Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
@totalvibration.bsky.socialNarnia, the cheesy C.S. Lewis-themed Christian power metal band, unironically rocks.
Lars Gotrich
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@totalvibration.bsky.social@totalvibration.bsky.socialOK GRETA HEAR ME OUT...
@totalvibration.bsky.socialDraco Rosa's Tiny Desk is a whole vibe, but damn that guitar tone is so clean, yet so dusty.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialAnd again I will say: what a wild time to be a recent-ish convert to Catholicism.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialJay’s frenetic guitar playing has been a significant influence on my own ever since this came out.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialThat no. 1 is literally one of my most hated albums ever lol
@totalvibration.bsky.socialHaven’t heard it, yet!
@heyheyitsfenriz.bsky.socialReposted by @totalvibration.bsky.socialhey hey, are you having a great friday?
@totalvibration.bsky.social@totalvibration.bsky.socialInkwell, Remembrance
Mid-'90s Atlanta hardcore just hits different. Even when the riffs are wilin' out, there's a drawl'd groove. Collects the emo-hardcore band's single, chaotic year of existence.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialmoss, moss
This rips so hard. Arms-flailing screamo that wildly swings between Rainer Maria-style guitar histrionics and messy-but-meaningful chugs. Need the basement mosh experience NOW.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialLogan Hone, Feeling Fireworks!
What is this strange feeling in my face? Is that a smile? Cheeseball cumbia and not-quite smooth jazz makes a new kind of overly earnest and ebullient exotica to dance away the doomscroll.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialJess Williamson, A Mile South of Heaven
A country singer who makes my heart sigh. But it can't merely be coincidence that Jess' patiently paced, more trad-leaning LP adds two words to the title of Slayer's slower masterpiece … right?
@totalvibration.bsky.socialIKSRE, in all her forms (sound meditations vol. 2)
If the goal here was to make me tear up in the middle of my office, then consider this aqueous sound bath a moving success. Sets a safe, sonic space and guides you to an emotional release.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialDawn Richard, Creole Culture
My forever fave makes a return to electronic dance music. her Afrofuturism roots deeply into NOLA's past and present, building and boasting over beats born from grief. A full circle moment, a golden crown.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialHoly Tongue, Basilikum
Ritualistic post-punk trance dubbed from another dimension, which, in this case, means members of Vanishing Twin and Moin, including Valentina Magaletti, quite possibly the most forward-thinking drummer right now.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialMarina Herlop, Dja Dja
Björk's unconventional electronic whimsy + the symphonic shape of David Axelrod's Songs of Experience. An ambitious, avant-garde crazy quilt of sound that nevertheless feels as close as a heartbeat.
@totalvibration.bsky.socialReposted by @totalvibration.bsky.socialViking’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!)
@totalvibration.bsky.socialViking’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!)
@totalvibration.bsky.socialSHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION Coming to D.C. for the big Turnstile gig? There’s a Halloween covers benefit just the night before! That’s right, you could see me stumble through “Jellybelly” with a bunch of punks in a church basement! Get the full D.C. punk experience
