VOTE: for the least worst candidate who's got a chance of winning. Keep the fascists out.

In 1979 I went to an early Specials gig and I got hit on the head when they were throwing demo cassettes into the crowd. I’ve still got the ska to prove it.

If you're really bored and have two hours to spare, and want to listen to me waffling on about music journalism, Melody Maker, DJing and drum & bass, take a listen to the latest Beats Working podcast - here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2Y...

Reviewed the wicked new TOMORA album for DJ Mag, which is just so SO good. "Tom Rowlands has recorded this exceptional work with Norwegian singer Aurora, who guested on the previous two Chemical Bros LPs... stands up against any of your fave Chems LPs — yep, that good." djmag.com/reviews/tomo...

You need to read this. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been warning us since 2016 about Trump. He knows: he’s one of world’s leading experts on authoritarianism & always ahead of the game. V proud to publish him in @thenerve.news. He’s an essential voice. www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja was arrested at a protest in support of the organisation Palestine Action over the weekend djmag.com/news/massive...

Liv NERVO DJ is my friend. She was coerced by a very rich man leading a double life & tricked into pregnancy. Matthew Pringle has suppressed her with the legal might his wealth allows. She won the right to speak. META took it down. This is how women suffer in silence. ✊ @jolyon.goodlawproject.org

Latest JSW show is up, featuring tracks by Radio Slave, Riva Starr, Cagedbaby, Hilit Kolet, Huxley, DJ Paulette, Jon Carter, Sasha, Renegade Soundwave x Mr C, The Freestylers, @irvinewelsh.bsky.social NRKY, Dave Beer, Nickelle, Nolan, Janis Joplin & more X www.mixcloud.com/1btn/jack-sa...

I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening now is an invasion. This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention. @CaroleCadwalladr for the Nerve Link 🔽

Yes x

Kurupt FM shutting down UNLOCKED Shoreditch ❌ DJ Mag and Rizla have released the broadcast from the very first Rizla After Dark Live event, featuring the iconic Brentford crew. Watch: youtu.be/vY337bW_zWY?...

I'm hosting the Q&A following the UK premiere of Rave Culture: A New Era at the Rio in Dalston tonight. Looking forward to it. #RaveOn x www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

‘Black music is not a subculture – it is the engine’: Why the Mobo awards matter more than ever, 30 years on

1999 threw up quite a good TW selection

The secret is out! #TrainspottingTheMusical opens this summer in London before going out on tour. With songs by @irvinewelsh.bsky.social and @mrstevemac.bsky.social, this is gonna be one of the standout cultural events of the summer. Choose life! Tickets available here: trainspottingthemusical.co.uk

(2) An essay on how the anti-woke movement contributed to our current nightmare and what Woke 2.0 (not my phrase) might look like www.thenerve.news/p/woke-war-d...

PRS members: time to vote in the Members Council ballot for 2026 board members. If you're involved in electronic music in any way, be sure to again vote for John Truelove. He'll then be able to continue sticking up for the sector like he's done for years. #PRS www.prsformusic.com/about-us/gov...

Physical sales made via Bandcamp will now count towards UK chart positions 📊 djmag.com/news/bandcam...

Here's the latest The Making Of video by the DJ Mag team - it's around Camisra 'Let Me Show You', which Tall Paul put together to play at Turnmills. X www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RDy...

Latest 1BTN JSW show is up on Mixcloud, feat. tracks by Renegade Soundwave, Radio Slave x DJ Minx, Hilit Kolet, Jon Carter, Nickelle, Freestylers, Steve Mac, Pattern Perception, Black Octopus, Santos, FreQ Nasty, Wet Leg, Corserine, Siouxsie & the Banshees + more x www.mixcloud.com/1btn/jack-sa...

In honour of World Sleep Day, Mark Barrott and myself present a two-hour mix designed to help you relax. This curated mix includes cuts from our collaborative sleep-focused EP, ‘Nocturnes Vol. 1’ Listen exclusively on Apple Music - djmixes.lnk.to/world-sleep-... #ambient #worldsleepday #sleep

A new film documenting late-1980s British rave culture is premiering this month 📽️ djmag.com/news/late-80...

Back on the 1BTN airwaves tonight for the first time this year. 10pm-12.

This time we profile one of the worst people in the world and explain how much of what we associate with Trump is really Miller’s sinister mission to remake America

PLEASE SHARE Sea Power headline first Louder Than War Live festival with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising new band Mouth Ulcers and many other bands on Sat March 14 in Manchester … all tickets and details here. louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

I reviewed the new Gorillaz album, 'The Mountain' - out today. "This is perhaps the most complete Gorillaz album yet. Albarn’s genius is pulling in all these disparate collaborators and funnelling the roving revue into a coherent whole." djmag.com/reviews/gori...

Really think this is a future classic. Detroit vibes. X www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fco...

Multiple techno events and festivals have dropped DJs from their line-ups amidst mounting allegations of misconduct, including reports of alleged sexual assault djmag.com/news/multipl...

Nearly 300,000 people have already signed this petition to return water to public ownership — and that's before a lot of people have seen Dirty Business on Channel Four. The privatisation of the water industry has failed and is no longer fit for purpose. Sign here: www.change.org/p/return-the...

"Massages..."

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Keep your side of the road clean." In a world of dolourous news, all you can do is find one small thing - then try to fix it. And so me and the British Society of Magazine Editors are launching this - to find the next generation of writers AND PAY THEM. Screw you, AI. We still believe in writing.

Sabres Of Paradise’s ‘Haunted Dancehall’ is a certified masterpiece ⚔️ Joe Muggs caught up with Kooner and Burns to unravel the story of ‘Haunted Dancehall’. buff.ly/cPOLf5Z

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

you have until 8pm tonight to hear this, before it disappears..

I'm on a couple of panels at #NightTimeEconomySummit in Liverpool this Wednesday. One on the future of club culture, & one on the impact of global conflicts on the music & live events industry. Both hopefully fascinating. It's a really strong programme this year x #NTES26 @ntiaofficial.bsky.social

It really can’t be reshared enough

Kurupt FM to headline UNLOCKED Shoreditch 🔊 Taking place on Thursday 26th February, DJ Mag and Rizla present the first-ever After Dark Live event with the iconic Brentford crew. Free tickets: djtickets.com/event/dj-mag...

My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream

The shape of solidarity: standing with Palestine in electronic music djmag.com/features/sha...

I got 9/16 - some are hilarious! x

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

DANCE FOR PEACE Day Rave at Volks Nightclub, Brighton - Saturday 7 March. All funds to MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS. DJ line-up includes: DANNY HOWELLS, STEVE MAC, SCOTT DIAZ, TIM CULLEN, EVIL TOM, NICK HOOK & @carlloben3000.bsky.social SKIDDLE tickets - www.skiddle.com/e/41949856 #housemusic

Calls to recognise the legendary jungle MC Stevie Hyper D with a blue plaque are gaining momentum 🏆 djmag.com/news/stevie-...

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.