In my latest Cassette Culture column for Beats Per Minute , I write about tapes from:

@indek.bsky.social
Snow Caps (@strangemono.bsky.social)
Crystal Voyager & UFOm (@moonglyph.bsky.social)
advrb
Spectral Snake
Stylianos Ou

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Check out Beats Per Minute’s Honorable Mentions list for 2024.

I wrote about records from Alan Sparhawk, Angelo Harmsworth, Blood Incantation, The Bug, Colin Stetson, Henrik Appel, Laryssa Kim, Mitochondrion, Phosphorescent, SUMA, Tindersticks, and Vylet Pony.

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While you work through your pre-Thanksgiving warmups, check out these amazing new albums that came out this week:

Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
@kendricklamar.bsky.social – GNX
Mason Infinity - Lucky Lit Me On Fire
Fellsius – Blue
Es.cher – 01.3
Opeth – The Last Will and Testament

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Coming January 17, 2025: A 2xLP / 2xCD repress of ‘Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo.’ Back in print for the first time in over 20 years, the compilation assembles more than two hours of hard to find and unreleased YLT music from 1988 – 1995. Pre-order: ylt.mat-r.co/geniusloveylt

“ …such is the life of an adventurer”

I like:

Aardman Animation
Laika Studios
Andrei Tarkovsky
Bravestarr
P.T. Anderson
Big Ears Festival
Studio Ghibli
Nikki Giovanni
Physical Media (vinyl, cassette, cd)
Reading Lumberjanes with my daughter
Elephant 6 Recording Co

#promosky

Lara Sarkissian - Remnants [btwn Earth+Sky]

Electroacoustic sounds woven into an ambient tapestry filled with curious musical divergences and mesmeric atmospheres that play out as a litany of cinematic nomenclature.

#digdeepereveryday

TOKEE - ЛЕЯ (Mahorka)

Sounds like Depeche Mode going full electronica with some neo-classical touches. Restless and ecstatic and drenched in electro-goth rumbles. Danceable and mischievous, and welcome on a frustrating Monday.

#digdeepereveryday

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As we settle into this prolonged sense of insanity, take some time to temper the absurdity by checking out some amazing records released this week:

Poem Rocket - Lend-Lease
Wallice – The Jester
Los Campesinos! – More Hell
Poppy – Negative Spaces
Yves - I Did
Sofie Royer - Young-Girl Forever