It bears repeating: music lovers use their hi-fi to listen to music. Audiophiles use music to listen to their hi-fi.

Here’s a taster of the joys and jolts to be found in the Stewart Lee narrated audiobook of Steve Hanleys life in The Fall. THE BIG MIDWEEK. 11.5 hours of humour and horror. DRINK IT UP! @stephenhanley6.bsky.social #TheFall #stewartlee

Happy new year! appreciate all the support on 2025! Apologies for the hard sell on NYD, but ES are offering 26% off TZ vinyl. Enter code HELLO2026 elasticstage.com/tuftzong/rel...

Happy New Year everyone!

I've just released the usual FREE festive EP as a small token of my gratitude for all the support for my music again this year over on my Bandcamp page. I hope you enjoy it and thanks once again. ❤️🙏 veryan.bandcamp.com/album/broken...

I'm thoroughly enjoying 'Gulf Mix' courtesy of Habibi Funk 😃 youtu.be/p4EMpUri4Es?...

Pressies today 🙏👌

Who has the best melodies in electronic music? And why do we never talk about this. In my latest Substack I look at nine masters of the overlooked art. Your opinions very much invited. linenoise.substack.com/p/who-has-th...

Anthony Rother with his annual new album giveaway (name your price) anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/exit-u...

Hey, you can view all of our heartfelt top 10 charts of the year over at @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Always a nice little treasure trove for discovering new stuff. www.thewire.co.uk/issues/chart...

Ken Downie, founding member of British electronic group The Black Dog, has died. The group helped pioneer the “home-listening” aesthetic in techno music. FIve-Song Peel Session of The Black Dog recorded December 12, 1994. Length: 31:49. #RIPKenDownie m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTx...

Not seen this yet, will probably watch later m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xol6...

Thanks for a wonderful year and some more incredible music from qd artists - and gift for you all qd00 fields we found - chroma - now out for everyone x Seventeen incredible artists delivering stunning albums, in their own inimitable style, showing the endless ways quiet details can be interpreted

It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.

Oh my…..RIP, Ken Downie from The Black Dog

It's time for "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead to be fully embraced as a Christmas song.

The Best Holiday Movies of the Century, Ranked: www.metacritic.com/pictures/the... #11pmspecial #7 - The Holdovers [82] is a $4 VOD: "When it’s over, the chill it leaves in your spine is destined to last nearly as long as the smile on your face." - Oliver Jones, Observer

ACL 2025 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year acloserlisten.com/2025/12/19/a...

This 70 track compilation from Omnidisc, celebrating 10 years, looks awesome, with tracks from Anthony Rother, Wata Igarashi, Barker and Baumecker, Danny Daze, VRIL, Vivian Koch, AAAA and bunch more. Apart from that, it's only $20! omnidisc.bandcamp.com/album/omnidi...

Hey there! I put up a live recording on Bandcamp today. 22 minutes of soft tunes recorded in April. Take a gander. Love you all! whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

We've had a great 2025, to say thank you, these 4 are free or pay what you want as a thank you for all the support we've had. We may even leave the house in 2026! theblackdog.bandcamp.com

hey guys I posted my AOTY 2025 list. optimisticunderground.com/2025/12/15/1...

Lists of the year's best music are fun, but they're too safe! My list shows you 10 random picks from a pool of 605 (with streaming links). I think they're all good, but you probably won't see the best ones. Is that still worth your time? Can you afford to take the chance without the best assurances?

Currently listening to “Charles Dickens Ghost Stories”, read by David Suchet www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Biodegradable coffin, made of mushrooms www.core77.com/posts/139559...

Oh yeah, it's always time to reshare this amazing mix for the holidays. If you haven't heard this, absolutely treat yourself. @liledit.bsky.social took a look back at what it is and how it happened the other year.

Peaches shares her recent discoveries with @thenerve.news, including a rather fetching 'Dickanter' www.thenerve.news/p/recommende...

charli xcx - the realities of being a pop star itscharlibb.substack.com/p/the-realit...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair www.themoviedb.org/movie/414419...

For anyone that missed it...This was the last interview BURIAL conducted before he stopped doing them..A good read : danhancox.substack.com/p/burials-la...

Check out the @woodfordhalse.bsky.social Bandcamp page & thanks to everyone who’s supported all my releases this year. 🙏🏻

Come on guys I’m not seeing much chat about this. A lot to take in.

The second 'No Tags' book is available to buy: "No Tags: Conversations on underground music culture, Vol. 2" notagspodcast.myshopify.com/products/no-...

Been catching up with @lippykidmusic.bsky.social's excellent '52 Albums To Shape A Soul' series. When's the book coming out Paul 😉 lippykidmusic.substack.com/p/52-albums-... Only one more to go!

As part of Matthew Blackwell’s “The Best Field Recordings of 2025” for Bandcamp he highlights an intriguing sound album by Joshua Bonnetta, who recorded a single pine tree in upstate New York for a full year, and made four 1 hour tracks to represent each season daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...

(please listen to this, if you want to understand what life was like before the internet & how people went about their life's)... Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1970s youtu.be/Sbi0UNdCxB4?...

Accidentally discovered my personal Bandcamp round-up here bandcamp.com/2025/ along with other interesting annual stats, like longest listening party and the album added to the most wishlists.

Just posted the English version of an article I wrote this summer for Ele-king's magazine/book of essays on America. The gist is "What does music sound like without America at the centre?" and I suppose more broadly The Problem With America: totalexposure.jimdofree.com/2025/12/11/s...

Nearly Christmas innit, so treat yourself to a ticket to my gig in February: shipleytriangle.com/collections/...

Sick of search engine slop? Like to try the @kagi.com search engine, free for three months? Drop me your email in my DMs and I'll send you a link. Other than first come first served, it's a time limited offer from Kagi.

Interesting article about RSS. I’m a strong advocate of managing your own news feed, rather than consuming the algorithmic slop big tech prefers you ingest. RSS enables that. You don’t even need to be particularly tech savvy to use RSS. Start using RSS, you won’t look back! werd.io/why-rss-matt...

Here's my 30 track round up of favourite techno/electro/bass/acid/breaks/electronica releases of 2025 with music from @polypores.bsky.social @dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com @plant43.bsky.social @posthuman.bsky.social and more youtu.be/gktLp-WHSis?... or hearthis.at/simon.heartf...

Out now: The Nerve's Best Books of 2025. Feat: @elizabethalker.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @sevenstories.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @jennashworth.bsky.social

Here are some of my highlights from Bluesky in 2025: - Users interacted with: 765 - Number of words written: 12,045 - Posts per day: 0.9 - Most liked post: 37 likes - Unique emoji count: 34 See your highlights here: anisota.net/harvest

Fuck Your Charts & Wraps theblackdog.bandcamp.com

For me, the definitive sound of walking around mid-90s Sheffield with my Walkman

Just noticed Temple of Transparent Balls, the debut release from The Black Dog, is available as 'name your price' gprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/temple...

Somewherecold Records is having a year-end 25% off sale til December 7. The code for the discount is: 2025end Link to my recordings in my bio. If you don’t dig my stuff, SWC has a whole host of diverse music offerings. Buy some, try some. 🎄💚

I am delighted to post that I have a new Swansither album now up for pre-order on my BandCamp swansither.bandcamp.com/album/holdin... Release date is 5th Dec, but you can hear two tracks now. It is available on CD, with handmade sculpted artwork in two finishes.

Introduce yourself with 5 acts you've seen The Wedding Present Throwing Muses Pavement Julian Cope Sebadoh