Did we build it all up just to burn it back down? #NewMusic #MusicSky #WULYF

After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists. 2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).

Just like 2025 with DITZ's "Never Exhale", this year kicks off again with a great noise album, this time brought to you by @mandyindiana.bsky.social mandyindiana.bandcamp.com/album/urgh #MusicSky #NowPlaying #BestNewMusic #MandyIndiana

@blento.app tip: it does not (yet) support @last.fm, but you can export your year-in-music summary and create an image card linking out to the report 🫶 blento.app/rob-medico.b...

EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GET OUR LOST WORLD FOUND; EVERYONE IN OUR MOSTLY INDEFATIGABLE CURE CREW, INCLUDING ALL THOSE AT PRIMARY & CAA; AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THE CURE FANS AROUND THIS WORLD WHO CAME TO OUR LOST WORLD SHOWS & ENJOYED OUR LOST WORLD MUSIC; 2/3

Jannik Sinner becomes the 5th man in the Open Era to reach 6+ consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinals. Ivan Lendl. Roger Federer. Novak Djokovic. Rafa Nadal. Jannik Sinner. What a list. He is 1 win away from reaching 6 consecutive Grand Slam finals. (S)insane. 🇮🇹🦊

Some good new music from 2026 so far: #CrackCloud - Safe Room #Daughter - Not Enough #MariaBC - Marathon #ArcticMonkeys - Opening Night Playlist updated often here: music.apple.com/be/playlist/...

dream tracklist 😍 Arctic Monkeys | Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten, Kae Tempest | The Last Dinner Party | King Krule | Depeche Mode | Arlo Parks | English Teacher & Graham Coxon | Fontaines D.C. | Young Fathers | Foals | Bat For Lashes | Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Dove Ellis & more

BEST OF #ESNS26 Here's a list of great new music I've heard last week in #Groningen (NL), at the biggest European #showcase music #festival. - Madra Salach (IE) irish folk, with post-punk influences and cathartic live shows soundcloud.com/madrasalach/...

SLOW MAGIC out now everywhere open.spotify.com/album/7ckGPC...

welcome back! #WULYF

Heavy rotation this month: 1) "All Worlds" - Lust for Youth x Croatian Amor 2) "Romance" - @fontainesdc.bsky.social 3) "Live at Kilmainham Gaol" - @fontainesdc.bsky.social 4) "Temporale" - Gazebo Penguins rob-med.github.io/music.html

First reaction SHOCK 😱 Second reaction, bought tickets for the gig @ Les Nuits Botanique 🫶

🆕 Late update for the first months of the year: new good stuff from #oklou, @fontainesdublin.bsky.social, #SPELLLING, #DITZ, #Destroyer, #TheHorrors, #LustForYouth , #ElaMinus, #AntonySzmierek, #bdrmm open.spotify.com/playlist/7I7...

#Sanremo2025 chi ha scritto cosa? 11 autori (!) hanno contribuito a più di una canzone, con F. #Abbate, D. #Simonetta e D. #Petrella rispettivamente nei crediti di 6, 5 e 4. (6) F. Abbate ha scritto per #Clara, #Fedez, #JoanThiele, #RoseVillain, #SarahToscano, #SerenaBrancale [⬇️ continua]

#Sanremo might be *the* only period where things in Italy go SO FAST #RoseVillain #Sanremo2025

Crazy #tennis stats, 7 italians in the #ATP top 50 and 11 in the top 100 😍

🚨 #ESNS must-see acts below! Here are the most recommended artists to catch in #Groningen next week at #ESNS25, according to experts and critics (esns.nl/en/festival/...): 🇮🇹 #DanielaPes (recommended by 11) 🇧🇪 #Loverman (7) 🇮🇸 #SunnaMargret (7) 🇫🇷 #Yamê (4) 🇮🇪 #Cardinals (4) [continues 👇]

#YearinReview2024 Top 10 Albums WOOF. - #FatDog Romance - @fontainesdc.bsky.social HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - #BillieEilish Frog in Boiling Water - #DIIV Red Mile - #CrackCloud I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 - #ArabStrap

Feeling bad for those who already made their #TopSongsOfTheYear list and today #TheHorrors dropped this 💎 🥲 open.spotify.com/track/34oEV6...

Aggiornamento pre-semifinali con gli streams #Spotify degli inediti #XF2024: - i #PATAGARRI si confermano in testa, con >250k streams; - seguono #LorenzoSalvetti, #Francamente e #Mimì (~200k); - chiudono con < 150k per i #LesVotives, e < 100k per #PUNKCAKE e #LOWRAH

A few of my faves this year: University, Mock Media, Maruja, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, YARD, Being Dead, Chalk