#NowPlaying Sade - The Best Of Sade (1994) The smooth jazz pop of Sade is an example of how some genres, that normally pass me by, can throw up an artist that can transcend my musical prejudice and inverted(?) snobbery. Paradise is just one of several earworms burrowing away at the moment. Nice.

#NowPlaying @@suedehq.bsky.social Dog Man Star (1994) Bombastic, dramatic, and fantastic. Suede's second album is an absolute triumph. Bowie, Pink Floyd and glam each make up part of the album's connective tissue. This is quite possibly the LP of the 90s decade. Best track - The Wild Ones #MusicSky

#albumoftheday Siouxsie & The Banshees - Nocturne (1984) Live doubles are sometimes a chore, but this has a crackling vibe throughout and covers peak career Banshees. Robert Smith on guitar, Budgie and Severin nailing the rhythm and Siouxsie on fire. Best track - Voodoo Dolly #VinylCommunity

#albumoftheday Nils Frahm - The Bells (2009) The cover is a bit jarring when you consider the delicate, minimalist and meditative contents. Frahm imbues his playing with such emotion. Sometimes playful, other times rueful, always interesting. Best track - Peter Is Dead In The Piano #VinylCommunity

#VinylCommunity Floating Points - Reflections Mojave Desert (2017) Downtempo electronica that soundtracks a film (DVD included) of the same name. Brief at 27 mins - if anything I wanted it to be longer. Beautifully packaged.

#NowPlaying Fennesz - Agora (2019) Gentle, slow industrial music. A drone vies with a tide of static wash that ebbs and flows before being swept to one side by filtered and clangerous keyboards. Heavy ambient anyone? #VinylCommunity

#VinylCommunity The Lurkers - Fulham Fallout. SW6's answer to the Ramones were no nonsense purveyors of primo pop punk. An unpretentious band that played a formative part in my musical education. Listening to the lyrics panning the EEC & mass media I wonder what Pete Stride's politics are these days

#VinylCommunity TV Priest - My Other People (2022) This doormatted today. Their second album adds a degree of tenderness to the post punk acidity of Uppers. They remind me a lot of Murder Capital in the range of textures they bring to bear. Very promising first listen. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#NowPlaying #albumoftheday Bodega - Endless Scroll (2018) US post punk with tongue in cheek nods to the past ranging from Woody Guthrie to The Smiths. Call and response vocals suggest they'll be a hoot live. Sort of a Brooklyn Delta 5 if you will. So. Damn. Catchy. Best track - Name Escape

#5debutalbums2026 The Mysterines - Reeling (2022) Raw & visceral indie rocknroll. A small club sound ready for the big stage. All that year when a Mysterines song came on the radio, both Offspring One and I nodded appreciatively. It was a looonng wait before the release. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More (2024) Solo debut from Kim, who's cooler than the other side of the pillow. Cohesive yet incorporating a range of styles from rock outs to Nelson Riddle like orchestral. Just peachy 👌. Best track - Crystal Breath #MusicSky

#NowPlaying Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979) A car boot find with two Associates 12"ers for £15. I didn't know what to expect. First listen it's fairly light on the Frippotronics and much poppier than I envisaged. Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall and Narada Michael Walden add vocals and everyone's having fun

#5debutalbums2026 English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (2024) I'm still struggling to understandexactlywhy this won so many awards but it is a solid album. Non-traditional song structures and imaginative instrumentation hint at early 80's post punk like The Passions or Delta 5 at a push. #MusicSky

#albumoftheday #5debutalbums2026 Lambrini Girls - You're Welcome (2023) Every now and then, a new punk band bubbles up that nudges the genre a little forward. Lambrini Girls were that band in 2023. Frenetic, electric and not taking any prisoners. Best track - Help Me, I'm Gay #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 La Sécurité - Stay Safe! (2023) My new favourite band. Edgy, tightly wound, funky, quirky post punk, like Delta 5 or maybe APB with a splash of B-52. French Canadians who will release their second album, Bingo! in June. Best track - Hot Topic #MusicSky #NowPlaying

#NowPlaying The Who - My Generation (1965) This is a 1980 Virgin mod revival banwagon jumping reissue. I've never heard it in its entirety. In addition to 2 RnB covers Townsend's songs uniquely blend Byrdsian melodies, Beatles level hooks and crunching power chords from his throttled Rickenbacker.

#NowPlaying Arlo Parks - Super Sad Generation (2019) I was alerted to this extraordinary talent by, Black Dog, this EP collection is a trip hop masterclass layered with sleepy vocals. Similar vibe to Ghostpoet- so, great. Best track - Cola #MusicSky

#5debutalbums2026 Jehnny Beth - To Love Is To Live (2020) As we wait, possibly in vain, for a Savages album, this was a really solid release and no place holder. The pastoral French Countryside is the calm amongst the storm of experimental explosions. A real grower that rewards regular plays.

#5debutalbums2026 #albumoftheday Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (2021) Rivetting, muscular post punk as a modern art installation. The lyrics capture the banal and random without of context and became the album of the year. Best track - Unsmart Lady #NowPlaying #Geophys

#NowPlaying Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972) A recent car boot find at £3. I've always liked Madman Across The Water era EJ and this first play reveals a bluesey, gospely, sometimes country tinged artist. This sounds unfocused but works very well indeed as Elton shows off his roots and masters them

#5debutalbums2026 #albumoftheday The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (2022) Do Yorke & Greenwood see The Smile as existing on a higher, more challenging musical plane than Radiohead? The dizzying percussion, icy falsetto & guitar textures firmly say yes. Best track - The Smoke #NowPlaying

I must admit that the 'genre' Paisley Underground passed me by. But also, the disliked genres are absolutely spot on. Hair Metal! #Shudder share.google/pGPIIxwYTPWZ...

#5debutalbums2026 Mirar - Mare(2024) If your idea of fun is Rachmaninov violently clashing with glitching hard-core guitars in an act of mutual musical annihilation then this is for you. I keep coming back to this and the follow up, Ascension. An extraordinary recording. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 Gurriers - Come And See (2024) Another run out for this post punk debut. There are echoes of so many touchstone influences from The Bunnymen to U2, but they make it their own and have something new to say musically. Best track - Des Goblin #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 Heartworms - Glutton For Punishment (2025) Accessible goth tinged indie rock full length debut from the pen of Josephine Orme. Strong and hook laden songs. A band to keep a Bandcamp eye on for sure. Great live as well. Best track - Jacked #NowPlaying

#5debutAlbums2026 #albumoftheday Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart (2022) Buckley's pure voice, not unlike Laura Marling, dominates the canvas with Butler adding colours ranging from folk lounge to Bond theme. Yes, its her from Hamnet. Best track - title track

#NowPlaying Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) Play testing this spare copy for a potential buyer. What an album. It's hard to believe that Gaye got some record company resistance to the ecological and progressive messages. Stone cold classic.

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#5debutalbums2026 Wunderhorse Cub (2022) Got this after being impressed by their Reading set a couple of years ago. Dynamic and varied indie rock with a punchy production. Many of the songs are riddled with hooks that grab you by the ears and refuse to let go. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums2026 @annabsavage.com Anna B Savage - A Common Turn (2021) The blood, sweat and tears of life and love are detailed in sharp detail by Savage's tremulous yet powerful voice. Excellent debut which i "precovered" after albums 2&3. Best track - Baby Grand #NowPlaying

#NowPlaying John Cale & Terry Reilly - Church Of Anthrax (1971) Two weeks ago I had no idea this collaboration existed. Now I feel I've opened a Pandora's box of odd and evolving time signatures and other weirdery. Two multi-instrumentalist's weaving in and out of each other's milieux. Free rock.

#5debutalbums2026 TV Priest - Uppers (2020) One of several bands ploughing the sprechgesang furrow at the time. Rock solid rhythm, impressionistic guitar and genre defining vocals from Charlie Drinkwater. Special. Best track - Decoration #NowPlaying @subpop.bsky.social are they still going?

#5debutalbums2026 House Of All - S/T (2023) If Harlequin Duke was an enticing single fling, then the rest of the album is a full-blown relationship. They were great live as well. Their DNA suggested great things and several albums later they are prolifically delivering. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 #albumoftheday Working Mens Club - Working Men's Club (2020) The band's genetics are worn on their trench coat sleeves but they do the whole Electro post punk sound so imaginatively that it seems both refreshing and yet timeless. Best track - In White Rooms #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 For Those I Love - S/T (2021) Dublin based David Balfe has released something very special here. Poetic incendiary prose spoken deadpan over bass heavy electronic beats and samples. James Joyce meets Ghostpoet. Best track - The Myth/I Don't #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbums2026 #albumoftheday Joel Culpepper - Sgt. Culpepper (2021) Dynamic modern soul music with a nod to touchstones of the past like James Brown and Prince's funky brass workouts. Powerful song writing throughout Strong contender. Best track - Return #NowPIaying

#MusicSky The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World (2024) Just a couple of old, and this album has bedded in and feels like Robert Smith's legacy is set in stone. A profound set of songs that could only be written by someone with the ragged experience of a life lived. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 New Dad - Madra (2024) For months on end in 2924, every time I looked at the @BBC6Music channel 707 screen for the details for an interesting new song, it was NewDad playing. Promisising Irish dream pop shoegaze band. Ireland rules ATM. Best track - Nosebleed #NowPIaying

#5debutalbums2026 Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (2020) Empires rise and fall waiting for Jay Electronica albums. A revolutionary but outlying rap artist who utilises inspirational samples from around the musical world. Not as good as compilation, "What The F*ck Is A" but well worth the wait.

#5debutalbums2026 @VJarvis_Cocker JARV IS... Beyond The Pale (2020) @RoughTrade Technically a debut and the best thing JC has ever done? It has to be close. One of the best lyricists in rock music backed by a joyous band full of fresh ideas and nods to the past. Best track - House Music #NowPlaying

#5debutalbums2026 #albumoftheday After London - Antimatter (2025) Hard to describe but very catchy, heavy indie comes tantalising close. Great voice as well. Find this totally self-supporting band at Afterlondon.Bandcamp.com Best track - Paradise Lost #NowPlaying

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#NowPlaying Mad Professor - Dub Me Crazy Pt. 10 Psychedelic Dub Dub (1990) Nothing quite complements a 29ºC Sunday afternoon quite like the easy paced spaced-out Dub reggae of the Mad Professor's Ariwa Studio sound. #MusicSky

#NowPlaying #albumoftheday Nick Cave - Ghosteen (2019) The sylvanian kitsch of the cover belies the dark and contemplative contents. In time, I feel that this will be seen as a classic Nick Cave album. Not an LP to have as mere background music - it needs full attention. Best track - Bright Horses

Sunday Car Boot Haul - I snagged these today. No bargains as such. The Who - My Generation is an 80's Virgin reissue, sadly. A couple are for resale, but the savvy sellers were pricing for collectors, not resellers today.

#NowPlaying Fripp/Eno - (No Pussyfooting) (1973) The beginning of Frippertronics. Experimental, looped sounds evolve, build to a crescendo, then fade. Mesmeric, sometimes really engaging like at the end of Heavenly Music Corporation and at other times less so. #MusicSky

#albumoftheday A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos (2014) @erasedtapesmusic.bsky.social This is a staggeringly beautiful slice of neo classical, atmospheric music. A wonderment which through some sort of sorcery is both mournful and powerfully uplifting. Best track - Atomos III #NowPIaying

I'm celebrating #5debutalbums9599 and mourning the halcyon days of liberal democracy's peak years with these blighters 5pts. Goldie - Timeless 4pts. DJ Shadow - Entroducing 3pts. Supergrass - I Should Coco 2pts. Handsome Boy Modelling School - So....How's Your Girl 1pt. U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction

#LoveItOrListIt Bruce Springsteen - The Promise (2010) A 21 track of outtakes from the Darkness sessions from three decades earlier. It's very strong indeed (Because The Night!) and complements darkness completely. I'm enjoying this first run through but should it stay or should it go? #NowPlaying

#albumoftheday The Chameleons - Arctic Moon (2025) First couple of listens and I detect there's a touch of mellowness crept into their post punk spite from the 80's classics. Best track- David Bowie Takes My Hand captures how many of us feel about DB. As a whole, it sounds like a grower.