30 YEARS AGO TODAY: the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party is opened by Reeves & Mortimer covering Hawkwind's Silver Machine. No explanation, no lyrical changes unless a cameo by the riff from Day Tripper counts, never released, and they weren't hosting it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeb...

Does anyone know if Tom Waits is doing ok

Our Party Your Party Their Party They're Party The People's Front of etc. Third Party

top #mani bassline 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86g...

Any #tagabow fans out there

ROYAL TRUX

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

Magnificent? They really are. The August List are on the cover of November's Nightshift, which is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/nov.pdf

Sugar are back with their first new music and shows in three decades; hear "House Of Dead Memories"

I think it might soon be Time To Buy Another Offset Guitar With A Unusable Tremolo

I feel this photo deserves the @harrysword.bsky.social 'strong energy' treatment

wtf

This Wednesday! 8PM! FPCC!

Enjoyed Geoff Emerick's Beatles memoir (mainly for the surprisingly frequent digs at George Harrison & all the "and then the whole bus clapped" anecdotes). Gonna get All You Need is Ears & @spinal-bap.bsky.social's McCartney one next.

This query was actually in good faith for once

In our latest episode, Bill Callahan describes the decision to leave the Smog name behind and start fresh with A RIVER AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE. Full deep dive interview: lifeoftherecord.com#/smog/

I like this one: throws in "eightteen 😄" as a kind of "way ahead of you buddy!! 😂 😉" then immediately includes eighty in a list of numbers from 1 to fifty 👍👌

Did I mention we have an album coming out? We have an album coming out. #oxfordelectronicmusic pre order link in bio

When I was about 13 we played a cover of Fairies Wear Boots at our secondary school concert, except we didn't know about delay pedals & so tried to do the opening bit with two guitars playing the same riff seconds apart 🙃 #ozzy #blacksabbath

We're hosting psych-shoegaze-noise rock legends Firefriend, all the way from Brazil. September 23rd, at the Jericho Tavern, support from us & Flights of Helios. Check out my sexy animated poster. Early bird tix: wegottickets.com/event/668421

🚨Gig alert!🚨 We're doing an OMS one at the Library, this Friday alongside Fiver, supporting the awesome Daily Toll. It's gonna be sweaty! I might wear shorts!!!

I looked up Nightshift's latest not-toilet-track-anymore artiste & it didn't disappoint

Yours truly (far left), aged 16, playing Sonic Youth's Chapel Hill at a charity gig in Malta, 1997. Points if you can guess what shirt I'm wearing

Happy John Cake Day to all who celebrate it

hey do you guys wanna club together to buy David Lynch's coffee grinder

Been looking at modular synth stuff this week & it's a rather beautiful microcosm. 1000s of videos, all of them featuring very happy, middle-aged men with £100000s worth of equipment making the most horrible sounds you've ever heard. Glorious stuff.

I feel like we need more feel-good stories like this if we're ever to heal as a nation 🫂❤️

TONIGHT! Come hear us as a trio! (just a temporary arrangement, mind) Doors 7.45, we're opening at 8.15 so DON'T BE FASHIONABLY LATE

Yay!!

who is the target audience for these new goddawful Reverb adverts on Youtube?

I've got 60 assignments to mark. Who wants to chat about my birthday book pile

Gosh he's a good looking chap ain't he

Justice for Doug Yule

And this is a dangerous article to read today unless you want to end up with loads of excellent music… daily.bandcamp.com/lists/peel-s...

My least endearing trait is referring to every meal as "a little amuse bouche"

Print copy of May's Nightshift is out now for those who prefer their gig listings old school. Delivering it made me melt so the least you can do is read it. Online here if you must: nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/may.pdf

Band rehearsing next to us last Friday were playing ONLY BANGERS ... Transmission, she sells sanctuary, teenage Kicks, the one i love etc etc ❤️

Someone talk me out of buying the new boss space echo

Still one of the most bizarre moments on UK TV - Pere Ubu on Grange Hill! Trisha Yates helping the dyslexic Simon Shaw with his spelling by analysing Jon Savage’s MM review of Dub Housing!

Pere Ubu Band Protocols www.ubuprojex.com/protocols.html

My man loves the moon youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Just like buses, nothing then two gigs in quick succession - this time at our lovely Library supporting doops & In-Flight Movie ❤️

RIP David Thomas. Sad news. youtu.be/Leax63ullPE?...

We are leaving the shire and heading to the BIG CITY to play some songs!

May's Nightshift is online now at nightshiftmag.co.uk/2025/may.pdf. Read what @thekokroachez.bsky.social have to say about the Apocalypse and more + Introducing Clucas, at work with Klub Kakofanney + six whopping great pages of whopping great gigs for the month ahead.

A video for Our Best Song www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vV...

Major Update: the mouse is back