Fantastic news! Return of Sarah in 2026!

Lovely interview with the great man and performer @richardhawley.bsky.social www.besomerset.com/post/richard...

@richardhawley.bsky.social at Weston Pier last night was really something rather special.

Gigs to look forward to …. Might see Clare Wadd on the merch stand. And Bobby in the gents!

Preorder LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR "There's More To Life Than Crooks" 12" Maxi-Single [Limited Edition of 300 copies · Black Vinyl] Release date: *5-9-2025* elefant.com/en

And this is out tomorrow- what an absolute treat!

This should be on everyone’s turntable. Yet more great songwriting from Bobby Wratten elefant.com/en/video_ope...

Bristol (pic courtesy of Tristan Cork Post) 🎈

@petepaphides.bsky.social Hi Pete, have you heard The Hymn of the North by Pulp and Chilly Gonzales? It’s really lovely

@singingadams.bsky.social Hi Steven. Driving earlier, Sea of Words took my breath away on the shuffle play. Beautiful. But I wondered - who is she? Is it someone we all should know? I’ve no podcast or fanzine or anything, just a query from a listener driving (now parked).

ourworldscollide1.bandcamp.com/album/the-st... Birmingham band

Remembering Martin Duffy on his birthday youtu.be/K5XgLshyN8w

@clarewadd.bsky.social @uncharteredstreets.bsky.social I drove along Upper Belgrave Rd in the sunshine just 30 minutes ago. Frans Hals on the car stereo. Fairground on the downs. That vista across the city glimpsed between the houses. Lots of funny feelings.

@nigetassell.bsky.social Police station by the lingerie….. #Colberton

Feeling showbiz in the village @nigetassell.bsky.social . Maybe see Dawn in the co-op?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Moe... Inspired by @thebrogues.bsky.social news that these lot are Europe bound. Possibly the best Friday night song ever. Lynsey’s sister went to a Cannanes birthday party on the central coast a few months ago. Turning 60 that lot. Time flies eh.

Toot toot! New book! In something of a departure (geddit?), it's a travel book. FINAL DESTINATION: Riding Britain's Trains to the End of the Line I ride the rails, staying on board until journey's end to poke around 16 towns that lie beyond the buffers. Out May 8. Preorders are open!

In the Internet Archive's stacks, I occasionally find obviously secondhand books, such as books with a card protector in the back, or handwritten notes. This is probably the first book I've found that was signed. A tiny act of kindness, now posterized. (Source.)

thegentlespring.bandcamp.com/album/lookin... It is still Winter but here comes the gentle spring to warm you…

Want some great music this morning? Lovingly created without any assistance by AI or record industry pluggers? Here you go! My latest show @brumradio.com feat. Michael Hiscock of The Gentle Spring and a stack of brilliant tunes. www.mixcloud.com/BrumRadio/ad...

Directed a video for a 🔥 new single by @mogwai.scot 💙💙 youtu.be/hKFvvSE4SCo?... @plasmatron.bsky.social @rockactionrecords.scot

Billionaires should not own social media platforms. Billionaires should not run our newspapers. Billionaires should not control our politics. A free media is a democratic media - a public good that is owned and run by us all.

www.cherryred.co.uk/mccarthy-com... I miss #McCarthy. I wish more current indiepop bands ripped off their politics and not just their jangle.

Well, I'm listening to the test pressings of Sensitive, our 2LP/2CD anthology documenting the indiepop wave of the 1980s & honestly, despite having heard these songs 100s of times, the cumulative effect of hearing them one after another on an record MY LABEL is putting out is the stuff of dreams!