Despite its short running time, it looks like thankfully this will qualify for #5debutalbums8084 Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy And rightly so, the start of a wonderful career, brilliant stuff.

#NowPlaying White Noise Sound - Like A Pyramid Of Fire (2015) Noticed this has turned 10 years old. Described as ‘blissed out walls of sound’, still sounds great.

#NowPlaying The Coral - s/t Forgot all about this for #5debutalbums0004….

#NowPlaying Delorentos - True Surrender The last release from the best Irish band this century. For the day that’s in it… 🎶 I see stormy weather, coming at me across the great water 🎶

#NowPlaying Massage - Coaster (2025) First listen. Loved the previous albums, let’s see if the quality continues…

#NowPlaying Suede - Antidepressants (2025) First chance to spin this after many streams. Love the album, hate the flimsy and completely unnecessary poster format cover - why?

#NowPlaying NewDad - Altar (2025) Miserable day out so hoping to get stuck into some music today. Kicking off with the new release from one of the best new Irish bands around. Robert Smith’s opinion can hardly be wrong can it?

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying The Bees - Sunshine me 🎶 An angry man needs attention 🎶 A debut of zany brilliance.

Loving the sound of the new tracks from the forthcoming Whitelands album.

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying JJ72- s/t (2001) Always great to revisit this one. They were so young but so good, what might have been…

#top10albums2020s #MusicSky 1. TFC - Nothing Lasts Forever 2. Fleet Foxes - Shore 3. Coral Island 4. DIIV - 🐸 In 🔥💦 5. Nation of Language - Intro, Pres 6. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 7. Shop Window - Daysdream 8. Andy Bell - Flicker 9. Sunstack Jones - Golden Repair 10. Magic Castles - Sun Reign

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying David Kitt - Small Moments Stripped back, lo-fi debut with some gorgeous tunes. Not a minute wasted across 7 tracks.

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying Gemma Hayes - Night On My Side A first offering from the first lady…

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying Damian Rice - O Stunning acoustic debut from the talented Irish singer/songwriter, with some wonderful backing vocals from Lisa Hannigan on several tracks. One of those albums that really defined that time of my life, brilliant memories.

Two excellent new releases out today 🎶🙌

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying Mic Christopher- Skylarkin’ (2002) Starting the day in the company of Mic, a real talent, lost too soon 🖤

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying Bell X1 - Music In Mouth One of several great Irish debuts in this round. If you don’t believe me, read the high praise on the cover sticker…

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying The Primary 5 - North Pole Harmonious power pop from former Teenage Fanclub drummer Paul Quinn, lovely stuff.

#5debutalbums0004 #NowPlaying The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters Excellent lo-fi, fuzzy, dreampop debut from this too often overlooked Swedish band.

#Last4albums Sunday morning edition - (Lord Huron is brand new to me)

#5albums50s60sfinal #NowPlaying The Who - Tommy Haven’t played this for a while, needed a serious dusting down! Still sounding great.

The little man’s first game! Let’s go! #COYBIG #IRLHUN

#NowPlaying Nada Surf - The Proximity Effect 🎶 Hands up who thinks it’s now? 🎶

#NowPlaying The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Unwishing Well To quite Glenn Donaldson himself, I’m learning to love a band 🎶

#NowPlaying The Boxer Rebellion - Open Arms EP (2024) Four brilliant tracks from a marvellous band. Picked this up on sale, another one of theirs to add to the collection.

#NowPlaying Sea Fever - Surface Sound (2025) Taking a break the Suede album and kicking off the weekend with some upbeat electro surface sounds. I have a lot of time for their debut and this second offering is pretty decent too.

The new Suede album is sounding fantastic, they go from strength to strength 🔥

This is true…

Off to see DIIV. Saw them not long ago, but an unexpected chance arose last week to go tonight and I wasn’t going to turn it down. Hoping it’s as good as last time. 🐸

#NowPlaying Finally a chance to spin this beauty….

#NowPlaying Steve Queralt - Swallow (2025) An excellent release from earlier this year from the Ride bass player, plenty going on here this making it a fine listen.

#NowPlaying Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up Will never tire of this band. This album in particular gets better with age.

#NowPlaying The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Something’s Gotta Give (2021) Had forgotten all about this one which I bought a few years ago. Worth a listen for fans of Allah-Las, Black Angels, or 60s vibes generally.

#NowPlaying Continuing the melodic summer sunshine with… I Was A King - Follow Me Home (Still not sure if I should put the stickers in their spaces on the album cover or not 🤔)

#NowPlaying Summer hasn’t quite finished yet so there’s still time to…. Enjoy The Melodic Sunshine - Cosmic Rough Riders

#NowPlaying #MusicSky New Candys - The Uncanny Extravaganza Love this band so delighted to add this to the collection. Loads going on across the album, frenetically paced and full of energy, powerful stuff.

A new album from I Was A King is always music to my ears… iwak.bandcamp.com/album/until-...

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Pink Breath of Heaven - Colors Make A Sound The house is empty so the volume is up! Definitely one of my albums of the year so far. Brilliant blend of shoegaze, fuzz & psychedelica, this is a sonic feast. Highly recommended.

#2025albums So far, enjoyed albums from: Bon Iver, Pink Breath Of Heaven, Dropkick, Slow Readers, Triptides, Andy Bell, bdrmm, New Candys, Doves, Lathums, Sea Fever, Sky Patterns, Steve Queralt, Sea of Days, Ólafur/Talos And looking forward to: Nation Of Lang, Suede, Charlatans, Antlers, Massage

Absolutely gutted to hear that October Drift are calling it at a day. The best live band I’ve seen in the last decade and such nice lads too. Those three magnificent albums will continue to be enjoyed…

At last. Some time for music, family and a chance to breathe….

Out for the afternoon with some old friends (in every sense)

#NowPlaying Triptides - Shapeshifter Delighted to see one of my favourite bands of recent years back with a new release.

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 Fleet Foxes 1. Helplessness Blues Described as ‘Written from the perspective of a confused kid, full of energy and passion, but unsure of their place in the world, unsure where they belong’. Sublime. youtu.be/7HHgedNNQco?...

#Top20BookendAlbums #MusicChallenge (Not ranked) Day 14 Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel Big …. Dublin City Sky

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 Fleet Foxes 2. The Shrine / An Argument A stunning, sprawling masterpiece, sung with incredible power. Arguably it’s three or four songs in one, it certainly takes the listener on an epic journey… youtu.be/9yAxIdkF2Qo?...

#Top20BookendAlbums #MusicChallenge (Not ranked) Day 13 Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen (perfection for the day that’s in it) Hang On …. Gene Clark

#MusicChallenge #ArtistFave15 Fleet Foxes 3. White Winter Hymnal Where it all started for me, this one needs little introduction. Two and a half of the most perfect musical minutes in my entire collection. Timeless. youtu.be/DrQRS40OKNE?...