Introducing our new season... "Do U Wanna Know?: A Critical Analysis of the History, Cultural Impact, and Music of Arctic Monkeys". The first episode is out now!

Watch 👉🏻 youtu.be/_9h5qkMbI_w?... listen 👉🏻 open.spotify.com/album/4TTbnu... Download 👉🏻 Blood is the new Black - Single by Ward XVI music.apple.com/gb/album/blo... amazon.co.uk/music/player... Merch 👉🏻Www.wardxvi.bandcamp.com

So in a very exciting development, one of my nominations for the @whatismusicpod.bsky.social album club got picked for this month, @wardxvi.bsky.social's METAMORPHOSIS which means lots of people who'd never heard of them before are going to be listening (and hopefully some new fans) 🤞

Today, on our R.E.M. podcast, we begin the deep-dive into the often maligned AROUND THE SUN. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Quickly catching up with #AtoZAlbumCoverObjects Aircraft 🧑‍🎤 Blaze Bayley 🎶 18 Flights 💿 War Within Me (2021) ▶️ youtu.be/CHm45c9AlfY

Oh this looks fun! #Q&ASongs Where do we go from here? 🧑‍🎤 PAIN 🎶 Go With The Flow 💿 I Am (2024) ▶️ youtu.be/6kkBAjdRzpw

Right, think I've got everything ready, cetainly got enough beer to be half blind by the end, as is tradition. Counting down my top 50 albums of 2024 starts, basically NOW (That's What I Call Music 2024)

Gonna start counting down my top 50 albums of the year from about 8pm, get plenty of beer in

Fletch's AOTY picks on Heavy Matters out now!

Good Xmas present wrapping music

#ReadAndPlay (199) 🧑‍🎤 Halestorm 🎶 I Miss The Misery 💿 The Strange Case of... (2012) ▶️ youtu.be/YpJAmlnBxoA

#LookAndSee 🧑‍🎤 Fedde Le Grand 🎶 Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 💿 standalone single (2006) ▶️ youtu.be/cxhab3IMYm0

#LookAndPlay 🧑‍🎤 Pillar 🎶 Echelon 💿 Fireproof (2002) ▶️ youtu.be/hrtlMl5JCXE

Subject to change and all, but for now.. Early release schedule. Add to diaries accordingly! (?) 4.1.25: Preamble/The *Cover* Of A Magazine 1 18.1.25: Scaling The Skies - Thoughts on 'Suede' 1.2.25: The Cover Of A Magazine 2 15.2.25: Stay At Home Tonight - Thoughts on 'Dog Man Star'

Today on our R.E.M. podcast, it's time for another very special Christmas episode with some games, some memories, and some mentions of the holiday season! Always the same. We also find time to explore some of the festive offerings from R.E.M. from across their whole career. Listen now!

On this week's chat with April Richardson, she told us the incredible story of knocking on Mike Mills door just to say hello. Here's the picture she mentioned from that moment on his porch! Swipe for bonus R.E.M. wallpapered wall.

#LookAndPlay (331) 👨‍🎤 Madder Mortem 🎶 Towers 📀 Old Eyes, New Heart (2024) ▶️ youtu.be/mzf7cvrk3jU

#BlueZicos 🧑‍🎤 Manic Street Preachers 🎶 Little Baby Nothing 💿 Generation Terrorists (1992) ▶️ youtu.be/wM3N54avEQc

#LookAndPlay (330) 🧑‍🎤 Def Leppard 🎶 Photograph 💿 Pyromania (1983) ▶️ youtu.be/D4dHr8evt6k

#ReadAndPlay (190) 🧑‍🎤 Lord of the Lost 🎶 The Ashes of Flowers 💿 Judas (2021) ▶️ youtu.be/mEyemqsBUgw

#LookAndSee (Day 24) "The writing's on the wall" 🧑‍🎤 The Prodigy 🎶 Omen 💿 Invaders Must Die (2009) ▶️ youtu.be/xMVTKOoy1uk

McLaren win!!!!!! Fuck yeah

Give our music a spin… who knows… you might just like it. #rockband #ukmetal

Time to start sorting out my 2024 top 50 albums list then, 65 albums on the shortlist which I think is the most I've started with before, it's been a good year

#LookAndSee (Day 22) 🧑‍🎤 Razorlight 🎶 To The Sea 💿 Up All Night (2004) ▶️ youtu.be/e821S7dVl40

#ReadAndPlay (189) 🧑‍🎤 The Black Dahlia Murder 🎶 Into The Everblack 💿 Everblack (2013) ▶️ youtu.be/QSoPRG3_ngI

#ReadAndPlay (188) 🧑‍🎤 Mastodon 🎶 Show Yourself 💿 Emperor of Sand (2017) ▶️ youtu.be/gUGda7GdZPQ

#LookAndSee (Day 21) 🧑‍🎤 Helloween 🎶 Lost in America 💿 My God-Given Right (2015) ▶️ youtu.be/YbTxrKmX4Ng

Happy birthday to Peter Buck! He introduced the mandolin to our podcast and helped in our decision not to cover side projects, having contributed to approximately 5 million albums! ##remband

#ReadAndPlay (187) 👨‍🎤 A 🎶 Nothing 📀 Hi-Fi Serious (2002) ▶️ youtu.be/jfcMquyNvyI

#LookAndPlay (328) 👨‍🎤 Iron Maiden 🎶 Holy Smoke 📀 No Prayer For The Dying (1990) ▶️ youtu.be/xPV4jlOlWjA

#LookAndPlay (327) 🧑‍🎤 The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell 🎶 Iceberg 💿 Very Uncertain Times (2019) ▶️ youtu.be/yzC0lBbZK40

So I tried that AI band, I'd love to know the technicalities behind how the project's being run but my god the songs were rubbish.

#ReadAndPlay (186) 🧑‍🎤 Amon Amarth 🎶 Put Your Back Into The Oar 💿 standalone single (2022) ▶️ youtu.be/vYNAEzgKNec

Top spot for the Manics again! #Wrapped #SpotifyWrapped

#LookAndSee 👨‍🎤 Cruachan 🎶 The Crow 📀 The Living And The Dead (2023) ▶️ youtu.be/pW8uG7CeciQ

#ReadAndPlay (185) 🧑‍🎤 Public Service Broadcasting 🎶 Der Rhythmus der Maschinen 💿 Bright Magic (2021) ▶️ youtu.be/hPMXn-9CDBU

#LookAndSee (Day 19) 🧑‍🎤 The Specials 🎶 Gangsters 💿 Standalone single (1979) ▶️ youtu.be/lgCZN1rU5co

Having a blast watching along with this ep, fantastic setlist, hilarious commentary

#LookAndPlay (326) 🧑‍🎤 Korn 🎶 Twisted Transistor 💿 See You On The Other Side (2005) ▶️ youtu.be/uAq6RjSuwXQ

#LookAndSee (Day 18) 🧑‍🎤 R.E.M. 🎶 Catapult 💿 Murmur (1983) ▶️ youtu.be/Ltw9GZezCTM

#ReadAndPlay (184) 🧑‍🎤 Epica 🎶 The Skeleton Key 💿 Omega (2021) ▶️ youtu.be/kWZmpZTDtkU

#LookAndPlay (325) 🧑‍🎤 Rage Against The Machine 🎶 Snakecharmer 💿 Evil Empire (1996) ▶️ youtu.be/AhTC7dpWOyM

#LookAndPlay (324) 🧑‍🎤 Whispered 🎶 Lady of the Wind 💿 Shogunate Macabre (2014) ▶️ youtu.be/0Bg-1zM1x-c

#ReadAndPlay (183) 🧑‍🎤 Queensrÿche 🎶 Eyes of a Stranger 💿 Operation: Mindcrime (1988) ▶️ youtu.be/A4duZjxusGM

#LookAndSee (Day 17) Gotta go with the last album I bought from a record shop (Regency Records in Stockton-on-Tees) 🧑‍🎤 Sisters of Mercy 🎶 Dominion / Mother Russia 💿 Floodland (1987) ▶️ youtu.be/8zow2Dblvwo