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community music drop
A place for weirdos, fans, photographers, and musicians to share their voices, their love, and their work.
how does it work
Fill out the form.
Express your intention, share your favorite band, your own music, that one upcoming show or album release.
Then, attach your links or files, and send.
If it fits community guidelines, it will be posted on the website.
Engage with each other’s content (below).
Maybe one day this will be a live-chat. But that looked confusing and expensive and I’m super worried about people being mean.
community guidelines
The idea for the Community Music Drop is simple. This is a place to share music, whether it’s your own or that one earworm you can’t shake.
I ask you to be your own music critic, give a hand at show-journalism, album reviews, or just share super fun ideas or wax nostalgic about why you love music.
You can be honest, but cruelty is not allowed; unnecessary anger or rage baiting will not be shared here. So here are the rules, so far, and these may change.
Don’t be a jerk
If possible, share an MP3, or link to the music, the band’s social media/ contact information. This is to highlight music first and foremost.
kim gordon
72, still the sickest beats in the game
Kim Gordon’s new album PLAY ME is the 2026 release from indie-rock-rock-n-roll royalty. Well, it might not be received as such. It is still raw and freaking amazing.
-Benjamin
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Raw, indeed. I think this review from @theneedledrop is pretty on point.
-Uncle Stepmom
surf green machine iii:
may the fourth be with you
One of Boise’s most ambitious and fun-loving bands is releasing their third record May 4th. In my favorite iteration of their line-up yet, this band is getting better and better, riffier and riffier. Their talent and camaraderie have steadily grown at impressive rates. Still, this is a group of skilled and silly dudes with a charming and endearing stage presence. They are a must-see local Boise band, for those who love classic-rock tinted indie rock, and want to have a fun night on the town.
Surf Green Machine clearly loves rock and roll, and I have always loved that about them. Frontman and future guitar-legend, Troy Branson, shared, “We’re dropping it on Star Wars Day, May 4th; and are playing Moscow and Spokane on May 8th and 9th.”
Catch their Treefort 2026 set, Thursday at 8:00pm at Humpin’ Hannahs.
-Uncle Stepmom
78 RPM 4 LIFE!!!:
AN EXCITING ADDITION FROM ONE OF IDAHO’S
MOST PROLIFIC VINTAGE RECORD COLLECTORS
Joe K, has added a hand-cranked Victrola XVI from 1913 to his already massive collection of vintage record players. From incredibly rare EPS from the turn of the 20th century, to the delicate players that played them, this local music nerd (near and dear to my heart) has amassed one of the most impressive collections and passions I’ve ever seen.
Joe states “It came from Idaho City from Ohio by wagon. The spring motor is weak, though… Needs a little more TLC.”
Thanks for sharing, Joe!!! Curious what is your collection looking like lately?
-Uncle Stepmom
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“ It's looking more sorted every day, hah! I have a ton of 78s (and Edison Diamond Disks). Literally- a ton (the collection probably weighs more than that, actually, LOL)! And to listen to those 78s... I have several fully functional hand-cranked phonographs ranging from the very early 1900s through the late 30s, including six cabinet-style players and four or five "tabletop" players (the portable-style player of time). There are also two working wax-cylinder players that probably deserve a mention, because "music sounds better on wax" :)”- JOE K
John Sturgill Simpson (aka Johnny Blue Skies) dropped his entire new album, Mutiny After Midnight, on YouTube earlier this week. Before the album’s release, in a letter to fans, he talked about wanting to make a dance album, and the album delivered on that promise; dripping with sex and antifascist sexiness.
In his opening song, “Make America Fuk Again,” he makes good on his promise by “Weaponizing my autism to shit out an opus” with the dance-hook chorus: “Things have been worse but I can’t remember when/Wanna start a revolution, watch it begin.
Fucking bangers. Waylon, Wind, and Fire.
-Conor O’Malley
Johnny blue skies & The Dark Clouds
I’m a little anxious that Wales based, The Bug Club, is already releasing a new album. The first single sounds good, but I thought that their last album, Very Human Features felt a little undercooked compared to their earlier stuff…it was giving me ‘label energy’…(their first SubPop release On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System was fantastic)… but is it weird to get anxious when your ‘favorite’ band releases new work?
They are such a tight-knit group, and they really have blown up over the last couple of years, but am I wrong for missing their more earlier DIY, scrappier work?
-Ali
Am I buggin? The bug club is at it again …
The new AudioTree live recording of UK duo GETDOWN SERVICES has confirmed that this duo is more than a good studio pairing. Are they as charismatic as I think they are? Or is it just because they’re English dudes who look like they’d be fun to have a beer with? Sure, they use their backing tracks and midis… but the live translation of their clean and energetic recordings is really cool. Let’s put it into the cosmos that one day they can do a full band version of this amazingly ‘cheeky’ music.
Is it just me or does is it giving Beastie Boys energy a little bit?
-Ali
getdown services really gets down
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