The Soundtrack for American Fascism is Worship Music open.substack.com/pub/davidgat...

www.ft.com/content/d419... (via @petepaphides.bsky.social)

Every wondered why some music might sound utterly soulless to you? Here’s a clue from a K-pop producer who treats music like some kind of exacting science, where any kind human mistake or character can’t be left untouched.

Spent some ££ on music over on Bandcamp for the first time in a while. I highly recommend all of these, in case you're looking for recommendations... #bandcampfriday

Be kind to each other

People listen to Radiohead and think "yeah, this actually sounds pretty good for something that they made just using an OK computer." But if they'd called the album something like High Performance Gaming PC, there's no way it would live up to people's expectations.

Appeal for help for Keith (JD Twitch)

FFC review: F1, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/f1-2...

Sign at the Glasgow Science Centre. Pic: paul4jags

Actually I think Sir Keir Starmer should oversee and indeed personally choose every act that plays Glastonbury. This will be a flawless way to run both a democracy and a music festival.

Sally Rooney has heard it 🙏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Elementary School Kids Sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” & Other Rock Hits: A Cult Classic Recorded in 1976

How Jackson Pollock Redefined Modern Art: An Introduction

When people ask why there are no crossover protest songs anymore I say streaming closed the door to all kinds of things and turned the Top 40 into a narrow elite. Currently: 4 songs by Tate McRae, 3 each by Alex Warren & Benson Boone, 2 each by Ed Sheeran, Sombr & Lola Young. No room for oddities

My friend & collaborator Iain Morrison has started making visual art. This is a screen-print of his work 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis', now hanging on the wall of my studio. I love it. Making/selling art is hard. Support us where and when you can. And fuck AI. iainmorrison.bigcartel.com

My friend & collaborator Iain Morrison has started making visual art. This is a screen-print of his work 'They Are Not Birds Of The Isle Of Lewis', now hanging on the wall of my studio. I love it. Making/selling art is hard. Support us where and when you can. And fuck AI. iainmorrison.bigcartel.com

“What is music anyway? said Ek.”

*remortgages house* www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...

When choosing a tape deck, make sure you get one that has both wow AND flutter. "Wow" is basically how cool the deck looks and "flutter" means your heart starts beating fast when you think about it. So you really want both of those features.

Eurovision but every country does 4'33

Celebrating the life of Susan Alcorn, a true musical pioneer who proved that the pedal steel could be adapted to suit any style of music.

advice from the future: hard disk storage, in your personal possession and control tech companies will ditch us in a heartbeat – or trap us in ever more onerous and usatory t&c contracts – whenever it suits them. what we consider 'ours' is vulnerable and exploitable under contract. take it back

Not to put too fine a point on it but I really hope all of these new robber barons die. www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

"In Finland the phrase straight edge, or streittari, is well known to describe the lifestyle of those who don’t drink or do drugs, but not many people know its roots – an 80s hardcore punk band." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Chuffed to have my slow_the_tape track 'The Tree-Lined Path' included on Grey Clay Radio's DRONE DAY 2025 playlist this weekend: www.greyclayradio.com/drone-day-2025

@simonvarwell.bsky.social Thanks for the repost 🙂

Chuffed to have my slow_the_tape track 'The Tree-Lined Path' included on Grey Clay Radio's DRONE DAY 2025 playlist this weekend: www.greyclayradio.com/drone-day-2025

An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Great show by Earth and @maudthemoth.bsky.social at Glasgow's Room 2 last night. I bought Earth's debut LP back in 1993, but this was my first time seeing them live. Great set, underpinned by Adrienne Davies' *incredible* slow-drumming.

tremendous bummer seeing a piece of art or photograph and having to ask yourself, “is that ai?” - a world where this is the case is gonna go south fast

Excellent, as expected.

Very much looking forward to seeing Earth for the first time tonight. Looks like there's still tickets available, too: www.ents24.com/glasgow-even...

I started buying DVDs & Blurays with a vengeance a couple of years ago, and this article does a brilliant job of explaining why: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...

Octavia Butler's advice on writing www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/20/o...

Starmer is the *emptiest* politician in living memory. A total void. No beliefs, other than power. No charisma. A void of a man. It’s genuinely unnerving.

#NowPlaying Threadbare - slow_the_tape @andrewhowie.bsky.social slowthetape.bandcamp.com/album/thread...

Just glorious. youtu.be/FsnwgTn3WWc?...

if your favorite critic doesn’t engage at all with art from their local music scene and only writes about records from within the PR-approved ecosystem, they are fucking up big time

Oh my!

I don't know how anyone can deny genocidal intent at this point www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Blah blah blah Bandcamp Friday etc. slowthetape.bandcamp.com andrewhowie.bandcamp.com

Kinda fascinating seeing everyone lose their shit over Kneecap. Calls from on high to ban them, debates over whether they mean what they say, heads exploding over how they could be so provocative. People. May I introduce you to something called 'rap music'

‘It is trance-like’: pianist Igor Levit performs Erik Satie’s Vexations 840 times www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

“One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?”

Bluesky hivemind: looking for Grateful Dead fans who would be happy to share a few quotes/have a chat re: what the band means to them etc etc- for a feature. DM/@me if interested. Please share.

FFC review: A MINECRAFT MOVIE, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/04/a-mi...

Watch Bob Dylan Make His Debut at the Newport Folk Festival in Colorized 1963 Footage