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.

had to pop back onto the hellsite to find out more

More DJs added to the monster #DanceForTan - Brighton line-up for the last day of January. Early bird tickets not available very much longer. Grab yours here: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bri... @irvinewelsh.bsky.social

uh holy SHIT?

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.

🔴The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...

Would love to make this though can't (clash with ALFOS), but looks like a great line up for a great cause.

Huge line-up assembling for Dance For Tan Brighton at the end of Jan, a fundraiser to help raise monies for Tania Sansom's ongoing treatment to battle MS. Early bird tickets going fast. X www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bri...

Really enjoyed interviewing Fatboy Slim for The Making Of 'Rockafeller Skank' mini-doc. Norm, who is always a great interviewee and engaging explainer, made it during his late 90s purple patch. Its mash-up with the Stones' 'Satisfaction' has finally been released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyA...

The powerful video for this song movingly demonstrates the humanity, humility, defiance and righteous strenth of a cross-section of Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing genocide. All profits from the single go to the Together for Palestine Fund. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G957...

Just a handful of tickets remain for the DJ Mag Best of British Awards at London’s The Steel Yard tomorrow 🏆 Tickets here ⬇️ djtickets.com/event/dj-mag...

Columnists! People who make videos of their own heads! Do you know nothing about autism & its complexity? Never read a word about it, but seen something about SEND reform and what Badenoch/Tice said the other day? Top tip: Just sound off about "overdiagnosis" and get another week's beer money

Gig day today, hope to see some of you later. 3pm-11pm Big Chill King’s Cross. Details here - with donation info alongside the ticket link too, for anyone who can't make it but wants to support the cause www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mutton-rol...

This is a pretty good cover version by The Damned of the early Pink Floyd single. X www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEDK...

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Probably, yes.

Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies. Marion Davies!

This petition asking for a public inquiry into Russian interference into UK politics already has over half the signatures it needs. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

YOU GET THE DYSTOPIA YOU DESERVE x

This is what will happen to Labour. By copying Denmark's hardline immigration policies, as announced by Home Sec today, they'll lose London, the country & the next election. In fact, given their incompetence since taking power, it feels like they've already lost. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Tuuuuuune x www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQvj...

New album by Corserine is out today on Out yer Box, the sister label to Jack Said What. Channeling the spirit of yacht rock, 80s synth pop and the airy vibe of French touch, it's an affecting musical listening experience. @irvinewelsh.bsky.social bfan.link/better-than-...

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

The first record I remember buying with my own pocket money — as opposed to Wombles things my brother and I seemed to acquire etc — was this beast from the local Woolies by the Boomtown Rats. Got to No.1, thanks to me (maybe). Not long after, I got sucked into the 2-Tone phenomenon and I was away. X

Booked in to go see this film on Thursday at BFI IMAX in London, part of the wicked @docnrollfilms.bsky.social festival. Film looks great, really looking forward to seeing it. #HouseMusic #HouseMusicAllLifeLong www.docnrollfestival.com/films/move-y...