Soft Play’s Laurie Vincent launches new band Big Truck with melancholic single ‘Central Reservation Blues’ www.nme.com/news/music/s...

Scene Within a Scene. When Postcards From Scotland was being put together it was written at the same time as this. Not a sequel but an alternative timeline of Scotland's late 80s to 90s independent music scene, tracing a different evolution. Out - 6/8 from @OmnibusPress

From the same new interview below, Elvis Costello reveals: “This sounds like a boast but @brucespringsteen.net once asked me, ‘How did you get that sound on My Aim Is True?’ I told him honestly: No money.”

A vast new online resource: The Velvet Underground Myth Archive: A free, publicly accessible database of hundreds of rare press clippings documenting the rise of The Velvet Underground, methodically organised month by month. Enjoy thevelvetundergroundmyth.com #thevelvetunderground

Not your standard dingy underpass. Colourful bit of official #streetart celebrating some of the musical heritage of #Birmingham (UK).

In this week's digest of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing: The Ramones, The Tubs, Michael Stipe, New Order, Roman Candle and more tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig... #punk #punkrock #altrock #indiemusic

Las Vegas hardcore band Roman Candle: “I didn’t want to leave any room for interpretation – I’m angry, and you’re going to know exactly why” www.kerrang.com/roman-candle... #punksky

Sunderland's Britpop punk band Kenickie honoured on Music City Wall of Fame www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...

We Spoke to Shane Embury of Napalm Death about their collaboration with Melvins, 'Savage Imperial Death March' www.treblezine.com/napalm-death...

In this week's digest of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing: The Ramones, The Tubs, Michael Stipe, New Order, Roman Candle and more tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig... #punk #punkrock #altrock #indiemusic

Death Lens share 'Waiting To Know' featuring Militarie Gun’s Ian Shelton stereogum.com/2496446/deat...

The Tubs sign to Merge, share cover of Metallica’s 'Fade to Black' www.brooklynvegan.com/the-tubs-sig...

UK vinyl sales grew 20% in 2025 – the highest level in 30 years ourculturemag.com/2026/04/24/u...

David Byrne dancing puppet! from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com

A month's worth of new alt rock, punk rock and indie music distilled down to just 20 tracks. tangleofwires.substack.com/p/playlist-r...

The Charlatans share Mark Gardner (Ride) remix of 'We Are Love' www.brooklynvegan.com/the-charlata...

War On Women release 'Serve', from their upcoming album Time Under Tension www.punknews.org/article/8802... #punksky

Viral marketing has gone way too far

Every morning before I head out for my morning walk I check the UV index and the VU index.

Indie perennials who press on, Yo La Tengo have accumulated an impressive run of albums. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/r...

It’s the 56th anniversary of Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick being denied entry to the White House, despite being invited. Mind you, she was invited by Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia, brought activist Abbie Hoffman, and said she planned to spike the President’s tea with LSD... 🧵

I've put together a mix of tracks I've been listening to on recent morning walkies with Ezra - listen/download here : www.patreon.com/posts/walkie... I get through quite a lot of music every day, so it's nice to start a new series with a track from each release that I'm into at the moment...

Has anyone told @psbhq.bsky.social?

If you’re in Sunderland you can now go and behold a mural honouring one of Blue Tapes’ own artists, @pgofton.bsky.social www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...

Blimey, didn't know this was coming. Some great choices here and the descriptions make us sound good! ❤️

The absence of Blur’s Popscene, which is now considered one of their greatest singles, shows how bad things had got for them when the press went crazed on Suede

Liz Uninvited releases 'Hey/Ya (Elliott Smith's version)' www.punknews.org/article/8803...

End It release video for 'Cloutbusting' www.punknews.org/article/8803... #punkrock #punksky

Blur's Graham Coxon to release never-heard-before 2011 album Castle Park as he reissues solo catalogue www.nme.com/news/music/g...

Just looked at Wikipedia and The Smiths only released 4 studio albums but released 12 compilations, 3 of which were Best Of comps. That's pretty funny.

Jenny On Holiday release Replacements cover 'Androgynous' stereogum.com/2495946/jenn...

Every Smiths album, 'Ranked' www.spinmagazine.com/2026/04/ever...

Mannequin Pussy record Tiny Desk Concert www.punknews.org/article/8801...

A month's worth of new alt rock, punk rock and indie music distilled down to just 20 tracks. tangleofwires.substack.com/p/playlist-r...

On Robert Smith's 67th birthday it is only fitting that we admire these automatically generated Google question-things about the respected Cure figurehead

"I think we all sensed that something was about to happen, and that maybe we didn’t need even more hair metal, maybe we didn’t need even more Paula Abdul" - @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about reuniting @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Hi this joke is for me

The Undertones single 'Jimmy Jimmy' advert in Sounds 21st April 1979. @mickeyundertone.bsky.social

ULTRABOMB – the bridges that we burn (CD, LP Vinyl) VÖ 01.05.2026 Die Supergruppe UltraBomb (mit ehemaligen Mitgliedern von Husker Du, Soul Asylum und Social Distortion) veröffentlicht ihr drittes Album bei DC-Jam Records. Als eine der besten aufstrebenden #Punk -Bands

Bazillion Points Books to publish My War on Wilshire: Black Flag vs. the Wilshire Federal Building...and the Vex www.scenepointblank.com/news/music-n... #punksky #punkrock

Broken Social Scene share 'The Call' stereogum.com/2495951/brok...

They Might Be Giants’ John Flansburgh names 15 essential new wave 45s he bought at 17 consequence.net/2026/04/they...

Forgot that this was covered by Fine Young Cannibals bsky.app/profile/thet...

I know Wesley personally, and can verify he truly knows his goth stuff. This book's going to be the real deal.

Love this story from Craig Robertson's Chris Knox bio about how an Auckland punk band learned to play "Anarchy in the UK" by taping the short bits that aired in a news segment off of the TV and just playing those parts. (Try to explain this to a young person today haha)

There's holding a grudge, and then there's pursuing the use of a two-second drum loop for nearly 30 years thequietus.com/news/kraftwe...

He must be 14/15 or so here in DOA. There are 3 Montgomery Brothers: Charles (Chuck Biscuits), Ken (Dimwit) and Bob. Mom most be a saint... ;)

A) we don't own anything now B) the stuff we don't own doesn't work and can be taken away at a moments notice

My Record Collecting Journey Musings…