The Analog Africa label has spent 20 years bringing us African scream contests, cosmic sounds of Cape Verde, Brazilian western soundtracks and Beninese vodou, now @mojomagazine.bsky.social wants to know your pick of their releases. Hit me with the what and the why and let's make this definitive.

Maybe a long shot.. HELP me please. I'm looking for 1 standing ticket for a friend. #Gorillaz #musicsky For Nottingham 28th March. Please share please 🙏 🥰

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

This track has been in my head all day. Right on. ✊

This week my favourite band is: Angine de poitrine. Noseybonk dressed as Strawberry Switchblade is a surefire way to attract attention… youtu.be/Uo4U0zGDZHc?...

Again I’ve been overlooked to curate the Meltdown Festival. Beaten by someone called Harry Styles, sounds like an old vaudeville act. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Next year perhaps…

Glyn Johns with his E-Type Jaguar. I didn't learn to drive, and I've never wanted to drive, but if I was offered one of these I'd book lessons tomorrow and booyah sucks to Greta. 📷 Gered Mankowitz

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I don’t post this every time I play it - you’d wonder what is wrong with me. But damn it seems to get better every time I hear it.

Waiting For The Out. Just finished this BBC prison based series. Surprised not seen it mentioned much. A lot to unpack, exceptional telly.

Diana Rigg in her Robin Hood outfit from The Avengers episode 'A Sense Of History', 1965. A Saturday treat for @monkeypicks.bsky.social as a token of appreciation for his splendid shows.

“Art is to me, now, probably one of the last good things we’ve got left as human beings”.

Sorry Bo, you can give me those eyes all you want but they don’t make Weejuns in your size.

Jay’s Shoebox Shuffle Vol 5. This, my friends, is truly exceptional. 50 minutes of mostly mid-late 60s pop obscurities. Every single one a mini masterpiece. A Bob Stanleyesque deep dive worthy of its own Ace release. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ youtu.be/4Ua4cPr6TAA?...

I expect this one will have a certain demographic all in a lather. Felicity Kendal on her Vespa in 1966 TV play 'The Mayfly And The Frog'.

Impossibly 30 years ago tonite, The Electric Fayre and our buddies The Sires were ripping it up at the Dirty Water Club.

This really is health and safety gone mad!

Jay’s Shoebox Shuffle Vol 5. This, my friends, is truly exceptional. 50 minutes of mostly mid-late 60s pop obscurities. Every single one a mini masterpiece. A Bob Stanleyesque deep dive worthy of its own Ace release. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ youtu.be/4Ua4cPr6TAA?...

Style goals…

Disco del día Owen Gray - Reggae With Soul (1969)

One new @mojomagazine.bsky.social today, but two covers to choose from: Miles Davis at 100, or Punk at 50. Both come with all the same exceptional writing, and a beautiful Miles & Friends CD compiled by myself and @andrewmale.bsky.social. Get a copy: shorturl.at/AmnqA 1/3

I say this every time I see it crop it but this is such a good little film. Sexual desire meets a pragmatic Shirley Anne Field over lunch and I think about it often

Me and the Polish lads went to the Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet at the Jazz Cafe last nite. Strong Electric Miles/Headhunters vibes and loved the rock star on Rhodes.

Oh no. This film is getting another airing pronto. Big fave.

Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960). Same year as Breathless for Jean-Paul Belmondo but couldn’t be more different. Whatever’s the opposite of joie de vivre, this is it. Jeanne Moreau (what a cast) is typically (brilliantly) unnerving.

Something compelled me to make this

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Not usually a fan of reunion gigs but after reading this would love a chance to show appreciation for Dolly Mixture. Come on Debsey, Rachel and Hester, please make it happen.

Finished 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by @keithcameron2.bsky.social. Real, heartfelt thanks to him for giving the Manics back to me. I have picked up the conversation where I left off (Journal for Plague Lovers FWIW). If you are a lapsed fan, you need this book. 🙏

#OtD 7 Feb 1919 construction workers in Essex, NJ, voted to strike if alcohol prohibition came into force. However, union leaders called off the action, saying it would make them "look ridiculous". We made this commemorative merch: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Mia Wilson (2025). One of the most perfectly realised albums I’ve heard in a very long time. If these lush Laurel Canyon vibes had been released in 1971 you’d all own this by now. Get on it, thank me later. ❤️

Return to the Valley of the Dolls Collage made from Ladybird books, Player’s cigarette cards, 1960s Parade and Women’s Realm magazines and 1960s wallpaper with acrylic marker, felt tip and watercolour

Bit disappointed to see The Prisoners playing Butlins in this company.

Only just heard Mavis Staples - the purest, most wonderful positive energy force on the planet- won two GRAMMYs the other night. Guess she’s been too busy to call, fair enough, but absolutely thrilled for her. ♥️

Nouvelle Vague (2025). Welcome couple of hours sanctuary and playful homage in the local picture house. Of course I liked it.

Remembering Arthur "Killer" Kane on his birthday. This very moving film about the remarkable life of the New York Dolls bassist is one of the greatest music documentaries youtu.be/a7oHhHGzf3w

This is who runs this account

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On the pillars in the Jazz Cafe there used to be big bold letters STFU. Should bring them back. If musicians want a constant chorus of chatter through their work they’d write it into the pieces.

A month in four photos. January 2026 #FourPhotosOneMonth #paintersanddecorators 1. A dumped Christmas Tree in the woods. 2. Emptying Mum’s, an indentation in carpet. 3. Winter light and shadow at home. 4. Balloon caught in a tree. •Very mundane.

Sven Wunder in Camden tonite. Board outside called him a Cinematic Jazz Visionary. Actually true. His Mrs-to-be (gave her no name, mate, watch yerself…) on drums ran the show though. Phenomenal.

Like @stephenhanley6.bsky.social s THE BIG MIDWEEK - you don’t even have to like music to devour this masterpiece. If you haven’t already… buy it… read it. 💥👑

January 29-31, 1970: The Staple Singers, MC5, Rhinoceros 🔺 The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts

Say what ya want about Patricia Highsmith but she’s got the most badass Wikipedia profile pic

“The words of the prophets are written on the 100 Club toilet walls”.

Sinners (2025). Lured in by the promise of a 1930s Mississippi juke joint, only to be trapped in a silly vampire movie. Buddy Guy’s few minutes were class though.

The Studio 68! and Dani Turner at the 100 Club last nite. Launch gig for their Rollin’ album. Vinegar Joe meets The Faces, Suzi Quatro fronting The Black Crowes. Rather good - check out the song Wasn’t Ready if ya get a mo. Hit. Oh, and three berets.

Kool short film from Australia looking at " the Bikies " from 1968 . Over here in the UK we know them as "Rockers " or as the press liked to portray them back then " leather clad hooligans . youtu.be/rHs6ylaXtto?...

The Brandee Younger Trio at 229 London. A real treat! People playing music together in rooms: it’s the best.

Great gig by Brandee Younger tonite. Not just because Brandee said she liked my jacket but certainly iced a very beautiful cake.