Dee Dee taking a break from the bass and getting behind the keys.

Photo by Danny Fields

WITR's Jeff Of The Future has The Armoires on the Top Ten, plus spins for The Half-Cubes and Cockeyed Ghost from 'Generation Blue'! All available now at bigstirrecords.com, while the Future can be found at:
facebook.com/jeff.otf1
#WITR #JeffOfTheFuture #IndieRock #IndiePop

gonna listen to just the first 30 seconds of pod + surfer rosa + rid of me + in utero all day in honor of steve albini; nobody was better at facilitating atmosphere + rawness + malice + antagonism + the most vivid sense of place imaginable

This has to be one of the most influential rock recordings of the last 35 years. I always go back to the Steve Albini drum sound, but the guitars are also a Platonic ideal for a lot of indie/alt music that followed. youtube.com/watch?v=OJ62Rz…

Steve Albini, the noise rock pioneer with Big Black and Shellac who helped craft some of the greatest alternative rock albums of all time, has died at 61

More: rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

rip to one of the greatest to ever do it, plain and simple. fundamentally changed how we hear rock music.

Illinois! Just Announced: FitzGerald’s Outdoors Presents: The BIG STAR Quintet ft. Jody Stephens (Big Star), Jon Auer (The Posies), Chris Stamey (The dB's), Pat Sansone & John Stirratt (Wilco) on Saturday, July 13th. Tix on sale this Friday, 5/10 at 10am.
ticketweb.com/.../the-big-st…

My interview with Tom McGreevy from Ducks Ltd..
rememberthelightning.substack.com/p/interview-to…
#indie music #indie #rocknroll #jangle

It kicked off Shaky Knees Festival 🇺🇸 #shakyknees

Teamwork
#music #indiemusic #rocknroll #vinylrecords

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The Rolling Stones having a smoke before their TV debut in 1963.

Tonight! Geek out with Geek Rockers on Geekscape! Hear all about 'Generation Blue'... live!

💙👓 TONIGHT at 5pm PT! Jason Cropper (Chopper One/Weezer) and I will be LIVE on the Geekscape! Vodcast. Hosted by Jonathan London with guest host Eric Ernst. We'll be talking about the 'Generation Blue' project. Big Stir Records
youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMom4…

Happy three years today to my 33 1/3 Books on Duran Duran's 'Rio.' It shares a birthday with the release date of 'A View To A Kill' - a positively smashing omen.

Tonight we play Kings in Raleigh! The Smashing Times open. Show starts at 8! 📸 Eve Wickson
thelemontwigs.com/tour/

This write up about Shufflepuck is great...and so is the Abandoned Albums #podcast interview with Justin Fisher and Adam Orth from the band. 💙👓
#music #90smusic #alternative #geekrock
abandonedalbums.substack.com/p/shuffle-it-a…

The new Gospelbeach album is terrific!

curation-records.bandcamp.com/album/wiggle-y…