What is this weird, unknown feeling? Hope, you say? ❤️

We are thrilled to announce that Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story is coming to Blu-Ray and DVD on January 10, 2026! 💥

Danny Thompson (1939-2025) 🌹 THE bass of British folk.

Okay, alright, September is fine. But October… October is the month of witches. And this witch, born in October, is writing the cover story for the October issue of Shindig. September may win at songs (Big Star, etc) but October’s ambience is unmatched.

Out today: ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! On this episode, I was joined by @camillaaisa.bsky.social (writer, UK's Shindig, Rock Collector), who brought the documentary Sisters With Transistors to discuss! shows.acast.com/revolutionsp...

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It just doesn’t feel right, summer returning with Brian Wilson gone.

How does one even try to put into words what he was, what he did and what he meant, the waves he put into motion. Brian Wilson brought so much harmony to a cacophonous world. The music was all in his head. It’s everywhere now, but today you can’t help but notice how the sunshine dims.

Higher. 💔

The new issue of Shindig is out now, featuring my Stereolab cover story. Thanks to Sean O'Hagan and Morgane Lhote for helping me trace the roots of the Groop and to Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane for guiding me through Stereolab’s splendid new album. @stereolabgroop.bsky.social

Just got my copy of Louder Than You Think: a Lo-fi History of Gary Young & Pavement on exquisitely packaged Blu-Ray. Inside, one of the best music docs in recent years plus a whole lot of extras including me in conversation with two gents who made some of my favourite music.

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Whoo-hoo - the new issue of Shindig is out now! (Sorry, I still *don’t get* The Who and felt like I should distract you and me both with a very simple-minded pun) Anyhoo. I interview Cosmic Crooner, who has just released the ultimate summer record (fittingly titled European Vacation).

Grab your popcorn. You can now watch Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story at home. reddkrossfilm.com/rent

The lush Blu-ray edition of Louder Than You Think is now available to purchase. One of the coolest music docs of the past few years, plenty of bonus material plus yours truly in conversation with Pavement’s very own Scott Kannberg and Mark Ibold. Honoured to be involved!

The new issue of Shindig is out now! I’m in the legendary Maida Vale studios, next to Delia Derbyshire’s favourite lampshade, talking to Mark Ayres about a new collaboration between BBC Studios and Spitfire Audio (BBC Radiophonic Workshop archives available now for the first time to sample)

this dazzling, game-changing, absolute stunner turned 25 a couple of days ago and my mind is forever blown by it

this month’s obsessive listens (by dubiously popular demand: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Nk... music.apple.com/playlist/feb... )

Happy release day to this gem. If you like the idea of one of the original US 90s shoegaze/dream pop groups fully embracing their love of Blighty’s finest 60s melody-driven folk and baroque pop…you’re in for a treat. (A @i-p-r.bsky.social release)

And The Absolute Elsewhere - selected sounds of hauntology open.spotify.com/playlist/3qt... #boardsofcanada #theadvisorycircle #hauntology #belburypoly #thefocusgroup #williambasinski

Through the Gates of Yesterday - the roots of hauntology open.spotify.com/playlist/648... #hauntology #braineno #johnfoxx #joemeek #radiophonicworkshop #kraftwerk

To celebrate the publication of William Burns' Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror and the Spectre of Nostalgia, the most excellent @camillaaisa.bsky.social of Shindig! Magazine has put together not one, but two, hauntological playlists for your listening pleasure...

CAN YOU DIG IT? ❤️ A giant. RIP Roy Ayers.

Jeffrey Runnings forever ❤️ Thank you Jeffrey, for all the beautiful music that you and your bandmates have brought forth into the world for us to immerse ourselves in. Know that you are loved, and that your music speaks deeply to many of us.

You’ll hear about what happened last night for a long time. “Kim Deal at the Barbican” will be one of those classic phrases music heads utter when they’re getting serious. Being in the room as it was all happening was nothing short of a privilege.

A heads up that the current issue (number 160) of #Shindig magazine has a great exploration of #Hauntology music by @camillaaisa.bsky.social along with a review of @headpress.com book on same

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You can say a lot about Bill Fay’s music by just quoting the titles of his songs and records. Filled With Wonder Once Again Life Is People All Must Have a Dream Come a Day Be Not So Fearful Love Will Remain Still Some Light Be at Peace with Yourself Fill This World with Peace ⬇️

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An excellent article on the meaning of Hauntology music by @camillaaisa.bsky.social in the latest issue of Shindig Magazine. #hauntologymusic #hauntology #hauntological #electronica #electronicmusic #ambientmusic #ambient #darkambient #darkambientmusic

From the new issue of Shindig!, now available in shops in both this and in parallel dimensions.

A nice Hauntology feature and a review of William Burn’s ‘Ghost of An Idea’ in the current issue of Shindig Magazine.

The new issue of Shindig is out now! I pen a long piece on Hauntology, trying to define the undefinable with help from William Burns (whose brilliant book Ghost of an Idea is published next month), Jonny Trunk, João Branco Kyron and Alan Gubby.

Check out the latest issue of Shindig! Magazine for a sterling review of William Burns' Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror and the Spectre of Nostalgia, but also this fabulous tie-in feature on hauntological sounds by @camillaaisa.bsky.social! #hauntology #music #musicwriting #folkhorror

Meet Cooper. We’re keeping up with our tradition of naming canine family members after favourite TV characters. Right now he’s shy and frightened by so many new things, but I’m sure he’ll start asking for some cherry pie and a damn fine cup of coffee soon. Welcome home, Cooper. #adoptdontshop

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The first Television song I ever heard. It felt extraterrestrial and impossibly liquid, but it felt like home. youtu.be/ihtlGB8zI9s?...

An extract from ‘Batman Forever’, the new single from For Against frontman Jeffrey Runnings, now available on YouTube (link in bio). From the forthcoming album Piqued, out later this year on Independent Project Records. youtu.be/bjXskJjY7j4?...

So long, Marianne 💔

‘Batman Forever’, a new song from For Against’s Jeffrey Runnings, is now available on YouTube. youtu.be/bjXskJjY7j4?... From the forthcoming album titled Piqued, out later this year on Independent Project Records.

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Happy birthday to my favourite writer and oldest accomplice. 143 is the new 32 and 32 is the new 20, and it really doesn’t matter because we both never had time for maths. Hey V, whatever I am scribbling I am never not thinking of you. #VirginiaWoolf

Turn the volume up to eleven tonight, and hit play on ‘Ophelia’. Garth Hudson 🌹

It’s a Blue Monday full of grey and glorified filth. We’ll be deluged with images from a circus of lethal parasites patting themselves on the back. I shall remember this day for something else: today is the birthday of the man from another place who taught me how to think.

It never occurred to me that one day David Lynch would be dead.

And just like that, 2025 is already the worst year. Fare thee well, David Lynch. To me you were the greatest to ever do it.

It takes a lot of time (and care) to put these things together and after just a couple of days they stop showing up on people’s feeds. So… sharing it again.

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MORE 2024 FAVOURITES Favourite compilations: Broadcast - Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006-2009/Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006 Margo Guryan - Words and Music David J - Tracks from the Attic Sandy Denny - Early Home Recordings VA - Beehive Breaks VA - TRA И Ƨ A

I made a playlist of songs released in 2024 that I like. Of course I did. It’s the yearly tradition - together with making an equally gargantuan list of favourite new albums - I’m most faithful to. music.apple.com/playlist/son... open.spotify.com/playlist/5UA...