CHAINLINKS 066: Stress Positions

Chainlinks is a series we started back in 2017 to give our friends a space to share the stuff currently inspiring them — music, film, books, or anything else they wanted to recommend to the world.

For Chainlinks 066, we have Stephanie Brooks, vocalist of Stress Positions. With releases on Three One G Records, the band has been described by Post-Trash as "a band as brutal and raw as it is sociopolitically conscious and steadfast in unrelenting conviction" and by Chicago Reader as "cuttingly precise despite its blistering speed and colossal sound."

Stress Positions are among the many great bands descending upon Minneapolis for the weekend of June 5-7, 2026 to play the fifth installment of Caterwaul, the annual festival celebrating all the noisiest, most iconoclastic fringes of rock. Blast Stress Positions here, get your Caterwaul tickets here, and enjoy Chainlinks 066...

1) Call Her Ganda

This documentary is important, painful, and moving. Jennifer Laude’s story is unfortunately just one of so many cases of abuses of women in the Philippines perpetrated by overseas military personnel.

2) Minnie Riperton

I’ve just been listening to her on repeat. Her voice is so insanely impressive. “Perfect Angel” is a perfect album for warm weather.

3) Free Roku Live TV Channels

I’m really obsessed with channel flipping. Something about starting a movie halfway through and trying to discern the plot tickles my brain in a way few nostalgia chasing activities do. There’s this channel called “Stingray Cityscapes” that just shows aerial views of cities from around the world with downtempo jazz playing behind it. It rules.