"Prophets of Rage"
13.03.2026 22:37
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"Prophets of Rage"
Rap duo chelmico recently announced an indefinite hiatus after a decade of genre-bending music. They successfully bridged the gap between underground netlabels and J-pop mainstream with a playful energy that was often ahead of its time.
Topster titled "First-Timers - Week of March 9, 2026"; 5x5 grid featuring twenty-five albums including: IVE - REVIVE+ Mitski - Nothing's About to Happen to Me Bonnie "Prince" Billy - We Are Together Again Gena - The Pleasure Is Yours Bill Callahan - My Days of 58 The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis - Deface the Currency Various Artists - Bay Area Renegade Trax Vol. 2 Paper Jam - This and That Brian Dunne - Clams Casino Palimach - Along the River, Through the Park my point of you - This is my first heist - EP Cootie Catcher - Something We All Got Febuary - Run Like a Girl - EP First Day Back - Forward at first, at first - The Courage of Shutting Up - EP Various Artists - ISOS five seasons: ้ทๅค KOM_I & Foodman - Fani Mani - EP valknee - Gear Okame - DEBUT PROTOCOLLON - Girls House Nation ohayoumadayarou - ใใใซใชใใใฎ - EP Kizuna AI - Homecoming Mamiko Suzuki - mukuge I Promised the World - I Promised the World - EP Ratboys - Singinโ to an Empty Chair
5x5 for the week! My so-called break: about twelve hours of new and recent music I've been meaning to get to. This probably could've been a 6x6, but I'm lazy. (Of the ten releases missing, most of them were singles anyway.) For next week, I'm heading back to the punk/metal mines. Destination: 1992!
staff statue, magic forest, lake george, new york, 1996
staff statue, magic forest, lake george, new york, 1996
Not a Rank and File fan? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfna...
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โ120 Minutesโ premiered on MTV 40 years ago today. The program, airing from 1โ3 a.m. EST on Mondays, was conceived as a showcase for new and experimental videos. It soon moved to midnight, and as its focus narrowed to alternative music, it became essential viewing for fans of cutting-edge bands.
"Why do you look like me?"
(2001) Creed - Bullets
I have a lot of mixed feelings about IVE and consider them one of the most overrated groups currently active, but I must concede that _REVIVE+_ is pretty good barring a handful of annoying moments. Might be tied for best release overall with _I'VE IVE_ tbh.
From: Butterfly (1972), dir. Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Soyuzmultfilm
Hiroshi Nagaiโs iconic pop art defined the visual identity of Japanese city pop. His work captured a sense of economic prosperity through idealized American landscapes and became the aesthetic backbone of the 1980โs sunny music.
Speaking of "theater-kid energy," I know Olivia would absolutely tear up a "Promises of Eternity" cover.
Topster titled "First-Timers - Week of March 2, 2026"; 5x5 grid featuring twenty-three albums including: Sick of It All - Blood, Sweat, and No Tears Death Angel - Act III Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge Pantera - Cowboys From Hell Anthrax - Persistence of Time Alice in Chains - Facelift Judas Priest - Painkiller Obituary - Cause of Death Megadeth - Rust In Peace Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Rorschach - Remain Sedate Sepultura - Arise Autopsy - Mental Funeral Melvins - Bullhead Metallica - Metallica Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts Overkill - Horrorscope Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten Confessor - Condemned Corrosion of Conformity - Blind Green Day - Kerplunk Rorschach - Protestant
5x5 for the week! Bit off a bit more than I could chew--here's where the CD era starts to pop off--but managed to listen to twenty-three notable punk and metal albums from 1990 and 1991, for the most part. Unrelated, but I think I'm gonna take a breather next week to catch up on new releases!
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. Bernard
Arnold Schmidt, Untitled, 1965
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134856
post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed
One of the coolest websites that exists is the MOMA's archive of past exhibitions, and here's a great one: Picasso: 40 Years of His Art, the controversial first US exhibition of his work that also included Guernica, which would remain in the US for 40 more years www.moma.org/calendar/exh...
Pop Cure: _The Head on the Door_ or _Wish_
Goth Cure: _Disintegration_ or _Pornography_
Topster titled "First-Timers - Week of February 23, 2026"; 5x4 grid featuring seventeen albums including: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Naked Raygun - Jettison Testament - The New Order Voivod - Dimension Hatrรถss Slayer - South of Heaven Danzig - Danzig Metallica - And Justice For All Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow...When I Can't Even Smile Today Anthrax - State of Euphoria Soundgarden - Ultramega OK Sepultura - Beneath the Remains Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness Soundgarden - Louder Than Love Overkill - The Years of Decay Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (Full Dynamic Range Edition) Melvins - Ozma Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Early 5x4 for the week! (Consider this my new regular time, actually) I listened to my final batch of '80s albums in my ongoing quest to familiarize myself with various metal and punk sub-genres.
The Art Ensemble of Chicago's brilliant People In Sorrow is being reissued on LP and CD in May (physical release only, no downloads):
artensembleofchicagoplayloud.bandcamp.com/album/people...
Shared this out in the morning but worth a reshare. The focus here being on these unofficial live canons and networks of knowledge and community, that's going to be something.
Topster titled "First-Timers - Week of February 16, 2026"; 5x4 grid featuring eighteen albums including: Gang Green - Another Wasted Night Samhain - Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire Die Kreuzen - October File Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Cro-Mags - The Age Of Quarrel Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments Pentagram - Day of Reckoning RKL - Rock N Roll Nightmare Anthrax - Among the Living Testament - The Legacy Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark Death - Scream Bloody Gore Green River - Dry As a Bone (Deluxe Edition) Napalm Death - Scum Carnivore - Retaliation Candlemass - Nightfall
Early 5x4 for the week! Listened to eighteen punk and metal releases from 1986 and 1987.
The House Seen from the Rose Garden - 1922/1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11303
Fund for the Twenty-First Century
Wade Guyton, Untitled, 2006
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137149
Gyaru grew from Shibuya street crews into a powerful fashion culture shaped by confidence and community. From Heisei routines to Reiwa online spaces, it shifted from a shared scene into a mindset that still carries bold identity today.
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