Reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mlvjtrhy722cWent on a walk with MARTYN to talk about music as something we can step into. His new album, “Music for Existing,” is truly fantastic https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/music-for-existing-in-three-dimensions15 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvjtrhy722chttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mlnu5sgn222eHere’s where you’ll find me at the WOLF EYES show https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/confessions-of-a-noise-show-nosebleeder12 May 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnu5sgn222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mlleazm7e22bI asked THE SLEEVES about the perimeters of their fabulous new album — close, delicate music that invites us to wonder about the borders of existence and/or which string is best https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/open-to-any-eventuality11 May 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlleazm7e22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3ml7c5xmcrs2xMina is elite [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7c5xmcrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mkn4bmh6vc2uJonathan Williger has improved my scene-world-life and his rising experimental music label OUTSIDE TIME can improve yours https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/always-coming-home29 Apr 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn4bmh6vc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mkipo3dusc2iToday is my birthday and you can help me celebrate by subscribing to my newsletter THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE where I just wrote about a life-changing bday present given to me at age sixteen — a vinyl copy of “Personal Best” by TEAM DRESCH https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/see-a-brave-tomorrow https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/see-a-brave-tomorrow?r=7evfuk&utm_medium=ios27 Apr 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkipo3dusc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mkfmodt4322xEvery Sunday morning I send a little thank-you to the paid subscribers of THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE and today’s is one of the most exquisite songs I’ve ever heard https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/theres-nothing-too-good-for-us https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/theres-nothing-too-good-for-us?r=7evfuk&utm_medium=ios26 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfmodt4322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mkbdnqvkz22yMM on MN HC ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbdnqvkz22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mkaltmm2sc2nI asked LANDOWNER for advice on surviving tour vis-à-vis surviving America https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/one-question-interview-with-landowner24 Apr 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaltmm2sc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjyzblncm22kThanks to the Musicscope podcast for inviting me to go deep on Q and Not U lore https://www.buzzsprout.com/2011780/episodes/19030090?fbclid=PAZnRzaARUUHZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafYuVbNwBZX8UNTzVW5QVj6erJotFw5dTGVokX6C3QSOoaYHME3w14ZTa7sEQ_aem_RWNmW4TWSCj0ALs0l0-umg21 Apr 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyzblncm22khttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjoywemaus2iTook a walk with ANALOG TARA and learned so much about the teachings of Pauline Oliveros, the boundaries between rhythm and noise, the long path of electronic musicking and more Tara’s fabulous new recording, Life of the Mother, is out today https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/going-where-the-work-needs-to-go17 Apr 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoywemaus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjjxvuixc22oI drove to NYC to catch the CRAZY SPIRIT reunion and had the kind of transformative experience that I didn’t expect https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/how-i-became-a-man15 Apr 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjxvuixc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjetkggtuc23New album from STATION MODEL VIOLENCE is straight-up inspiring and so was this correspondence with the great punk mind Daniel Stewart https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/sometimes-you-need-to-keep-a-wound13 Apr 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjetkggtuc23https://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjcgmhs5722sIntroducing a new Sunday morning mini-column for the paid subscribers of THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE Thank you for making this work happen xo xo https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/flirtations-with-humanity https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/flirtations-with-humanity?r=7evfuk&utm_medium=ios12 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcgmhs5722shttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mj5id7c37s2rI asked KATIE ALICE GREER about music as place-channeling and her answer really floored me https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/one-question-interview-with-katie10 Apr 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5id7c37s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mitefokqzk2dI went on a walk with Mac Kennedy of POISON RUÏN in the rain, through the mud, into the future https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/somewhere-beyond-human-measure-and?r=7evfuk&utm_medium=ios06 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitefokqzk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mijiyd3fdk2cThis is tremendous [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijiyd3fdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mijbjp33vk2hProof of listening, proof of life: I reviewed 100 recordings for THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE Thank you for reading, for subscribing, for telling a friend https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/who-are-you-going-down-in-history02 Apr 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijbjp33vk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mhv6awbrhk2xHonored by the laughs-tears-joys-fears that cellist JANEL LEPPIN shared in this interview which felt as broad as her music https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/we-gotta-get-our-forces-together25 Mar 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhv6awbrhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mhqm2s7ncc2hI saw GUTTERED on Saturday night and felt gratitude for our scene and hope for the young https://thefutureisourstomake.substack.com/p/when-the-shoegaze-revival-comes-home23 Mar 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqm2s7ncc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mhimbof6bk23Didn’t intend for this to become movie week with my newsletter but my friends in BLACK EYES invited me to see ‘Undertone,’ a horror movie about sounds (and podcasts) https://thefutureisourstomake.substack.com/p/at-the-movies-with-black-eyes20 Mar 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhimbof6bk23https://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mhdkz4ttis2rIf the best thing about awards season is arguing for the snubbed, here’s one last shout for NALA SINEPHRO’s exquisite soundtrack to ‘The Smashing Machine’ https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/snub-concussion18 Mar 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdkz4ttis2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mh6jlq3r6k2sYou, an adult, don’t have to like the music of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/every-grown-up-gets-a-trophy16 Mar 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6jlq3r6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mgzpg4e2fc2vGlad this story is being told but I’m extremely disappointed that it fails to mention that The Washington Post has laid off nearly all of its arts critics A decades-deep legacy of arts coverage has been destroyed here and it hurts our city and our world https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-layoffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share14 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzpg4e2fc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mgx6y22rn22lI asked the NYHC lifers in SHINING SEA about their most vivid New York noise memories and was transported by their answers https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/one-question-interview-with-shining https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/one-question-interview-with-shining?r=7evfuk&utm_medium=ios13 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx6y22rn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mgrxsr2cws2vI owe so much of my sense of self to FUGAZI and I tried to explain why https://thefutureisourstomake.substack.com/p/i-will-not-lie-i-will-not-lie-i-will11 Mar 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrxsr2cws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mgfva4qhuc2vThe jazz of KELAN PHIL COHRAN keeps passing my life like a comet https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/can-we-listen-to-white-nile-again06 Mar 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfva4qhuc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisrichards.bsky.social/post/3mg65g2yasc2gI’d like to be dancing when the world ends, just not to this new STURGILL SIMPSON record https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/disco-stu-vs-the-apocalypse03 Mar 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:vsrrf5pasd3ocw6o6ilrbmd6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg65g2yasc2g