Hearing that the markets are moving for the Guardian's #1 AOTY and the smart money is going on Bongripper's Live at Soulcrusher. youtu.be/nbAItzzemgI?...

Name the last song you’ve heard Going through my favourite albums of the year, one of the reasons I love this is that it reminds me of Mammoth-era Pelican. youtu.be/nbAItzzemgI?...

Oh Dave...

On this day in 1983, on John Peel's show, I first heard the record that blew my 15 year old mind and changed my listening habits overnight. The first song Gina Birch wrote, and it's still stunning. The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl youtu.be/I6Gcia4ouKs?...

Bandcamp Friday haul, excellent all

R3 improving everyone's Sunday with some Herb.

In one week's time in Southampton! Top off your Saturday at that massive Ikea, and come my gig at Heartbreakers! Tickets here: www.seetickets.com/event/gwenif... Or follow the links in bio..............

The season of foggy glasses has arrived.

Eric Coates being prolific as usual. The Brian Eno of his time, he created the daily startup music for the BBC, Associated-Rediffusion, Associated-TV London and TV Wales & The West.

Crowd shot from last night's kneecap gig.

Saw Sports Team in Pompey tonight, guitarist was wearing a 'Family Cat, all other bands are Dogshite' T Shirt, haven't seen one of those for many years. Impressed.

Going on a road trip & taking these friends old & new along for the ride.

BBC Radio 3 Music Planet Now Playing Širom Wilted Superstition Engaged in Copulation

Chosen by Billy Bragg this was an astonishing listen, couldn't work out from which religion it came.

The Quest by Alli Blois & The Orange County Shred Centre Alli has a fine voice not dissimilar to Juni Habel, and closing track 'The Chalice Song' is an uplifting portmanteau paean to wine and celebratory sing along. This is grailcore. halloweenonraspberryhillrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-qu...

Still pinching myself at being invited to the most iconic music venue on the south coast to interview the man who makes it all tick, and what funding from the Music Venues Trust will mean for all involved. Please share, not for my benefit, but for the sake of all small independent music venues.

It’s basically crap that the king has ‘private income’, which will now sustain the ghastly Andrew. He gets about £25m a year from the Duchies which were appropriated by the crown from previous owners and today not taxed. Basically theft or paid for by taxpayers like everything else they took.

Saw this for the first time only quite recently. "I'm taking the microphones to pay for the damage to my axe" #FallFriday youtu.be/1totDTfuMQg?...

Interview with Dave Pearce of Flying Saucer Attack (by David Keenan for Bomb Magazine, 2015) taking about In Search of Spaces:

really enjoying this -

Cooking the Sunday roast with this perfect accompaniment -

TWP, 40 years in the business. I've Stockholm Syndromed my wife with a few bands, most successful of which has been The Wedding Present (gateway drug was Cinerama), to the extent that a few years ago she gave me this.

#strings&drones today. Catching up with back issues of Late Junction and sometimes you hear a piece that just stops you in your tracks. This is quite something. Thank you Jennifer Lucy Allan, great track selections on this show. youtu.be/V9aJlC0Eueg?...

Anyone else seen life affirming gigs this week? Gwenifer Raymond at the Wight Bear in Southbourne last night. Was looking forward to it but quite unprepared for the power, depth of sound, and the ragas! Absolutely stunning.

R3 has been great tonight, earlier on In Concert was the Jess Gillam Ensemble who covered Starman (and Sidney Bechet), mad and joyful it was.

BBC Radio 3 Radio 3 in Concert Now Playing Michael Nyman, Peter Riley & Jess Gillam Ensemble Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds

OTD 1986, John Peel Show: (from the Peel Wiki)

If you see this quote with yr favourite Pokémon

Hug your favourite bass player

Been thinking about the end game for the oligarchs pulling the strings in the US (and exporting their ideology). Cunning but uneducated people. They don't care about history or culture. The earth may end up as a smoking ruin but that's fine as long as they're rich and in charge.

Five plays in and I'm still getting under the skin of this fascinating work. Hints at nuances, for me O'r Coed suggests Joanna Brouk; Carol Mynyddog, Current 93's Dilly Song. I've also had my Mum translating their lyrics. Recommended listening, and they're currently on tour.

Quote with your profile header. Kayak to the Isle of Wight, one pot supper before kipping on the beach.

Hannah Collins performing In Manus Tuas. Composed for her by Caroline Shaw, from a Thomas Tallis motet. youtu.be/9hcSJ27c_4s?...

Post a concert picture you took

I keep returning to this interview with Dr Luke Kemp from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. "History is best told as a story of organised crime." "I’d cap wealth at $10m. That’s far more than anyone needs." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

CD4 'Far' of the 2017 Langsomt Mot Nord set is an outstanding collection of Norwegian folk recordings by Olav Snortheim recorded 1939 - 1973. Featuring langeleik, munnharpe, and horns. Fans of the dulcimer will enjoy the langeleik pieces. This is 'Nissedans' www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdm...

Start time 19:30

RIP Danny Thompson. Here performing Nick Drake's One of These Things First with Zoe Rahman. Stunning. youtu.be/hpwQRqtER30?...

USA 1969 www.velvetundergroundmusic.com The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco / Audio)

You'll find me in the green section, usually located in front of the mixing desk (otherwise I get the tall fear).

enjoying the ed smith/Floyd interaction

2025 to date - best drinking songs - Scree - Either Way screeband.bandcamp.com/track/either... Joseph Allred - The Groundhog josephallred.bandcamp.com/track/the-gr... (Happy bedfellows with Dixie Pig Bar B-Q Blues & Bad Penny Blues)

Stewart Lee met Jim O'Rourke at improv nights in London. toneglow.substack.com/p/014-jim-or...

The Typewriter at the Proms should really be followed by Jack Strachey's In Party Mood , then Herb Alpert's arrangement of Casino Royale.

Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist

BBC Radio 3 In Tune Now Playing Martin Carthy Ye Marriners All

It felt autumnal enough this morning to be riffing on “Blackwaterside”. 🍂 🌕