Currently going through a Prince obsession. Last time it was this bad was in 2014 when I listened to literally nothing but Prince for 4 months.

Bit obsessed with this, French, cool guitars and a great shiny garage feel.

Not sure what I think about this song. But can't stop listening. Reminds me of Prefab Sprout. Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp and Mari Wilson's Beat The Beat. The shifting time signatures make me feel queasy.

Early morning burst of amphetamines on the train. Musically speaking.

One of Madness' best songs, Africa from the Norton Folgate album. So gorgeous.

Baxter Dury last night Bristol was grand. Although 1st half seemed to be mostly electro jams while Dury pulls shapes at the front of the stage. 2nd was amazing. Support was Joshua Idehen who was brilliant,perhaps a better performance than Dury.This is his best tune so far youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs?...

Some beautiful late night music, including the marvellous Danny Thompson on bass.

The Leonard And Hungry Paul adaption is nice tv. Quite Wes Anderson and Jean-Pierre Jeunet stylistically.

Tune of the day, one of the tunes off my first Northern Soul compilation Kent's On The Soul Side. Still love it to this day.

One of my favourite Blondie tunes. And god Debbie looked amazing on the sleeve.

Oh yes.

There are some songs I love that I can't remember never not knowing, Duke Of Earl is one of them, apparently I used to turn it up on the radio when I was 4 or 5, and if it ever comes on anywhere I have to listen to it. It still sounds otherworldly, and nothing else quite sounds like it.

Think this is going to be tune of the day though. Class.

My best mate's mum had the original single of this from when she was a teenager, I taped it and played it to death summer 1983. Still one of my fave Motown tunes.

Oh this sparked an outburst of seat dancing on my train journey today. youtu.be/wW2qLuBhVlY?...

Absolutely one of the best tunes of all time for me.

Ah the breakdown in this is gorgeous

When Smokey sings indeed...

How does this always sound amazing and fresh as a daisy? Possibly the soul tune I've heard most in my life.

Possibly the most Mod tune of the day. Homework by Otis Rush.

So You're Leaving by Al Green, one of my favourite tracks on possibly my all time favourite soul album. But the track itself doesn't become a fave until the fade when they hit the Who Do You Love refrain. Never wanted a song to carry on longer ever.

Already been travelling since 615. And still the sun's not up. I do have beautiful music in my ears though.

Fake Music BR do it again. I am absolutely obsessed with this AI created stuff. Its both extremely worrying and oddly exciting that this sort of thing is possible. This is Thats Entertainment repainted as a vintage Northern Soul tune. youtu.be/oOw299ybjP4?...

Rather enjoying House Of Guinness. For the plot.

More Fake Music BR. This bends my brain. youtu.be/lfG-_52rNao?...

I don't know much about Fake Music BR, but Im presuming their output of punk and metal tunes converted into soul funk and various other styles is AI created. But I don't really care when its as fun as this. youtu.be/tUscZb3NsS0?...

Some songs on Spotify aren't playable. Some I know, like a certain song by Patti Smith are likely due to content. But others are less certain. Start by The Jam, the single version is not playable. The album version with its horns and messy ending is but I prefer the single.

So my 16 year old has discovered Temptation by New Order, the Substance version. Which is one of my favourite songs of all time. Top ten for sure. He has probably heard it around the house a lot growing up. But he hears it in his own right now. He sent me this the other day.

Train best today is this Johnny Friendly by Joboxers. My best friend's little brother was a competition level breakdancer and one of his routines was to a loop of the intro drum break of this. He kept quiet about where it came from, pretended it was off an old soul tune from his mum's collection.

Been listening to the Kevin Rowland audiobook this morning. Hate to say this, but I don't do biographies really, not sure I like finding out people lived lives like mine when they make music so transcendent. And this probably tells me more about the man. Who I love by the way....

Been listening to this album by Finneas. Didn't click it was Billy Eilish's brother. Great album, almost power pop and yacht rock, lovely production, and he's a great singer. Talented pair of siblings.

Love.

Ah memories of my 80s Mod days. The Truth were the first proper paid gig I ever went to. This was a b-side of one of the singles, and it has some lovely melodic Hammond work on it that I used to love.

Stuck in a Chemical Brothers loop this week, their sound builds a whole world around my head.

This sounds amazing this morning.

The Caroline Polachek album from last year is my current fave. Several tunes remind me of One Dove. Think thats all I need to say.

Walking past the local undertakers on the way to the train station and in a line on the pavement outside a literal murder of crows. Not another soul about but me. Am I actually awake?

Super Furry Animals day today. Love this slice of punky nonsense

Train tune of the day, and my favourite lyric ever. "I'm a minger You're a minger too So come on minger I want to ming with you"

Sigh. Listening to one of my favourite albums of all time. Top ten in my world I think.

Only just heard this album from 2000 which manages to combine Saint Etienne, Stereolab and William Orbit, and would have been a massive fave at the time if I'd heard it.

Train tune of the day!

Sunday kitchen tune of the day. Love this single.

Train tunes today have been courtesy of Fontaines DC, with their echoes of The Pixies, Stone Roses and The Fall. My son's favourite band from these times, when he isn't listening to Sinatra...

Funny watching my kids and their music. They're both as obsessed by music as me and their mum, both seem to need it to help soundtrack their lives. Boy likes The Verlaines, The Smiths, Frank Sinatra and Story Of The Blues by Wah! Girl likes Phoebe Bridgers, Frank Ocean and the Hamilton soundtrack.

Wish this song's lyrics weren't still relevant. What a fucking lyric though..

Tuesday night kitchen singalong while cooking the dinner was this by The Rockingbirds, the sublime Gradually Learning. youtu.be/eccxB0EVofA?...

On a country jag this afternoon. And Miranda Lambert has done some of my favourite country ever.

This is a lost 80s thing but because The Moment were massive on the Mod scene they feel bigger to me. This song Just Once was a b-side, and it's very typical of the times, Jam style power trio, jagged guitars. It came out at this time in 1985 so its 40! Fuck. youtu.be/MFdbgpoPfbQ?...

Another lost 80s single, Away From This Town by Still Life, so very 1982, fretless bass and synths and Fripp style guitar solo, plus a singer who sounds like he's doing a David Byrne impression with a mouthful of marshmallows. I do love it so very much though youtu.be/afmxbXMnNsY?...