RIP Tony Harrison. Reading 'V' - THE great northern poem of the last 50 years - at 13 years old blew my mind apart. famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/tony_h...

'Relocates her Welsh Primitive to the Great Plains, evoking a stroll taken across the dusty landscape lit by the failing light of an aging sun...' #GweniferRaymond - Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark is a Quietus Album of the Month for September 2025 buff.ly/PjjYVm4

I've deployed the Dreamweapon. danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/untitl...

I had an attempt at getting down some thoughts yesterday about the great Tom Lehrer for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social. His songs are in the DNA of my childhood; finding other people who liked him has always felt a little like some kind of secret handshake. engelsbergideas.com/notebook/tom...

Watch it and marvel at a lost golden age of late night viewing. BFI In Conversation celebrating the magic of Moviedrome with producer Nick Freand Jones, original presenter Alex Cox & fan and Tornado film director John Maclean.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4HE...

Nice interview here with Alex Cox about Moviedrome, and an upcoming season of related films at the BFI Southbank (which I can't stop myself calling the NFT...) www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...

Happy 45th birthday to Underwater Moonlight! Nobody wanted what The Soft Boys were selling in 1980, but their superb swan song made them a Velvet Underground for new generations of jangle and psych bands thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Looks like this got re-upped. Most all of the incredible French music program Pop Deux has returned to the Internet Archive. You can see & download them here. I selected one for reference that isnt available anywhere else. Michael Chapman from 1970 bit.ly/4kc6pF5

One of journalism's greats. I met him again only six months or so ago, in Frome. He carried all the brilliant work he'd done in a lovely kind of calm & openness www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

I'm very pleased and not a little relieved that this fine book is published today by @unboundsocials.bsky.social . It's GOLDENGROVE the fourteenth novel by the great Patrick McCabe. uk.bookshop.org/a/2773/97818...

Talk Talk - I Believe in You (1988, Spirit of Eden) youtu.be/16mDl6dlfmE?...

Start Mayday right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9P...

'In 1971, Chapman was booked to support saxophonist #CannonballAdderley. From Chapman’s perspective, he was “going on tour with God”. But these were nervy times in the USA...' ‘New York Ladies’ from Millstone Grit (1973) - The Strange World Of… #MichaelChapman buff.ly/wKojlYR

With their banks of synths and the addition of #Thighpaulsandra, Jeremy Allen makes the case for the English space rock band's late period #Hawkwind - There Is No Space For Us buff.ly/gRzvITL

'A band that combines the twin guitar attack of Television, the hypnotic groove of Neu!, the uber-cool vocal delivery of Lou Reed, the repetition of Philip Glass and the scorching, single-note guitar solos of Neil Young' #TheFeelies Crazy Rhythms turns 45 today! buff.ly/43eH7AE

My new record Moving Through Light is out next week Friday the 28th. I've got a couple of the tracks up at my bandcamp page for the pre-order. TBH I couldnt be happier with how this one turned out. Hope you enjoy it! danielbachman.bandcamp.com/album/moving...

I think this recording of The Fall in some ways defines what the band was about. Certainly in my time with the band. Maybe beyond. Wild. Uncontrolled. Thrilling. Every member locked in. @stephenhanley6.bsky.social @hanleypa.bsky.social Craig Scanlon Mark E Smith… m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfYw...

Announcing my new solo guitar record today, Moving Through Light, out February 28 2025 at Bandcamp and streaming services.

James Blackshaw :: Unraveling In Your Hands aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/11/27/james-blackshaw-unravelling-in-your-hands A formidable player then and now, James Blackshaw was considered a fitting heir to first wave Takoma artists like John Fahey and Robbie Basho....