Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mkamrnqwjk2j(Also, a pro-tip to publicists: I will listen to at least one song if you include that it's a DC artist in the subject line. This one didn't have that fact, so I almost missed out on a pretty cool record. Don't discount DC, y'all.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamrnqwjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mkal7ylvnk2j#NewMusicFriday 🧵 @badoperation.bsky.social, 'Everything Must Go' This LP must be good if the guy who doesn't like ska recommends it, right? I'm gonna go longer with a Viking's Choice video, but, in short: a soulful past-present-future of ska. ❤️this band https://badoperation.bandcamp.com/album/everything-must-go24 Apr 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkal7ylvnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk6pjkbdws2cI still keep tabs on Tooth & Nail even if it hasn't produced a new artist I've personally been invested in since... mewithoutYou? (I do like Tyson Motsenbocker, tho.) Anyway, they just signed this young songwriter Gracie. My ears perked up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDEpJcl9KUw23 Apr 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6pjkbdws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk6j76v6us2u[To the tune of "The Letter" by Arthur Russell] Hey there's a burrito for you Downstairs can I eat it, too Hey there's a burrito for you Downstairs on the table23 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6j76v6us2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk6b5zzv6c2wWhy is it so hard to find Gorguts' 'Considered Dead' on CD? (I mean, I sorta know why, but goddamit this is a death metal classic that deserves to stay in print!)23 Apr 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6b5zzv6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk6amrmam22wI haven't waded much into the Angine de Poitrine Discourse, but I do actually like what Emily says about WHY these microtonal math-rock memes are successful as a visual project, yet also offering criticism of the music itself (which I, too, find pretty boring). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZeW9lR_Iq823 Apr 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6amrmam22whttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk5yyph25s2xCouldn’t remember if I took my nasal spray, so I did it (again, apparently) and now I feel insane.23 Apr 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5yyph25s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk3lw4ctnc2tI like when things 'splode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-43VeYGiPM22 Apr 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3lw4ctnc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mk3kxxl72s2tI don't need another copy of this album (no, really, I already own it on CD and vinyl and maybe even tape?), but happy to see Arthur Russell's 'Love is Overtaking Me' stay in print. Recently put this record on and even my father-in-law loved it. https://arthurrussell.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-overtaking-me-redux22 Apr 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3kxxl72s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjz5v6ywac2fLast week was my kid's spring break, so it was mine, too. We like to spend our time in a cheap cabin out in West Virginia — these are the CDs that soundtracked our mornings and evenings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KWouJeVdo21 Apr 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5v6ywac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjz5v6ywac2fLast week was my kid's spring break, so it was mine, too. We like to spend our time in a cheap cabin out in West Virginia — these are the CDs that soundtracked our mornings and evenings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KWouJeVdo21 Apr 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5v6ywac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjz55ntl322fI've been doing this so long that songs/albums that I've written about are celebrating anniversaries. I guess this Oathbreaker album turns 10 this year, and is getting a reissue. The scream that punctures the last minute of this song still sends chills down my spine. https://www.npr.org/2016/08/17/490188681/songs-we-love-oathbreaker-10-56-second-son-of-r21 Apr 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz55ntl322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjxwd7gcuc2kI quote the first Super Troopers movie all of the time. The second one I barely remember. Here’s to hoping! (Also, Tacoma FD is basically Super Troopers, just toned down for a half-hour sitcom. A cozy watch tbh.) https://youtu.be/cYFevn5frf0?si=Zy-gQajxsPHwy8p721 Apr 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxwd7gcuc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjx6t6ctxk2olol [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx6t6ctxk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjx42qu6q22oI was off the grid when Mannequin Pussy's Tiny Desk dropped last week. It rules. (And if you're curious, when Missy says that MP was rejected twice for Tiny Desk, guess who originally pitched them? 😉 Shout-out to Dora for making this one happen!) https://youtu.be/mA_fuhvOD64?si=E8OSqRvQVwOm-yWO20 Apr 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx42qu6q22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjwzvflli22qThis means that the Arthur Russell doc Wild Combination, one of the few music docs I will watch over and over, is also on sale. Highly rec! https://store.oscilloscope.net/collections/oscilloscope-films/products/wild-combination [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwzvflli22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjwyh2jgds2qNice to have digital versions of these Damien Jurado songs from the early 2000s. They always felt like companions to 'Ghost of David.' Quiet, haunted. https://damienjurado.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs20 Apr 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwyh2jgds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjwke2ac6s2sBack from the kiddo's spring break and I see that (squints) we decided to talk about Geese again. OK! Imma listen to the blizzard black metal of Ebony Pendant instead. https://wergild.bandcamp.com/album/threnodies-from-the-coldlands20 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwke2ac6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjrwnjsmk22yNature’s healing: Making the first sun tea of the season.18 Apr 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrwnjsmk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjptc4p5nk2v#NewMusicFriday @souledamerican.bsky.social, ‘Sanctions’ First album in 30 years by the slowest, strangest meandering-est country band that ever was. My only gotta-hear-it rec today. It’ll warp your sense of time and the direction of your heart. https://souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/sanctions17 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjptc4p5nk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjpsxc4vxc2kA regular-sized desk, really. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpsxc4vxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjpqhi3svk2xTo celebrate Gwenifer Raymond’s Tiny Desk, I made a YouTube playlist of every fingerstyle guitarist who’s ever played Tiny Desk. @marisamusic.bsky.social ! @danielbachman.bsky.social ! Yasmin Williams! I produced all of these save Nathan Salsburg. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcj-dxUl2bnKnFQ0n9LqQiKV_Eo8QXXTQ&si=SL6gK6YG9vQfIcwf17 Apr 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpqhi3svk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mjpdgvidwk2oThis YouTube thumbnail may capture the only smile from Gwenifer Raymond’s ripping Tiny Desk 🤗 Glad we could make this one happen while she was en route to Big Ears! https://youtu.be/DQ2EwQ2B5bc?si=77AwNNd3ORh6LiNa17 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpdgvidwk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mj6wumq6nk22I’ve seen SUNN O))) at least 6 or 7 times — this performance was second only to the ‘Altar’ performance with Boris at ATP. On another level right now.11 Apr 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6wumq6nk22https://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mj6cmljjbs26When I’m eyeing that third (or fourth) hot dog… https://media.tenor.com/Srxefbf6AscAAAAC/lotr-why-shouldnt-i.gif?hh=280&ww=49810 Apr 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6cmljjbs26https://bsky.app/profile/totalvibration.bsky.social/post/3mj5l2vfp6k2mThese colors don't run; they glizz. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:b357xisqi6sufq2zow2s5cc3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5l2vfp6k2m