What We’re Listening to This Week (11.8.26)

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James Krustofski
November 9, 2026
15 minutes read

Verse•a•tile by A’Revolution

Hip-hop is criminally underrepresented on Micro Genre Music, and the guilty party is sitting right here behind the keyboard, probably listening to some forty-minute dark ambient composition about the decomposition of human civilization. What can I say? I have my vices. But I’m also a sucker for good writing and even more so if it’s freestyle. Pretty sure Verse•a•tile isn’t freestyle, but I’ve seen enough of A’Revolution’s content on social media to assume they could if they wanted to. This is the kind of work from a local artist you can really get behind and truly enjoy. Character matters. It’s such an inviting experience and I adore the writing. “Feel the water on my eyes then I cry from the beauty of it all.” Great record.

Are We Doomed to Bow to the Stupid and Cruel? by estoc

Editor’s note: I’m watching Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster while listening to this album so my interpretation of this music might be slightly skewed.

Honestly, a good portion of this album reminds of Gary Numan in the year of our dark lord 2013. There’s a magnificent abundance of doom here, accompanied by precisely the sort of gloom I want creeping through my speakers on a bleak Sunday evening. It feels like a long-lost friend from my past who has returned with terrible news about one of my possible futures. It leans heavily into concept album territory and I’m wondering if I’m attaching it other media because my brain simply demands a mythology to accompany its electronic dread. You know, to tie the whole thing together. Really good album – enjoy the dread.

The Language of Lightning by VoltageCtrlR

We’re big fans of VoltageCtrlR at Micro Genre Music. One of our contributors, Ramon Mills, did a great write up late last year of Nagini – read it here: Nagini – VoltageCtrlR (2025) – Album Review. Wet Mango also sent me this rec (as if it wasn’t already on my radar), but their recommendation nudged me to check it out. I don’t think my words will do much justice to this, so let’s just say I’m nudging you to check this album out. For some, it will be slightly dystopian but for most it will be an eclectic and joyous Ragga Jungle/Drum & Bass journey. I could spend three paragraphs attempting to explain the sensation, but I’d much rather redirect you to the source. Check out VoltageCtrlR’s social media while you’re at it.

Nympho Sweat EP by xBulletNymphx

I’m trying to think of what I was doing at age 24 and I don’t think I know the answer to that question. Somewhere between making fun of George W. Bush and consuming dangerous quantities of Bojangles’ Bo-Berry Biscuits, but I can’t bet too sure. I certainly wasn’t listening to or making music like this – well, maybe I kind of was it some way or fashion. xBulletNymphx‘s music (and most of 254’s music for that matter) often reminds me of a collage work cut with a very sharp razor. I recognize a lot of the pieces but can’t quite place them. I know one thing though, if I heard this in a club when I was 24 years old, I would have been pissed off by how short it is. I just want to dance, you know? Fun EP.

Infinite Black Inside by Ibrahim Alfa Jnr.

It’s strangely fun that this is classified as ambient-electronica, or else I might not have ever found this album. This album has just about everything I’m currently obsessed with: downtempo rhythms, techno that seems determined to avoid repeating itself, and that delicious ambient dread I require for normal psychological functioning. It’s very jazz and funk heavy, too. We love that. Again, words won’t do this much justice, but I really need to check out more of Ibrahim Alfa Jnr.’s work. Fantastic album.

e.n.e.r.g.y.a.n.g.e.l @ Kiosk Radio 09.11.2025

Also, I’m going to leave you with a set I’ve been listening to while reading a book called “Asylums”. It’s a wonderful set by e.n.e.r.g.y.a.n.g.e.l at Kiosk Radio from last year on 9/11. Never forget … that youtube has lots of hidden gem sets.

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