Back with the TRON Ares soundtrack, Nine Inch Nails' icy beats matching the subzero temperatures! #commuterworld

Bright electronica from Field Lines Cartographer this morning, in the form of new album Apeiron Anxiety #commuterworld

On the 130th anniversary of his birth, I've recycled a piece I wrote some while back about one of my favourite composers, Paul Hindemith. Unfashionable music but well worth your time! arcana.fm/2025/11/16/p...

One to add to the listening 'inbox' - a consistently fine artist

Author wrote best book he's ever written. Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings. Book was finally published by new publisher. Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed. Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one.. bsky.app/profile/zygo...

Never thought I would write anything about ABBA...but have attempted to sum up my feelings on a visit to ABBA Voyage the Saturday just gone: arcana.fm/2025/11/12/a...

Wonderful to see Helen Grime's 'Folk', written for soprano Claire Booth, winning an IVOR Classical Award last night. I've been lucky to interview both composer and performer for my Arcana website: arcana.fm/2025/06/15/h... & arcana.fm/2024/10/20/c...

On the train and finally getting round to Daniel Avery's new one Tremors - typically intense soundscapes that are more song-based this time #commuterworld

The right decision to part with Manning...but more change needed. I feel for him but he arrived for the wrong person at the wrong time #ncfc

WIN a set of #Christmas cards Repost and follow me to enter I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov) gailmyerscough.co.uk

Wow. Serious Glenn Roeder era vibes here. Dire straits indeed #ncfc

Good morning sunshine! A pic from my run earlier on...now on the train with a second listen to Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider's collaboration album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld

Anything new from @flcartographer.bsky.social is always an event, but we are especially excited to be releasing this beautiful new album on Friday. Field Lines Cartographer "Apeiron Anxiety" Heavyweight Vinyl/Digital CiS188 07.11.2025 castlesinspace.bandcamp.com + All good record shops.

Catching up with recent album releases, and enjoying the futuristic electronica of HAAi, with busy beats and wide open spaces on her new one Humanise #commuterworld

Calm waters from Jamie Lidell & Luke Schneider this morning, in the form of their new collaborative album A Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams #commuterworld

Excellent work!

Back with WiFi for the first time in 11 days. It's revealing - and scary - to note just how essential it is to everyday life! The cafes of Tonbridge might now experience a temporary drop in coffee sales

A rare #commuterworld selfie...while waiting for the Redhill train. Today's soundtrack is Nine Inch Nails' epic soundtrack for the TRON: Ares film, a million miles from Kent!

I find it remarkable how many 'broadsheet' football match reports fail to tell you the basic facts of what really happened

Wow, George Michael's A Different Corner never loses its potency. Something in my eye every time!

Well there's a thing...a storm named after me! I was born in the South East, too...

House move more or less done...and the owner of the house looks satisfied with our work so far!

Moving house this weekend, first move in 11 years and it's a real head scrambler...in a good way, thankfully. Needless to say there are far too many books and CDs, still!

Off to the Gramophone Awards tonight - always a special date in the calendar, and a moment to be grateful for the wonderful music we've been served the last year🎵 Equally importantly, the tuxedo is intact!

I missed this - could be v interesting:

Past the fortress with music from Scanner this morning - the calm of his new one Forces, Reactions, Deflections #commuterworld

I had a really enjoyable chat with Francesco Cilluffo about Delius the opera composer - and learned a lot...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Inevitable, but sad - used to love a late night MTV2 / dance binge. Different methods now, I guess!

The Alzheimer's Society partnership for England v Wales - an inspired move. More of that please!

Metronomy's album The English Riviera is playing in the pub currently...it was on very heavy rotation on release in 2011, but I'd forgotten just how winsome its harmonies are. A beauty

On the train today with Total Kompakt 25, the Cologne label's reliably excellent annual round-up of assorted electronica #commuterworld

Thoughts for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social on yesterday lunchtime @wigmore-hall.org.uk with the Kleio Quartet - the contrasting worlds of Elgar, Webern and Haydn: arcana.fm/2025/10/07/k...

Really enjoyed the Kleio Quartet at @wigmore-hall.org.uk just now - a well constructed program of Elgar, Webern and - for once - Haydn to finish. Will enjoy writing up for @arcanadotfm.bsky.social

No surprises that the derby run is over, sadly. Some good moments but we need a lot more than that just to get above mid table. Hopefully that will come before too long! #ncfc

Great to hear 'new' Super Furry Animals music on 6Music just now...'Rock 'N' Roll Flu' typically brilliant, even for a B-side. Brixton Academy tickets purchased, can't wait!

A number of special anniversaries today - musically, Don McLean (80) and Phil Oakey (70)...while on this day in 1965 my parents got married. Not around any more, sadly, but will be raising them a diamond toast in the local later on for sure!

This morning’s #commuterworld listening was the welcome return of Icelandic band múm, and their new album History Of Silence. Definitely one to get to know!

Absolutely fascinating interview with composer David Matthews and conductor Jac van Steen today. Coming to a retailer's webpage near you, soon

An autumnal feel to the music this morning, Kathryn Williams' new album Mystery Box, with guitars like slowly falling leaves #commuterworld

Delighted to host this richly rewarding long read, a birthday tribute to composer Ian Venables, on @arcanadotfm.bsky.social: arcana.fm/2025/09/28/i...

Shane Lowry, you absolute beauty

Have to say, September has been a spectacularly good month for new albums - Suede, Saint Etienne, Baxter Dury, Faithless, Jade...and adding another near the top of that list - Cate Le Bon's Michelangelo Dying, which I reviewed this week for @musicomh.com: www.musicomh.com/reviews/albu...

Born #OTD in 1896, Spanish-British composer, Roberto Gerhard. His Violin Concerto was premiered in Florence in May 1950, with Catalan violinist Antonio Brosa & Hermann Scherchen conducting. open.spotify.com/track/4Kea2D... #britsymphyear

Hmm. This non-existent home form is becoming a major problem. Far too easy for teams to pick us off #ncfc

My latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column is out and it reflects on an online photographic exhibition I co-produced during lockdown that opened five years ago today. Read and subscribe (free) here: johnearls.substack.com

A blue sky Friday morning...with the rather wonderful Cate Le Bon, and her new album Michelangelo Dying #commuterworld

Wednesday - even my coffee is having a lie-in

Back on the rails today...with another listen to John Tejada's excellent new one The Watchline #commuterworld

The practice now known as 're-Wilding': www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...