Music

Without paywall: http://archive.today/2025.12.09-224441/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/music/jubilant-sykes-stabbing-death.html

Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard Wizard..

Here on YouTube in a single video.

The Vindictives were a 90s punk band from Chicago, the track “Ugly American” was originally released on a 7” EP in 1992 (https://www.discogs.com/release/2655035-The-Vindictives-Ugly-American)

Bah humbug.

Living Hour interview with Tonearm (Dec.8.25)

Just curious as to what you guys have been listening to

I’ve been digging into the story behind “Cantaloop,” and it’s honestly wild how this track became a bridge between generations. A 1964 Herbie Hancock riff gets pulled into a 1993 hip-hop single, and suddenly Blue Note — a label many thought “museum-like” at the time — is back on MTV and the Billboard charts.