Dust

Dust Black Bear Lodge 06-Dec-25 Great album, great show & great crowd tonight

Blue Diner BBL 06Dec25

Supernew band (formed from the ashes of Sweater Curse…) Black Bear Lodge 06Dec25

Tonight…

Eddy Current SR 🔴🟡🔵 Finally got my hands on a vinyl copy of this (to add to the CD copy 😄)

The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN! Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December. Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM. Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!

Morning walk…

Fabulous My Bloody Valentine gig, power cut out during the middle of Soon, so after fixing they started again and same thing happened in the middle, so 5 minute delay before ready for the last 3 songs, even allowed Kevin to chat to us very briefly. All part of the MBV charm.

Good to see all the MBV posts (for those of living vicariously) Keep them coming!🙏

Last night I was lucky to attend the launch of a new Australian music arts and culture mag - Somersault 🌟- a really well put-together mag by a couple of lovely people. They even got Sprints interviewed!

Pixies Fortitude Music Hall 16-Nov-25

Waiting…

Revision for tomorrow night…

Morning walk…

Today’s superbly packaged CD delivery from Japan🙏 Bridge Dog ~ Auto Fictions

People Mover Instore earlier at Sonic Sherpa 01-Nov-25

Happy to get my hands on People Mover’s “Cane Trash”

People Mover Junk Bar 31-Oct-25

01Thurman Queen St Mall 31-Oct-25

#5debutalbums8084 The Waterboys “I remember a girl called Johnny…”

Morning walk (earlier)

www.mixcloud.com/thesoundFM/i... Indiescovery #107 features a load of lovely new synth-pop, including albums of the month from Nation of Language and Automatic (pictured)…rockier stuff from Rocket, Liquid Mike and The Altered Hours…and a contender for album of the year from the excellent Wednesday

The Double Happiness The Old Museum 20-Sep-25

The winning Group A songs in the #EIO40MusicLeagueCup Season 3 Semi Final were: “Turn Away” by The Altered Hours. Chosen by @dermotg.bsky.social Listen- open.spotify.com/track/6vGGar... “Second Place” by Night Swimming. Chosen by @cliveclemens.bsky.social Listen- open.spotify.com/track/7CU0yl...

Waiting…

My song of the week is from Adelaide band The Empty Threats new album #sotw #sotw2025 open.spotify.com/track/7xwBdo...

🔴Contra2025-12 13092025 (-All new-) The 12th playlist of the year!! Hear🎧here: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...

Ringlets - full title: The Lord is my German Shepherd (time for Walkies) youtube.com/shorts/5ENeG...

Ringlets 💥 youtube.com/shorts/ifTw5...

Ringlets Junk Bar 5-Sep-25 Third time seeing them this week, superb live band from NZ on Flying Nun records. Nice people!

Ringlets Junk Bar 05-Sep-25 Third time seeing this week…ones to watch…

Waiting…

My song of the week is the new one from horse 🐎 horse ~ Headlights Saw them once this week, hoping to see them again tonight! open.spotify.com/album/6U4Inm...

Special Features Netherworld 3-Sep-25

Ringlets Netherworld 3-Sep-25

Bridge Dog live last night at Netherworld- beautiful shoegazey noise youtube.com/watch?v=rwTD...

Ringlets Brightside 2-Sep-25 New Zealand’s answer to the Pixies…and so much more💥

Bridge Dog Netherworld 02-Sep-25

Bridge Dog…

Waiting…

A few bands on here over next few days…more to follow!

Special Features 💥 One of the most exciting young bands round these parts at the moment… youtube.com/shorts/7gzAo...

Local Authority ~ Torn (live) 09.Aug.25 youtube.com/shorts/6t2in...

Knee ~ Do It Again (live) (Delayed - From 09-Aug-25, clearing some space on my ‘phone) youtube.com/shorts/9Ma2t...

As they return from a 26 year studio hiatus, Prolapse speak to Derek Walmsley about the benefits and pitfalls of defying the 90s mainstream, self-sabotage, empathy with the downtrodden and the growing spectre of mortality I Thrive on Auto-Destruction: An Interview with #Prolapse buff.ly/EFz3Urp

🔴Contra2025-11 23082025 (-All New-) The 11th playlist of the year!! Hear🎧here: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...

My song of the week is this one (from a few weeks ago, but I just discovered it, and it’s top of the “Matador recommends” playlist 😄) People Mover ~ Habit open.spotify.com/track/5lEOMr...

My song of the week is the new one from The Shania Twainsaw Massacre ~ Deer #sotw #sotw2025 open.spotify.com/album/05ylN1...