My pal, Brenda, has started to make her beautiful prints available at nuts prices. Most are now sold out but hopefully some will be made available again. She also does a zine called Here's Where You Belong which has just been reprinted. Check out her shop... brensweeney.bigcartel.com/product/here...

Great to see Dolly Mixture in The Guardian today. We have a launch party for Debsey Wykes book, Teenage Daydream, on October 1st. Also, a few copies left of the special edition with the Dolly Mixture zine. monorailmusic.com/product/teen... www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Each release should be better than the last, & this tape is no exception - I'm really happy with how it turned out I'll be working on commissioned music/sound design for a lanarkshire 'sound walk' for next 3 months so this is the last for a while🙂 blackhilltransmissions.bandcamp.com/album/transm...

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Democracy for Sale has been working w/ @38degrees.bsky.social on a campaign to cap political donations in the UK. Our petition is now at over 49,700 signatures!! 🎉 Can we get it to 50k and send a really strong message? Please share! Ta you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

My pal Peter in his room, 1987 or 88. He was a bit older than me, maybe 19 or 20 He had tons of good records so we used to hang at his a lot - He had Television Personalities, Pastels, Soup Dragons I love that amongst all the punk, goth etc graffiti, it says @thepastels.bsky.social on that wall

Really looking forward to this evening at @thegladcafe.bsky.social. Claire Biddles and I will be in conversation with Dorothy Max Prior. We have 3 vivid short films too. Psychic TV, 1980s Britain, Derek Jarman and Max - amazing Max! Last minute tix on door. www.thegladcafe.co.uk/events/2025-...

Pastelism 1, 2, 3. We made some new merch for Glas-Goes Pop including a screenprint edition with master printer, Matthew Rich, from M.A.R.S Studio, Glasgow. We've run some more of everything. All available here from @monorailmusic.bsky.social monorailmusic.com/shop/?_sf_s=...

Only 29% would back Brexit now

🥹 ⤵️ @thepastels.bsky.social #glasgoespop #ggp25 #glasgow #indie #icons #thepastels #pastelism

Set times in a prettier format. 😌 #glasgoespop #ggp25 #glasgow #indie #schedule @thepastels.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social @chimeschool.bsky.social

What is the world going to do, how is the world going to feel, when there is no-one left in Gaza? The world, the international community, must act to stop this immediately. It’s heartbreaking 💔 It’s completely inhumane It’s wrong. It’s genocide. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Ken Russell’s remarkable documentary “Pop Goes The Easel” first introduced Pauline Boty and her Royal College of Art peers to a wider UK audience on Sunday 25 March 1962. Highly recommended viewing and still available on iPlayer for over a year at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Every day, the same story, the same moral pit. The fall of this murderous government can't come soon enough. The only suitable place for Netenyahu is in court for war crimes.

So looking forward to dj'ing this tonight with Michael Kasparis. I'm a massive fan of Matthew's work. Better get back to digging out some Manchester records. @monorailmusic.bsky.social

Where does the time go? Playing our first show in nearly six years tonight at the Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh. Excellent support from L.T. Leif and The Cords. Can't wait... www.432presents.com/events/2025-...

Edinburgh! Our #GigOfTheDay is The Pastels @thepastels.bsky.social at The Voodoo Rooms - final shout for tickets >> www.allgigs.co.uk/view/artist/...

The @monorailmusic.bsky.social Film Club years were fun and always threw up interesting combinations. The Servant screening was a busy one from what remember!

KInd of obsessed with how great Ian Saint Pé's guitar sounds on this version of Black Lips' Starting Over fan filmed right in front of his amp. Good decision. Total Velvets '66 frenzy of noise and rhythm. Into it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z5J...

Come To The Dance (while you still can). There are a few tickets left for The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on July 6th. This is our first show in way too long but we've been slowly getting back into the zone. Practicing hard. 432presents.seetickets.com/event/the-pa...

Sad news about Brian Wilson. He was a pop genius, no doubt. Even though his music was sophisticated and right it could be played by amateurs too. The accessibility of it made it even better. So proud to have played on this version of Don't Worry Baby by Melody Dog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50e...

RIP Sly Stone. Just heard the very sad news. Photo by Richard Avedon

"You don't need darkness to do what you think is right". Bye Sly - thanks for all the amazing music.

Hey Pulp People! We are the Pulp friendliest shop in town. We'll be playing Pulp's amazing new album More throughout the day and have tons of goodies to give away. Our Saturday boy forgot to turn up for his shift. @welovepulp.bsky.social

This caught me off guard. It's like Maher before Maher. Proto Tori Kudo as @kodakghostpoem.bsky.social called it. The amazing Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelations - Samia. I lov e this so much. www.youtube.com/watch?v=csKG...

Autocamper are playing Preston Pop Fest this August along with Pastels guitarist @johnhogarty.bsky.social 's great band National Park. Any chance of a share with your followers?

Really enjoying the forthcoming Autocamper album, What Do You Do All Day? Tom Crossley (International Airport / Pastels) plays flute on Red Flowers - available now on Bandcamp. autocamper.bandcamp.com/album/what-d...

Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"Wave after wave of gorgeous ripples and flecks – life echoing down in sun-splashed slo-mo." Will Samson's 'Songs Of Beginning And Belonging' is one of @thepastels.bsky.social's albums of the year so far: monorailmusic.com/product/song... @willsamson.bsky.social

Edinburgh and Newcastle go on sale at 10.

I was hoping to write about this one for @monorailmusic.bsky.social but I think we'll be sold out before I get to it... monorailmusic.com/product/song...

Very happy to announce three summer shows. We won't be touring this year - maybe the odd other one, who knows. Tix go on sale on Friday morning at 10am BST for Edinburgh and Newcastle. Glas-Goes Pop is already sold out. 432presents.seetickets.com/event/the-pa... www.seetickets.com/event/the-pa...

For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned

Here's a gorgeous song + video for a Sunday afternoon in May. Worlds Apart by The Mary Column. Video by Chloe Kaufmann-Trappes. Signed copies of the forthcoming album, Very Sparrow here... monorailmusic.com/product/very... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybep...

Words have power. Can Starmer not grasp this? I grew up with “there ain’t no black in the Union Jack”. Coming up with new racist catchphrases like “island of strangers” only achieves one thing - it normalises bigotry and gives idiots the language with which to express it.

Another grim day for Keir Starmer's @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Most people want to live in a multicultural, diverse society. "Island Of Strangers" is Reform Party crap. Try standing up to them, try winning some arguments. Try offering the country a bit of hope. Pathetic messaging.

Keir Starmer in happier days on the 'island of strangers ' when immigrants were a jolly photo op & not an excuse for every crappy thing that happens to a nation more committed to extreme capitalism than the welfare of it's people .

Very pleased to say that Julian House's video for We Have Sex from our This Is Memorial Device soundtrack will screen this Saturday in Glasgow as part of Daydream Nation / Glasgow Mixtape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=96K3... www.tickettailor.com/events/deptc...

To Rococo Rot's seminal late 90s masterpiece, The Amateur View, is treated to a 2025 expanded edition with sleeve notes from Jon Dale. Read @thepastels.bsky.social's write up and pre-order 2LP black vinyl w/ Monorail exclusive I-Sound mix CD: monorailmusic.com/product/the-...

Palestinians are not “facing” starvation. They are being starved to death by Israel. Yet our government still refuses to end all arms sales and implement sanctions, granting endless impunity for Israel's crimes against humanity. End the blockade — and stop the genocide.

David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...

Thanks to Gideon Coe for kicking off tonight's show with Check My Heart and giving a shoutout to @glasgoespop.bsky.social. Will never stop feeling excited whenever we come on the radio. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Here's early proof of how completely amazing The Raincoats are. Play loud and jump around for maximum enjoyment. So looking forward to Shouting Out Loud, their new book with Audrey Golden. Total event. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social. monorailmusic.com/product/shou... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ5t...

This looks amazing. Shouting Out Loud, Audrey Golden's comprehensive history of one of the most important groups of our times. The Raincoats are trailblazers, impossible to dim out. Love them. We're all over this limited edition... monorailmusic.com/product/shou...

Jack Mellin has been at the center of so much great Glasgow music. Spinning Coin, L, guest star in Sacred Paws, The Pastels, it's a joy to see his debut album as The Mary Column finally arrive. The Mary Column - Very Sparrow Love this monorailmusic.com/product/very...

This photo is my everything right now @monorailmusic.bsky.social #recordshopday

Happy to say we're playing live again in 2025. Maybe not too many shows this time round but looking forward to it. Thanks @glasgoespop.bsky.social for forcing us to take a look at ourselves. Tickets here... wegottickets.com/f/13606