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You could contend that they play ska

11.03.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Otoliths – β€œMaeve’s Melody” Otoliths is a post-punk-meets-jangle-pop project from Oakland-based, Chicago-raised musician Tom Smith. β€œMaeve’s Melody” arrives ahead of their upcoming album Lithos, due out late…

Nice little write up of Maeve’s Melody from Radiotrails

#janglepop #postpunk #bayarea

09.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Otoliths Lithos album art spread. Warm Gray background with black and white photography, one in focus of a man walking with a guitar case. Front cover long shutter speed of the same man in motion. Black type Arteria Compressed, with orange highlights, orange circular « hype sticker » on front cover with band name and album title

Otoliths Lithos album art spread. Warm Gray background with black and white photography, one in focus of a man walking with a guitar case. Front cover long shutter speed of the same man in motion. Black type Arteria Compressed, with orange highlights, orange circular « hype sticker » on front cover with band name and album title

Album art spread of Otoliths « LithosΒ Β». Pre-orders are live for #bandcampfriday β€” order today and I’ll email you an early download code!

Photography by Brook Butler, layout by yours truly.

#powerpop #postpunk #bayarea

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lithos, by Otoliths 11 track album

otoliths.bandcamp.com/album/lithos

Bandcamp Friday! Perfect day to pre-order my new album, « Lithos ».

07.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
04.02.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Feckless jagoffs

30.01.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Try again β€” defund and abolish.

29.01.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Abolish ICE period. Stop talking out of both sides of your mouth.

28.01.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Album art for Otoliths « Lithos »
Black and white photo depicting a man in motion, blurry from slow shutter-speed, walking with a guitar case, only his left foot in focus. An orange sticker-like device reads Otoliths Lithos.

Album art for Otoliths « Lithos » Black and white photo depicting a man in motion, blurry from slow shutter-speed, walking with a guitar case, only his left foot in focus. An orange sticker-like device reads Otoliths Lithos.

Otoliths « Lithos » will be released on March 20, vinyl to follow
Produced by Jason Kick at Santo Recording, Oakland.
+ Engineering Marta Alvarez, Phil Manley
Mastering Timothy Stollenwork
Drums Daniel Pearce
Bass/Guitar Ben McClintock
Keys/Vocals @akhil.space
Vocals Ainsley Wagoner

πŸ“Έ Brook Butler

28.01.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tidy alt 80's leaning jangler from Otoliths.

www.mp3hugger.com/2026/01/otol...

#otoliths #janglepop

28.01.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reform immigration detention? Get serious, Dick! This is how you want to go out? Abolish ICE, and DHS. This cannot be reformed.

28.01.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This messaging sucks

20.01.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Send Shaw into space

11.01.2026 05:20 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a constituent, I would ask that you consider impeachment and removal

05.01.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

at The Make-Out Room

10.12.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Show flyer featuring a gestural ink drawing of a nude silhouette overlayed over 19th century etching of a landscape. Hand-drawn brush lettering displays the information written in the caption.

Show flyer featuring a gestural ink drawing of a nude silhouette overlayed over 19th century etching of a landscape. Hand-drawn brush lettering displays the information written in the caption.

Friday January 16th in San Francisco β€” Otoliths, Catapult Stevens, and July. Early show β€” 6:30pm / 10 bux

10.12.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Fred, could you talk about your time in the Chicago punk scene with Trenchmouth, and how that might have influenced your comedy? Tinnitus and Fireside Bowl fluorescent light hum would be a nice time capsule sound capture.

02.12.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How about you stop voting to appoint Trump’s judge nominations? You talk out of both sides of your mouth

04.11.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably the tattoo thing, tbh

31.10.2025 22:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer on a telephone pole in Oakland reads:
Otoliths
The Sophs 
Crop Top
10/28
Bottom of the Hill
7:30

Flyer on a telephone pole in Oakland reads: Otoliths The Sophs Crop Top 10/28 Bottom of the Hill 7:30

Getting fired up for Tuesday at the legendary Bottom of the Hill. Otoliths second club show, with The Sophs and Crop Top. All ages, and good time guaranteed.

#bottomofthehill #sfrockandroll #bayareamusic
#postpunk #oakland

23.10.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But not worse than Happ’s

12.10.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Flyer on lamppost reads
Otoliths 
The Sophs
Crop Top 
10/28
Bottom of the Hill
7:30pm

Flyer on lamppost reads Otoliths The Sophs Crop Top 10/28 Bottom of the Hill 7:30pm

11.10.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please step down from leadership, for the good of the nation

28.09.2025 06:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They’re awfully slow, and now you can’t see your balance

26.09.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What do you call a friend of a christo-fascist?

23.09.2025 22:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bench him

23.09.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Barely Scheiße

12.09.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

timeline cleanse

11.09.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the picture of health, our dear leader

11.09.2025 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Busch has a case of the Kirk-curse

10.09.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0