byron coley
western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
- AUCTION OPEN FOR STEVE ALBINI'S COPY OF THE LED ZEP 6LP BOX WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIM BY JIMMY & ROBERT PLANT DURING THE "CLARKDALE" SESSIONS www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
- rec of the day: HELENE BARBIER "panorama" (bonsound LP) third great solo slab by this MTL-based singer/bassist who was in moss lime. mixes post-punk instrumental lumpery with vocals based in the eternally-fulfilling birkin model. smooth, sharp & swingin'. helenebarbier.bandcamp.com/album/panorama
- NYT did a great obit for JIMMY REED as part of their "overlooked" series no firewall www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
- AT FEEDING TUBE RECORDS TODAY SAT JAN 31 4 PM TASHI DORJI + CHE CHEN TOMORROW SUN FEB 1 4PM ROGER MILLER (KING OF THE ROAD TO SPACE) 221 PINE ST #141 FLORENCE MA DONATIONS - PWYC
- rec of the day: DAN MELCHIOR "reveries" (cudighi LP) unlike any other rec i know in dan's massive discography. slurping instrumentals for guitar and electric organ, almost in the style of those oddball lounge records tom verlaine used to love. bodacious! cudighirecords.bandcamp.com/album/reveries
- newly uncovered warhol footage to be screened in nyc www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...