It's Roy Wood's birthday. I love the Move. I love Wizzard. I love Boulders and Mustard.

“Wonderfully enjoyable and informative … a superb account, at once lucid and complex … SURROUND SOUND is a model for how to write about cultural production.” Still buzzing over this fab review from the legendary Richard Dyer in Literary Review, so here it is in full!

#GodzillaDay Toho’s finest was unleashed 71 years ago today - here’s a piece from a few years ago about GODZILLA and its legacy with the atrocities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Great piece by Daniel Dylan Wray on the Quietus, he has a better way with words than I do. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

My previous horror short DEATHLY, starring Alan Ruck with music by @iamclintmansell.bsky.social , is now online at Blacklight Pictures (link 👇🏻) Thanks to all the fests that screened this one! BEYOND FEST, FANTASTIC FEST. @frightfest.bsky.social - My new short MR. STATIC drops online in two weeks!

+WREN'S NEST (LIVE AV SHOW)+ Delighted to share the trailer for a forthcoming edgeland horror AV project by Hidden Britain. 'Wren's Nest' will combine an immersive live soundtrack with cinematic storytelling, and premiere in the UK in late 2025. Ticket details coming soon. YT/info link in the bio

DEATHLY, my previous horror short film starring Alan Ruck and Kathleen Wilhoite with a score by @iamclintmansell.bsky.social will drop on my Blacklight Pictures YouTube channel next week. My new short MR. STATIC will be dropping there in August! ☠️☠️☠️

My second horror short IN THE WALL is now on YouTube for the first time ever. Winner best short film @ FANTASTIC FEST and @screamfest.bsky.social and more. Starring @chrislmckenna.bsky.social with a score by @iamclintmansell.bsky.social Link 👇🏻

As a mother - as a human - I find it very difficult to look at these photos and not weep. “Rates of severe malnutrition among children aged under five at Médecins Sans Frontières’ Gaza City clinic have tripled in the last two weeks” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Here’s @jetfury.bsky.social in Uncut talking about our upcoming movie, GAME.

PREORDER: 'Black Swan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' by Clint Mansell One of Mansell's many Darren Aronofsky scores returns to vinyl. www.normanrecords.com/records/1574...

We know things are tight, so here's a new release for you free of charge. theblackdog.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...

kiss me, you're beautiful - these are truly the last days

I had a lovely talk with Danny McKaren of PLAYGIRL Magazine playgirl.com/entertainmen...

Don’t forget the amazing @maryannehobbs.bsky.social returns with a new show on BBC 6 Music tonight 6-8pm !! 🙌

New Radio Show: It's a joy to return to BBC 6 Music Sundays 6-8pm from June 8th The Show will be a borderless space for music across all spectrums. Open conversations with Artists we love. New experiments in storytelling & sound. Come with us.. Photography: @photobrettwalker.bsky.social

"Both TG and punk were unapologetically disruptive. But we went about things in very different ways. We weren’t interested in recreating what had gone before, or the punk notion of learning three chords and then forming a band." Peter Strickland Interviews #CoseyFanniTutti buff.ly/c2PCpsL

Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

Greater Los Angeles is a peaceful city the size of the entire state of Delaware. There 18.5 million of us, from all walks of life. We love our city. We do not need anyone to "liberate" a city that is already free. #NoICE #NoNationalGuard #NoMarines #NoKings

In the face of murderous MAGA raiding our neighborhoods, killing our lawmakers, the people RISE. #3E #NOKINGSPROTEST #PhillyProtest

HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE crowd has gathered at Daley Plaza in Chicago for a “No Kings Day” rally against Donald Trump (Video: Luis Emora)

Tallahassee was out and LOUD today!!!

Posted by my local Indivisible group. Over 1300 in Newton, North Carolina today.

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

Los Angeles. Just wow.

A political assassination just happened on American soil. Be angry. Grieve. But don’t get distracted. The real fight is at the ballot box — not just in the streets. Read why winning first is the only path to real change. #NoKings #VoteToWin #Minnesota www.jackhopkinsnow.com

NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly! Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest. #NoKings #50501Movement

No Kings Protest - Boston Commons, Boston, MA @meidastouch.com @meiselasb.bsky.social @bmeiselas.bsky.social

Los Angeles #NoKings

My NTS mix just started

just a few more hours to take advantage of tQ's spring sale, why not sign up and save me at least five hours of financial terror every single day (or night) and also get a tonne of perks (100k bonus words, day upon day of playlists, hours of podcasts) THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM ON THE BROOM.

“Burial’s score, then, serves both as the music of the unnamed player and of the evil of Baby Invasion, of the world’s penchant for viewing violence and depravity through a lens of entertainment.” Wrote about Burial’s excellent score for Baby Invasion: thefilmscorer.com/baby-invasio...

Thank you Simon. You seem to have that connection to the very soul of my music x

Happy release day to @elisabethelektra.bsky.social . ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

New Radio Show Sunday 6-8pm BBC 6 Music we bring you: a world exclusive Directors Cut by Rainy Miller from his new album 'Joseph, What Have You Done?' a Northern Gothic masterpiece beautiful words from Iggy Pop the first play of brand new music by LINTD www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🌹 m/a..x

Table of the Elements • 2025 Relaunch Party No. 1 • London Friday 13 June 2025 #tonyconradmovie www.tableoftheelements.co.uk www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/table-of-the-elements-relaunch-party/ #thegardencinema #film #filmlover #londoncinema #coventgarden #holborn #movie #artcinema #filmvibes

Can’t wait for you guys to see what’s in store. Season 2 of #Peacemaker premieres August 21 on HBO Max.  youtu.be/OacYmUTC7Aw?...

This week's RA Exchange features Throbbing Gristle cofounder Cosey Fanni Tutti discussing her dedication to expressing herself by any means possible, plus her new album, 2t2.

Thanks for all the questions. Some questions answered. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

We are currently just a few short of our target 2000 subscribers that'll help sustain The Quietus over the coming year. Will you edge us over the line by taking advantage of the huge discounts in our spring sale? thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

RIP Alan Yentob He produced and directed one of the most fascinating documentaries about Bowie: youtu.be/HnIBBkgkO5o?...

'Released to coincide with National Bee Day, To Be is built around recordings of bees communicating, using the many sounds at their disposal, processed through guitar pedals to become a bee library' Karman Line Collective - To Be buff.ly/sCbiNq9

If you've read Maybe I'm Amazed or are interested in neurodivergence & creativity, maybe worth a read. Big thanks to DH for doing this

‘Alexander Skarsgård's 7-Year-Old Netflix Thriller Movie Already Proved Why His Casting Is So Perfect In Apple TV+'s Murderbot’ That would be MUTE which all you #murderbot fans should obv now go check out 👍🏻 screenrant.com/alexander-sk...

The only thing that enables us to realise the full potential of our new one-year-old site is the support of our wonderful subscribers. We have nearly 2,000 now, and we would really love to break that barrier this spring... The Quietus Spring Subscriber Sale buff.ly/jTPS8by