Ok, so the last quarter of the year is catching up in the "remix that sounds different than the original and it's not AI slop" www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQPG...

one of the remixes of the year, in a year not that memorable in that "category"(I'm being kind it was dreadful when compared with 2024) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok2H...

nice song from the albums of the year for me but this video is way too much boooonkeeeersssss www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfFa...

"and now a new entry at 39" www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpua...

The Young Punctum blog returns, and reaches August 1977, but it isn't just about that man: funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/12/augu...

Aya's Hexed is a fine album but Im Hole is better and it didn't have that much apreciation back then. Again late

one post for today. Please stop doing EOY lists based on chattie or any other LLMs. It's getting out of proportion the same names all over again and everywhere

Debby Friday almost absent of any EOY lists and Geese almost non absent of any EOY lists is a major confirmation that AI slop has infected the music media

one of the singles of the year www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq0j...

Me explaining why I'm not doing an end-of-year albums list this year, nor indeed for any further years: warmrationalism.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

I probably should have an opinion on several EOY lists I've seen but it would show how awful are these "homogenic" choices. As if there are too many records out and the ppl who write for musig mags, they listen to the same records in their circle of ambience

among so much dreary autofagic dub techno, AI sloppy house, slop sory LLmelange techno, the new album by Ikonika is not just refreshing but one of the best this year. Liszt timez! ikonika.bandcamp.com/album/sad

Anyone who hasn't included "Cowboys and angels" in their George Michael Top 5 needs to give their head a wobble.

It's Sunday afternoon, it's been a fortnight and it's time for yet another retro UK Top 40 singles chart countdown...this week we go back to the week ending 4 December 1982! How long before you succumb(er)?

listening to Jennifer Walton Daughters album and coming to realize that the opening track is so good that even the reasonable tracks on a otherwise unbalanced album, are a relative major letdown. Maybe it's just me though and the current state of my life

black eye matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecGo...

my old pal Didier sent me 8 links for Spotify artists doing techno and house. I immediately spotted 7 which were AI slop almost 100%. The other remaining has an early vocal sample that samples a sampled record which sampled a 80s movie. That's how old I am. As he said " this is getting wild"

quad 90 CD at a major store in Lisbon with a price of 20 plus euros. By mail, it's 23 € FFS Bregzit-reversion can't come soon enough

the highlight on Disco 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGOh...

Young Punctum blog update reaches the miraculous month of July 1977. To quote Elvis Costello advertising Get Happy!, "LOOK AT ALL THESE HITS!!" Not to mention the extras I've added. If there's nothing here that you like then there's nothing I can do for you: funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/11/july...

gave a listen to OPN new album and, once again, it sounds meh at the beginning but slowly rises on my soul. At the end I sense a repeat is inevitable

this batch of new singles by Magdalena Bay this year are awesome

What a great pop single this is, and it should go to number three or four in the charts. We know why that isn't the case now but in the old days it would have happened.

another recommendation from my old pal Didier and glad that Dani is back, sort of drabqueen.bandcamp.com/track/in-my-...

#np sessa.bandcamp.com/album/pequen...

Afterglow is actually better than Eusexua

New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability. buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

a kind of Two Lone Swordsmen lost track? That's it Daniel omnidisc.bandcamp.com/track/silver...

The days are long and I want to do everything and I can do anything because the future is here on 12" give the breakdown to me take me to the punk rock disco show we love you Miami #discoutopia #nofuturebutnow #backtobasics

more singles of the week, Dopamine and new Ikonika single

3 singles of the week, Charli and Cale, Fred again/Ca7riel/Paco/Ezra Collective, Eliza/Oppidan

#np Allie X

oh si si www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtC...

Released today. Let's get it to number one on Friday. Good night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...

oh dear how sad never mind

of course this is the real Lux of the week for me (it was released in September I know I know)

in the mean time, a PT music channel went b2b with King Kutta and Hey Ya which was a random choice or a subliminal message. Can't quite figure it out. Btw Rihanna Kiss it Better was next but the year of the record was 2023. AI hallucination engine innit

that Geese band, perhaps one day I'll say that they are " a good band for the living generation" but, right now, it's a mix of boring farts and screaming arts

forgotten 90s www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFq...

geez this new OPN album is mostly sloppy AI made circa 1999 with expert systems at 440 MHz. Strangely, I've always revisit his albums and end up liking them more than at first listen but this one probably won't stand that test

Saturday morning repost with added input from "that other rocker, Eamonn":

rough week, rough weekend, rough justice

they have lost their Mojo

Daniel Avery is no Markus Schmickler. Tremor has one very good EP on it(5-6 tracks), the rest, ok then

Right, it's finally time for this week's Young Punctum blog update after a fortnight's absence - this week it's the hits and should-have-been hits of April 1977: funthirty.blogspot.com/2025/10/apri...

a bit disappointed by KeiyaA's new album. Surprised by the new Hilary Woods at least most of it. Like the new Rat Heart a lot after the first listen a week ago, maybe it's the halloween effect. Daniel Avery tomorrow or Sunday

It seems like the only way tech companies are able to compel AI usage is by coercion in performance review processes? (via The Information "AI Agenda" newsletter)

so YES, Jane Inc. new album is great as @djpunctum.bsky.social , @agincourtgirl.bsky.social and some others have been saying all along. It was a tip from my old lab friend Didier who lived in Toronto(now in Brazil) and has several connections with some djs from that city. Always with good tips