Gig night tonight with the mighty @slimecitymusic.bsky.social in Edinburgh. youtu.be/_1PX_dzFDcQ?...

A slightly random assortment of stuff picked up from a record fair in Leith yesterday. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

Having a sort out of some stuff to take to the local Cancer Research shop, and being slightly baffled that this style of headgear ever became (albeit briefly) A Thing.

Finn getting ready to bite anyone who looks like they’re about to vote for Farage’s mob. #DogsAtPollingStations

Had a bit of discussion about Hefner earlier in the week, so thought I’d revisit these for the first time in a little while. Still sounding fantastic. The most heavenly angels this side of the sun… #NowPlaying

The Wild Swans, one of the genuinely great Lost Bands. #NowPlaying

Off the top of my head… KEROSENE - Big Black IN SHREDS - Chameleons SENSITIVE - Field Mice SON OF NOTHING - Wolfhounds MEXICAN WOMEN - Throwing Muses STARBLOOD - Cranes GIGANTIC - Pixies DREAMS BURN DOWN - Ride CONVENIENCE - Bob DRESS - P.J.Harvey

Buds, we’re excited to announce our brand-new album Same Sun / Same Sky. You can now pre-order the album on CD & vinyl (with a signed postcard while stocks last): cherryred.co/SameSunSameSky

Candidate for backup keeper next year? Good reflexes and will (literally) play for biscuits. Does need to work on releasing the ball a bit quicker though…

Birthday Lego assembled.

Listening to the fat lady warming up…

Tracklist if anyone’s interested :-)

Finally stopped mucking about with my choices to play at Firebug later, and added a few bonus 7” selections too for if there’s spare time to fill at the end :-) #nowplaying #MusicSky

“Turn right, then straight ahead for 259 miles…”

Always amusing that whenever the topic of “Vinyl Records” is in the news, then Corinne Bailey Rae always gets rolled out for interviews on the basis of little more than having put out a song called “Put Your Records On” :-) #RSD

Indiepop Chronicles #80 40 years ago 29/3/86 NME Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social meets the Shop Assistants “the best, most important and most loveable independent band in Britain today”

Genuine chills there listening to the Artemis launch director gathering “Go” confirmations from across the launch team.

Day 30 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky JOHNNY YEN - James As @tansleyjames.bsky.social exits the stage after masterminding loads of excellent challenges, let’s close his final one off with another musical James. youtu.be/8qAg6sI36Rs?...

Chuffed to be asked to join the fine people at STFU in Leics for their Sunday Shindig in 3 weeks, playing the likes of The Wedding Present, Jazzateers, The Shop Assistants, The Jasmine Minks, The Bodines, The Wolfhounds, The Groove Farm, The Field Mice, This Poison! & more if anyone fancies that?

Day 29 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky CORDUROY - The Wedding Present Quite a few Controlled Chaos Climax options for them (especially during The Albini Years), but this is the one that hit the spot for me today. youtu.be/WDtY7C3oVH0?...

Day 28 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky HEAVENLY POP HIT The Chills “It’s a Heavenly Pop Hit for anybody For those that still want it…” youtu.be/Hd0Y0SQV610?...

Day 27 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL The Twilight Sad youtu.be/P9zuO-aYhik?...

Day 26 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky THE PRIVATE PSYCHEDELIC REEL The Chemical Brothers youtu.be/aqGzrjL3kys?...

Something’s in the air today, with midweek releases of cracking new singles from three of my very favourite bands in the shape of @despjournalist.bsky.social @mikiberenyi.bsky.social & @kristinhersh.bsky.social

Day 25 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky JACK PEPSI - Tad The whole song is an escalating list of bad decisions (truck theft, drunk driving, spinning a heavyweight 4x4 on thin ice) that leads to the inevitable bad consequence and howling panicked terror. youtu.be/pOfMUJVf26c?...

Day 24 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky CAN’T BE SURE - The Sundays youtu.be/yARVs1ZNLjU?...

Day 23 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky DREAMS BURN DOWN - Ride youtu.be/tsmHP3ce010?...

Well that’s Gig Of The Year quite possibly wrapped up even at this early stage. Extraordinary stuff from Jehnny Beth at King Tut’s tonight.

Only my second visit to the legendary King Tut’s, seeing Jehnny Beth and Benefits who released two of my favourite albums of 2025 (both cerebral & visceral assaults on the senses and the sensibilities) & who I’ve only seen before in their predecessor incarnations of Savages & The Chapman Family.

Day 22 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky OBSESSION - Jehnny Beth Off to see her live in Glasgow this evening, so let’s have this savage thunderous outro as today’s choice youtu.be/dkl5Y1TfVYs?...

Day 21 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky WINGWALKER - Shellac youtu.be/jByYAxotG0A?...

Day 20 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky CLIPPED - Curve youtu.be/moAIaLbcKb0?...

Some fairly dystopian views of #Glasgow walking through Glasgow Green by the Clyde late last night.

⚡ LISTENING PARTY⚡ @indieover40.bsky.social show with Steve Williamson 👂 LISTEN FROM 7pm: mixcloud.com/live/VPRAudioClub Bringing those spring vibes, join the EI040 crew for a monthly listening party hangout - all things indie, coming your way.

Always worth looking up now and then when in the city. #glasgow

Day 19 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky C IS THE HEAVENLY OPTION Heavenly (feat Calvin Johnson) As I’m off to see Heavenly live tonight, let’s have this where I just like the contrasting vocals as it builds to the finish. youtu.be/GPW97EPX4QQ?...

Day 18 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky BO DIDDLEY IS JESUS The Jesus and Mary Chain youtu.be/YQPhG5miKPg?...

Day 17 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky PINKY BLUE Altered Images As it’s Clare Grogan’s birthday, “it’s up to fate…” youtu.be/DdJH82JTljU?...

Day 16 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky SENSITIVE The Field Mice youtu.be/E4D6v71_nx0?...

What Swans? Where?!??

“It’s the weekend, so let’s have fun” #NowPlaying #BestSongHeardToday (Scars - “Love Song”) #MusicSky @cherryredrecords.bsky.social

Day 15 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky THE MERCY SEAT Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds It’s already building to an epic sonic climax of biblical proportions, when - among the sturm and drang - the song’s protagonist drops the narrative-inverting “I’m afraid I told a lie…” youtu.be/Ahr4KFl79WI?...

Day 14 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD Ministry After five minutes of high-velocity high-octane hijinks, it all falls away to allow Al Jourgensen space to muse that “Jesus built my car. It’s a love affair, mainly Jesus and my hotrod”. youtu.be/GXCh9OhDiCI?...

Day 13 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky WISH - Cranes youtu.be/DTbZVxKJQRw?...

Day 12 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD NOISE? (Dancepower mix) I do like a song that’s not afraid to go from full on cacophony to a dead stop in half a second. Except when DJing, then it’s a right pain! youtu.be/XRbdns0njs0?...

Day 11 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky MOVING AWAY FROM THE PULSEBEAT Buzzcocks youtu.be/txPFTGfqZ04?...

Day 10 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky LIVING ANOTHER WORLD Talk Talk An exit powered by a squall of squealing harmonica histrionics. youtu.be/fZQZZf_R434?...

Day 9 #ExitMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky PERFECT SKIN Lloyd Cole and the Commotions “Strikes me the moral of this song must be There Never Has Been One” youtu.be/DDoJQH8Pz8s?...

Well that’s Xmas officially over then as I finally got round to building the Lego Millennium Falcon that Santa brought me :-)

to anyone — regardless of where you sit on the gender spectrum — who has ever felt pressured to be a product instead of a person, happy International Women’s Day we can do better, we’re already doing better 🩵 #internationalwomensday