#NowPlaying #MusicSky Inferno | Boards of Canada Just can’t keep anyway from it. A few reviews have been pretty sniffy - including The Guardian - but that’s music in a nutshell I suppose. People hearing different things when they listen to it. Personally, I am finding it utterly mesmerising.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Beautiful Sunday edition: - Grandaddy - Boards of Canada - Beth Orton - Lucid Express

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Inferno | Boards of Canada 1st time through front to back. There are moments of zoned-out drift, some lovely melancholy moments but the overarching feeling is 1 of unease/claustrophobia. ‘I Saw Through Platonia’ has a heartbeat for its rhythm…then it just stops. Last album?

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Tomorrow’s Harvest | Boards of Canada Inferno arrived at HQ today, and that will go on later when everyone is off to bed etc. Seemed fair enough to play what is still my favourite BoC album to date as prep. So dystopian & cinematic, I still get lost in this so easily.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky LP4 | American Football One of my favourite albums of the year…gets better and better with every listen. They are such a superb band. Even my better half reluctantly admitted today that “they are actually alright”, something rarely heard in this parts.

#LiveMusic #MusicSky Looking forward to seeing Allah-Las play for the first time in September. Great to see so many top bands visiting Belfast these days.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Oshin | DIIV Finally got my mitts on this lovely slab of wax (with new artwork). Throughly enjoying it…at least until my youngest sons ruined it by sticking on one of those annoying Mario dance party things. Sounding glorious this morning (well, it was). @normanrecords.com

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Friday evening edition: - Bruce Springsteen - I Break Horses - The Hanging Stars - American Football

My brother’s latest band, The Dead Religion (which includes other ex-Kontiki Suite members too), have just released their debut single over on Bandcamp. Any shares/reposts to help spread the word, would be greatly appreciated 🙌🏼😊 #MusicSky thedeadreligion.bandcamp.com/track/guitar...

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 1. Tournament First track, first album, first place. Such a stunning way to kick things off. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn13... Thanks to @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & @geodrew.bsky.social, our faithful hosts.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky The River | Bruce Springsteen Post-dinner cleanup underway with The Boss👌

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 2. The Wall & I What a way to finish. Save the best for last (almost). Wonderful stuff. m.youtube.com/watch?v=LkLT...

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 The State of Being Human | The Shop Window | 2021 Excellent debut from the always excellent Carl Mann and TSW. Their trio of albums are always worth a gander. Definite contender. @theshopwindow.bsky.social

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 S/T | Chime School | 2021 Another of the seemingly endless conveyer belt of great bands on the @slumberlandrecords.com label. This may just miss out on my 5, but it is a cracking suite of jangle-pop loveliness.

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Forever, Whatever | October Drift | 2020 No more, sadly, but they have left a legacy of 3 great albums and a whole slew of remarkable live shows. Such a good debut…the likes of Just Got Caught, Don’t Give Me Hope & Naked are right up with their best.

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 3. On Division St Easy to see why this is a fan favourite. Synth stabs & Ian’s vocals driving the whole thing. What’s not to like? m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfR...

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Coin de L’oeil | Healees | 2024 This Paris-based quartet are from the US, France, Belgium & Sweden. Assembled from far & wide and the music takes in all sorts of influences. Not exactly sure what to call it…jangle-gaze maybe? Superb from start to finish.

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Every Heaven | Humdrum | 2024 Another contender is this gem from 2024. Side A in particular is just glorious. A top 5 AOTY 2 years ago. Wonderful stuff. @heyhumdrum.bsky.social

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Albion | Harp | 2023 Inexplicably left off my long list, Tim Smith’s first full venture since leaving Midlake is astonishingly good & a certainty for my 5.

#5DebutAlbums2026 A lot of great debuts to choose from…no doubt a few more will pop into my head given I am so terrible at remembering these things. Here is a shortlist of sorts for now….

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Opaque | Mo Dotti Last of the evening is another contender for my 5 (probably certainty). 1 of my favourite shoegaze debuts of recent times & gives a nod to past influences while sounding fresh. Reckon this will be hailed as a shoegaze classic in a few years time.

#NowPlaying #5DebutAlbums2026 Modern Fiction | Ducks Ltd | 2021 So many great albums to choose from, but this Canadian gem is a definite contender. Rattles by at around 1.53 seconds per song…infectious, jangly joy with irresistible hooks.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Coral Island | The Coral Been enjoying their excellent new back-to-basics album, so 1st time in a while giving their conceptual magnum opus a spin. Really is a superb double album & more than justifies its running length. James is 1 of my favourite vocalists these days.

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 4. Rush & Fever A lot of moving parts but it is a supremely well crafted song. Picks up and drops off in all the right places. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UYoN...

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 5. The Motorist The alternate spoken/sung vocals work wonderfully on a slice of pure 80s brilliance. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPY...

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 6. Automobile It starts getting impossible now. I just find the songs from here on almost indistinguishable in their brilliance. Something has to come in 6th I suppose. The 1st of 2 car-themed tracks😎 m.youtube.com/watch?v=30h_...

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 7. Sacred Tongue Lyrically such an exquisite song: “But as I watch you recline Serpent, siren & saint congregate inside And I look back on another time, colourblind Coloured by the weight of a sacred tongue” m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gfg...

#NewMusic #MusicSky A few great discoveries this year. In particular… - The Besnard Lakes - White Flowers - Lucid Express - American Football My pick of the bunch though are Magic Castles….what a band! Thanks @tarikthirteen.bsky.social & @richierouse.bsky.social for the recommendation. Again😊

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Sound Dust | Stereolab Delighted to finally get my hands on Stereolab’s 7th. It’s a wonderful album. One of their most underrated I think…a band at the top of their game, more than enough twists and turns and full of warmth. Superb.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Instant Comfort | Lucid Express My favourite shoegaze release of the year is the perfect tonic to the most stressful month I can remember in a job I’ve been in for 21 years. It’s a hazy, melodic thing of beauty.

Introducing myself with 10 bands I’ve seen live October Drift Ride Mogwai Belle & Sebastian The Chameleons Teenage Fanclub Lambchop Wilco Sparklehorse The Frames

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 8. Friend Machine Like stepping into a time machine this one…straight from the 80s playbook. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cIBM...

#5DebutAlbums9599 #NowPlaying Some Dusty | Birdie Just the most gorgeous album of sunshine-y soft-pop. With trumpets and Wurlitzer aplenty. Another gem from the incomparable @slumberlandrecords.com Definitely a contender.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Midweek edition.

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 9. September Again One of the more melancholy tracks on a tonally varied album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixv7...

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Dreams for Somebody Else | White Flowers Over the moon to get this gem on the turntable finally. It’ll be some album that knocks this off my AOTY top spot. It’s a reflective album, frequently stunningly beautiful. So, so good.

#NewArrivals #NowPlaying Delivery today courtesy of the always wonderful @normanrecords.com Excited about finally getting Rocketship & my album of the year on the turntable. - Magic Castles - Stereolab - Rocketship - White Flowers

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language 10. Indignities The only track I am open to skipping. It’s not a bad song to be fair, it just seems so in comparison to the rest of a spectacular debut. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxT...

#ArtistFaveLP Introduction, Presence | Nation of Language

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums From the sublime to the ridiculous, weather-wise. Just sublime music though.

#last4albums #NowPlaying Weekend edition. - The Besnard Lakes - Hania Rani - Ride - Kiasmos

Name ten more bands/musicians you've obsessed over at some point :🎶 Sigur Ros The Verve Paul Weller Phoebe Bridgers Gene David Bowie Funkadelic Okkervil River The Felice Brothers American Football

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Iron & Wine 1. Fever Dream One of my favourite songs of all time. Can’t even explain why…it kind of just appears, then stays quiet, like you are in the room with him. The guitar is precise, the sibling voices connected. Just lands every time. Wonderful stuff.

#MusicChallenge Name 10 acts you've obsessed over at some point: Oasis The Beatles Radiohead Wilco There Will Be Fireworks New Order Tom Waits Ryan Adams Teenage Fanclub Beth Orton

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge 2. Bird Stealing Bread The song that locked me into the genius of Sam Beam. The highlight of his lo-fi debut still hits me hard every time I hear it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Qr...

#NowPlaying #MusicSky American Football (4) This band have absolutely blown me away in the last few days. Can’t stop listening to them, obsessively so. What an album self-titled 4 is.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge 3. Resurrection Fern Final pick from TSD. It’s a political allegory of sorts, with some of the deftest wordplay in his entire discography. m.youtube.com/watch?v=90cZ...

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Iron & Wine 4. The Trapeze Singer 9 1/2 minutes long yet somehow doesn’t feel long enough. Astonishing songwriting. m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6HT...

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Daylight Storms | Air Formation Taking a break from all things American Football to tune back into 1 of my favourite shoegaze bands. This, along with the self-titled album & the magisterial Near Miss, is quite the trio. Daylight Storms is superb. @airformation.bsky.social

#5DebutAlbums9599 #NowPlaying American Football (1) So late to the party on this one. Played it for the first time 3 days ago…it’s now had 5 complete run throughs and I have to say, it is astonishingly good. Ticks every box, plus a few new ones. Better late than never I suppose…