Wrote about an excellent new oral history of Krautrock - and why genre terms like Krautrock don't work - for Dada Drummer Almanach (link in thread)

Merci Bank Robber Music

Krautrock, Britpop, Americana dadadrummer.substack.com/p/how-german-i…

In case you’re keeping score, I now get as many viewers to my newsletter from cross posts on Bluesky, Threads and IG as I do via Twitter. I’m staying cause I don’t want to reduce my total reach. But Twitter as a platform is diminishing all on its own… that’s efficiency for you!

Another stellar video explainer about the music industry from More Perfect Union !

My old bass drum logo is now… a t-shirt! Special new design to accompany upcoming release of Uncollected Noise New York LP - available to order now for #bandcampfriday galaxie500.bandcamp.com/merch/t-shirt-…

A plus to publishing articles via my own newsletter is now I get to write the headlines - glad a number of you caught the Walter Abish tribute in this one dadadrummer.substack.com/p/how-german-i…

As you age, younger people discover genres of music you hated when they were popular and make them popular again

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino made $139 million in 2022. The next year, when asked about high ticket prices, he claimed artists and "low-income people" should accept that live music is now a luxury good like... "a Gucci bag."

To be fair it’s clear how they came to rule the UK music press

Not a band to be outdone, Spinal Tap is demanding that the Trump campaign refrain from playing “Sex Farm” at their rallies.

Galaxie 500: CD and Tape heads ~ stock is in, looking and sounding great and shipping soon! Bandcamp Friday is a great day to order + download the first two singles 🚙💨 galaxie500.bandcamp.com

Dick Cheney, accepting that he’s slipped to number 2: “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”