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I'm with you on this.
 
Yeah...seems like homie is hung up on some semantic stuff here. Like, if she'd been fully forthright and credited the producer would they still be upset? And it sounds like the issue is only with her "best" track.
 
Rappers constantly buy already made tracks and put their lyrics over them, is that also not "real" music?
 
Tons of pop artists have someone else write for them and are popular/easy to listen to or other bands have only one songwriter in the group and the rest of the band just plays their songs.
 
I just don't have the bandwidth to get upset over this kind of stuff.

The new Eels album (“Eels Time”) is currently on sale on Amazon for $12.49! It’s a pre-order, comes out June 7th: https://a.co/d/bdew57g

I've been listening to a lot of Whirr lately, and I've got a few thoughts.
1. I miss the good old days
2. In hindsight, they are the reason all of indie music shifted towards shoegaze. Ride and Slowdive reunion albums and countless new bands would not have happened without Whirr making shoegaze the indie zeitgeist of the last decade. 
3. They will never get credit for point 2 because they are 'Canceled' 
4. Despite point 3 they sold out of everything they have released post G.L.O.S.S.GATE, and they have ~850,000 monthly listeners on spotify. 
5. Point 4 should logically make no sense because of Point 3, but it kind of just makes me depressed as hell because it's proof that this band got railroaded by their labels and the music media over some straight up nonsense that got turned into a sociopolitical warzone and they were the only casualty. I hope they get the money and recognition they deserve at some point. Despite there being hundreds of new shoegaze bands, I never hear Whirr named as an influence but the sonic influence is in everything.
 
Also, I wanted to rank the albums/EPs and see what everyone thinks
1.Pipe Dreams
2. Distressor 
3.Feels like you
4.Nothing Split
5. Around
6. Sway

Haven't seen ML Buch mentioned on here yet so figured I'd start a thread. Flew under the radar for a while but finally getting some buzz (sold out US/EU/UK shows) and a vinyl edition from 15 Love (Denmark). Has some established UK distro (Rough Trade, Boomkat), and some US distros are starting to put it up as well (for now, just LA's In Sheep's Clothing). Scratches that classic guitar-driven 4AD dreampop itch but also equally impressive for the use of electronic elements. Killer vocalist as well!

I've linked to the distros above, will also leave the Bandcamp page for a quick and easy streaming option: https://mlbuch.bandcamp.com/album/suntub

Still cheaper to buy all 12 variants than one ticket for their MSG show...

True...never got the hype surrounding them, even though I own all their albums/EPs
The two singles are forgettable and just flat-out boring. As soon as I saw that they signed to Nuclear Blast I knew they were cooked...

Man Gatecreeper actually found a way to be worse. That new song was just terrible. Sounded like Paradise Lost mixed with 18 Visions vocals

I can't believe Guster is a thing in 2024.  I also can't believe the:
We have set a minimum price of $25, but invite you to pay more if you'd like to. Every dollar goes directly to the band and is greatly appreciated.
 
OR the option to buy a 90 second Cameo from the band for an additional $75 😆
 
what a world.

Maniac Meat has been being teased almost as long as this I hope its coming soon

I nabbed it first thing this morning.

It's up for those that care.
https://radcult.bigcartel.com/product/black-moth-super-rainbow-start-a-people-vinyl-lp
On bandcamp too.
A few copies of recent FUF press, relisted, also.

I’m surprised people still support this band.

A few I really liked from this year that I haven't seen mentioned
 
Chepang - Swatta
Nothingness - Supraliminal

I'm not a tax advisor but yes claim a net 0, don't just not fill out the 1099.  You will get a bill in the mail later with fees and penalties for being delinquent (that are possibly more than what you owed).

Did you read the article? The threshold has been eliminated for 2023.
 
You can also fill out the appropriate form to offset the 1099. You cant claim a loss but you can claim a net of 0 to offset the 1099

Y'all sound like you still raise your hand to speak. Just keep selling and lie duh.

Update on the Form 1099-K stuff.
 
IRS announces delay in Form 1099-K reporting threshold for third party platform payments in 2023; plans for a threshold of $5,000 for 2024 to phase in implementation
 
It seems to say that the $5000 threshold for 2024 is temporary to eventually drop to $600 in the future. I hope they rethink that. Even $5000 isn't great.

Dizzy Up the Girl repress:
https://www.amazon.com/-/es/gp/product/B0CBQMTSJM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Info I received in a email from pirateship about USPS rates: 
USPS is making some changes on July 9th, 2023:
Priority Mail rates are getting up to $4.83 cheaper 🤑
First Class Package & Parcel Select Ground are merging into the new Ground Advantage name. The slower 2-5 day delivery speed stays the same—they're just changing the names.
Ground Advantage rates for packages under 1 pound (First Class Package) are staying the same 👍
Ground Advantage rates for packages over 1 pound (Parcel Select) are mixed—some rates are increasing up to $1.06, while others are decreasing up to $3.
Media Mail rates are increasing by 7% across the board.
Signature Confirmation is increasing to $3.40.
Everything else is staying the same 🥳

Shipping notification for updated discs. 

I don't have many regrets, but not buying that Primus/Zoltron table is one of them.

Fucking hilarious, that's a first.
PO - No cover, no title, no release date, no track list, no single 
 
Cash grabby, Tom must have found out Aliens don't exist, going all in with Blink 182

I can’t imagine skipping Junkhead. 

You're right. You can't expect a old dog to perform new tricks. RIP

Great price for an insufferably boring album.