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It’s always a real honour to play at the beautiful Union Chapel…And with great thanks to our ‘Loose’ label mates, The Handsome Family, we get to do it twice!! See you there again tonight folks! 🙏😎❤️ Photos by @mjah.bsky.social 🙏😎

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As he prepares to embark on his first headline music tour, Peter Capaldi takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from parallels between Talking Heads and #DoctorWho, to the time he found himself in a room with Kate Bush Peter Capaldi’s Favourite Albums buff.ly/A1jP8dc

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"It’s not a deliberate thing to be experimental. Sometimes random things work, sometimes they don’t. In my mind Paintwork isn’t any different to any other song I’ve done… that’s just the way I am.” Many Happy Returns to #TheFall's This Nation's Saving Grace, which turns 40 today! buff.ly/TfSV8x2

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After 35 years of reinventing British pop, Saint Etienne are hanging up their samples, synthesisers, feather boas and football strips for good. Jude Rogers offers 10 ways into their always surprising, genre-splicing back catalogue The Strange World Of… #SaintEtienne buff.ly/eLHPmTz

Bring back #Moviedrome. The petition starts here. 🎬

Sophie Sleigh-Johnson discussing her book and visual mixtape ‘Code: Damp’ with Stewart Lee at the BFI Southbank this evening.

In an exclusive extract from his new book, former Dead Can Dance drummer Peter Ulrich looks back at an almost fateful mishap in the heady days of the band's early time with 4AD Peter Ulrich Recalls the First European Tour of #DeadCanDance buff.ly/dm2yFiC

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Yep, I went to see a cardigan.

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#OTD 25 years ago, #CarrieFisher and #JeremyBulloch lead the #StarWars Weekend celebrations at #Disney.

Just yer standard ‘90s Woolies photo booth pic. #WorldGothDay

#WorldGothDay innit.

'Whovian mania has come to the Quietus! After four and a half decades of enforced followed by elective abstinence, Luke has been persuaded to watch some #DoctorWho by John....' Low Culture Podcast: Doctor Who – The Daemons buff.ly/GS2peQw

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Driving home the other day I noticed the Oil Seed was coming into flower, we'll soon have another fine crop of indie bands just in time for #rsd #rsd25 #rsd25

It's Record Store Day! Why not buy a Record store?! heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

Weary of handing out the same ol' tired eggs at Easter? Those wretched cocoa orbs have had it their way too long! Treat your loved ones to a folk horror fingerbob instead! Twice the fun and half the fat! heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

Mesmerising show by #Tindersticks (with strings) at the Royal Albert Hall last night.

'The Sisters Of Mercy’s debut album is a mighty full stop and crowning statement that’s weathered the years well since its release. For some of us, at least, this really is first and last and always.' The #SistersOfMercy’s First And Last And Always Turns 40 Today! buff.ly/heRPCSD

Today would have been Mark E Smith of The Fall’s 68th birthday. Seems like a good day to post this. Happy birthday Mark.

#Severance Defiant Jazz prints back in stock! But probably for the last time thisisfunisntit.etsy.com/listing/1870...

I’ll be honest, I could always do with more sales if buying vinyl is your thing. They’ll never be re-pressed (by me) so you’ll get something wonderful and limited. unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

#WarrenEllis discusses how he composes for film with #MarkKermode at the #BFI Southbank tonight.

Apparently it's 13 years since I made the Judge Dredd episode of Bod youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...

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Mark E. Smith - appreciated.

‘Your body gets used to waking up at 2am to exercise.’ ‘Not my body.’ #MarkKermode is astounded by the Wicked routine of #CynthiaErivo and chats #Nosferatu with writer/director #RobertEggers at the BFI Southbank tonight.

In an exclusive first interview about Throwing Muses’ first album in five years, Kristin Hersh on her recording process, synaesthesia, and turning difficult personal situations into art that celebrates the humanity of us all #KristinHersh on the Return Of #ThrowingMuses https://buff.ly/3PIKmbF

[email protected] remembers his favourite filmmaker #DavidLynch, but also praises a true artist, a mapmaker and draughtsman who recorded the weird zones and occult dimensions of life. Pathways Uncovered: David Lynch Remembered https://buff.ly/40rP3vA

Happy 40th to the #C5. (A snap I took 6 years back in Edinburgh.)

The actor, comedian and musician takes @paddyclarke.bsky.social through an eclectic list of his favourite records, from a teenage obsession with Tubular Bells to the London pub where Danger Mouse worked behind the bar #MattBerry’s Favourite Albums https://buff.ly/4h58G3c

When my sister was born, my parents enticed 5-year-old me to the hospital with the #Corgi #Batman vehicles. Been waiting a loooong time for them to be reissued. Fingers crossed for the Batboat and Batcopter next. 🦇

Season’s greetings! ✨🎄✨ youtu.be/HM8qQ2LUeq8?...

In the attic. Ghosts of #Christmas past. 💫 #StarWars

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Festive #MK3D at the BFI Southbank tonight with #AndrewGarfield, #JohnCrowley, #MicheleAustin, #MikeLeigh, #JasonIsaacs, #ChristopherFrayling, #GeorgeMacKay and #SanjeevBhaskar. 🎄

'The list spans grudge-fuelled hip hop, bright Amapiano-referencing R&B, bizarro alt-pop, dynamic techno, DIY punk, some of the year’s biggest chart hits, and much more besides...' The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2024 https://buff.ly/3ZCot2c #tQcharts

Preview screening of #WallaceAndGromit in #VengeanceMostFowl at the #BFI this afternoon, plus Q&A with #NickPark, Will Becher and @reece-shearsmith.bsky.social 🐧

DATELINE: MARCH 1981. Shakin' Stevens is top of the charts, Tom Baker is leaving Doctor Who and Clive Sinclair is bringing computers to the masses. Britain is finally moving into a new age, and one object above all heralds its arrival. This is the story of the ZX81...

Preview screening of this year’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas (‘Woman of Stone’) plus a Q&A with #MarkGatiss and cast. 👻

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#MichaelPalin travels back to 1969 for a #BelievedWiped screening of ‘The Complete And Utter History Of Britain’ at the #BFI this afternoon.

Today is Bandcamp Friday which means all profits from sales go direct to artists. Can I suggest getting on here, finding some bangers and buying them, therefore supporting independent media and independent musicians? thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...