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Recliner Notes are written explorations into items that require further investigation: http://reclinernotes.com Contributor: @aquadrunkard and @ashevillestages
Here's my review of Pavements, the new documentary/music biopic spoof/musical, about Pavement. In short, the movie is kaleidoscopic, kooky, bizarre, laugh-out-loud funny, and poignant. @matadorrecords reclinernotes.com/2025/06/02/som…
Hear, hear!
The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another: newyorker.com/culture/the-le…
It's been wild seeing Ryan Davis get all this recent recognition after toiling for years in the underground. After all the time and effort he's put into supporting other artists through Cropped Out and Sophomore Lounge no one deserves it more.
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band's New Threats From the Soul is named Best New Music 🏆 Read our review: pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
My latest Substack post is about sleep paralysis, David Lynch, and our collective unconscious. As always, please subscribe and share if you dig. Link is in comment below.
"Once you’ve heard about enough toxic behavior, the familiar pileups of sex and drugs start to feel less like a thrill ride and more like a dull narrative cul-de-sac." Over at the NY Times, I wrote about the new, less icky nature of music docs and biopics. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/mag…
Terry Allen, ANCIENT, 2000-2001 (multi media installation that was part of the DUGOUT I installation, 2004)
I think if I owned this suit I would wear it every day
That suit 🩵 📸: Paolo Brillo, London, 2015.
Bruce Springsteen didn’t have a floor growing up
Bruce Springsteen didn’t have a floor growing up
In honor of Ozzy’s passing, please enjoy my favorite scene of any documentary ever 🖤
This Dairy Queen has a fireplace and a painting of itself
A beautifully written piece!
For @aquadrunkard I wrote about the @bluenoterecords debut of Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson and Carlos Niño's Openness Trio. Discussed: Weird nightmares, buttery voids, Ojai idylls, shamanistic riverine clatter. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/07/14/nat…
Coldplay has now turned their Jumbotron bit into the Phantom Zone from Superman
the premise upon which all tennessee williams plays are built
The heat that makes you remember everything that’s ever happened to you
At 43 minutes, At the 13th Moon Gravity Well, the recent release from the Barry Walker Unit, isn't long enough. It's so good that I want it to be able to take up the entirety of my upcoming 11 hour drive up north. barrywalker.bandcamp.com/album/barry-wa…
Choosing to follow someone on Twitter now feels like a form of nihilism.