Lars Gotrich

The White House posting AI slop of the Tiny Desk and not even using the right mics wtf

I've collected just about every iteration of the Buddha Machine over the years. Now only 2 of them work anymore :/ But I suppose that's impermanence, for ya! ;) daily.bandcamp.com/features/the...

Napalm Death's Tiny Desk has hit 2 million views! youtu.be/e81LZCHhNKQ?...

I know that’s right.

Finally got to listen to this — great hour of radio, equally perfect for the uninitiated or for the E6 cultist

Turnstile. National Mall. Oct. 24, 2026. Truly a historic moment. Hardcore, rave, drone — all blasted toward the Washington Monument.

hey hey, are you having a great friday?

Come see Mellon Collie and the Infinite Radness tonight at St. Stephen's, where I will play the music of my favorite asshole Billy Corgan!

Drones are forever. Brìghde Chaimbeul's music is where the ancient meets the present. Scottish reels and folk songs in conversation with minimalist techniques, all performed on smallpipes with effects pedals. Shahzad Ismaily joins her at the Tiny Desk, on synths. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mp_...

this rules

The @npr.org music history podcast from @annkpowers.bsky.social and @artsorority.bsky.social now has a proper name: Over and Over! (Just like the song they cover on this episode!) I always learn so much from this series. Support our work by joining NPR+. www.npr.org/2026/10/22/n...

I am also playing this gig (the cover band DIY show at the local church, not the Turnstile show on the mall!). I'll be playing guitar in the Danzig cover band

"Fighting tooth and nail and it’s wearing me out Wasting all my words when I shoulda shut my mouth" The more things change... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tXK...

Coming to D.C. for the big Turnstile gig on the confusingly named Mall with no department stores? Welp, the night before, I'm playing some Smashing Pumpkins songs with pals to benefit Thrive D.C., a program that provides food/services to our unhoused. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-hallowee...

Thank you @robinpr.bsky.social and @totalvibration.bsky.social for this poignant trip down memory lane with the Elephant 6 collective. I saw the Olivia Tremor Control at the Rialto in Tucson in 1999. They opened for Stereolab and blew them off the stage. 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/10/20/n...

I RAN to listen to this. Athens, Georgia and Elephant 6 forever <3!

Oh it’s @totalvibration.bsky.social on Elephant 6 on NPR today?? Let’s fuckin go

To quote The Minders, "Hooray for Tuesday" because it means a new episode of All Songs Considered from @npr.org! This wk we tell the remarkable story of the Elephant 6 Collective and celebrate the first new Olivia Tremor Control album in nearly 30 yrs. ❤️ www.npr.org/2026/10/20/n...

The Olivia Tremor Control are the Rosetta Stone of Elephant 6 ... yet I've met so many people who don't know this sprawling collective. With the wondrous, third and final album by OTC out this Friday, @robinpr.bsky.social and I attempt to tell the E6 story @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/10/20/n...

Listen to “Messed Up Over You” by Starflyer 59 loudly in a parked car; the guitar fuzz and B3 organ will consume you.

Cardigan Backyardigan: Tintinnabulation Deskilling www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYA9...

I splashed some pickled jalapeño juice and leftover Better Than Bullion chicken water in my pilsner and I gotta say: It rocks.

THEE Sheldon Pearce on 30 years of Stones Throw. Cannot wait to read this. www.npr.org/2026/10/16/n...

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The week got away from me, so no Viking's Choice Guide to #NewMusicFriday today :/ Listen to Mali Obomsawin's 'Automatic,' though. I think it's brilliant. Some thoughts will appear in the newsletter next week! mali-obomsawin.bandcamp.com/album/automa...

Happy 35th birthday, @worldcafe.bsky.social ! Wild that a daily music show, frequently with live studio performances + interviews, has been around this long on public radio! www.npr.org/sections/wor...

Here’s a little trick I use to remember how to pronounce the names of synthesizers correctly: “Use a Moog to write a fugue, But a Buchla will really touch ya”

Draco Rosa's Tiny Desk is a whole vibe, but damn that guitar tone is so clean, yet so dusty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYdu...

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Viking’s Choice Guide to #NewMusicFriday Oct. 9 releases include Marina Herlop, Holy Tongue, Dawn Richard, IKSRE, Jess Williamson, Logan Hone, moss, Inkwell, Jim O'Rourke (Probably won’t 🧵 bc I’m on the road today!) newsletter.vikingschoice.org/archive/new-...

Sluggo, my absentminded friend...

There is on only one “Digger” and that is by the indie rock band Great Grandpa, released in the year 2019 on the album ‘Four of Arrows.’ youtu.be/Rg0rGmrIoNo?...

"As the Music Rights & Clearances Manager, you will serve as the essential bridge between NPR Music’s creative programming and the complex landscape of intellectual property rights in an evolving media environment." job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

God save the Queen... bitch.