Lars Gotrich

@totalvibration.bsky.social

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Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org

Poster for Acid Bath / Neurosis/ Melvins / Kylesa in Asheville, NC. Sept. 5.
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s ‘Happy Today’ on vinyl
Jeffrey Alexander & the Heavy Lidders’ ‘Liquid Donnon’ on vinyl.
Screenshot of Tiny Desk with a donate button. GIVE US MONEY?
Crass ‘Yes Sir, I Will’ on vinyl
Will Cullen Hart holding a red tracing apparatus to his face. What a goof!
Wolf Eyes at Rhizome
Amy Grant, 'The Me That Remains' album artwork. A collage of homey Amy things mapped onto Amy.
Program for Kali Malone’s All Life Long at UMD Memorial Chapel
30 years of Kindercore poster. Happening at 40 Watt Club. Featuring Man or Astro -Man, Japancakes, Elf Power, Kincaid (deep cut!)
Artwork for Scott Walker’s The Drift
Purple Verbatim CD-R with two albums burned on it: ‘Greatest Hits’ by Reggie and the Full Effect + ‘I Get Wet’ by Andrew W-K
The dream of the ‘90s is alive with Bush at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.
Holding a copy of Goo Goo Dolls’ Tiny Desk on vinyl at the Tiny Desk.
Golden Brown’s Whisker Fatigue on vinyl
Olivier Messiaen ‘Edition’ box set
Jilly from Philly and me at the NPR Music office
Valentines card with a picture of the ridiculous black metal band Immortal. Text reads: BABE, OUR LOVE IS [Immortal logo]. Bottom text: TO FROM
Kings of burger
A Twitter screenshot. Text reads: For those used to Arvo Pärt's bittersweet, reflective style, music from early in his career may come as a shock [url] Photo: Clearly a hardcore band.
TENTATIVE DECISIONS: DEMOS & LIVE is the title of an LP and 7" by the band TALKING HEADS. Featuring early demo recordings and live performances, this compilation traces the band's progression from raw punk minimalism to a more structured, angular musical approach that reflects broader shifts in post-punk aesthetics of the late 1970s.
Artwork for 'Italian Dark Sound' by Mirdyasi's Kult. Featuring a very pregnant grim reaper with scythe.
High Rise-Live on vinyl
My sweet boy Rowan
Vinyl copy of Hermeto Pascoal’s Hermeto
Screenshot from a Reddit user who says, “Lars generally knows what’s what.”
Cam’ron
DC Punk Rock Flea. Food drive for We Are Family. St. Stephen's. Nov. 22, 12-5 pm.
The Jewelled Antler Library box set
Backstage with GWAR at Nevermore Hall in Baltimore
Helmet live at Nevermore Hall in Baltimore
Hüsker Dü’s Miracle Year box set on vinyl.
Hoover’s The Lurid Traversal of Route 7 on vinyl
A box of Boo-Berry cereal turned into a DIY flier announcing a benefit showing that features The Boo-Berries, Electric Funeral, Gobstopper and Gary’s Boners.
Jimmy Eat World live in Las Vegas
Mineral in LS Vegas
Best Friends Forever festival poster with emo bands on it. Like Jimmy Eat World, yeah that one.
pg. 99 live at St. Stephen’s (Punks for Palestine fest). Chris Taylor crowdsurfing
[Vince McMahon meme] Snake handler field recordings Appalachina Stooges riffs Howling reverb & echo on Sublime Frequencies
A Bronco with a D.C. vanity plate that reads FOIA
Smoke chai and orange blossom croissant from YELLOW
A screen grab from Turnstile’s Tiny Desk
I Heart Lung, I Heart Vinyl
I Heart Lung's Interoceans on vinyl
Horde’s Hellig Usvart
TV on the Radio at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.
smoked n fried tofu, y'all. it's fuckin good
Deftones at CFG Bank Arena, Baltimore.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 A Halloween Cover Show to benefit Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. Electric Funeral as Black Sabbath Gobstopper as Jawbreaker The Boo-berries as The Cranberries Gary’s Boners as The Replacements $15 Haydee’s 6303 Georgia Ave. NE Doors at 7, Music at 8
A Pop-Tart with a face like a swamp creature
A copy of Melenas’ moody indie-pop record ‘Dias Raros’
Let us know if you would like to attend and cover Ja Rule’s takeover of Washington, DC this Friday, August 29th as he launches his brand-new honey botanical whiskey, Amber & Opal.
Nuggets box set
Outside Lamont Plaza, two signs: “ They are fascists / We are artists / We melt ICE” and “No deportations in Mt. Pleasant/ No a la migra “
Watermelon lemonade
A blurry Moor Mother fronts Sumac. Vibrations were felt.
My liner notes for Psychic Temple Plays Planet Caravan.
A copy of Caetano Veloso’s book Tropical Truth with a pint of Leveller beer in Weaverville, NC.