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New BoC LP sounding very decent. Dark and heavy, it’s an album for the times we’re in. Glad they’re back. #boardsofcanada #inferno #warprecords #scotland

New BoC LP sounding very decent. Dark and heavy, it’s an album for the times we’re in. Glad they’re back. #boardsofcanada #inferno #warprecords #scotland

Modern seismology part 2. Bombed over to The Piper in SLOS tonight for the second GNOD show in a fortnight. Last time I saw them here I lost my hearing for 24 hours (thank you ‘Spotlight’) and ended up with a speeding ticket. I think I just about managed to avoid both tonight. GNOD were heavily brilliant, as they always are. Much gratitude to them for getting me in. #gnod #salford #rocketrecordings

40 years ago today I hitched from Hull to Manchester to see @sonicyouth_official live for the first time, at the Boardwalk, just a couple of weeks before they released ‘EVOL’. A mate had been battering ‘Bad Moon Rising’ for months and we were curious tohear what happened next. £2.50 on the door. It’s one of the old gigs I still have a very vivid memory of, basically sat on the front of the low stage at Kim Gordon’s feet for the duration. Membranes supported. The set list on the SY website is incomplete, ending at ‘Green Light’ but I know they finished with ‘Expressway…’ and I’m sure Kim sang ‘Shadow Of A Doubt’. This was the first of two SY gigs promoted by @mr_dave_haslam , and written about in his ‘Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor’ book. I also went to the second of those gigs a year later on the ‘Sister’ tour, at the New Ardri Ballroom in Hulme (with fIREHOSE), after which I slept on @johnrobb77 ‘s floor, with Johnny and Phil from Death By Milkfloat. Fun times 🎃
Marilyn Moore
World Looks Red
Starpower
Burning Spear
Tom Violence
White Kross
Green Light
Expressway To Yr Skull
#sonicyouth #davehaslam #manchester

Took a most enjoyable Sunday afternoon trip up the smoke for the latest instalment of Concrete Atlantis at The Horse Hospital, which not even the unforeseen closure of the Piccadilly Line could detract too much from. Amicably and eruditely hosted by @traviselborough , we had an excellent 80s documentary on the nascent Essex electropop scene, a live edition of the Monstrosities Mon Amour podcast with @johngrindrod and @gmdarley (special guest: Bradwell A Power Station), Ballardian words and drones with @stonecirclesampler and @mira.aroyo and a heavyweight collab of dank n icy electronics from @opalxdome and @microcorps . Already looking forward to the next gathering…
#electronics #nuclear #drones #austinmaxi

Took a most enjoyable Sunday afternoon trip up the smoke for the latest instalment of Concrete Atlantis at The Horse Hospital, which not even the unforeseen closure of the Piccadilly Line could detract too much from. Amicably and eruditely hosted by @traviselborough , we had an excellent 80s documentary on the nascent Essex electropop scene, a live edition of the Monstrosities Mon Amour podcast with @johngrindrod and @gmdarley (special guest: Bradwell A Power Station), Ballardian words and drones with @stonecirclesampler and @mira.aroyo and a heavyweight collab of dank n icy electronics from @opalxdome and @microcorps . Already looking forward to the next gathering…
#electronics #nuclear #drones #austinmaxi

Took a most enjoyable Sunday afternoon trip up the smoke for the latest instalment of Concrete Atlantis at The Horse Hospital, which not even the unforeseen closure of the Piccadilly Line could detract too much from. Amicably and eruditely hosted by @traviselborough , we had an excellent 80s documentary on the nascent Essex electropop scene, a live edition of the Monstrosities Mon Amour podcast with @johngrindrod and @gmdarley (special guest: Bradwell A Power Station), Ballardian words and drones with @stonecirclesampler and @mira.aroyo and a heavyweight collab of dank n icy electronics from @opalxdome and @microcorps . Already looking forward to the next gathering…
#electronics #nuclear #drones #austinmaxi

Modern seismology. There’ll be a few band pics up this week, I suspect, what with Alt Esc and all that going on but, first, here are the mighty GNOD from the other night in BTN. 4 guitars! Crushing, weighty stuff. They’re playing locally again next Sunday when they’re back from Europe. Boy, we’re being spoilt #gnod #salford #rocketrecordings

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

May Day BH weekend, so off to the Other City for Sounds From The Other City a.k.a. Salford Christmas. Bobbing along Chapel St with a bunch of good souls, a right old time was had. Bathing Suits, ashnymph, Mr Scruff B2B Samurai, Christian toilet facilities (an actual thing, not a band), barbecued chorizo rolls in Bexley Sq with Scruff thumping out the batida, gig mafia guy, and a beautifully sublime closing set from Belgian neckerchief botherer Milan W were the highlights. Sad to miss Zolatec, but the colours in my eyes were better than the colours on my phone, and I got queuing paranoia. Hey ho. Finished up with several hours drinking in The Old Pint Pot. Magic.
#salford #sftoc #soundsfromtheothercity

Gnowt better… #gnod chroniclesofgnowt rocketrecordings salford liveinbrightonthisweek #soundtrack collapse privatepress worldofechoes brighton manchester #mybloodyvalentine peelsessions raretracks wastemanagement bootleg dublin london #stonecirclesampler #traviselborough ericbristow everypinttellsastory localhistory industrialcoast southoftheriver coffee granola

James Fest 2026…. Out with James Papademetrie on Thursday for the Mark Fisher film upstairs at Pink Moon. I still don’t get MF entirely but the fact there’s still lots to think about is good exercise for my increasingly addled brain. It’s heavy on protest footage, and I’m glad I’d seen ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ recently as their take on that features prominently, but 90 minutes very well spent, followed by some badly timed speed drinking and missed buses. As I’ve said before, I’m glad there’s cool folk out there putting events like these on…

Then out with James McLarnon last night for My Bloody Valentine at the RAH. It’s been a while since I’ve seen ‘em (er, 1990s) but after taking a couple of songs to settle down, MBV were excellent and the set was close to perfect (coulda been a tiny bit louder?), helped by a genuinely decent mix - Kev & Bilinda’s vocals twinkling through the sonic murk, Deb & Colm forcefully underpinning everything. We were standing and when they played ‘Soon’ it felt like being back in the rave. Wonderful stuff. The show was part of the Teenage Cancer Trust event curated by Robert Smith. Hope they made a shed load of £££. To repeat what I said above,I’m glad there’s cool folk out there putting events like these on…
#markfisher #kpunk #mybloodyvalentine #teenagecancertrust

James Fest 2026…. Out with James Papademetrie on Thursday for the Mark Fisher film upstairs at Pink Moon. I still don’t get MF entirely but the fact there’s still lots to think about is good exercise for my increasingly addled brain. It’s heavy on protest footage, and I’m glad I’d seen ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ recently as their take on that features prominently, but 90 minutes very well spent, followed by some badly timed speed drinking and missed buses. As I’ve said before, I’m glad there’s cool folk out there putting events like these on…

Then out with James McLarnon last night for My Bloody Valentine at the RAH. It’s been a while since I’ve seen ‘em (er, 1990s) but after taking a couple of songs to settle down, MBV were excellent and the set was close to perfect (coulda been a tiny bit louder?), helped by a genuinely decent mix - Kev & Bilinda’s vocals twinkling through the sonic murk, Deb & Colm forcefully underpinning everything. We were standing and when they played ‘Soon’ it felt like being back in the rave. Wonderful stuff. The show was part of the Teenage Cancer Trust event curated by Robert Smith. Hope they made a shed load of £££. To repeat what I said above,I’m glad there’s cool folk out there putting events like these on…
#markfisher #kpunk #mybloodyvalentine #teenagecancertrust

an officer and a gentle introduction to sunday #officerjohn thereturnofofficerjohn wahwahwino dublin shoegaze #pepebradock dactylonomyIII atavisme paris #thescientist theexorcist kickinrecords london djhype #mikavainio dubmix1 puumiescassette helsinki coffee porridge

New @bite_marcus EP ‘The Bloodwork’ on Bandcamp at https://bitemarcus.bandcamp.com/album/the-bloodwork or follow Bite Marcus for actual hyperlink action… Magickal musickal happenings guaranteed xx

there, there… #dexysmidnightrunners searchingfortheyoungsoulrebels parlophone birmingham #djsundae mirrors #epsminstitute lille #sandwelldistrict liveinmalmo pointofdeparture birmingham newyork #musicanova st liner japan coffee granola

6 ‘A’ sides #scrittipolitti 4Asides roughtrade leeds #pepebradock unpepeenorvol1 kifrecords paris #fkaboursin youjustgiveingivingitalltothewind #accidentalmeetings bristol #tadhgtaylor topfellas sharpies melbourne coffee granola