D. Boon April 1, 1958 - December 22, 1985

#RockActionRewind ‘Tis the season! 🎄 Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert’s “Ghost Stories For Christmas” was released 7 years ago, making it the perfect time to reacquaint yourself with this brilliant, beautiful alternative festive album. ✨ 📹: “A Ghost Story for Christmas” (lyric video)

Our Black Vinyl Weekend is on NOW! 💿 There’s 40% off all pre-2025 black vinyl releases*, plus 20% off almost everything else store wide. ✨ Discount automatically applied at checkout. Sale ends midnight, Sunday 30th November 👉🏼 rockaction.scot * excludes Mogwai - “Government Commissions”

#RockActionRewind #onthisday @mogwai.scot’s second remix album “A Wrenched Virile Lore” was released 13 years ago today. 💫 There’s 20% off the CD at the Rock Action store as part of our winter sale - running now until midnight Sunday 30th November 👉🏼 rockaction.scot

The undisputed king of Manchester, @marcrileydj.bsky.social, is giving one of my old sessions a replay tonight on @6music.bsky.social. Here it live! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

My friend Ajay is running a monthly record club on @bandcamp.com, where for $13 a month, you'll get a new release, picked by the man himself. I've been trusting his taste in music for close to 30 years now, and he's never let me down. Dae it! bandcamp.com/club/kosmos-...

New Dancer! Dae it!

Dancer "More or Less" out today! @dancerband.bsky.social There is an exclusive Red Vinyl version available through @monorailmusic.bsky.social Listen/Order here: dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/more-o...

Fuck, yes! Dae it.

Important #JDTwitch of @optimo-espacio.bsky.social news to share -- a Crowdfunder for Keith's continuing care has now been set up. The proceeds from the album I am coordinating, #OneMoreTune, will be going here. Of course, you are also strongly encouraged to contribute to this Crowdfunder directly.

Anyone who knows @optimo-espacio.bsky.social knows how much this song by @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social and Chris Carter means to him. There's an unsigned copy of this on discogs for £150 Sensible offers only and all proceeds will go to Keith www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwi...

Proud to stand with @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social in their campaign showing the support refugees receive across Scotland. Let’s keep building a country where everyone feels safe and welcome🧡 Be #PartOfTheBiggerPicture - buy their new t-shirt and help make Scotland more inclusive: ow.ly/JSXt50WmPoj

My brand new album Begging The Night To Take Hold comes out on Chemikal Underground on 26th September on vinyl, CD and digital. UK Tour in October. Tickets on sale on Friday 11th July. Pre order the album now. bio.to/EmmaPollock

Post a song from the year you turned 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwj...

We’ve been noticing that a lot of the AI generated music has songs about dust, which makes me wonder if dust is what the computer fears most.

Spotify is a horrible platform in so many ways. People should consider if they're ok using it. We use Tidal in the shop for streaming and are really happy with it. Some of the staff use Qobuz at home. Spotify sounds terrible and their ethics are disgusting.

Sweet! Really looking forward to this one. 10 Songs I Hate About You was one of my favourite albums of last year.

Fuck the UK government. I don't know why this shit surprises me anymore.

These are all of our UK headline shows this year, and probably our last for quite a while. So you should definitely come. Ticket links: www.arabstrap.scot/tour

New KJ! That'll be me having a good greet this afternoon, then. The best.

I've never been disappointed with a Mike Watt show since the first time I saw him with fIREHOSE back in the day. One of the greatest bass players to live, and a fucking great story teller. Dae it!

Steve is a brilliant guitarist, funny as fuck, and one of the most empathetic and kind folk I've had the privilege of knowing. Go see him play, you'll have a great time.

“I agree with Nick.” Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again? Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.

[b-52s voice] yurt fraudster

We're having a summer sale! Shop tons of goodies on our website ... some stuff up to 50% off. monorailmusic.com/shop/?_sft_l...

Dae it, this is great.

Dae it.

Ghosts was one of my favourites from 22, really looking forward to this one. Beautiful, subtle music.

"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

New Arab Strap LP! Also, please follow the Strap account for future news fi you fancy (I finally got round to updating the handle).

Do yourself a favour and go buy A Complicated Woman by Self Esteem. It's fucking brilliant. monorailmusic.com/product/a-co...

Section 28 was "the law" too - that doesn't change the fact that the people who supported it were doing so out of bigotry.

As much as I want to see an independent Scotland, I'll be fucked if I'll be supporting the SNP while it refuses to stand up against this ongoing, abhorrent attack against trans people.

We’re screening the Fugazi documentary in Newcastle on May 23rd. Filmmaker’s revenue will be donated to West End Women and Girls Centre. Hope to have a surprise band play in the main venue straight afterwards. No, not *that* band 😬🤦‍♂️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/star-and-sha...

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

@whatthetrans.com have compiled a full list of demonstrations that are happening over the next few days, following the Supreme Court Judgement on Wednesday. So far in Scotland, there are organised demos in Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Orkney 🏳️‍⚧️💗 whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

First off you should appeal that the Section 35 order against the GRR Bill be repealed. It exists on the basis that GRA changes would affect the reserved Equality Act. That argument is now comprehensively sunk, so the order should be quashed.

Proud to say we’re collabing with Safe Gigs For Women on our upcoming tour which starts next week. As a “man band” we feel it’s important to promote positive and non threatening behaviours at gigs. Thank you to Alex and the team for making this work.

It’s happening. Tour starts next week and it’s going to be class. You’re all invited, come see us my friend.

While I'm here. Sophie Hunter is my favourite new artist right now. She's fucking great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHkZ...

Deerhoof featuring Saul Williams? Fuck yes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwk6...

Happy birthday to the late great D Boon, forever inspiration. Here’s my @thequietus.com piece on his masterpiece’s 40th anniversary thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

💯🎯 #TransDayOfVisibility

In their bid to erase trans people, Labour are setting the precedent that anyone tangentially related to academia can publish a bigoted screed and declare it 'The groundbreaking Dumbfuck Report' and do sweeping reforms as a result. The far-right Reform look certain to form the next government FYI.

Dae it!

Being the narcissistic fuck that I am, I thought it would be interesting to see what the latest AI had to say about me. It was pretty accurate, until the twist at the end... At least I was missed. That's all we can really ask for.

Beautiful. As usual. Can't wait for the album!

In case you hadn't heard, KJK and her merry band of arseholes are turning up in Aberdeen tomorrow, congregating at Marischal College at 1pm to be dicks. There's a counterprotest happening, which I can't attend due to work, but if you can then please do. 🏳️‍⚧️

Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday. That means even more money goes to Trans Lifeline and the Transgender Law Center if you buy our Rent/Your House EP. Also, we have reduced all our t-shirts to $5 to clear out space to make room for a new design. (limited sizes I’m afraid) neutrals.bandcamp.com/merch

For no particular reason we’d like to remind you that all proceeds from the second pressing of our “Rent/Your House” EP are donated to Trans Lifeline and the Transgender Law Center. But if you don’t care for the music, you can always just donate. neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/rent-y...