Imagine my surprise when my dad popped up in my feed this morning. Yes indeed that is my pop. He turns 90 in a couple weeks.

#FeatureFriday My favorite track from @thephotocopies.bsky.social's "Counterintuition" is "Bye Bye Boyfriend". The song is fun and charming, while being just the right amount of mean. The lyrics are messed up in a way that just tickles my admittedly dumb sense of humor.

#JustListened I'm sorry, but how good is this album by @neonpherepapha.bsky.social? The lyrics by themselves are clever and memorable, but what makes this really great is the variety in wildly different styles while it keeps the IndiePop feeling consistent. Great stuff! Highly, highly recommended!

Travelled to the funeral for a lovely man I didn’t know very well but he’d battled with early onset Alzheimer’s for 10 years. Devastating stuff and a gorgeous family dealing with extended grief. Drove home via Cairn O’mount. I’d never driven that route before. Blizzard, lightning and stark beauty.

In roughly 9 hours from now, I'll post the next release overview. More than enough time to tell me about new music you'll release NEXT WEEK, or listening parties you plan to hold! 👍

🎶 New SINGLE releases! Mar. 2 - Mar. 8 🎶 DAILY @artofstone.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@stonessonic... @aardman.bsky.social philipdewalt.substack.com MONDAY @pomcountyirregs.bsky.social On streaming services, already available at pomegranatecountyirregulars.bandcamp.com/album/gravit... 1/2

#FeatureFriday My favorite song from @efterdoden.bsky.social's "Som i en brunn" is the second track "Stor sak om världen hatar mig". The arrangement in this has a sound like melancholic Blues, without forgetting the folky aspects. Very nice! efterdoden.bandcamp.com/track/stor-s...

In amongst the defiance, there's love. I heard this yesterday and it reminded me that it's one of my best. Martin Stephenson's production is superb. emmageeflowers.bandcamp.com/track/rewrit...

It’s cold and dark here in Edinburgh. So here’s a song from the cold but not-quite-so-dark a couple of years ago. Got some new music to release soon but the old stuff isn’t awful. youtu.be/0aOdUucdaFs?...

Done! That was pretty excellent! Their style is DSBM; full of sorrow, despair and loneliness. There is a lot of impressive musicality happening here; this really felt like a band that is baring their souls. Gorgeous melodies and emotional instrumentation overall. Highly, highly recommended!

This week's Along The Tracks 10pm 13th on www.folkfridayradio.com has got "Julia" from Ásgeir as album of the week plus other new releases and the Fatea Showcase Sessions Full track list: www.facebook.com/AlongTheTrac...

Reminder for the weekend: If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, February 16th to February 22nd, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍

Just going to leave this here

Punk At 50 *AND* Miles Davis on the cover of MOJO! Available to order now, the new MOJO features a choice of anniversary covers. One celebrates the Golden Jubilee of UK punk’s Year Zero, the other salutes Miles Davis, who would have been 100 this spring. More info and to order your copy here! 👇

Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......

Donald Trump is: - Openly racist - Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children - Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state - Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders - Polling at 38% amongst the American people

So to next Wednesday and the 250th Compendium, so if you missed the 249th, this is it: www.mixcloud.com/JohnReedBrea...

Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March

Hey, #MusicianSky! If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, Febuary 9th to Febuary 15th, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍

Barry kept himself in shape for work by spending three days a week at the gym and one at the bowling alley.

It is good that Germany FA is talking about this. Will we see countries dropping out. Not sure that will happen though. #FifaWorldCup #USAWorldCup

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

Oh America, this Scottish person feels very sad about what has befallen you. Wishing you all the strength to change the narrative and defeat the evil right-wing forces that are ruining your country before our eyes.

Pere Ubu - (Pa) Ubu Dance Party wzbc.org

Mid-weekly reminder: If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, January 26th to Febuary 1st, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍

Look at him! Really look and don’t you dare look away either! That is a four-year-old. He’s wearing a backpack big enough for a juice box and lunch and wearing a winter hat pulled down by someone who loves him. And the United States government decided this child was an acceptable target!!!! 1/

ust added a large batch of album reviews to the site. Check them out here: www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...

My new album is out now. January is a crap time for cash flow so if you can't afford to buy here's some free codes. mjohnhenry.bandcamp.com/yum code 7ux7-xgpd xlqa-eb7c he8r-uwqx 47nw-exyp 4ldq-7p2n qsq9-5fwj bhru-baly 5clx-x7pr gpcp-je7d 2fhr-y3ph @freealbumcodes.bsky.social

Climate change giving the Med the power to make tropical cyclones. The S. of France has had 4 months of rain in 48hrs, Italy facing a hurricane...

There's been some stunning artists out and about in January, check out the dates we caught. www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/live/

And then there's me! 👋 I'm putting together a weekly release overview; letting people know about singles, albums, listening parties, etc. There's a new one coming out every Sunday for the following week! Check it out and let me know about your upcoming music here: bsky.app/profile/flor... 🧵 4/4

@etherdiver.bsky.social is running a great blog where he reviews music of all styles (except for AI and assholes). Check it out here: www.etherdiver.com/category/oth... And submit your music for a review here: www.etherdiver.com/other-people... 🧵 3/4

@untidymusic.com is running the appropriately named @untidyradio.com, where music from every genre and every artist is getting airtime (except for AI and assholes)! Check it out here: untidyradio.com And submit your music through this form: forms.gle/ANThEuCvupmH... 🧵 2/4

Hey you! Yes, you! 🫵 You're into this whole "making music" thing? You're a solo artist or you're in a band? Then this is for you! It's not much and will not launch you into super-stardom, but here are three simple things you can do to get your music heard; all of it for free, no obligations! 🧵 1/4

Coming up this week on Sunday 18 January at 8am UK time [email protected] Making of a Musician / Untidy Radio @sometimesanderson.bsky.social Featuring Cris Sirc with your host @sometimeskristy.bsky.social #techno #music #musicsky Followed by 1.45 hours of music inspired by the show

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

Wine is like taco bell in that the best time to consume it is at 3am whilst crying.

A couple of days ago, for the first time in ages, I packed up my laptop and took it to a fabulous little library in my city. I sat down and did some of my best writing for months. How can these things possibly be connected? 🙂 Support you local library. Good things happen there.

Silversun Pickups are a band I have criminally underrated in my own mind. They have 2 songs that were my favorite of their year and another that I put #2 at the time but probably should have also been a #1. #musicsky

Rare #Merlin and #KingArthur text found hidden in binding of #medieval #book. The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries. Link for more photos, a video and information: www.popsci.com/science/king...

with some lovelyy pictures of icy Edinburgh

Hey #Musiciansky! If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, January 12th to January 18th, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍

First band rehearsal since the new album sessions six months ago. Rusty? Oh yes. Fun? Oh yes.

Yeah, still enjoying the pleasures of the real world. Hope everyone is doing fine though! Tomorrow comes the big one; my favorite albums of the past year. It's a good one, you'll see! 😁 See you folks, take care of yourselves and those you care about. Stay safe, stay sane, always keep going! ❤️

Don't forget what real leadership looks like...

Listening back on track now with Rosalia’s ‘Lux’. Heard some low level underground buzz about it so I thought I’d have a listen. These low level underground buzzers might be onto something.

Listening plans interrupted by the reappearance of my Guild M20, an often neglected but lovely little guitar. Remember everyone, a guitar is for Christmas and not just for life.

Reminder over the Holidays: If you plan to release new singles or albums, or hold an online event (listening parties, concerts, etc) NEXT WEEK, December 29th to January 4th, tell me about it! I'm putting this list together every SUNDAY evening. Artists, bands and labels of all genres are welcome! 👍