How broken is the music biz and can this be fixed? It's so frustrating being a fan sometimes... www.drownedinsound.org/celebrating-...

How broken is the music biz and can this be fixed? It's so frustrating being a fan sometimes... www.drownedinsound.org/celebrating-...

No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?

What can the creator economy teach the ailing music industry? I sat down with the brilliant researcher @kahlerthanna.bsky.social to discuss her latest study into how differently gamers and streamers are using the internet and what music can learn from it I learnt a lot

will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other

Grok is now posting AI images of Elon Musk with semen on his face, holding signs begging people to assassinate him. If only they had cared more during all the times when Grok was doing this to women and liberal posters on command. Oh well

Extra important, informative and educational episode from @drownedinsound.bsky.social I tend to forget that amazing musicians, like Eno, BIllie Eilish and Massive Attack doing amazing things for all of us! And Billie's mum too!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 pca.st/episode/818e...

Back of the net!

My pitch to be new director general of the BBC: I’ll cancel Mrs Brown’s Boys on day one

Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas. That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Have a festive commute today? Missing having a pile of magazines for the train or flight? Looking for a review of the year in music? Well, we have just the podcast you’re looking for… drownedinsound.org/podcasts

“He raped me.” “Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” “She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.” Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.

JD Vance will be telling us we have free speech issues in the UK and yet…

I mean it is actually a click bait story of someone looking up what tax rates are because we don't actually know what his financial affairs are. At the very least I'd expect him to have some business expenses to deduct.

Merry Christmas! Here’s the gift you definitely didn’t ask for… the penultimate part of the 25 Worst Columns of 2025 brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-25-wor...

If you wanna set yourself up for a better 2026 And if you’re looking for a lightweight AI that isn’t totally trashing the planet… I’ve been using @ecosiasearch.bsky.social for last few months + their AI for last weeks and it’s great ecosia.co/app?referrer... (not an ad but would love to partner)

Quick poll: were you aware of this news story that broke 4 days ago? Almost £150m our money www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*screams internally* Playing it cool seeing this in response to a clip from the Drowned in Sound podcast

If AI is so smart, why… - can’t it fix basic tech set up issues - doesn’t it know that I’ve already seen 70% of my Netflix feed - do tech bros still need assistants - does Alexa randomly ping when you say words that sound nothing like it - hasn’t it invented renewable energy - or led to world peace

Also... it's Christmas. One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence. Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so. Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.

Flashback to when he said we should give Trump a chance 🤡 he took it back but some things can't be unsaid mate

I’m a mother of boys who have told me over their teenage years about the prevalent exposures to misogynistic social normalisation among their peers which makes me think that something absolutely needs to be done about this early on in education.

I also declined Diary of a CEO’s invitation to have a “balanced and insightful discussion” about whether feminism “delivered on its promise of liberation for women.” They ended up titling it, “Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower?” open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems. And it’s already pretty fucking bad! bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday - was that the song of the summer? This is just one of the questions we tried to answer on the Drowned in Sound review of the year podcast drownedinsound.org/podcasts

Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday - was that the song of the summer? This is just one of the questions we tried to answer on the Drowned in Sound review of the year podcast

Nearing 25,000 followers on here Should I re-introduce myself? What would you like to know? For starters, 25 years ago I started a music magazine that grew to 3 million readers Now I host its podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... (please repost to spread the word)

Nearing 25,000 followers on here Should I re-introduce myself? What would you like to know? For starters, 25 years ago I started a music magazine that grew to 3 million readers Now I host its podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... (please repost to spread the word)

We've shown you ours... now, invent an award and tell us who should win it www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...

Now waiting patiently for news that Jordan Stephens is going to replace Huey who has finally left 6 Music Will be keeping an eye on @scottygb.bsky.social’s feed as he always has the scoop on these kindsa things

A potential Xmas number 1 from Brian Eno and co, Billie Eilish gets smeared, save our venues, and lots more in this week's round-up from @drownedinsound.org by @emmabwilkes.bsky.social

Can’t wait to see what @aoc.bsky.social writes under a plaque of Trump

I love that American nationalists think other countries should give America their oil.

Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals. But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force. Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.

No one is more obsessed with Ilhan Omar than Donald Trump. Watch this explainer on the surprising reason why...

What was your favourite radio show of 2025?

This thread is wild. Harry Cole is editor-at-large at The Sun. He is platforming extremism here, and leaving outright racism almost entirely unchallenged. Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)

OMG! - Brave bystander disarms one of the two shooters at Bondi beach. This man and the woman behind him are heroes 👏 The attack on a Jewish festival 'Chanukah by the Sea' is absolutely disgusting As democracies we stand up for the rights and safety of all people in our society

How many of our top 25 have you heard? www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...

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The climate of harassment that chills free speech should be front and centre in 2026 This sort of report is not what JD Vance and co talk about when describing the war on free speech in UK and Europe www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-ins...

There has never been a musician more in need of taking a year or two out to read a stack of well chosen books than this haggard, Dark Crystal skeksis-looking prannark, Gillespie.

my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it

+1 for Darkside

You know Spotify is run by shitheads because I'm willing to bet somewhere in that company they let this happen on purpose just for the bantz, just for a news item where they'd try and look a bit edgy, but I mean they just come off as the least inspiring bunch of cunts you could possibly imagine.

We’re going to be making a lot more of our editorial subscriber only on @drownedinsound.org next year People are getting the media they don’t pay for at the moment and the people paying are billionaires… 🤦 Journalists and content creators need your support

The countdown begins We’re a totally independent publication so we would really appreciate you reposting or spreading the word however you can www.drownedinsound.org/drowned-in-s...

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