Clothes and records on the floor, the memories of the night before... 💔

Devastated to hear this news. Glad I got to see Soft Cell several times. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Good show from the Psychedelic Furs last night, with a set spanning all of their albums. Could have done with a bit of sax but since the sad loss of Mars Williams, it wasn't to be.

It's here! #cardiacs #LSD

Book club outing to see my celebrity double @kermodemovie.bsky.social and @nelsonjenny.bsky.social

Post an obscure album in your collection that always makes you think: 'Surely nobody else has got this?'

Just realised that it's September tomorrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0K7...

Been waiting a long time for this. 26 years to be precise. @prolapseband.bsky.social

Fantastic set from @throwingmuses.bsky.social last night. 90 minutes with a good selection from the recent albums and much older material. @kristinhersh.bsky.social is possibly my favourite human ever.

This is worth 90 minutes of your time. If you think Devo are just a bit quirky, this will help you appreciate the serious philosophy behind their music. www.netflix.com/title/82052197

Luke Haines and Peter Buck playing a sellout gig at the H&H last night. Most of it was new to me as it was from the latest album, which I hadn't realised was out yet. I picked up a copy after the show.

Cavegirl and the Neandergals - primeval rock 'n' roll played with dinosaur bones. Walking through Birmingham I was stopped by a youngster who said my hair was "sick" and asked how I do it. Maybe I should set up on YouTube as a hairstyle "influencer"

Posted 80 photos of #RebellionFestival on Facebook, if anyone on here is wondering my highlights included Nightingales, Peter Hook, Swell Maps C21, Evil Blizzard, Courettes, Undertones, Damned, the Mob, Neville Staple, Alternative, Steve Ignorant, PiL

Back from Blackpool and I'm completely knackered. Glad I've booked the next few days off work. Loads of band photos to sort through, might post some on here eventually.

What's your favourite song by someone that's not actually their song? www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJT...

If you see this, post a castle.

"New" #Cardiacs single with a wonderfully hypnotic video. The great lost album "LSD" finally sees the light of day in September. Obviously I've ordered the deluxe vinyl which looks like it will be a thing of beauty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRa...

Steve Harrison talks about his rock 'n' roll memoir "It's Dead Dead Good" with @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social. Great reminiscences of music in the North West.

Checking out #MixTape to see what the fuss is about. Enjoying it, for the obvious reason. Would I watch a love story like this if it didn't have the music angle?

#Ozzy funeral procession is streaming on various sites for those who can't be there, including BBC... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...

For anyone wondering about the announcement of Au Pairs gigs, here's a statement from the original band. Don't think I'll bother. I feel more loyalty to Pete, who's a friend than Lesley, who I've never met. Plus I've heard that Lesley's recent performance with Adrian Belew was a bit ropey.

Perfect albums from the year I was 16? Too many to choose from. It was the year I discovered John Peel.

Starting in 30 minutes, #Cardiacs livestream. Well not strictly live as it's from 1988 but you get the idea. Never seen before except if you were at the actual gig, which I wasn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KidL...

Health has been fragile this week, wasn't sure whether to go out but think it did me good to get out of the house and see people. Apologies to everyone I spoke to, probably wasn't making much sense! Relaunch of indiepop night The Autumn Store with Cloud Studies who I've wanted to see for a while.

This is rather lovely. Home recordings from @peteastor.bsky.social @theloftuk.bsky.social - some of them 40 years old. Very limited number of physical copies went on sale this morning and they're nearly gone so don't hang around. peteastor1.bandcamp.com/album/unsent...

The Mael brothers on top form last night, but then it's unimaginable that they would ever not be on form. Seated gig so photos aren't great. I was on Russell's side of the stage, couldn't get a clear pic of Ron even when he stood up to sing Suburban Homeboy.

Last night I walked past Spoilers, the new "cult movie rock bar" in what used to be The Kerryman, Digbeth. Is there a cult movie reference I haven't spotted in the spelling of that sign or are they just illiterate? #holytrinityofpedants

First PWEI album in 10 years. Pre-orders started today and the limited version with bonus 7" is sold out already. In fact I think I got the last copy. shopwilleatitself.tmstor.es/product/dele...

Interesting take on the Salt Path controversy. I didn't like the book, just not my kind of thing. Some of my book club members loved it but we did say at the time that parts of it didn't seem plausible. Never occurred to me we'd be entitled to a refund if it turned out the story wasn't true.

I wrote a poem on a dog biscuit but your dog refused to look at it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_53u...

They knew exactly what they were doing when they named that pub. Reminiscent of "Su's Anal Bum Party" (Stolen from @whingewhingewine.co.uk on Facebook)

Only watched a few Glastonbury sets, this is definitely the highlight of what I've seen. #Goat www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

#Glastonbury recommendations? So far I've seen OSees (similar set to last week's gig but a bit shorter) and Gary Numan. Not seen Pulp yet, again I expect a cutdown version of the gig. I'll watch Goat when their set is online. Anything else? As usual not much caught my eye as I'm a boring old git.

The UK version of Gene Loves Jezebel, there's also an American one. The Aston brothers haven't been on speaking terms for over 20 years but have come to an arrangement where they can both use the band name in their respective countries.

Post a picture of you that is not actually you. (Predictable but thought I'd get this one in before anyone else did 😆)

Today's book club. Of Talons And Teeth got the lowest scores of any book we've read, I don't think we've had 0/10 before. Hideous word salad that made me feel like I'd forgotten how to read. If anyone wants my copy you're welcome to it, otherwise I'm taking it out into the garden to burn it. 🔥

Thee Oh Sees / OSees / however they're spelling it this week. Never mind the full-on twin drum assault, the craziest thing about this gig was that John Dwyer was wearing an Alan Partridge shirt.

Happy #WorldGiraffeDay Hope it cools down a bit.

This was my highlight from last night. There are lots of videos from the gig on YouTube, including some from near the front that no doubt feature the back of my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYaZ...

Not usually a fan of arena gigs but occasionally it's nice to see a band who put on a big show. 24 years since I last saw them and it's like they've never been away. #pulp

Saw these guys support Snapped Ankles in March and tonight I heard a preview of the album, which is out on Friday. For fans of Suicide, Kraftwerk, Neu, Joy Division www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Im...

If you see this, quote with a show that has a great theme tune www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH4B...

Punk legend TV Smith is back at my favourite Birmingham bar in November. Get your tickets now, this will be popular.

@precrecs.bsky.social do a great line in re-issues of Peel sessions. Mostly 10" EPs but this LP is one of the most hotly anticipated - all 4 sessions by bIG*fLAME. As it says in the sleeve notes, a difficult but beautiful mess. Also sent me a bonus Boyracer session so thanks for that.

Been an awful week for musician deaths. After the sad loss of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, this one has come as a real shock as he was only a few years older than me. R.I.P. Douglas McCarthy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_2G...

Sad news 😢 pitchfork.com/news/the-bea...

Some of you will have it already but I forgot to pre-order so only just got hold of a copy. That gives me a week to learn the songs in time for the gig. #pulp

Facebook keeps showing me adverts for this t-shirt. I wonder how many people get the reference. #werewolvesoflondon

Free exhibition of New York graffiti, on until the end of the month near Birmingham Bullring. The "wall of trains" is overwhelming, I would need the rest of the week to look at all of them properly.

New one from #Swans is my album of the year so far but I feel like a complete numbskull as I've had it a week and only just realised there's a DVD with it. It was hidden in the back of the cardboard sleeve, not in a tray like the other two discs. 😁