UK Music Chief Tom Kiehl sat down with Drowned in Sound’s Sean Adams to discuss the findings of our new This Is Music economic report and the biggest issues facing the sector, from AI and EU touring to the challenge of breaking new artists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVKL... @drownedinsound.bsky.social

Why Keir Starmer would be the perfect new BBC DG - claims to be for the people but constantly cowers or capitulates to Murdoch and Farage - is friends with Trump - Arsenal fan so hates Lineker more than Telegraph columnists - stands for nothing so easy to be impartial

Have you or anyone you know been scammed for gig tickets because of an ad on Facebook or Instagram? Doing some research off the back of this recent report for a potential feature www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The Telegraph published 4 articles in Dec & Jan that included the false claim that Energy & Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband plans to build 1 billion solar panels to meet his net zero emissions targets In reality, reaching net zero by 2050 will require a 10th of that figure – 100 million solar panels

Going through a pile of album of the year contenders ahead of recording some year-end podcasts. This Addison Rae album is gonna be in all the corporate media lists isn't it? Has the charm of Lykke Li and Aperol spritz fizz of Charli and Robyn, without the weirdness of Caroline Polachek (I like it)

25 paragraphs before the Guardian gets to the truth, which even then it can't bring itself to have a position on (www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...).

Haven't opened Twitter for weeks Assumed this was a satire account but nope...

We're about 48 hours from a campaign to get Boris Johnson as the new director general of the BBC

“But if you listen to it again and again, you might go, well, what's that about? Or on a different day, a certain line will strike you in a different way.” This is becoming as relevant for podcasts as it is for songs, which Paul Smith was referring to.

Love it when two kind-hearted music geeks geek out about other music geeks and continue to share their gratitude for the art of creating music. Great episode, @drownedinsound.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

This is a great listen for anyone who likes Maximo Park, anyone who grew up in the North East, anyone who loves music… Just a great listen for anyone really.

I was a day one @maximopark.bsky.social fan, so it was a joy to discuss music obsession and the myth of indie sleaze with Paul youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...

I was a day one @maximopark.bsky.social fan, so it was a joy to discuss music obsession and the myth of indie sleaze with Paul youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...

For the last few months @emmabwilkes.bsky.social has taken the lead on our newsletters and I've chipped in a few essays This week's 📧 is a tagteam edition with us recommending Kelly Lee Owens, Melody's Echo Chamber, and lots more Plus @theanchoress.bsky.social is offering fans discounted entry

Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

The yacht class will be in a spin They can feel the shift and worry we are about to capsize their reality All that generational wealth and inherited power A promise of a better future is no longer a relic of the past…

“If it’s bad, I say it’s fake. If it’s good, I say that’s the most accurate poll ever.” — Donald J. Trump, 2021

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...

As someone recently laid off, learning about this $3.65M annual expense is especially shocking. This could pay for so many journalists, and so much actual reporting. The entire race and culture team at CBS News was cut.

Not gonna lie, this was a dream commission to mark 25 years of @drownedinsound.org

This is a really informative watch Spoiler: If you didn’t know, it’s only voluntary for governments to submit their military emissions And they’re not included in the Paris climate agreement www.thewaronclimate.org is aiming to get this on this year’s COP agenda

Do not buy tickets unless they drop Marilyn Manson from the bill. He lost all relevancy for good reason

Ever since she began speaking on Palestine, Greta has been told she's "changed", that she's left climate justice behind. But Israel hasn't just committed genocide on the people of Palestine but ecocide on their land, and Greta is making the link. Check out my latest deep dive: youtu.be/fExmlN2o10o

We’re asking ourselves the same question… Then again misogyny and male violence towards women and girls is so normalised it would be more surprising to see masses of people up in arms about Manson’s return to the UK this week…

Very poor from the government: it won't review suitability of X for its communications, and insists on keeping secret its previous review.

"Musk’s Grok is among the AI models pushing Russian state propaganda, actually citing Russian state media sites, when prompted about the war in Ukraine." For the millionth time: Why in the name of all that is good is the Government still addicted to X? open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

Can’t believe these shows are going ahead So many people in the food chain of arena shows like this making money from this man who has a trail of confessions to his abusive behaviour in his books and interviews, as well as a huge list of allegations and deeply antisemitic behaviour

sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is

Do you ever fear the next generation of musicians will only be a rich lucky few? Thankfully @youthmusic.bsky.social are working hard to protect our grassroots and allow young music lovers to thrive @emmabwilkes.bsky.social dives deeper and meets change makers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Do you ever fear the next generation of musicians will only be a rich lucky few? Thankfully @youthmusic.bsky.social are working hard to protect our grassroots and allow young music lovers to thrive @emmabwilkes.bsky.social dives deeper and meets change makers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

We urgently need honesty on the climate crisis. Military emissions are excluded from national emissions figures. Yes, we simply pretend they don't exist. That means there's little pressure to reduce them. This has to change. www.thewaronclimate.org

UK & Ireland has had some extraordinary albums over the last 12 months and you don't have long left to vote for your favourite in this pile. @thecure.com @loscampesinos.bsky.social @benefitstheband.bsky.social and many more feature on this year's list www.drownedinsound.org/neptune-priz...

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia. I disagree. RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

Imagine if Conservatives wanted to conserve the planet rather than their wealth

Tory conference: coulda been an email

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

French PMs are like Spinal Tap drummers

On this week's podcast, @emmabwilkes.bsky.social asked me the questions I usually ask our guests and discussed the future of Drowned in Sound But first, the episode opens with me asking Emma what it was like to meet Jeremy Corbyn www.drownedinsound.org/25-years-of-...

How can anyone watch the reports of sadistic violence , racism , sexual assault & criminality of ICE in America & wish that upon its own citizens ?!! Our media & politics are truly broken .

Does music need journalism? Yes, more than ever www.drownedinsound.org/writing-abou...

That’s easy, it’s Double Negative by @lowtheband.bsky.social - one of the greatest albums of the 21st century An absolute sonic beast

Amichai Chikli, Israeli "Minister for Diaspora Affairs", welcomes Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) - a multiply convicted violent criminal & close associate of neo-nazis - to Israel. As can't be emphasized enough, contemporary #fascism is a fully globalized project.

Oh and calling women ‘slags’. If your partner supports this man, you better run. Nobody supports Hamas FFS! They are evil, the hostages are innocent people. Palestinians are not Hamas and genocide is evil. Jewish people aren’t Netanyahu. This isn’t rocket science.

If only there was a way to fact check this script before broadcasting?! I’m sure there are people who want to defund @fullfact.org fullfact.org/technology/d...

Some reporting suggests Nigel Farage has two beachside properties in Kent Guessing if he doesn't think we need to invest in netzero and renewable energy, these might be his rentals?

Happy birthday to Drowned In Sound! This was the first platform (beyond my own amateur blog) to publish any of my silly words on music. 🎂 🎈 ❤️ @drownedinsound.bsky.social

Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla. And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.

Oct 1st marks 25 years since @drownedinsound.org published its first ever review Sharing some exciting news about our future later today - be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast or YouTube for updates

Oct 1st marks 25 years since @drownedinsound.org published its first ever review Sharing some exciting news about our future later today - be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast or YouTube for updates

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.