This must be the third time in the past week that I’ve seen “also” and “as well” in the same sentence — in respected publications, no less. You should know better, Gray Lady. Then again, of late you’ve also increasingly been using “underway” as well, too.

The first album from The Cords landed on the front porch 90 minutes ago. Having seen them twice in their native Glasgow last year—at Mono in July and at the Glasgow Weekender in August—I’ve long been convinced that the LP would be top-notch.

The CBS eye logo is suddenly beginning to make more sense. Not to mention its Big Brother franchise.

Will we ever get a mashup of The Cowsills’ “Siamese Cat” and "I’m Sticking With You”? I’m beginning to lose hope.

The 13th album from The Divine Comedy (the first in six years) landed on the front porch six hours ago. We're giving it a listen right now.

The 13th and final Saint Etienne album landed on the front porch a little over 72 hours ago. It’s finally made its way to the record player (with some help) for the first time. Of course, I first heard the whole thing on September 5, just like you did.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

The 14th Sloan album landed on the front porch an hour ago. Foxy and I are now getting a substantial dose of Canadian content. Observations: Jay gets the leadoff track (first time since Commonwealth). That's all so far.

Not a moment too soon.

Not a moment too soon.

Look! There’s a new Twaddle!

How is it that I'm only just now viewing this cinematic masterwork for the first time?

Six days since the last Twaddle? Too long! Here’s a new one with excellent new sounds from Saint Etienne, Barbara, Tchotchke, The Happy Somethings, Soursop, The Apartments, John Southworth, Ivy, Modern Nature, Scree, FAKE!, Kitten Tools, Vanity Mirror, The Beths, Faun Fables, Titanic...

Is this you again, Bandcamp Friday?

New Twaddle! Exciting new sounds from Prolapse, Ivy, The Sourdrops, The Crabs, Bilders, Eddie Marcon, Crayola Lectern, The Bats, Cass McCombs, Kitten Tools, The Beths, Tullycraft, Sharp Pins, Emma Pollock, Terrain Vague, Modern Nature, Kathryn Williams, Shabason/Krgovich/Tenniscoats...

See image below. No Stereo Twins (sorry) but it’ll still be fun. I’ll probably begin right around 2 PM in Rough and Ready / 10 PM in Blaengwrach.

We listened to the new Ivy LP last night.

Until moments ago, I’d always assumed that Donna Summer’s 1980 hit “The Wanderer” was a cover of the Dion song. The very notion of that seemed so odd to me that I went out of my way to avoid the track for 45 years.

I can understand Mom and Dad being oblivious to the joy that a gusty day can bring, but Uncle Bill too?? What's with that guy? And whose brother is he anyway?

I think I forgot to mention that there’s a new Twaddle! It has exciting new sounds from Understanding, R.M.F.C., The Cowboys, Potluck, Gruff Rhys, Cass McCombs, The Telephone Numbers, Chris Von Sneidern, Ivy, Galore, Tamar Berk, The 1981, Love Burns, Oh Hippo, 1000s Of Cats, Little Simz...

While you were watching reruns of Barnaby Jones or something in that vein last night (I’m guessing), I was twaddling. For three hours. The result can be heard via a hyperlink contained within this very rectangle.

There are too many good new releases to wait another week or two for the next Twaddle. I’ve also heard too many good old releases recently to wait another week or two for the next Twaddle. So I’ll play all of them* on Mixcloud Live tonight. Maybe even some Grant Japanese.

Eater SF updated its list of best Sacramento restaurants a few days ago. That, and a churning pit of stomach-gnawing hunger, inspired my pilgrimage yesterday to a dining place tucked into the southwest corner of a humble shopping center on Roseville’s sadly misunderstood south side.

Exciting headlines today from the world of science. Also exciting for fans of dystopian science fiction.

Remembering this encounter with Stuart Murdoch that took place a year and 10 days ago in Glasgow’s west end. It turns out there was some significance to the phrase on my Cords tee (purchased from those very Cords at their Mono Glasgow gig five days earlier).

Little records just sound better on Friday nights. This batch still has that pressing plant smell.

The traditional Twaddle format returned last night — live on Mixcloud — after a detour last week into anything-goes territory. This might be the middle of high summer that we’re in right now but I was still able to find plenty of worthwhile new tracks to include. The contents are listed below!

I think I might do a live Twaddle today — maybe around 5:30 PM Pacific. I’m sure you already have my Mixcloud livestream page bookmarked, but if not, get ready... www.mixcloud.com/live/Bob_N

Cherry Red’s just-issued follow-up to 2023’s 3-CD Looking for the Magic: American Power Pop in the Seventies is I Wanna Be A Teen Again: North American Power Pop of the '80s. Like its predecessor, it’s presented on three 4.7” plastic discs.

I wondered at some point late this afternoon whether Carl Sandburg ever tried an Orange Julius. I think the answer must be… yes?

I presented the latest Twaddle on Mixcloud for three and a half hours last night. All of it was recorded and can be heard via a link that should be around here someplace.

I just started a live Twaddle. This is the first in a series of freeform experiments that I’ve wanted to conduct for at least five years now, going back to the early days of C19 isolation. A link for listening as it happens: www.mixcloud.com/live/Bob_N/

The middle of the final Saturday afternoon of July seems just about the perfect time to listen to the just-issued second long player from Galore. They're a group of people from the Bay Area of Northern California who sing and play musical instruments. The record plays at 45 RPM.

Tonight we're listening to the future by listening to the past. What was it that we always used to say? It's almost 2030?

Of the considerable number of Bob Stanley compilations on Ace, Chip Shop Pop—out last Friday—might be the one I've most looked forward to hearing.

Finally! Every few weeks or so for the past 10+ years, I’ve wondered when this very good late-ish-period Fall LP would be reissued. It’s been on PVC once before, but that 2014 edition has been going for upwards of USD $300 on Discogs of late. Cherry Red just got round to it. It’s out on 31 October.

I did a live Twaddle on Mixcloud last night. You can listen below. All tracks released in 2025 except as noted. The Telephone Numbers - Be Right Down Bird Streets - Mistaker boo/hiss - How It Was Son Of Dribble - Do It For The Ghost Kevin Robertson - Quicksand Soft Hearted Scientists - Wonder Girl

I’m starting a live Twaddle now! It'll probably go for two hours or so. Listen via the link below! (I think there’s a link.)

So many good new sounds have come out in the past week that I feel compelled to do a live Twaddle on Mixcloud a little later today — maybe in about an hour. Certainly after Foxy has dinner (which happens 15 minutes from now). I’ll put a dispatch on this very website right around the time it starts!

Having just spent a few months reading accounts of CBS’ grotesque cowardice during the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, it’s nice to see that The Tiffany Network respects its traditions

I did a live Twaddle last night and it’s now on Mixcloud. You can listen to all two and a half hours right here. Contents listed below. All songs released in 2025 except as noted. Dona Casque - Lonelie Studio Electrophonique - David And Jayne Former Champ - Crooked Little Line

Happy Bastille Day! I just started a live Twaddle at 6:30 PM Pacific time. It won’t be particularly French-themed, but that’s no reason not to listen! It’ll probably go for at least two hours, but who knows? www.mixcloud.com/live/Bob_N/

The new collection of some heretofore uncollected tracks from The Reds, Pinks & Purples is the sound of Sunday afternoon transitioning to Sunday evening. Perfect background noise for consuming the newish issue no. 28 of WFMU's LCD, awakened this year from a 24-year slumber.

What does Eddie Macron have in common with Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds? Well, it's the project of Eddie Corman and Jules Marcon. They’re originally from Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. This new 2-LP retrospective on the German imprint Morr Music spans the years 2002 to 2019.

Word of a new 7” from The Caraway hit my electronic mailbox a short while ago. It isn't a cover of the Microdisney song but it’s excellent in its own way — and the B side is even better.

Newly reissued 2019 comp, on the South Korean Beatball label, of 22 fun and lively Morricone tracks spanning the 1965-77 period. The selections are touted as originating from "lesser known but equally as amazing scores," but even the most callow Morricone dilettante might know a few of these songs.

This afternoon I drove past the Ramirez Rattlesnake Removal vehicle, right about the time that I was wondering whether anyone has ever confused Elastica with Hey! Elastica.

Fun with a Kaya bun at the new Pier 70 location of Breadbelly this morning.

Fun with K-Bomb Chicken and Butterfly Lychee at Four Chairs — the most happening morning eatery in La Lengua — this morning. Insider advice: If you go when it opens during a weekend when almost as many people have departed SF as during Burning Man week, there’ll be no wait.