Hi folks, hope everyone is well, it’s time for the penultimate 1st round group in our debut albums competition, as it’s time to play #5DebutAlbums9599 Pick your top 5 debut albums in order of preference released between 1995-99 including the hashtag Another tough one, I’m going with these picks…

"Lou Reed’s delivery is just nuts – he seems like he’s still on speed or something, but he’s so cool. It’s a raw, New York version of a Shakespearean tragedy. It’s definitely one of his masterpieces." Kurt Vile on #LouReed - ‘Street Hassle’ buff.ly/rR93GXB

That might be too much 😁 But I hope it helps. And I hope you love writing! That might also be the key.

Right wing politicians have spent 50 yrs gutting communities, selling off the future and are now replacing facts with rage bait. Yet Darren is convinced asylum seekers are the reason his life’s crap. Why? It's more complicated than "they're thick" though many are. 8:30pm youtube.com/live/cqax-_b...

Chapter 45 of Dubstack is here, and it's a long one as I look back over the wild week I spent DJing at Brixton Academy 20 years ago... rentparty.substack.com/p/chapter-45...

absolutely over the moon to have an exclusive edition of @arabstrap.scot's brand new album, Half-Told Tales. 2LP yellow vinyl with exclusive 7” vinyl (Half-Told Tales at Home, featuring 2 exclusive home recordings of album tracks: monorailmusic.com/products/ara... Thanks @rockactionrecords.scot!

Arguably the greatest proto-jungle ragga-hiphop-rave crossover album to be made by an act who would go on to tell an audience at the Roundhouse that their favourite type of cake is a lemon drizzle www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Another horrible antisemitic attack. We have to pull out of this spiral of hate. share.google/SvDAaA9Yxy6Y...

WARNING: There is a significant chance that you will die of cringe watching this video.

"I will fix this house by relentless focus on dusting the shelves, and not getting distracted by the fire engulfing the basement." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 The fifth in a series of six episodes recorded during the In the Footsteps of the #Buddha pilgrimage, this instalment was made in Kushinagar, India, in February 2026. On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/3fZM More: plumvillage.org/podcast/in-t... #mindfulness

We’ve been doggedly reporting on Palantir’s contracts with UK state…& this latest one with Met police is both creepy & opaque. Met has used Palantir to spy on its own officers. If it can do this to its own employees…what about the rest of us? By @mc00.bsky.social & @luciaoc.bsky.social

Under a mechanism known as the Dublin Convention, the British government could previously ask fellow EU nations to take people back if they had passed through safe countries en route to the UK -that ended with Brexit & no alternative was agreed making it far more difficult to return any new arrivals

A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️

One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.

#5DebutAlbums9599 A second recommendation that I've not seen in the feed The Mysterious Tale Of How I Shouted Wrong Eyed Jesus by Jim White Certainly must be up for best title in the genre jimwhite.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-...

The bond market is being treated by the media as if it has a veto over any Labour move to the left. The media are, then, complicit in the whole conspiracy to make sure democracy cannot deliver what people want and need so that the wealthy might gain. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Please. No one watch Eurovision. No one update on it. Fuck the state committing genocide. Free the Palestinian people. It's not a hard sacrifice to make.

Despite it being obvious that the time of two-party politics is over, the govt laid out no plans to introduce a fairer voting system in the King's Speech. That's why Green MPs tabled an amendment on the need to bring in proportional representation and make every voice heard.

Hands down the greatest number 1 by a Liverpudlian group whose singer would go on to win best in show at Crufts in 1987 with his Afghan hound Viscount Grant

This tour proving a difficult one - huge drop in numbers - hoping some dates may pick up - the people who are coming along are all lovely though Big show in London on Saturday www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/com... Norwich on Thursday bookbugsanddragontales.com/product/INCE...

#5DebutAlbums9599 #NowSpinning #vinyl Michael Head & The Strands The Magical World Queen Matilda (Demo) youtu.be/krc2Ld5Bsak?...

GLASGOW 4pm Today www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

It is lovely to see that Normally Weird is on the indie book award shortlist I know this sounds wanky, but I am sorta proud of this book www.booksellers.org.uk/Campaigns/in...

The election results in England, Wales and Scotland are a disaster for the Labour Party, and I send commiserations to the many fantastic Labour representatives who have lost their seats. Frankly, if we don’t get our act together, Labour will face total destruction.

"I don’t remember when I started listening but Oumou Sangaré has always been in my life. I just love the melodies and her way of composing – sticking to a theme throughout the song in a monotonous kind of way." Olof Dreijer on Oumou Sangare - Seya buff.ly/ofVpeSB

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

New today is a collection of posts from the Funding the Future blog that explain modern monetary theory. It's a free download (although donations are welcome), and with more than 400 pages, there's enough in it to answer most of your questions. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/downloa...

5 polls out today, the SNP on anything from 59 to 66 seats, the Scottish Greens around 15 to 18. A pro independence majority is looking highly likely, but all independence supporters need to get out and vote. The ghouls of Reform UK are waiting around the corner.

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 7- A Track Where Rhythm Drops Out Entirely For Dramatic Effect. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky There are drops before and during the "tell us why you had to hide away" chorus and before the string-laden outro. youtu.be/aQUlA8Hcv4s?...

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Appreciate an MP speaking out on the medias treatment of Jewish politicians they dislike. Thank you for the solidarity, Sarah.

Arguably the greatest UK top 5 inspired by Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini trying to make contact with his dead mother via a spirit medium after she died while Houdini was trapped under ice while performing a stunt in the Detroit River where he was led to safety by her disembodied voice

SOME NEWS The Nerve is six months old - and growing! Thanks to the incredible support of our growing community of members, we are delighted to announce four major signings as we expand our team of journalists… @pressgazette.co.uk report follows… (mini 🧵)

Me and many of my colleagues continue to push for the Government to come off X hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026...

The 🇩🇪 Greens, the Left/Linke and the social democrats (SPD) all collectively left X today. Coordinated action. Citing chaos and disinformation on the platform. Should inspire many parties in more countries.

NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 The fourth in a series of six episodes recorded during the In the Footsteps of the Buddha pilgrimage, this instalment was made in Vaishali, India, in February 2026. On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/2mZ1 More: plumvillage.org/podcast/in-t... #mindfulness #Buddha

"We don’t fully know what is driving the rising demand for #mentalhealth services" Well Wes, suggest you look to poverty and inequality, the cost-of-living crisis, rigid discipline in schools forced to become #ExamFactories, #ClimateEmergency... www.independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-m...

Thanks to all who took the time to vote in #5DebutAlbums7579 the top 100 chart is attached. The top 30 automatically progress to the semi finals, a few more will be biting their nails to see if they get through via a wildcard. At the top were Joy Division with Unknown Pleasures, congrats to them 👍

'The Welsh language is no longer perceived as an archaic and insular relic. And it was five/ six indie rock stoners who genuinely had more to do with that shift than any number of sensible Senedd initiatives.' Reissue of the Week: Precreation Percolation by #SuperFurryAnimals buff.ly/QsV26R4

When Jewish people speak out against genocide, why are our voices dismissed? And smirking while I describe someone Nazi-saluting at me isn’t just disrespectful - it feels deeply antisemitic. youtu.be/7VkfYJgLljE?...

Left: Keir Starmer criticising Zack Polanski for wondering why the police kicked a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head Right: Footage of the police kicking a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head

Extremist is the death and destruction that Benjamin Netanyahu government brings on a daily basis. Extremist is them introducing the death penalty for Palestinians. Extremist is this apartheid, genocidal Israeli Government that our Government shamefully supports.

I've been all over Glasgow today! So many people here are excited to vote for a fairer, greener & kinder Scotland 💚✊🗳️ In Glasgow and plenty of other regions the last seat may well come down to the @scottishgreens.org or Reform, so make sure to vote Green on your peach ballot!

Arguably the greatest gospel-infused house top 10 to be produced by the guy who engineered the vocal sessions on the Wrongtom Meets Ragga Twins album, and is now assisting the Master Of The Kings Music

Monorail exclusive: Warren James' debut LP Tales From Film City, on 'snazzy orange' vinyl and CD. Both signed! It’s a brilliant snapshot of this slightly unlikely combo - odd and loveable, Glasgow in early evening sunshine. Pre-order here - monorailmusic.com/products/tal...

Hi folks, hope all’s well, it’s time for voting in #5DebutAlbums7579 the latest edition of our competition to determine the greatest debut album of all time. For this round, you’ll need to pick your top 5 released between 1975-79. I’ll let the behemoths fight this one out and go with these picks…

A financial crash may be coming: this is the moment to review your pension, savings and debt position youtu.be/-nwYryNrQdU?...

It's very convenient that the Labour Govenrment are starting to talk about rent freezes days before an elections against the Green Party. Notice they've not actually announced it so they'll pretend it was never the plan. For real rent controls & council housing - Vote Green.

There were over 12,000 private jet flights in Scotland in 2024. These daft toys of the super-rich are 20-30 times more polluting than regular flights. It's time to ground them.