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'As cultural institutions across the country face growing pressure to avoid issues of race, a major new exhibition is confronting them head-on. The work of artist Arthur Jafa spans two floors of New York’s New Museum in his largest exhibition to date.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NP5...

Been blasting Somali music all day JUST IN CASE.

Today in white American liberalism

#TCM #TheCriminalMinds #Brithop #UKHipHop #MiltonKeynesMassive

More than any higher ed development in recent memory, institutional subsidies for AI at R1 universities prove that austerity is a choice. It is not “too expensive” to invest in a humanities research infrastructure; rather, it is a choice that R1 universities make not to & subsidize AI instead.

Australia Bans AI Music From Charts https://theonion.com/australia-bans-ai-music-from-charts/

A Bandcamp Friday fundraiser offers relief to Colombian quake survivors with this techno & electronic compilation curated by Crystal Distortion. tekaction.bandcamp.com/merch/tekaid...

Maria Uzor enters Fantasyland Electronic artist Maria Uzor releases her latest album, Fantasyland....

Ascot/WW - Welcome To The Wicked Land 12" (Fear Of Dog, 2000) Bleepy UK breaks with an acid garnish. Not a full meal, but a tasty starter. www.discogs.com/release/1628...

The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.

Luke Haines - Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Bizzy LP (Cherry Red, 2026) He's in form and it's his best new solo material in 25 years. www.discogs.com/release/3788...

I love Minneapolis

Verraco - Breathe... Godspeed EP (Timedance, 2024) 75% of this tracklist qualifies as drug paraphernalia. www.discogs.com/release/3081...

Butthole Surfers - After The Astronaut LP (recorded for Capitol, 1998; released by Sunset Blvd Records, 2026) The 'lost album' that never got past the release of CD & cassette promos back in the '90s. Gwarn & have a knees up with the Surfers. www.discogs.com/release/3771...

[MC] Sensational RISE IN POWER

Off. The. Streets.

Sane, TSR, DJ Ze MigL - Just Noise 12" (Deadbeat, 2026) For the past decade or so, you could stand on Sane to keep it weird and uncompromising. Underground spirit. #RealTechno www.discogs.com/artist/33516...

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty 2xLP (Grand Royal, 1998) They could do whatever they wanted. No use complaining now.

Si Begg meets Neil Landsrumm/Tokyo Assassin - Restoration EP (Mosquito, 2001) "Now who gets the deer? Me or the dog?"

Lice (aka Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman) - MIAMI LICE: SEASON FOUR 12" (Rhymesayers, 2026) Aesop with legs in the game. Strong.

Today marks 17 years of Dark Entries Records, what a journey this has been! Grateful to still be here, sharing music we love ❤️ Thank you for the support that keeps us going. Extra special love to all the talented artists we’ve been fortunate to work with 💕

Back in print from Past Tense: BRIXTON: THROUGH A RIOT SHIELD
The 1985 Brixton Riot

Firsthand account of the September 1985 riot in Brixton, in response to police shooting & crippling of Cherry Groce, mother of 6, in a dawn raid. Available online: pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/thro...

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May 1, 1866 Slavery had been abolished 5months prior and Black people had migrated in large numbers to major cities like Memphis Tennessee. 1865 was rough. The war ended, the president was dead, the Klan was formed on Christmas Eve, and white southerners feared a Christmas insurrection. 🧵

If you see this, post something orange from your gallery.

Rob Tex - Sympathy For The Breakbeats 7" (EDR, 2010) I do like a good unauthorized remix. www.discogs.com/release/2349...

For Steal Something from Work Day, we present two narratives from nurses who explain why they are compelled to steal from the corporate healthcare industry in order to care for their patients and other members of their community. crimethinc.com/stealfromwor...

Dark Entries has cruised the bathhouse to bring us Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985 - from sultry to angsty to camp, these songs are overflowing with snappy 808 snares & sinewy analog synth leads darkentriesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/deep-entries-gay-electronic-excursions-1979-1985

Various Artists - Heavenly Ethiopiques LP (Heavenly Sweetness, 2014) A best-of from the label's éthiopiques series, it's a delightful, brass-drenched racket. www.discogs.com/release/5345...

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Tone Rec - Coucy-Pack LP (Sub Rosa, 1999) It's a fine enough record, but I could never work out why it took three people to make it. www.discogs.com/release/8497...

Clark :: Steep Stims (Throttle) igloomag.com/reviews/clar...

Tobias Schmidt - His Monster's Voice EP (Don't, 2015) There's techno, then there's Techno Music All Night Long®, and a person should bloody well know the difference. www.discogs.com/release/7725...

Muslimgauze - Rhiza Coil Of Resin (Staalplaat, 1999; I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free vinyl reissue, 2024) Available for 25 years only as part of the 9-CD omnibus album Box of Silk and Dogs, it's a welcome standalone edition. www.discogs.com/release/3241...

With his new book spanning Black cinema across the ages, genres and regions, The World of Black Film author and Criterion curatorial director Ashley Clark tells Ella Kemp about curation, discovery and the films he wishes he could have included. boxd.it/34y

Filthy Rich - Rave E.P. (Zimp, 2023) Not a bad survey of styles regarded as rave in the early-mid '90s, depending where you were in the world. B+ www.discogs.com/release/2909...

Restless Leg Syndrome - Represent The Fucking Planet 7" (Little Beat More, 2022) AFAIK the only single cut from their fairly excellent instrumental album, TOTEM. We've all had to make room for white hip hop. This one at least fits. www.discogs.com/master/28804...

Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel LP (Partisan, 2019) This band's star rose quicker than I'd expected. Not mad. www.discogs.com/release/1356...

xavisphone - balança e paixão LP (Modern Love, 2026) Favela funk is one of the great ongoing cultural conversations between Brasil and "western" musical styles. www.discogs.com/release/3633...

Raoul & The Ruined - Bite Black & Blues LP (Gutter Hearts, 1984) An almost inexplicably shambolic (i.e., legendary) "secret show" by 'the Mambas; released by the fan club, the original LP versions are treasured for audio of Marc's verbal interactions with the crowd. www.discogs.com/release/1612...

Kent Watari - Subtraction In Spiral LP (Phantom Limb, 2026) Is this what's happening these days in electroacoustics? Please continue. Keeping an eye on @phantomlimb.bsky.social 👁

"Why don't you tell your pimp to get himself a job!" -Sister Celeste, Times Square, 1982

Funckarma - Bourbon Sounds 10" (Delikatessen, 2002) Honestly, fairly forgettable IDM/illbient fare but I was briefly into collecting these Delikatessen 10s once upon. www.discogs.com/release/7474...

Only SoCal date = next week at the Regent.