Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 7h

Wrote about the mane of dark revelations posed by Gaahls WYRD's Braiding The Stories. Out on Season of Mist.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Album Review: Gaahls WYRD - Braiding The Stories

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! This is a great group of artists to be pulling from. And you can never have too much Exploding in Sound in your life!

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote about some bebop I like. Read my review of Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore's After Caroline.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Album Review: Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore - After Caroline

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 5d

For sure! What kind of power-pop/indie/college rock type stuff did go into this record? I made some assumptions based on what I could parse out, but I'd love to hear it from you directly.

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 6d

Wrote about what I believe @ttb.bsky.social and their album Beautiful Extension Cord deserve in a better timeline than our own. Out on Disposable America.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Album Review: (T-T)b - Beautiful Extension Cord

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1 3 4

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote a review of an old favorite- Chicago's No Men and their debut Dear God, Bring the Doom.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/10/albu...

Album Review: No Men - DEAR GOD, BRING THE DOOM

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 8d

Episode 35 is up! @superdestroyer.diysky.xyz and @phoneswithchords.bsky.social did a collab EP called Surrealist Love Songs, an emo-beat space odyssey in search of a brighter future. Not so much an interview as the guys just catching up, but it's still a good time.

open.spotify.com/episode/7Gy8...

1 3 8

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 17d

Wrote about some splashy, fun breakbeats. Read my review of Seabomb's Dolphin Chamber.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: Seabomb - Dolphin Chamber

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 21d

Took a look back at SickOnes 2018 EP Find Energy for the blog. It's a little sad that this is probably going to be the last thing we see from them, but what a way to cement their legacy!

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: SickOnes - Find Energy

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 22d

Wrote about the cold anguish of Innumerable Forms and their LP Pain Effulgence. It's out on Profound Lore.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: Innumerable Forms - Pain Effulgence

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 24d

Wrote about Trust Fall's 2023 album You Can Glow in the Dark. I'm sorry that you will probably never be able to actually glow in the dark, but you can still catch this vibe.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: Trust Fall - You Can Glow In The Dark

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · 26d

Wrote about the crusty bombast of Bombardement's Dans La Fournaise.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

thasound.blogspot.com

1 1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

Still thinking about Kurayamisaka's 2022 EP Kimi wo omotte iru. Read my review 👇

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: Kurayamisaka - Kimi wo omotte iru

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Sep 4

Cataloged my reactions to @femtanylll.bsky.social's Reactor EP.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/09/albu...

Album Review: Femtanyl - Reactor

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wrote about something dark and skuzzy out of Chicago. Read my review of Witch of the Future from Black Road out on DHU Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Black Road - Witch of the Future

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 28

Got lost on an island of misfit sounds and then wrote about it. Read my review of Ninajirachi's I Love My Computer. Out on NLV Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

thasound.blogspot.com

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gave a shout to the sleazy space rock of Lecherous Gaze and their third (and possibly final LP) One Fifteen. Out on Tee Pee Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Lecherous Gaze - One Fifteen

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

2

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tickets to the 10th Anniversary show for We're Trying Records
wl.eventim.us/event/were-t...

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 22

Episode #34 is alive and kickin'! I tried and succeeded at having a great chat with Jordan of We're Trying Records in the lead up to the 10th Anniversary bash he is throwing for the label in Chicago.

Interview: open.spotify.com/episode/1Q0L...

1 1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 14

You're welcome! Glad you thought it was a fun read.

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wrote about a fun pop record that I like. Read my review of SARN's i'm am in dark places. Out on @deathbombarc.bsky.social

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: SARN - i'm am in dark places

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

2 3

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wrote about the visage presage Feral Ohms's self-titled LP. Out on Silver Current Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Feral Ohms - S/T

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

Wrote about the epic hygics and bad-ass breakbeats of Nanoray's @nanoray.bsky.social narrative-driven LP Manzai.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Nanoray - Manzai

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wrote about the shrouded and darkly transcendent appeal of Black Salvation's Uncertainty is Bliss. Out on Relapse Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Black Salvation - Uncertainty is Bliss

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1 2

I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social · Aug 5

Wrote about the soulful confidence on display on Jah9's Note To Self out on VP Records.

thasound.blogspot.com/2025/08/albu...

Album Review: Jah9 - Note To Self

Indie blog about underground music for curious listeners.

thasound.blogspot.com

1