Thanks to Andrew for sharing my radio mix special, it makes me very happy that it is being listened to out in the wild. Check out his album recommendations from 2025 andrewdubber.com/albums-20-20...

Your 2025 wasn't quiet, here's the proof. #Playback25 is OUT NOW ▶︎ https://t.co/7B3LDbxzRh

'The Music of What Happens' A Human Recommendation Special Mix available on @mixcloud.bsky.social contains best of indie, sound bites, sports moments, archive digs & more. Hopefully it can provide a musical accompaniment to a journey, Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit ☘️🇮🇪 www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

my annual year-end mix, 103 mp3s i've known & loved, 7 hours of music ready for shuffling & affronting darkness. drive.google.com/file/d/1GyQz...

Happy new year! The latest issue of Dublin magazine The GOO has arrived to kick off 2026 and features a couple of interviews I hosted, one with the awesome The Altered Hours whose self titled album was one of the best Irish albums this year. Read the issue here: tr.ee/ZaoF3K5eKm

I've been looking back, reflecting on the past year and forward to a new one. Here is a 2 HOUR celebration of the best of Irish indie music, a special radio mix available on @mixcloud.bsky.social Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit ☘️🇮🇪 www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

Brian Eno's book and album recommendations youtu.be/JWjtQ5IGr2w?...

@spinningindie.bsky.social fyi, on the uncertain futures of campus radio stations across Canada 👀 maisonneuve.org/article/2025...

spent quality snow-eve time with @loriemerson.net's brilliant & inspiring "other networks," an asynchronous history of non-internet communications. like many readers, i imagine, it made me think of others that might belong & my contribution is... jukeboxes! shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...

Catching up on the Dingle @othervoiceslive.bsky.social performances including this set by Dove Ellis youtu.be/pNN73b9oSS4?...

My Final Human Recommendation @buttondown.com newsletter of 2025 with album and EP picks, read it here 👇 buttondown.com/thehumanreco... #teamhuman

Did a big update to the Album of the Year spreadsheet now that list season is slowing down. The sleepers tab is also now live, but it produced some amusing results this year.

Next up on The Human Recommendation interview podcast, I spoke with Natalia Yanchak from @thedears.bsky.social Their excellent album 'Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful! Life is Beautiful!' is one of my AOTY. Listen to the conversation on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

Tune in this evening at 8pm on the @flirtfm.ie web stream to count down the international albums of the year from The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 It's the last show until the new year, thanks for your listening company in 2025. #TeamHuman

It was such a pleasure to catch The Altered Hours live tonight at Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church. They were wonderful in an awesome setting. I think their self titled third album is their best to date and one of the best Irish releases this year.

Get to know Cork's Ash Red and their debut album 'The Foreign Game', available via Blowtorch Records #postpunk damienjoyce.medium.com/leeside-post...

Burnin' Up in Nova Scotia — The Boojums Bring the Fire, my piece for @thetonearm.com New Frontiers column www.thetonearm.com/burnin-up-in...

Recording their debut album live off the floor in just seven days, Eastern Canadian trio The Boojums channel garage rock fury and Maritime folk traditions into songs that capture a regional scene experiencing its own creative renaissance. Burnin' Up in Nova Scotia — The Boojums Bring the Fire:

Love music? Love festivals? Love travelling? 24:1900 music festival is almost upon us. 24-1900.live 24 artists, 24 time zones, all performing at 7pm local time over 24 hours, 6-7 December. See link for more details & tickets #MusicSky

Tune in this evening to The Human Recommendation at 8pm on @flirtfm.ie 101.3 FM in Galway city and streaming via the web at flirtfm.ie for the best indie and alternative music from Ireland and around the globe🌎 #TeamHuman

Florence Road on @othervoiceslive.bsky.social streaming on YouTube here: youtube.com/live/vHeRAK_Ft… 🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸

@assaf.bsky.social Just a fyi, something for your newsletter justoffbyone.com/posts/math-o...

Stay up to date with The Human Recommendation radio show and podcast with my latest @buttondown.com newsletter, also some new release recs including Cork band Ash Red's debut album buttondown.com/thehumanreco... #TeamHuman

Reached a small milestone in recording interview #50 of The Human Recommendation podcast on @mixcloud.bsky.social. I loved talking to each act, getting to know them a little and discussing their music that means everything to them. (Music is "Kingdom" by Scattered Ashes who provided permission)

Miss Monday's radio show? Catch back up with the playback link on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... Playlist details below 👇

Spotify acquiring WhoSampled is a pretty big deal (off-hand mention in this press release). When did that happen? artists.spotify.com/blog/spotlig...

More great music on the way! Tune in 8pm Monday on @flirtfm.ie and streaming via the web at flirtfm.ie 📻 @whitelands.bsky.social dropped a new single Songbird (Forever) from their upcoming album'Sunlight Echoes' ❤️ and so much more. (Follow the show on @mixcloud.bsky.social) #TeamHuman

ICYMI @whitelands.bsky.social have released a new single ahead of their biggest London headline gig to date. ‘Songbird (Forever)’ is the third preview of their forthcoming album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ and is a string-laden slice of breathless pop beauty, full of love and with a real sense of hopefulness

Tune in this evening to The Human Recommendation radio at 8pm on @flirtfm.ie in Galway city and streaming via the web at flirtfm.ie for the best indie and alternative music from Ireland and around the globe #TeamHuman

Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast, I spoke with Billie Riley from Ribbon Skirt. Their debut album, 'Bite Down' released back in April on Mint Records was met with critical acclaim. Listen to the conversation on @mixcloud.bsky.social 👇 www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

For your music reading consideration, subscribe to the 'Talk of The Tonearm' newsletter ✉️ curated by @8sided.blog for @thetonearm.com www.thetonearm.com/email/7b18c1...

the new edition of the Talk Of The Tonearm is spilling over with multitudes + some of those are dripping into your email inboxes right this minute Peter Knight! Adrian Sherwood! Saintseneca! Lea Bertucci! MONO! it's all there💥 see it with your own eyes + please subscribe for bonus bountification →

Today's Tonal Treat ✨ #SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TonalTreat

Saintseneca's 'Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs' is a stunning record, available via @lameorecords.bsky.social and multi instrumentalist Zac Little is a fascinating character. Find out more about both in my interview with Zac in @thetonearm.com www.thetonearm.com/two-moons-ov...

Five years and 21 songs into 'Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs,' Saintseneca's Zac Little unveils an album that mirrors the cycle of a planetary system, its melodies pulled into orbit around a central landscape. @damienjoyce.bsky.social digs in. Two Moons Over Columbus — Saintseneca's World of Song:

It's one year since we went public with @thetonearm.com. My partner in it, and our editor-in-chief @8sided.blog, has brought extraordinary vision to building a creative and principles-based independent media publication. Please consider becoming a supporter: www.thetonearm.com/#/portal/signup

Eric’s Trip is one of my favourite bands… so it only made sense to record a cover of the iconic View Master when we built our home studio ! Out now on all frickin’ platforms and via @youvechanged.bsky.social - no lawyers, no contracts Stream now- tr.ee/lIm2SHtB1P

Next up on The Human Recommendation @mixcloud.bsky.social podcast is Cork based band The Altered Hours. They release their excellent self-titled third album Nov 7th. They spoke about working with Julie McLarnon & the enjoyment of making music with your friends + more www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

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Lots of great indie music from multiple genres coming up this evening on show #38 of The Human Recommendation on @flirtfm.ie including an exclusive ✨ 1st listen to the new single from @statusnonstatus.bsky.social Tune in at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city or stream via flirtfm.ie

Mono 😍🔥🎸

New music coming next week from @statusnonstatus.bsky.social with "View Master" a Eric’s Trip cover, one of Adam's favourite bands. Hear it first on @FlirtFM.ie, college radio from the west coast of Ireland.. on The Human Recommendation show Monday at 8pm GMT via flirtfm.ie 📻 #indie #alternative

I gotta tell you, this newsletter was a tough one as I really could use a break <tiny 🎻> but I must persevere, all for the glory of The Tonearm! and persevere I did! Jeff Parker, Dylan Henner, Funeral Lakes, Aiko Takahashi, and the recording duo of Bill Brennan + Andy McNeill more inside →

Tune in to The Human Recommendation radio show Monday evening at 8pm on @flirtfm.ie for exclusive first plays of new singles from Dublin based bands telekura and Skyless! #TeamHuman

Album releases today 🎉

I'd never heard of Funeral Lakes before, but am really digging their music after reading this profile of em by @damienjoyce.bsky.social -- www.thetonearm.com/settler-myth...

New split featuring our buds @gololimpicomx.bsky.social — great Spanish language emo music.apple.com/us/album/cua...

Chris Hemer and Sam Mishos discuss their latest release, 'Mountains Turned to Dust,' how revisionist westerns and Willie Dunn's counter-narratives inform their music, and why they remain committed to the album as an organizing principle. Settler Myths and Reverb — Funeral Lakes Rewrite the Western:

Coming up on this evening's radio show on @flirtfm.ie at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city and streaming via the web at flirtfm.ie The Human Recommendation show #36 features some awesome indie and alternative music! #TeamHuman

For those who prefer a written interview, some thoughts on 'Troubadour' and chat with Tiberius. Their album releases via @audioantihero.bsky.social November 14th damienjoyce.medium.com/troubadour-i... #farmemo #EMO #Indie