Genius #17 - May '25 I am NOT going to bury the lede here: I am playing in a new band (again) we have our first show on 6/19 @ The Undercroft in Baltimore. Our band name is Chanp. If you're in the area, please come thru! I don't know how
Genius #16.5 - April Scrap Heap The lowly scrap heap returns with a handful of picks that are good enough to rec, but not good enough for the big GDC. Maybe a little disorganized, maybe a little "classical and folk" in one section, maybe a little "starting a holy war in the year
Genius #16: Apr '25 Man, things are not good on planet earth. I don't know. Happy May Day tho! The tunes are hot & the takes are hotter. Take: I think March was one of the best months for new releases in a long while. I'm truly, legitimately thrilled to
Newsletter Genius 15.5 - March Scrap Heap Ancient flutes. Jazz, metal, hardcore punk, rock, quiet ASMR folk singers, pop & hip hop, collage ambient electronic, synthy dance electro stuff.
Newsletter Genius #15 - Mar '25 Richard Dawson. New music from UE, Yazz Ahmed, Yama Warashi. Revisiting Mike Cooper, Nyokabi Kari. Spirit Of The Beehive.
Newsletter Genius 14.5 - February Scrap Heap Scrap heap of jazz, rock and folk singer/songwriters, electro-pop and experimental pop songwriters, abstract electronic music, worldwide, noise rock, metal, post-punk, and shoegaze
Genius #14 - Feb '25 Big Update!! If you are reading this then you now know that Genius Dot Com has migrated away from Substack. You have been migrated to the new and completely independent geniusdotcom.com (YEAH THAT'S RIGHT) & new issues will appear here and FUTURE ISSUES OF GENIUS DOT COM
Newsletter Genius #13 - Jan '25 Hello, hello geniuses. January’s GDC is both full & scrap heap combined + a microphone chat. In January, I spent my time recovering from the horrible vibes (recovery still in process) and, honestly, playing a lot of Red Dead Redemption 2 (ew). I caught a local showcase at the Ottobar,
Newsletter Genius #12 - Dec '24 Top 10 albums of 2025. && New music from 22 Halo, Dorian Concept, K-The-I???
Newsletter Genius #11 - Nov '24 Mount Eerie & The Microphones. Ambient bird chirps; new stuff from The Body & Venus Twins. Haley Heyderickx live. EXCLUSIVE: a little electronic track that I wrote for you.
Newsletter Genius #10 - Oct '24 New music from GY!BE, Blood Incantation, Błoto. Synthy new age & wild free improv piano. A longer piece about The Blood Brothers' album, Crimes. Boris live (ears still ringing one week later).
Newsletter Genius #9 - Sep '24 New music from Peel Dream Magazine, Nala Sinephro, Ginger Root, Luke Sanger, Sarah Davachi; Unwound Leaves Turn; Brazilian Baile Funk in Defector; D-Plan & Springsteen Live
Newsletter Genius #8 - Aug '24 New music from Spirit Of The Beehive, Økse, Fake Fruit, Jon Rose, and JRCG. Oval's 94diskont. Distortion pedal chat. Krallice live.
Newsletter Genius #7 - Jul '24 New music from SUMAC, Mabe Fratti; Victor Jara, Assiko Golden Band, DEVO; Revisiting The Roches; picks & strings; Consumer Culture & live calendar
Newsletter Genius #6: Jun '24 New music from Angelica Garcia, Cola, Thou, and Chris Corsano; Joyce Moreno; Revisiting The Weakerthans Reunion Tour; Flying Luttenbachers & Melt-Banana Live
Newsletter Genius #5: May '24 Jim White, Mdou Moctar, Lip Critic, Celstine Ukwu, Gastr Del Sol; RIP Steve Albini; Colin Stetson Live
