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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I only know how to use the tweet apps to talk about what I've been listening to - all my takes on current events are not tweet-worthy and my personal dramas are too slow and dull for anything but the therapist's office.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Coming on here to say that these Moth Eggs demos are simply divine. I don't think Francis is on here but I'm about to text him and tell him as much. motheggs.bandcamp.com/album/demos-...

motheggs.bandcamp.com

demos for 4/6/26, by Moth Eggs

14 track album

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Deli sandwich while walking: Wretched, humiliating? Or sublime, freeing?

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Spent 7 hours reading and drilling charts today. RIP Sonny Rollins.

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o. @orchiddbb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

skinny apartment is the pinnacle of the peak

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Dreamed I was in a building that was flooding from ceiling down to floor.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Been thinking a lot recently about first steps toward good jukebox software (like Plex or Swinsian - software that uses files you own), and one of the very first steps to me seems to be standardization of music metadata. Basically, ID3 tag frames, and keeping those in sync with a database. (1/7)

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

When the music is quiet, it is not possible for it to be quiet enough. When the music is loud, it is not possible for it to be loud enough.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Writing over on substack about practice, prog, dream writing, drumming: receiveband.substack.com/p/four-thoug...

receiveband.substack.com

Four Thoughts

On returning to practice and a practice.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

You can't post little sound clips on bsky, bummer :(

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Finally getting my hands dirty with Renoise after a couple years of hearing it call to me. Many internal voices running self-doubt bangers e.g. "yr too old to learn new things" (I learn new things all the time??) or "this is gonna sound bad" (yes?? so??). Doin it anyway, feelin the burn as they say!

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Got a little sidebar going on the Writing page of my personal site. Safe to say I have a real blog again! brendanlandis.com/writing

brendanlandis.com

brendan landis :: writing

personal blog plus band stuff

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I've just discovered the Aadam Jacobs Collection (@ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy), holy shit: archive.org/details/aada... Grabbed some old shows from Fugazi, Boredoms, Slint, Flipper, Need New Body, Cinematic Orchestra, a few others. Lot of surprises in this archive, what a rad project!

ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Recos from streaming apps or social media should always be regarded as sponcon.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I wrote a bit about joyfully maintaining a 1.5TB mp3 library in 2026: brendanlandis.com/writing/on-l... (My personal web site is still under construction and some parts look weird, sorry! Embarrassing as a frontend guy but whatever.)

brendanlandis.com

brendan landis :: On Listening 01: How I Keep a Music Library (It Shouldn’t Be This Hard)

my personal blog, photos, and music

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This. I think of "content" as one of those terms made up by the ad industry to do two things: - sneak slop and ads onto the shelf next to works of genuine cultural value - blur the lines between themselves ("creatives"!) and people who make works of genuine cultural value

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Spending a minute hanging out in Processing

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Been going out every night for the past week or so and I feel w i p e d !

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

hart bar house kit tallest hihat stand in america. @dollartree.bsky.social you know i'm right. it's time to face facts

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Oh ALSO Receive is playing a couple shows this week. We're at Sleepwalk on Thursday with our buds Gilah plus Ded En. Then Friday we're in Long Island at Lithology Brewing, with There Are No Tigers / Screaming from the Gallery / Anna Altman / Book Spirit. Come hang out!

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Saw Stereolab for the first time and they were SO good

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

An old fav new age album that came up on random just now. Not a style that I write in or that usually resonates with me, but sometimes you get a reco from a friend and it sticks. williamackerman.bandcamp.com/album/sound-...

williamackerman.bandcamp.com

Sound of Wind Driven Rain, by William Ackerman

11 track album

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

first hoodie day of the season 👍

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Walking home from tracking vocals, saw a plane flying under a half moon and it made me wanna go write some more

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hello! My birthday's coming up, and Receive will be playing a show in celebration, at Gold Sounds, on 9/11. (Real bday is on the 12th.) Also on the bill are the homies Bad Trips, Death Drive, and Dirtbag Ivy. It's going to be a real fun night, even moreso with your company. Ok sick!

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liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

i recommend a cassette player in every room

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Ampwall @ampwall.com · 11/04/2025

Check out the original New Abrasions, available digital and on cassette tape! #OnAmpwall ampwall.com/a/receive/me...

ampwall.com

New Abrasions cassette from Receive

c90 cassette (program repeats on side B)

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Ampwall @ampwall.com · 11/04/2025

New on @ampwall.com New Abrasions (Dust Version) by Receive, art rock from Queens, NYC A fascinating alternate rendition of 2024's New Abrasions. "The result is like a book left out in the weather, rained on and sunbleached a hundred times over." #OnAmpwall receive.ampwall.com/album/new-ab...

receive.ampwall.com

New Abrasions (Dust Version) · Receive

New Abrasions (Dust Version) - Receive, a 8 track ep

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I recently made my band's first EPK which feels many ways: receive.blue/epk

receive.blue

Receive

art rock band in Ridgewood NY

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Been thinking about listening lately and wanted to write down some things so they're somewhere.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'm kind of still training my brain out of this twitter-era habit where the only time I think "hey you should post that thought" is when I have some crummy, clever complaint about whatever.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Opening up the news this morning and reading about people being disappeared off the street, disappeared in the middle of the night, again.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This is a real treat for me honestly

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

consider that you should attend this show as well

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dollar tree valid @dollartree.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

special gig with "PLAY WITH FRIENDS" - DM for address

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

SHOW ALERT Receive is playing at Hart Bar this Saturday with buds Semaphore and new buds Kaumagraph! Our first outing with the new rhythm section, Brie on bass and Randy on drums. C'mon out!

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I am ready to post like three times and then stop posting again

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Pere FUBU @gothtopus.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Wearing my Receive shirt who you should listen to if you like it heavy and dreamy. Brendan @slownames.bsky.social might be Irish which would be a bonus

A selfie of me, a sick/tired person wearing a black denim jacket with patches and pins as well as a dark green band t-shirt

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I feel like if yr gonna start up a bandcamp alternative and use all this "owned by us" language but you don't play music yourself... idk who "us" is.

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Sean (The Magus Circle OUT NOW!!) @seanporio.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Star Card absolutely rips as always!!!! @slownames.bsky.social valid!!!

A Page of Pentacles card held in front of a blue and multicolor-lit bar stage

Star Card band performing in front of multicolored lights at Bridge and Tunnel Brewery. A mini marquee sign illuminates “STAR CARD” on stage left

A curly-haired man takes a video of Star Card on a comically small digital camera

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Oldhead take: I appreciate that shows are better when they're safe for everyone. And, there's a kind of voluntary unsafeness - or at least lowkey aggression - that I grew up with at shows, which I personally miss sometimes.

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Everyone loves to see ChatGPT lose its job to AI

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AQUASINE 🌐 📢 @aquasine.net · 25/01/2025

this horse 🐎 LOVES 💖 bad news 👎

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Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Plus Receive has a new track on this comp celebrating @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social's fifteenth birthday. Hot damn! alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/now-th...

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