Well today’s listening sorted. A fascinating dissection of three cracking albums. I will not listen to Crippling Alcoholism in the same way again and I have just snagged a resale ticket for Ethel Cain at Hammersmith. A brilliant podcast that may end up costing you some money 😀

New "Now playing" episode of We Dig Music out today with 3 very different albums from each of us but so much love...

Utterly brutal. This was a great episode to record. So much love for all 3 albums ❤️❤️❤️

Need to listen to Magdelena Bay but holy cow that Crippling Alcoholism record is a brutal listen. As for Ethel it’s a classic looking forward to this episode!

Our new episode is out now! Our second #nowplaying of 2025. @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social has picked Imaginal Disk by #MagdalenaBay, @killminus.bsky.social has picked With Love From A Padded Room by #CripplingAlcoholism & @ineeddirection.bsky.social has picked Preachers Daughter by #EthelCain!

We're officially one week away from #lifeofashowgirl ❤️‍🔥 To help pass the time, you should totally listen to @denoftenpod.bsky.social Top Ten #taylorswift Songs! I had the time of my life fighting dragons with @samwellpv.bsky.social @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social and Diana!

Episode 131 is out now! @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social from @wedigmusic.bsky.social joins @samwellpv.bsky.social to talk about #SpinalTapII. They discuss the band, the cameos, the gags, and more. Available on all major platforms. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social #SpinalTap2 #SpinalTap #film #movies

Our new episode is out now! This month @ineeddirection.bsky.social @killminus.bsky.social & @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social discuss our favourite songs of 1997! Out now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #musicpodcast #bestof1997 #postrock #numetal #janglyindie #4ad #vicreevesclubsinger

Also, apropos of your Mark E Smith joke...

I've been listening to this one in instalments, for reasons. It will probably not surprise you that Richard Pinhas has recorded three albums with Merzbow. I've not yet delved into the Heldon stuff but I am now inspired to do so. 😎

Loving this! "Get Down, Make Love", a ballsy pick....yeah, I'd have plumped for Taylor's "Sheer Heart Attack", fast, furious, & fabulous. Mighty episode.

Our new episode is out now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! This month we appear to be teleporting between CBGB's, Studio 54, The 100 Club, The Berlin Wall and some kind of prog gig in a field in Cambridgeshire as we fight over our favourite songs of 1977! #musicpodcast #bestof1977

The bloody character limit here doesn't allow nearly as much as I need to pay tribute to Ozzy so here's what I posted over on Facebook. A true hero. Black Sabbath have always made me proud of Birmingham and the West Midlands. Thank you for everything Ozzy. #ozzyosbourne #ripozzy #blacksabbath

Oh no, not Ozzy. What a way to go out though, adored by his fans and raising a bucketload of money for charity.

Episode 77 of the Free With This Month's Issue podcast is out now! This month we're joined by @trvecvltgaz.bsky.social from the @trvecvltpop.bsky.social to discuss Kerrang's first ever free cd Radio Kerrang Volume 1 from March 1997. Plus there's a quiz! #musicpodcast #kerrang #britrock #numetal

Also just caught up with the festivals ep. I saw Blur at Glasto in 2009, it was one of my great festival moments as I spent most of the set arms around shoulders with a random Irish guy I'd never met before and never saw again, us both singing along to everything. It was also my birthday. 😎🥳🍻

We recorded our best of 1977 episode last night. Here are the songs picked by @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social & @killminus.bsky.social What do you think will win? What do you think SHOULD win? What would you have picked that we missed. #podcast #bestof1977 #musicpodcast

Great episode, very enjoyable hearing all your stories and thoughts. Listened on my way back from Leeds Festival (ok, a 6 band mini-festival lineup in a small Leeds venue, close enough). @ineeddirection.bsky.social Rockaway Beach does tick all your boxes Tracey 😉 More current artists than retro.

Well worth a listen if you don’t normally. Fun chat & discussion on festival experiences, and some funny stories.

Our new podcast episode is out now! This month @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social & @killminus.bsky.social discuss our favourite music festival memories (or missing memories in Tracey's case) of the last 37 years! Out now wherever you get your podcasts! #Glastonbury #reading

Episode 125 is out now! @samwellpv.bsky.social is joined by Colin Jackson-Brown from @wedigmusic.bsky.social to talk about the #DannyBoyle and #AlexGarland sequel #28YearsLater. They discuss the film's Britishness, choices, and more. Available on all major platforms. @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social

And any excuse to play it ever is a great one 😍👍🏻

We've just recorded our Festival Special episode, talking about our favourite music festival memories and planning our fantasy 3 day festival lineup! It'll be in your podcast feeds on the 29th June (so Glastonbury weekend then!) #musicpodcast #festivalseason #reading #glastonbury #Hellfest #latitude

Top episode as ever. Surprised nobody pointed out the similarity between the riff from Interstellar Overdrive and the theme tune to Steptoe and Son. 🤣🤣

Our new episode is out now! This month @killminus.bsky.social @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social & @ineeddirection.bsky.social discuss our favourite songs of 1967! Out now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #musicpodcast #bestof1967 #psych #garage #jazz #Soul #pop

Here we go. A "Fuck's sake, Tracey" moment very early on in today's @wedigmusic.bsky.social NOBODY likes Trout Mask Replica, Tracey. 🙄

Zabadak! Haven’t heard that in years!

Good Lord. Some belters there. Left Banke may edge it. Or Love. If WCPAEB was I Won't Hurt You instead then maybe that. Blimey.

So.... No Traffic, Procul Harum, Kaleidoscope, "Grocer Jack", Doors, "Waterloo sunset", "2000 light years from home"... And yet it's still a great playlist

Massively torn between Love & The Left Banke.

Who chose I'm A Living Sickness??? That song is so intense. Great playlist of course.

Tough call with anything 60's, I feel. You'd think The Beatles or Beach Boys would win but there's a few decent tracks here just as capable.

Either Interstellar Overdrive or Alone Again Or.

Our best of 1967 episode is out on Sunday, so here's the 30 songs chosen by @ineeddirection.bsky.social @killminus.bsky.social & @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social. As always, what do you think will win? What do you think SHOULD win? And what would you have picked that isn't on our list? #musicpodcast

1986 was skill. So there. Feast yourself on this pod celebrating this much maligned year. So much to enjoy

Loved this one & totally aligned with No.1 although I might have picked ‘Train Of Thought’. We aligned on a lot of my picks in this unfairly maligned 80s year. Hon. mentions from me ‘Eloise’, ‘The Captain Of Her Heart’ ‘Love Missile F1-11’ ‘I Can’t Wait’ ‘Forever Live & Die’ ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’

Our newpodcast episode is out now on Spotify or wherever you get yr podcasts. This month @killminus.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social & @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social discuss our favourite songs of 1986, including thrash metal classics, cheesy soundtrack bangers, mopey indie, & more! #podcast

Checked out Wojtek after listening to this - like the sound of them, will have to delve deeper. Found out the actual bear ended up in Edinburgh zoo, which may be where the band heard about him. There's a statue in Princes St Gardens.

Our new podcast episode is out now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! This month for our #nowplaying episode we're discussing albums by @wojtekthebearband.bsky.social, Vola, & @thepolyphonicspree.bsky.social! #podcast #musicpodcast #wojtekthebear #vola #thepolyphonicspree

We've just recorded our next #nowplaying episode! This month @ineeddirection.bsky.social has picked @wojtekthebearband.bsky.social, @killminus.bsky.social has picked VOLA, and @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social has picked @thepolyphonicspree.bsky.social! It'll be in yr podcast feeds in about 2 weeks!

So great to hear Pink Floyd, Beach Boys, Sabbath on this list. Most of the others I’ll need to set aside a few hours for a listen! 1971 was a terrific year for albums although oddly not singles for me. And I’m also enlightened by the bippity bobbity hat google search!

An incredibly difficult task to pick out best tracks from 1971 but these guys have managed it. Give it a listen.

I absolutely agree. Some people have no culture (or at least don't have a penchant for 18.5 minute long clattering kosmiche masterpieces!).

makes *WASP ORGASM NOISES* Also Includes the first "fucks sake, Helen" in living memory ...

Our new episode is out now! This month @killminus.bsky.social @ineeddirection.bsky.social & @newpathstohelicon.bsky.social discuss our favourite songs (or just longest in ians case) of 1971! pod.link/wedigmusic/e... #podcast #musicpodcast #bestof1971 #prog #afrobeat #jazz #folk #elp #pinkfloyd

A 5 hour playlist? Ian you’ve really excelled yourself with your prog picks this time! 😂 Haven’t a clue what will win, these olden years are so difficult to predict 🤷‍♂️ Surprised neither Colin or Ian picked Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain, thought the remarkable guitar playing would appeal to your tastes 🎸

There's a particularly special "fuck's sake" moment in this episode 😂

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Hocus Pocus will be "there or thereabouts" as they say in football.

I look forward to many "fuck's sake, Tracey" utterances.

Nick Drake/ VDGG/ Pink Floyd