New single from The Lemon Twigs, back to 1967 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OHu...

NEW post: Cowboy Junkies "this prolific band has released album after album for 40 years. Their strike rate is outstanding, one of the most satisfying bodies of work in rock and roll" Tony Thompson (author of The Doors On Track) picks his 10 best #CowboyJunkies www.toppermost.co.uk/cowboy-junki...

The Book Of Mormon at the Leeds Grand. Haven't laughed so much in ages. Outrageous and so totally wrong it's totally right. In it's own subversive way, as divinely inspired as the ACTUAL BoM.

Two poorly grandkids to look after. Much as I wish them 100% health, I love these occasional days.

Jimmy Cliff RIP When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun youtu.be/rt10xjeIKlY?... @theclash.com @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @dubcadet.bsky.social @ndb66.bsky.social @stevomusicman.bsky.social

30 November 1973. I want Gary Brooker's jacket www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0x...

In!

Aside from Finn and Cook the TNT cricket commentary is borderline puerile

youtube.com/watch?v=cXgO... 1980. Tribute to Roy Orbison. Crosby looks SO chuffed.

In favour of this

Never quite understand why the urge to reach for Mark Lanegan descends. Might be the onset of winter. Anyway, that voice

Oh my

I’ve been immersing myself in this for the last few weeks. 30 songs, 1hr 52 min and, in sequence, flows like a mountain stream. Equal to anything in the gargantuan Wilco catalogue, profound, spatial and comforting in these dark times.

This is so tragic. A fearlessly original and uncompromising poet-musician

Avett Bros and Mike Patton is a collaboration from the left field but the album is nothing short of magnificent. It needs an acceptance of the Avett earnestness but it’s more than redeemed by the glimpses of Faith No More absurdism youtu.be/5Jk3tg_hS2E?...

How does this sound? (reposts appreciated) #xtclisteningparty

Not to denigrate their original credentials but Cowboy Junkies do stellar covers, their slowcore Sweet Jane swings with a sleaze I'm sure Lou silently approved of www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9n...

It's a very crowded field and I have no stats but this must be up there as my most played (now 80) Neil. "An exorcism of male violence with shotgun power chords rising to the challenge of punk rock." might be pushing it but few songs rival its subterranean power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xN...

Always makes me laugh youtu.be/N7-7HJCXx10?...

Cover version of the year www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlqY...

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen A Lifertime Of Riding By Night - Rhett Miller The Besnard Lakes...Are The Ghost Station We Are Love - The Charlatans Thick Rich And Delicious - Guided By Voices

Seriously good new Midlake album. No other group lands in the fertile territory that straddles English pastoral folk and open skies Americana. Every note and syllable has its purpose.

Pulp is Uncut's No.1 album this year and, whilst it's nowhere near mine, there's no arguing with the merit of that.

In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast we return to the 2025 XTC Fan Festival to hear Ian Gregory who, under the pseudonym of EIEI Owen, was the drummer in XTC’s psychedelic alter ego the Dukes of Stratosphear www.xtclimelight.com/2025/11/07/x...

@foz66.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

The Belair Lip Bombs – Again review Sometimes it's the things that aren't said that hold the biggest clues. Admittedly not everyone will be recipients of the details, but part of the press kit for The Belair Lip Bombs second album is a track by track breakdown of it, written by lead singer Maisie…

Before its time, of its time, ahead of its time. Actually, timeless.

Who’s Next-era ‘Who’, Wire angularity, magisterial descending power chords, Guided By Voices stretch out to 15 songs in 38 minutes. Unbeatable.

There are no downsides whatsoever to the Belair Lip Bombs album

No arguments here... www.mojo4music.com/articles/the...

This song is under the skin. I think it's the repetition, the one-note guitar, the skittering drums, the bass melody, the sinister lyrics and the hangdog vocals www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYj...

I'm 100% certain that when Natalie Cole took Bruce's Pink Cadillac into the top 10 she hadn't heard the Nebraska version. It's most definitely NOT about a car www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gnq...

About twice a year I’m possessed by the Neil Young habit. It roughly lasts about a week, or as long as it takes to listen to his catalogue, yes even Re-ac-tor and Trans. I love the journey. Now, Sleeps With Angels is casting its contemplative spell

A big day in my little life

Did Neil Young invent grunge? It’s a fair and unanswerable question. Mirror Ball (95) has just been cleaned up to devastating effect. Subtleties abound in the cacophony. Pearl Jam (minus EV) like they’ve been fed on raw meat.

Apparently, Mark Knopfler's all time Bob track 👍👍👍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mns9...

The Springsteen film is heavy stuff. No real revelations for the fan but - the Frankie Teardrop sequence is brilliantly done; shades of the Last Picture Show in the flashbacks; one too many (out of two) references to Donna Summer; Jeremy Allen White's vocal performances are astonishing.

In a minority, probably, but their finest hour, newly scrubbed up 20 years later in all its technicolour glory

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So good www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDBF...

There's something about a remastered Nebraska that doesn't quite fit. The 'electric' tracks are, however, deeply satisfying

The Warehouse in Leeds (what a venue that was) and Soft Cell in the early 80s will forever be a permanent imprint. RIP Dave Ball

Enjoyed chatting to Eric Pulido of Midlake today about 20 years of music making and their stunning new psych folk album ‘A Bridge To Far’ (released 7 Nov). It’s good to see the band continuing to thrive and evolve in the post Tim Smith era. midlakeband.com

Just downloaded the audio version of Dostoyevsky's entire catalogue. 266 hours. 37 years of writing - prison, exile, illness, persecution, addiction = 11 days of published output.

This day, 45 (forty five) years ago. It blew my little world away, still one of the great, great debuts. Steve Lillywhite worked wonders in capturing the rawness.

So great to hear the Halloween celebrations in full swing so early this year. The Fireworks! The local dogs are out in force voicing their approval.

Midlake wicket for England: caught Bethel bowled Wood