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Halo On The Inside Last fall, when Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr) released the stand-alone single “God Dick,” she described the song as a passage leading from the past toward things to come. “It served a chrysalis function,” she wrote of the track, which morphs between orchestral grandeur and shuddering electronic percussion. Fohr called it, “A love banshee bursting through porcelain skin one hair at a time until, finally, the beast within is fully on display.” Out March 14th, 'Halo On The Inside' is the product of that metamorphosis. It is the butterfly and the beast – a rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. Halo on the Inside finds CdY renewed, recombinant, and thrillingly alien. A Chicago based musician, composer, and multidisciplinary artist, Fohr’s work defies easy categorization. It has encompassed critically acclaimed albums, free-form improvisation, painting, audio visual installations, and large ensemble compositions. She has performed in an anechoic chamber (a room with no echo), written for a 50-piece children’s choir, and plunged from a rooftop (under the supervision of a stunt-coordinator). There’s shock in metamorphosis, 'Halo On The Inside' tells us, but there’s also levity and beauty. A moment of seclusion and dislocation yielding to rebirth and ominous beauty. A1. Megaloner A2. Canopy of Eden A3. Skeleton Key A4. Anthem of Me A5. Cosmic Joke B1. Cathexis B2. Truth B3. Organ Bed B4. It Takes My Pain Away

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Trent Rez in the head like a hole vid

Pain at the pump 🎶
Feel like a chump 🎶
Just checked the news 🎶
Outbreak of Mumps 🎶

Interview: The Brook & The Bluff

The Brook & The Bluff's new album, Werewolf, is out today. The band channels Tom Petty, CCR, The Eagles, Little Feat on an album that captures the band's live energy. Here's my interview for @bigtakeover.com

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49 Winchester - Changes (Official Music Video) YouTube video by 49 Winchester

49 Winchester make Sabbath's "Changes" a Southern Rock anthem and it works so well.

One of a few interviews I'm publishing this week. Yumi Zouma's come a long way since covering Oasis's '(What's the Story) Morning Glory' album in 2017. Fit this band on a playlist alongside Wolf Alice, NewDad, Nation of Language. Interview in the link below.

Two Ohio dates (Akron, Cincinnati)

Had an advance stream of this album in late 2025 and listened to it a lot during the holiday season. Really good, casual, warm UK indie rock.

When in doubt, listen to the Beastie Boys.

“Our President will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective so the only way he figures he's going to get re-elected is to start a war with Iran."

DJT 11/29/2011

It seems the only thing Trump got wrong was the name of the President 🤣

Interview: Paul Givant (Rose's Pawn Shop)

American Seams marks the fifth release from Rose’s Pawn Shop, arriving almost exactly three years after Punch-Drunk Life. In any interview, there’s always a thread you meant to pull but didn’t; as 2025 drew to a close, @chipmidnight.bsky.social had the chance to circle back with Givant.

That Mod Lang album is 🔥

I hope @hellojuneband.bsky.social has the @flockofdimes.bsky.social Pittsburgh date on the calendar

That stinks. The only time I was there was to see Palm Ghosts perform and I ended up buying 3 albums.

I listened to this for the first time a few months ago. Driving around, forgot what I was listening to, momentarily thought it was a classic rock album from 1977.

Mike Johnson: "If we lost the midterms -- heaven forbid, if we lost the majority in the House -- it would be the end of the Trump presidency in a real effect."

Head to bigtakeover.com to read my interview with Rae and Jake of MX LONELY. The band's new album is steeped in 90s alt-rock, grunge and shoegaze.

Talked to @stereogum.com Album of the Week recipient MX LONELY for @bigtakeover.com

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I'm so sorry rest of the world. So utterly pathetic.

OLYMPIC OT HOCKEY

I feel like @thomascostello.bsky.social. I'm going to a concert tonight.

From my cassette collection

I've posted about this before! (maybe on the other bad place) I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. It's pretty simple all things considered but to hear Nuno sing lead, at the time, was amazing.

@timminneci.bsky.social coming soon to #venting :)

Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down YouTube video by SuicidalTndncsVEVO

You can try but ...

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a man with a beard wearing headphones and a baseball cap ALT: a man with a beard wearing headphones and a baseball cap

A look inside my house 30 minutes ago

Me on a flight that lasts for more than 2 hours

This album is dark, haunting, stunning. It was a pleasure speaking with Lucy about one of my early favorites of 2026.

Before You Replay Master of Puppets, Hear This The forgotten 1986 Mortal Sin album that sounds like Australia’s answer to Metallica, Slayer, and Maiden.

What if Metallica, Slayer, and Maiden had an Australian cousin you never heard about? We dig into Mortal Sin’s 1986 debut Mayhemic Destruction—drum‑forward, DIY, and way heavier than its distribution ever was. #thrash #80sMetal #HeavyMetal open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...

Most of the time, grief therapy sessions are done in private or in small groups. I really appreciate Jude being so open and sharing his stories and feelings with me. I know it was helpful to me, even after 7.5 years. It's a heavy topic but I hope someone gets something out of the episode.

Space Canoe Records and Columbus' Thriving Country Music Scene - Columbus Calling In 2017, West Taylor used Space Canoe Records to file his music. Nine years later, it's at the forefront of Columbus' country music scene.

I wanted to write about country music in Columbus, because it does not seem like the most country & midwestern city, although it's surrounded by farms and Appalachia.

So I talked with the city's top independent label making the music and building the community:
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Robin's great. I had a chance to talk to him a year or two ago.