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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I had an article published this week about two friends who purchased a used bookstore and am currently writing two album reviews for two other friends. My fortune cookie gave me affirmations tonight. Build community, one way or another, motherfuckers. #writing #dowhatyoucan

Image of a fortune from a fortune cookie that reads, " Your gifts are showing, use them to help others"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#365Albums Vitalic - OK Cowboy (2005) 🎧 I've been in an electronic music mood lately, and this album is a danceable banger all the way through, creative yet accessible. #music #dance

Cover art for Vitalic's 2005 album, OK Cowboy.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#365Albums Niecy Blues - Exit Simulation 🎧 One of my favorite albums in recent years, Exit Simulation is an immersive ambient r&b experience that touches on personal growth, depression, and social issues with grace and beauty. #music #ambient #rnb

Cover art for Niecy Blues's 2023 album, Exit Simulation

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#365Albums Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (2024) 🎧 My favorite album of 2024 is a masterpiece. Dark folk/art pop that is as mesmerizing as it is gorgeous and thoughtful. Listen to this album. #music #artpop

Cover art for Beth Gibbons's 2024 album Lives Outgrown.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

#365Albums Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996) 🎧 Since I'm in an electronic music mood, here's an old favorite. Aphex Twin is a legend for many reasons, and this album is one of them. #music #electronica

Cover art for Aphex Twin's 1996 album The Richard D. James Album

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

#365Albums 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs (2023) 🎧 This is a weird future. Everything is available so readily that 100 gecs is a logical outcome of kids raised on every kind of genre. Easily my favorite electronica/punk/metal/ska/pop album with a song about a frog on it. #hyperpop #music

Cover art for 100 gecs 2023 album 10,000 gecs

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

#365Albums Blood Incantation - Starspawn (2016) 🎧 Since I just posted Absolute Elsewhere as one of my favorite albums of 2024, here is where my love for BI started. This kicked off a years long infatuation with death metal. #deathmetal

Cover art for Blood Incantation's 2016 album, Starspawn.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

#365Albums Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971) 🎧 This is a classic, great songwriting, mesmerizing song flow and atmosphere. #music #folk

Cover art for Joni Mitchell's 1971 album, Blue

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#365Albums A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991) 🎧 Tribe were such a unique and endearing voice in hip hop. They forever have my love. Bass up, vibes up, bump this. #hiphop #music

Cover art for A Tribe Called Quest's 1991 album The Low End Theory

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

#365Albums High on Fire - Snakes For The Divine (2010) 🎧 A musician buddy asked about everyone's favorite riffs the other day. My favorite metal riff is the title track to this album. Shit goes hard. #metal #music

Cover art for High On Fire's 2010 album, Snakes For The Divine

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#365Albums Doom - Total Doom (1989) 🎧 British crust punk compilation. This is probably the crust album I listened to the most. Extra points for being the first of many punk bands I like whose entire output can be collected on a single CD. #punk #music

Cover art for Doom's 1989 collection, Total Doom

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#365Albums Swans - The Seer (2012) The 32 minute title track came on shuffle today. It is better in context with the 2 hour album. When I first heard this album, I listened to Swans for like 2 months straight. Anything else was incapable of satisfying me. #music #swans

Cover art for Swans 2012 album, The Seer

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

#365Albums Fugazi - Red Medicine (1995) 🎧 This was the first Fugazi CD I ever owned, bought used at a CD store. It has lived in my brain since my first listen. Fugazi is like comfort music for me. #music #punk

Cover art for Fugazi's 1995 album, Red Medicine.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

#365Albums Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) 🎧 Generally, I don't give a fuck about Metallica, but they had their moment and got a lot of people into heavier sounds. This is my favorite album from them. #music #thrash #metal

Cover art for Metallica's 1986 album, Master of Puppets

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

#365Albums Low - C'Mon (2011) 🎧 A very special band. Through their slowcore sound they carried a hope for love and humanity through raw, yet bridled emotion, bolstered by the love Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk had for each other. I feel fortunate to have seen them live. RIP Mimi. #music #indie

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

#365Albums Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (2022) 🎧 As I reflect on the best albums of 2024, here is one of the best albums of the decade, so far. This is an indie-prog masterpiece that I keep coming back to. #music #indie

Cover art for Black Country, New Road's 2022 album, "Ants From Up There"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#365Albums Prince - Purple Rain (1984) 🎧 Prince is good music any time of the year, but I think 1999 (the year) solidified him as New Year's Eve music, for me. Purple Rain is an essential album. "1999" (the song) is not on this album, but that doesn't matter. #music #soul #pop

Cover art for Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain" which doesn't actually contain the song "1999"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#365Albums The Beatles - Revolver (1966) 🎧 I don't know what my favorite album by The Beatles is, but it could be this one. I think that catches me up for all the days missed. #music #pop #rock

Cover art for The Beatles' 1966 album, Revolver

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#365Albums Rippikoulu - Musta Serenonia (1993) 🎧 I went through a Finnish death metal phase. This album is one of my favorites from that micro-genre. Heavy, doomy, excellent. #music #deathmetal

Cover art for Rippikoulu's only album, Musta Serenonia (1993)

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#365Albums Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001) 🎧 Though I have always resisted it, there is a bit of an emo kid in me. This album is truly a great emo/pop punk album that deserves it's legacy. #music #emo

Cover art for Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album, Bleed American.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

#365Albums D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014) 🎧 Kinda hard to believe it has been ten years since this came out, and I wish D'Angelo would show up again with another album. Black Messiah was 14 years after his previous album, Voodoo. So, I'll keep hoping. #music #soul

Cover art for D'Angelo's 2014 album, Black Messiah.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#365Albums Preacher Gone To Texas - Choice vs Chance (2002) 🎧 Local emotional hardcore band from the Quad Cities in the early 2000s. I don't know how many times I saw them as a teenager, but they always drew a crowd and deserved to be bigger. #music #hardcore #localscene

Cover art for Preacher Gone To Texas's 2002 album, Choice vs. Chance

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#365Albums Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (1987) 🎧 I burnt myself out on Pixies over the years, listening so much that I'm tired of them. This EP was my introduction to the band and is still the exception to my burnout. #music #altrock

Cover art for Pixies' 1987 EP, Come On Pilgrim

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#365Albums Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 🎧 Where "Dylan went electric" and made an iconic folk rock album that kicked off another 3 album run of pure gold. I don't care if you don't like his voice. He is a legend despite it. #music #folk

Cover art of Bob Dylan's 1965 album, Highway 61 Revisited

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#365Albums Cluster - Zuckerzeit (1974) 🎧 We made the right choices by letting Germans have synthesizers in the '70s. Cluster's krautrock/kosmiche music is one of many examples why. #music #krautrock

Cover art of Cluster's 1974 album, Zuckerzeit

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#365Albums Ministry - KE*A*H** (Psalm 69). (1992) 🎧 Ministry forever damaged my view of industrial music by going harder than anyone in the genre, at least the most popular ones. #music #industrial

Cover art for Ministry's 1992 album KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#365Albums Earl Sweatshirt - Doris (2013) 🎧 Earl has the second best Odd Future debut with Doris. Dude's flow is a head trip and his lyrics are dark and brooding. Doris also introduced me to Vince Staples, so wins all around. #music #hiphop

Cover art for Earl Sweatshirt's 2013 album, Doris

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#365Albums 3 Inches Of Blood - Advance And Vanquish (2004) 🎧 18 year old me loved this album. 39 year old me loves it just as much, but with added nostalgia. This band rips as hard as their name implies. #Music #metal #heavymetal

Cover art for 3 Inches Of Blood's 2004 album, "Advance And Vanquish"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#365Albums Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (2010) 🎧 Blues, soul, and poetry from a sadly departed voice. This album is food for your mind and soul. So inspiring that it was remade by Jamie xx AND Makaya McCraven separately. All of them are worth checking out. #music #poetry

Cover art for Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 album, "I'm New Here"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#365Albums Day 30.2 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) 🎧 I was a theatre kid and an English major in the 2000s. It was mandatory that I loved The Decemberists. This is my favorite of their albums. #music #indie

Cover art for The Decemberists' 2006 album, The Crane Wife

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

#365Albums Day 30 Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006) 🎧 Neptunes production and some of the illest bars of 2006. I will always love this album. I can't wait for the new Clipse. #music #hiphop

Cover art for Clipse's 2006 album Hell Hath No Fury

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#365Albums Day 29 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) 🎧 I heard some good awful indie rock today, terrible lyrics and boring composition. Spoon is the opposite of that. One of the last great rock bands that consistently deliver. #music #indierock

Cover art for Spoon's 2007 album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

#365Albums Day 28 Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (2012) 🎧 This album was my introduction to Killer Mike in full and lead to Run The Jewels. One of the best opening tracks ever on "Big Beast" and all around an excellent album. #music #hiphop

Cover art for Killer Mike's 2012 album, R.A.P. Music.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#365Albums Day 27.1 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) 🎧 I stole this cassette from a thrift store when I was a teenager, and it quickly became my favorite cassette that I owned. Excellent tunes on here. #music #folk

Cover art for Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 album, Bridge Over Troubled Water

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#365Albums Day 26 Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972) 🎧 This feels like a good Thursday album. Black Sabbath rules. #metal #music

Cover art for Black Sabbath's 1972 album, Vol. 4

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#365Albums Day 25 Indian - From All Purity (2014) 🎧 Sometimes you need some crushing doom. You'd be hard pressed to find music as crushing as Chicago's Indian. I hope they put out another album. #music #doom #metal

Cover art for Indian's 2014 album, From All Purity

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

#365Albums Day 24 Savages - Silence Yourself (2013) 🎧 Anatomy Of A Fall has Jehnny Beth in it, and is a fantastic film. She is also the lead singer of Savages, who blew my mind with this excellent album. Also, I'm worried I'm getting a sore throat so... The title is good advice. #music #punk

Cover art for Savages 2013 album, Silence Yourself.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

#365Albums Day 23 🎧 Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) Not the first Waits album I ever heard, but one of my favorites. I could write a whole essay on Tom Waits, but I'll just say that we are very lucky to have his music. Get behind the mule. #music #singersongwriter

Cover art for Tom Waits's 1999 album, Mule Variations

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#365Albums Day 21 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) 🎧 Working on an article about a newer shoegaze band, so it feels appropriate to share one of the pinnacles of the genre, MBV's Loveless. Standard issue for any 'gazehead, full of brilliance, noise, the swoon of FX excess. #music #shoegaze

Cover art for My Bloody Valentine's 1991 classic, Loveless.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Random comment about Doechii followed by my meme response

Comment reads "she has some talent but I don't like her choice of words. Definitely not something children or teenagers or professionals should be listening to. We need to do better.

Meme follows featuring pearl clutching Simpsons character with quote "Oh, Won't somebody please think of the professionals"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#365Albums Day 21 Galxie 500 - On Fire (1989) 🎧 Slowcore/shoegaze/indie classic. This album is a dreamy relaxation from guitar rock at the time. It has influenced many musicians and my tastes. Give it a spin. #music #indie #slowcore

Cover art for Galaxie 500's 1989 album, On Fire

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#365Albums Day 20 El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007) 🎧 I've been loving underground hip hop this week. Let's hear it for one of the architects of that scene, the incomparable @el-p.bsky.social One of the best to ever do it. This is far from the last project on this list from EL. #hiphop

Cover art for El-P's 2007 album, I'll Sleep When You're Dead

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

#365Albums Day 19 🎧 The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site (2003) This album opened my eyes to the literary possibilities in punk and emo. I probably know every word and have listened to it 100 times. It is sometimes silly, but also relatable and touching. #music #emo #indie #punk

Cover art for The Weakerthans 2003 album, Reconstruction Site.

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#365Albums Day 18.2 Girl Talk - Night Ripper (2006) 🎧 At the height of mash ups, Girl Talk showed everyone how it is done creating the most accurate representation of my brain by crafting a collage of decades of music into one big party. #music #dj

Cover art for Girl Talk's 2006 album "Night Ripper"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#365Albums Day 18.1 M.I.A. - Arular (2005) 🎧 Forgot to post yesterday, here is a morning quickie. Arular sounded revolutionary for its time, dance, hip hop, rooted in global southern touches and class consciousness. Too bad M.I.A. receded into a right winger. Was it all a grift? #music #hiphop

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#365Albums Day 17 Fleetwood Mac - Rumors (1977) 🎧 Long Monday... Have a classic album. If you've never heard this album, you should hear it. It is a classic. #music #classicrock

Cover art for Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, Rumors

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#365Albums Day 16 Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power (2003) 🎧 The space where Brit-pop and post punk collide into a revved up art rock project with live birds on stage. They continued down a more accessible indie path after this album, but always an admirable act. #music #indie

Cover art for Sea Power's 2003 debut album, The Decline of British Sea Power

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

#365Albums Day 15 Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) 🎧 I'm hungover and require gentle sounds with low BPMs. This album fits the bill, great songwriting, hushed tones, sweater weather music. #music #folk

Cover art for Iron & Wine's 2004 album, Our Endless Numbered Days

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

#365Albums Day 14 Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come (1998) 🎧 Black Friday sucks. Capitalism sucks. Here is a whole album about how "capitalism is indeed organized crime." Probably a major influence on my politics, but also one of the best hardcore albums ever. #music #punk #hardcore

Cover of Refused's 1998 album "The Shape Of Punk To Come"

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Broc Nelson @alostplot.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#365Albums Day 13 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) This bop classic opens with a rendition of "Autumn Leaves" and is fine music to cook, eat, and be around family to. Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget that you can cut off your uncle. 🎧 #music #jazz

Cover art for Cannonball Adderley's 1958 album, Somethin' Else.

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