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Aaron Tap

@bettygoo.bsky.social
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Music maker, dreamer of dreams

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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Incredible
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OK Glass @ok.glass · 16/05/2026
People started adopting the term "creator" in the 00s because they thought it made them sound like Leonardo da Vinci but now it just means you film yourself eating
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Spend enough time in airports and hotel lobbies and it’s easier to see why the creators of Suno etc. think they’ve stumbled on something incredible. With the kind of bland musical background we as a culture have been inured to over the past decade +, why wouldn’t you just want a computer to make it?
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy Bandcamp Friday! To mark the occaision we are excited to announce Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out in a new orange vinyl color! You can grab one at paulakelley.bandcamp.com/album/blinki... (Starlight Blue LPs down to the last few so if that’s your color get on over there) Thank you! <3 PK
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
You should really only be listening to whole tone music. It’s got the whole tones in it. A lot of these artists, they use semitones, which is just half of the tone and trust me, it’s not the part that’s good for you. It’s basically junk.
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
One of the fun things about being into music and records is you sometimes discover the people just spill, what, bits of RC Cola or hairspray? on their records and then don’t clean them. Also, apparently some folks chuck them across a room. Anyway, Bach was pretty goddamned clever, good night!
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
😂
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Today is finally release day for “Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out.” Thanks to everyone who helped bring this beast to bear. Here’s the video for The Girl Who Never Was, the track Brett Milano calls “the beating heart of the record.” @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social @bettygoo.bsky.social
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The Girl Who Never Was [Official Video]
YouTube video by Paula Kelley
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Good afternoon! Friendly reminder that there will be a bandcamp listening party for my new record “Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out” on 3/25 at 7pm. Hear the album for the first time! AMA in chat! Troll me in the comments! RSVP at tinyurl.com/d3yff8wb or scan the code below. See you then! ❤️PK
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
wharfcat.lnk.to/thedenial New single “The Denial:” “…she sent me a file of a fully-realized song: a rousing refrain, a killer guitar solo, a jarring and gut-wrenching bridge, a return to the refrain and a reprise of that killer solo and what did I do? I RTZ’ed and played it again and again” - A. Tap
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Paula Kelley - The Denial
Listen to The Denial by Paula Kelley.
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
T’would seem the bros thought AI would “win war”, same way they think it “writes songs.”
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I’m excited to announce a Bandcamp advance listening party on 3/25 at 7pm. You can hear “Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out” in its entirety and ask me anything via chat. I’d be delighted if you’d join us! RSVP at paulakelley.bandcamp.com/merch/blinki...
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I mean… sounds like a threat to me
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One of my favorite records I’ve ever hand a hand in is finally almost here… get on it!
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Y’ever notice how the people who love to speak up about what “makes America” (always in the context of ‘not brown people and culture’) it’s inevitably bland shit like “family” and “faith” and things that LITERALLY EVERY COMMUNITY shares?
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Doesn’t it kinda seem like elected officials and CEOs should have their social media use limited before considering limits on teens?
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
What they said!!
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thanks for the mention, @vulture.com ! New single coming out 1/21 on @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social Stay Tuned! www.vulture.com/article/upco...
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43 Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear in 2026
Pop legends spanning decades of club music return.
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
For his ArtistSwapMeet series I had a delightful chat with hyper-talented BLEU @bleutopia.bsky.social about bats, pigs, writing songs and more!
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bleutopia on Instagram: "#ArtistSwapMeet #3 w/ @divinepk (@drop_nineteens)!introducing you to another independent artist I think you might like!Paula Kelley…"
#ArtistSwapMeet #3 w/ @divinepk (@drop_nineteens)!introducing you to another independent artist I think you might like!Paula Kelley is a solo artist, founding member of the shoegaze icons Drop Nineteens + a collaborator on my L.E.O. record + many other musical projects! She has a new single out #PartyLine + we wondrously chat about 🎵 🐖 🐖 🐈‍⬛ 🐛 & more…Join my #Patreon at #any level to hear the full hour convo! (even Free!)New Artist Swap Meet post up NOW: www.patreon.com/bleu
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paulakelley9.bsky.social @paulakelley9.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Delighted to be included on this list with such great company! Thanks, @pitchfork.com #IndieRock #NewReleases
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The 55 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026
From Björk to Beyoncé
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Seems like now would be a good time for everyone to read Memory Of Fire, yeah? Maybe start with Century of the Wind for expediency. #eduardogaleano
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Good night
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Here’s a great Christmas playlist from the venerable @mp3hugger.bsky.social that might just feature my and your new favorite Christmas song! open.spotify.com/playlist/6zx...
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Christmas 2025
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
One reason why Purgatory/Paradise is a great album is that no @throwingmuses.bsky.social fan could have predicted it in 1987. Still as impactful today as it was the first time I heard it.
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Christmas-A-GoGo @christmasagogo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Paula Kelley (of Drop Nineteens, @paulakelley9.bsky.social) released a fantastic, Hallelujah-exclaiming Xmas track. AND she made her earlier seasonal songs available again on @bandcamp.com christmasagogo.blogspot.com/2025/12/paul...
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Paula Kelley
And all of a sudden there was a new Christmas song by Paula Kelley , she of Boy Wonder, she of Drop Nineteens. And of her solo-albums, of ...
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
After an intense and productive week and a near-deafening and AWESOME @minibeastband.bsky.social show last night, we are very pleased to be hanging on the sofa with @nhrl.bsky.social all day. Fight, robots, fight!
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
“Cities Light the Streets For You”, out today via @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social, is Paula’s third Christmas single, the first being her debut solo release some years ago, the Phil Spector-inspired “Why Christmas”…
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I just saw a van egregiously run a red light and the decal on the back window said “I hate red lights” … so there’s at least one honest person in NYC.
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Wharf Cat Records @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
On her 1st LP in 20 years Paula Kelley of Drop Nineteens explores her reverence for the dark edges of pop music. Listen to "Party Line" & order LP/CD here: wharfcat.lnk.to/partyline
Photo by Annabell Lee
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I’ve been waiting a long time to say this: “Party Line”, the first single from PAULA KELLEY’s third solo LP BLINKING AS THE STARLIGHT BURNS OUT is out TODAY!! The album is a gorgeous, sad, sprawling masterpiece and I can’t wait for you to hear it. Pre-Order NOW at wharfcat.lnk.to/partyline
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Paula Kelley - Party Line
Listen to Party Line by Paula Kelley.
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
NME quizzes GG on his own band’s music. It’s a fine diversion for all you music nerds out there…
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10cc’s Graham Gouldman: “Doja Cat helped bring our music to a different audience”
In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember. This week: 10cc's Graham Gouldman
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Betty Goo is back again and the subject matter is, well, familiar.
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Loyalty Test (sneak peek mix), by Betty Goo
track by Betty Goo
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Tonight
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#booksky
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Drove to The Big Y while listening to The Big F. I love me a theme, even if nobody knows wtf I’m talmbout.
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
And now I’m listening to WZBC for the first time in a million years and it’s pretty glorious.
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Aaron Tap @bettygoo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We saw John Grant last night at Crystal Ballroom. It was lovely.
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