For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Ian Chainey has been writing Stereogum's Black Market since 2014. He’s also the former editor and associate editor — respectively — of the music blogs, Invisible Oranges and Last Rites. His bylines span several publications as well, some living, some no longer with us. He’s produced many a podcast, and has two, in his words, semi-functional newsletters — Plague Rages and Wolf’s Week. He also likes cats. MUSIC MENTIONS - Metal Trenches - R.E.M. - New Kids on The Block - “You Got It (The Right Stuff” by New Kids On The Block - “Revolver” by The Beatles - “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles - Aerosmith - Steely Dan - “Black Cow” by Steely Dan - WBCN Boston - “Mysterious Ways” by U2 - “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M. - All Music Guide - Epitonic - Pearl Jam - Metal Review - Invisible Oranges - Fenriz - Darkthrone - Petethepiratesquid - Parliament - György Ligeti - Jeromes Dream Living in ‘golden ages’ (24:20): - Krallice - Encenathrakh - Colin Marston - Weasel Walter - Mick Barr - Paulo Henri Paguntalan - Effluence - Matt Stephans - Anal Stabwound - Trichomoniasis - Hunter Peterson Q&A - The Metal Archives - Pyrrhon - Scarcity - Starkweather - Machine Music - “Orange Crush” by R.E.M. - “Monster” by R.E.M. - Chloroma - Embryonic Devourment - “Keeper of the Shepherd” by Hannah Frances - Al Stewart - Kraftwerk - The Buzzcocks - Sunrise Patriot Motion - Yellow Eyes - Sonic Youth - The Cramps - “Primitive Thrill” by Weegee - Prince - Richard D. James - John Coltrane - Xeno & Oaklander - “Pierced from Within” by Suffocation Discovering music today (28:10): - Bandcamp - Doug Moore - Wyatt Marshall - Jon Rosenthal - Spotify - Rennie Resmini - Ron Ben-Tovin First album ever purchased (33:30): - “Green” by R.E.M. Most recent album purchased (34:25): - “Prime Specimens” by Embryonic Devourment Artists discovered in the past year (35:41): - Hannah Frances - Cosey Mueller - Weegee Desert island discs (38:45): - “Requiem” by György Ligeti - “Free Hand” by Gentle Giant - “Journey in Satchidananda” by Alice Coltrane