The last of my 2025 list vids is up: the best albums, EPs, deluxe editions and compilations that had some notable focus on remixes to them. But that would be a terrible title, so I'm just going with Best Remix Albums Of 2025. youtu.be/xg8IJOa7nd4?...

The second of my 2025 review videos is here, with the Best Remixes list. So many good stuff released last year, I couldn't cover it all in anything smaller than Top 40 form. Feedback is welcomed as ever. Enjoy! youtu.be/aZhNcvFI3D4

YouTube just peaked

This is great stuff, and if we had any taste we would have heard these and played them for you. But we didn't, so you should watch this instead.

So yeah, it's mid-January. And speaking of mid, I just released a video about some remixes I heard in 2025 that were worse than mid. Enjoy! youtu.be/H1n5mhSf-KE

My unachieveable goal for 2026 is to make something as good as this photo I took when cat-sitting Bella

Not wishing any of you a Happy New Year unless you promise me you’re not going to squander it this time

For my last review of 2025, we're looking at the new queen of sample-based dance pop, PinkPantheress, who celebrated her breakout mixtape Fancy That with a star-studded 22 track remix version titled Fancy Some More? But will you? youtu.be/lqQWe2eeP9s

An absolute feast of tracks for the last Ruffled Mix before Christmas, plus a completely unmixable post-rock song that I've been forced to try and mix and am in no way worried about breaking the flow with whatsoever. 2pm on Twitch today, come investigate. x www.twitch.tv/toxicshamesq...

Bronski Beat's 1984 debut The Age Of Consent mixed foreboding dark electro with Jimmy Somerville's unique countertenor to paint a both bleak and uplifting picture of homosexual life in 80's UK. This year the album's final remix packaged Forbidden Fruit dropped. Review here: youtu.be/WNvatorwPOQ

Christmas idea: mulled wine, except it’s Huel

This haircut took two hours because I do not understand basic hairdresser terminology, so of course I’m going to post it

Finally getting around to completing some of the Remix Review Guy reviews I wrote and recorded in the summer. Firstly, Madonna's Veronica Electronica - a somewhat tardy and blinkered reimagining of her 1998 curveball Ray Of Light: youtu.be/fuikYjQoBwU

Gonna start a band called 2025 Anyone, so that we get free publicity in the YouTube comments of other people's songs. Obviously we'll have to break up at the end of the year tho

Now that I am housed and Covid-free, I can get back to my most important body of work: doing DJ challenge streams advertised by dispassionate lists of real songs you may or may not have heard of. 2pm every Saturday on Twitch, I'd be honoured to see you there. www.twitch.tv/toxicshamesq...

Yeah, Silksong is okay, but I really wish the enemies did more damage

So if you get older than 100, does that count as DLC

Album title of the day

Okay gang, so I’ve been playing Silksong at my partner’s house and the boss pictured below made me cry and she thinks I’m a weirdo for it. Back me up fellas, pls

Haven't managed to do as much RRG content as I would've liked recently, but at the very least I managed a Roundup video for the last couple of months. Reviewing remixes of K-pop, hip-hop, Thai rock, Inuit folk, charity advert music, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lLe...

My recent Worms Armageddon ranking video's already hit 15K views. I have no idea how. Maybe the comments section will explain its appeal...

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today. https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

The secret of the Twix that THE MAN doesn’t want you to know, is that it’s a way of having Millionaire’s Shortbread when you’re not near a bakery or cake shop.

A few years ago I made some videos rating a bunch of weapons from Worms Armageddon. I missed out a few, however, so have started catching up on those now. Here's a video ranking every Special Weapon from worst to best: youtu.be/qhNVbOLaGIE

Thackray, twigs or Pantheress would be my picks. What y'all reckon

Karl Popper, anyone?

Wrote a very long article on Medium about the Edinburgh Fringe, and the connection between how much money a comedian spends on their festival venue and how likely they are to get a review from a few different publications: medium.com/@ianlane_108...

Any jobs as a meme-maker going? I just made this and I think I have potential

Me right after my show tonight: Can't wait to get working on the next show! Me as soon as I get home: ah well, nevermind

This is on Thursday. As I’ve spent a considerable amount of effort showing that the Edinburgh Fringe is a sham, I expect everyone up there to ditch it and come watch this instead. Also pls watch if you’re already in London. Thx. x www.museumofcomedy.com/toxic-shame-...

Following my retrospective on Animal Collective last year, we now turn our attention to reviewing the complete remixography of the band's breakout member: psych rock collagist, dub techno connoisseur and friend of Daft Punk, Noah Lennox, AKA Panda Bear: youtu.be/HX_FDJ3qGig

You know free speech is dead when even Yin and Yang are forced to have a mediator

Always knew he was a wrong ‘un

Question for job interviews: do employers respond positively if you put “able to tolerate coworker music” on your CV?

I literally just listened to Ray Of Light twice

The latest Remix Roundup just dropped. There might not have been a Song Of The Summer™ this year, but June and July threw out a lot of great remix content. Plus a couple of clunkers. Feedback is always welcome. youtu.be/tuL0V6eMdfA

I finally looked up what Skibidi Toilet was yesterday and I was very impressed

On their debut album, The Go! Team's Ian Parton tried to create his own personal musical utopia by cramming all his favourite genres together, from northern soul to 80's hip-hop. But how does such a bespoke musical vision translate in the hands of others? youtu.be/puzhvsls15I?...

Hive mind: how much should I charge per hour for someone to listen to all 447 albums on my Bandcamp wishlist and check which ones I would actually enjoy enough to buy?

NO IT FUCKING ISNT ALL THE CREATIVES ARE FUCKING **BROKE**

Seun Kuti, youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has been keeping his father's legacy alive for decades now at the helm of his band Egypt 80. But how well does Afrobeat gel with artists from other styles? Reviewing "Heavier Yet Lays The Crownless Head (Deluxe Edition)". youtu.be/8GL6dtUSQzw

An update on why I've not been streaming recently: youtu.be/Bdrgn9rvBaI

A somewhat modest brag this, but I just had one of my review videos break the 1K views barrier for the first time. My vid on SOPHIE got bugger all for the first month it was up, but seems to have caught a second wind these last few weeks. Which is nice.

Ticked the box saying I'm not a robot, but EE knows better apparently...

You won’t BELIEVE what the guy from Megadeth looks like now

Davinci Resolve's transcription feature is getting real judgy as of late, holy crap

I bet most people who use the phrase “this aged like a fine wine” have never even drank a proper vintage wine and buy cheap 2024 supermarket tipple just like the rest of us. People who use the phrase “this aged like milk”, however…

The Cure's 2024 album Songs Of A Lost World saw Robert Smith mourn the days when the world seemed to be getting better. A 24 track remix collection dropped this month, but do these new versions point towards a world of hope? Reviewing Mixes Of A Lost World: youtu.be/Gjo63SkU9mI

Toxic Shame Squadron teaches you how NOT to DJ (work in progress) 21 August at @museumofcomedy.bsky.social A stand-up comedy show about DJing, featuring DJing by a DJ @toxicshamesquadron.bsky.social camdenfringe.com/events/toxic...

Who's more punk, Sleaford Mods or EMF? Find out today on the Ruffled Mix from 2pm. (SPOILER: neither, it's Eartheater)