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Daniel Johnston – Yip / Jump Music (1983, US)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 660 on The List, submitted by platenworm. The album we look at here was one of Johnston’s self-recorded and self-distributed cassette albums, released nearly a decade before Kurt Cobain indirectly brought Johnston into the spotlight with his t-shirt featuring the artwork from Johnston’s next album of the same year, Hi, How Are You. The is the first of his albums to include chord organ, which adds to his already signature charming style. It also has the first appearance of "Casper the Friendly Ghost", which Johnston would rerecord a few times. 👻

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/05/30/daniel-johnston-yip-jump-music-1983-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://danieljohnston.bandcamp.com/album/yip-jump-music-1983

Happy listening!

#DanielJohnston #lofi #AvantPop #SingerSongwriter #music #1001OtherAlbums

Daniel Johnston – Yip / Jump Music (1983, US)

A spotlight on the 5th album from the late musician and artist Daniel Johnston.

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Daniel Johnston – Yip / Jump Music (1983, US)

As randomly chosen via Fedi survey,[1] our next spotlight is on number 660 on The List, submitted by platenworm.

In my world, Daniel Johnston has long been a litmus test of sorts, and his name always causes me to pause. Like, if someone lists Johnston as a favourite, I automatically give them a mental tip of the hat. And any mention of him ultimately comes with a bunch of emotions and thoughts, as his story is at times so very joyful, and at others so very tragic.

The album we look at here was one of Johnston’s self-recorded and self-distributed cassette albums, released nearly a decade before Kurt Cobain indirectly brought Johnston into the spotlight with his t-shirt featuring the artwork from Johnston’s next album of the same year, Hi, How Are You (1983). The is the first of his albums to include chord organ, which adds to his already signature charming style. And I feel like I should be able to adequately describe just what that style is, seeing as his music seems fairly simple. But, I don’t know, I’m not really able to. Lo-fi, sure. Avant-pop, I guess. That barely captures the soul behind these songs though, the soul that shines through both the introspective tracks and the more comical even ridiculous ones. Good thing the point of this blog is simply to put an album/artist in your path that is worth your time to draw your own conclusions on.

So, if you haven’t yet had the pleasure of getting acquainted with Daniel Johnston and his music, this album is a great place to start. I’d also highly recommend tracking down the 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I saw it soon after it came out 20 years ago and bits of it have stuck with me since, a rarity given my shoddy memory. Daniel Johnston is just one of those people who, once you come across them, they’re hard to forget.

The survey choices that led to this spotlight were: “We gonna show you what to do”, “You put your foot down on the two”, “You jump up on the one”, and “Now you’re having fun”. The 3rd option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking an album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “jump”. ↩︎

#1980s #avantPop #DanielJohnson #lofi #singerSongwriter

Romeo Rucha May 26

otay:onii - Love Is In The Shit (2026)

https://otayonii.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-in-the-shit

#AvantPop #ExperimentalPop #ElectronicMusic #music #musodon

Love Is In The Shit, by otay:onii

7 track album

otay:onii

christian 💀May 20

I'm charging you with murder
the fire of love's dying down
but in the face of the verdict
I'm feeling all jealousy drown

"The Murder of Love", de Propaganda (1985)

#musica #music #synthpop #newwave #avantpop #80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNfrI941NJo

The Murder Of Love

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offbeat amsterdam May 15

Allie X

Melkweg, Saturday, October 17 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

After a sold-out show in 2025, Allie X returns to Melkweg. Armed with new music and old hits, the Canadian goth-pop princess trades the intimacy of the OZ for the grandeur of the MAX – Is Anybody Out There?

Alexandra Hughes, known professionally as Allie X, is a self-styled ‘Serial Diva’, celebrated by subculture. The Serial Diva Tour draws from every era of her catalogue. The Canadian singer, songwriter and visual artist rose to prominence with her conceptual pop, featuring tracks such as “Bitch”, “Girl of the Year”, and more recent releases like “Off With Her Tits” and “Black Eye”. Known for her distinctive aesthetic and emotive songwriting, she operates at the intersection of underground indie and avant-garde pop.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/allie-x-1