 3
i'm ready when you are
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Sep 3
rec of the day WATER DAMAGE "instruments" (12XU 2LP) with grubbs & shiroishi along for the ride, these TX tornadoes swap some of their drones for a psychedelic pulse rumble, creating 4 more sides of instrumental yearning & delivery. bang your head slowly.
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com/album/instru...
Instruments, by Water Damage
4 track album
waterdamage12xu.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Aug 31
TODAY SUNDAY AUG 31 4 PM
AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

PAUL FLAHERTY/CHRIS CORSANO
MARCIA BASSETT

the last time they gigged together
eggs flew like birds
proof that miracles can still happen
even in trump's amerikkka
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Aug 29
rec of the day CAMILLE DIETRICH "grates of love" (ornette coleman fiend club MC)
boss solo debut by a cellist known for her work with the dietrichs. shorn of don's sax squall, the rough textures of CD's strings are raw & powerful but not skreeky!
ornettecolemanfiendclubb.bandcamp.com/album/grates...
Grates of Love, by Camille Dietrich
2 track album
ornettecolemanfiendclubb.bandcamp.com
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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · Aug 26
CAN YOU SPARE A FEW BUCKS TO HELP LOCAL SUB-UNDERGROUND HERO, CONRAD CAPISTRAN, KEEP ROLLING?

www.gofundme.com/f/help-conra...
Donate to Help Conrad with car repair, organized by Chris Dooley
Conrad Capistran has been an avid supporter of underground music in Western Massachusetts and… Chris Dooley needs your support for Help Conrad with car repair
www.gofundme.com
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