The music journalist reflects on his tenure at the Financial Times, the tension between covering superstars and the unknown, and how transcribing interviews by hand remains a moral compulsion in an age of automated everything. Ludo Hunter-Tilney — A Five-Star Pop Critic in a Three-Star World:

Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95

The Human Recommendation airs at 8pm, tune in on 101.3 FM in Galway city or via the web stream at flirtfm.ie 📻 #Teamhuman

Happy world radio day on Friday the 13th! www.instagram.com/p/DUs15vyj7d...

👀..."Smartlinks take the Parachord philosophy – your music is everywhere, now you don’t have to be – and extend it to sharing. One link, every listener, every service. The way sharing music should have always worked." parachord.com/blog/2026/02...

I had a great conversation with #slowcore artist 'how r u' about the genre and more, now available on @nialler9.com

Listen back to show #48 of The Human Recommendation on the @flirtfm.ie archive on @mixcloud.bsky.social here: www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... Playlist details below 👇 #Teamhuman

Tune in at your 8pm 📻 #Teamhuman

On the air at 8pm GMT with show #48 of The Human Recommendation on @flirtfm.ie 101.3 FM in Galway city and via the web stream at flirtfm.ie Another hour with an eceltic mix of #indie, #alternative, #slowcore, #shoegaze & indie folk! Also, subscribe to the show on @mixcloud.bsky.social #TeamHuman 📻

@antontreuer.bsky.social Boozhoo Anton, I came across your videos as part of my interview research for an indigenous musician that I have great respect for and am looking to learn a little more about Anishinaabe culture. Any recommendations for books & websites, would be appreciated. Miigwech

It’s a whole week since the new @whitelands.bsky.social album ’Sunlight Echoes’ came out and as the exclusive red vinyl version of the album has now totally sold out, we've made a lovely cassette which is available to buy now...

The Human Recommendation interview series continues, #54 now available on @mixcloud.bsky.social where I caught up with Erica and Guillaume from French-American duo Special Friend, their excellent new album 'Clipping' releases March 20th www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

Yay 🎉...New music from Broken Social Scene 🇨🇦! Album on the way in May youtu.be/fJoqT8LPe04?...

Listen back to The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 #47, @mixcloud.bsky.social play back link available: www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... Playlist details 👇 #teamhuman

Listen to The Human Recommendation on @flirtfm.ie FM 101.3 tonight at 8pm from Radio Garden 📻 #teamhuman radio.garden/listen/flirt...

Montreal Darlings @thedears.bsky.social will begin their UK & European tour in Feb, in support of Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! I spoke with Natalia Yanchak on the Ups, the Downs and the In-Betweens.Interview online at Atwood Magazine atwoodmagazine.com/lblblb-the-d...

My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream

'Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994' , a New @simonreynolds.bsky.social book on the way via @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social ra.co/news/84452 #shoegaze

Speaking of tiling, new Vivaldi made tiling a lot easier to do. Great feature add If you want a browser that is avoiding AI slop, Vivaldi is it. vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...

Available to read on the Blowtorch Records blog, my latest interview, where I spoke with Spencer Enock from London indie dreamers Pynch about their sophomore album 'Beautiful Noise' & being in a #DIY band with your best friends (and brother!) blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…#indiei#teamhumanan

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New music coming from Vancouver's PC Dagg tomorrow www.instagram.com/reel/DUBe-0p... #musicdiscovery

Miss #46 of The Human Recommendation radio show last night 📻 ? Listen back on @mixcloud.bsky.social Playback link:👇 www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... Show playlist details below: #Teamhuman #musicdiscovery

Tune in tonight at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie 📻 #teamhuman #musicdiscovery

Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch. Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes tells us why Ways of Listening breaks new ground as our first ever multidisciplinary creative project. Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening

Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch. Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...

This year, entrants include the seven-foot-tall synthesis of a double-bass and the classical Indian instrument known as a rudraveena, a “cyborg woodwind" www.popsci.com/technology/w...

@ernie.tedium.co just a fyi cybernews.com/security/dev...

Listen back to The Human Recommendation radio show #45 📻 on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... #teamhuman

We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?” @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social citiesandmemory.com/listening

The Human Recommendation airs tonight at 8pm 📻 on FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie Show #45 will feature another eceltic mix of indie genres from slowcore to shoegaze and alt and folk rock #teamhuman

First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model. Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore

First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model. Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore

Keep up with all things The Human Recommendation with my @buttondown.com monthly newsletter📨. This email contains music recommendations including @statusnonstatus.bsky.social , an Irish EP I'm looking forward to, Winged Wheel's new album and Whitelands. Read it here: buttondown.com/thehumanreco...

My first piece for Atwood Magazine, 'Lifting the Spirit of the Anishinaabe Experience Through Music': A Conversation with Ribbon Skirt’s Billy Riley atwoodmagazine.com/rsbd-ribbon-... #postpunk

This weeks show has a new position in the student radio chart. Miss the show? listen 🎧 back on @mixcloud.bsky.social #teamhuman

First radio show of 2026 in the can, 📻 listen back to #44 of The Human Recommendation on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch... #Teamhuman

cootie catcher: “Puzzle Pop” www.punknews.org/article/8730...

Behind the scenes of At All , our new single, out now on @youvechanged.bsky.social

The Human Recommendation radio show 📻 returns this evening with #44, the first show of 2026 at 8pm on @flirtfm.ie in Galway City and via the web stream at Flirtfm.ie So much new music to get through! 🎧🎸 #Teamhuman

Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78

Here's your very occasional reminder to follow @wfmu.bsky.social for daily announcements of special programs on the world's greatest radio station, including its web-only streams. Very low-noise account. Or check here anytime for a full listing: www.wfmu.org/upcoming

What a wild project he has delivered! Check out our interview and more details about this inspiring project at idioteq.com/seee-how-com... #diy #punk #zines #fanzine #fanzinet #italianpunk #hardcore #hardcorepunk

SESSION: Tiberius are Alive in the Basement for WNYU! Engineered by @leilanijpatao.bsky.social ❤️ youtu.be/batcY3ySRow?...

the Matador Recommendations playlist has been updated for January 2026 with new or newish stuff from Daily Toll, Screensaver, Garrett T. Caps, Equipment Pointed Ankh, Rat Heart, Creative Writing and more matador.ffm.to/recommends

The new @whitelands.bsky.social single ‘Blankspace’ is out now on all digital platforms ahead of the release of their second album, ‘Sunlight Echoes’, on January 30.

Or additionally, listen to The Human Recommendation radio show on @flirtfm.ie 🎧 #TeamHuman

Anishinaabe musician and artist @statusnonstatus.bsky.social have announced their new album 'Big Changes' which at its core, is an act of community-building and will be available March 6th via Youvechanged Records. But the album’s crunchy first single, “At All” is out today across streaming 🎧🎸

To commemorate the 79th anniversary of David Bowie's birth & nearly the 10th anniversary of his passing, I've written a mini-history of Bowie's website from 2004 to 2016 — including why he shunned social media ("Dropped my cell phone down below"). cybercultural.com/p/bowienet-2... #BowieForever 👨‍🎤