As Backlisted point out, it’s a mercy that Last And First Men preceded marketing departments as they would have insisted upon a trilogy.

Idiot

Now playing. Have mercy.

Today’s walk.

I liked Weapons. Fades badly in the last ten minutes but didn’t deserve the sniffy reviews I’ve seen.

Most disappointing album of the year. Boring and no tunes.

Now playing. Shoot Speed/Kill Light. RIP Mani and Throb.

Now playing. Carrier - Lazy Mechanics.

The vocals on the Carrier album are completely unintelligible. It’s gloweringly passive aggressive.

Now reading. Don’t really fancy this but I’ve enjoyed all his other books.

Quirky, wickedly naughty.

Now reading.

This is a collection of fragments and incantations.

The other JG. daily.bandcamp.com/lists/suck-o...

Dozing on the sofa last night with the pup. Dreamt I tossed a silver milk-bottle top onto the floor. The dog scrambled down to retrieve it. EXPLAIN THAT.

You know what Psychocandy needs? A perky Sainsbury’s Christmas ad every three minutes. #youtube

Watched the extremely cheering Simple Minds film. (Behind the sofa for the heinous stadium years.) Interesting that Mel Gaynor contributed despite refusing for Graeme Thomson’s book.

Now playing. It is utterly charming that aged 85, he did a gig with Alec Empire.

Ridiculously opulent meal from Castle Farm. That’s Gorgonzola and Quince salad.

The Subotnick film is good. Dude is touring at 91. 👍

Now playing. One of my favourite albums.

Sewn techno.

Now playing. alanrpearlmanfoundation.bandcamp.com/track/jg-thi...

I’m not sold on any of this new Make Noise gear.

There’s rather more wood in The Chair Company than I was expecting.

Streaming now on Prime.

Fabulous high drama from Charlie xcx and John Cale. Bravo!

Reimagined Remain In Light.

Not even dogfood is safe from the simpering twee.

Stewart Lee has reminded me of this lovely Grid remix of Rainer. It really is gorgeous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeDx...

Stuart Maconie thinks Little Johnny Jewel doesn’t sound like Television. Nonsense. It’s a pocket-sized Marquee Moon.

Today’s walk. Full spectrum autumn.

Now playing. Some very eccentric songs. New Jerusalem is agreeably bizarre. RIP Geordie.

Atrocious sound at Autechre tonight. It was like being pebble-dashed.

‘Strobes, lasers and smoke will be used.’ I DON’T THINK SO.

Off to Autechre tomorrow.

A sudden keen interest in Stockhausen.

The pearl-clutching about illegal mini-marts is grimly amusing. Taxing fags at £16 a packet they sell for £4 has seeded entrepreneurial criminality.

The perils of on-line ordering. A book in The Quietus’ horror list caught my eye. Riddance by Shelly Jackson. It’s the Spanish edition. Qué?

First single. First album. Only one of these is ineffably cool.

New Soulwax. World-class remixers who often struggle to make their own records exciting. A rock album but with synths that largely succeeds.

Wow. The new Egyptian museum looks completely amazing.

Have mercy!

It’s a J-Pop party with Matsudai Ramen’s Tonkotsu.

Ox Familiar

This is excellent. More pensive than Vortices, less hectic.

I got a glimpse of the formless chaos in an Evri driver’s van. Suitably horrifying on Halloween..

SDEM. Handsome.

Doggedly persisting with the Carrier album. Beats drag themselves on broken ankles. Occasional vaporous wisps of static. It’s fiercely glum.

Now playing.