Very much enjoying the Drowned in Sound newsletter and its take on music & algorithms, channeling the frustrations with how music is found (and not found) with the rise of bots:

With those pesky gatekeepers like music critics and radio hosts slain¹, we now must make offerings to our robot overlords. Forget blood rituals, they want your soul, sweat and tears (and cash), to decide whether they agree that what you have created resonates with their data-points.

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🎵 Didn’t like Mengers when I first heard them (maybe I wasn’t in the mood at the time), but now I’m addicted to their album “Golly”:

Congrats to Bad Bunny on having the only Spanish-language album on Apple Music’s List of 100 Best Albums. I agree that “Un Verano Sin Ti” is a masterwork. But I can name a few other Spanish albums that are just as deserving: “Motomami” by Rosalía, “Re” by Café Tacuba, and maybe even “Matamoros Querido” by Rigo Tovar.

Despite illness, Echo & The Bunnymen put on a fantastic show in DC 🎵

Portuguese industrial anyone? Maquina 🎶🎵