More about Floris' work here (florisvanhoof.com) and more about Maryia's work here (maryiakamarova.com)

Wonderful sound installations in LaVallée as part of the Semaine du Son.Oor.

"Journalists covering teacher & student absenteeism without talking about #COVID are ignoring an elephant in the room & gaslighting many people suffering from #LongCOVID & illnesses that may have developed from getting COVID": @teachrprecarity.bsky.social www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

La Semaine du Son.Oor in Belgium this week and next! concerts, workshops, audio walks and all sorts of activities to do with sound art. Last year the sound installations in La Vallée were great: www.lasemaineduson.be

New Bonnie Prince Billie, beautiful song with great production and arrangement... www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4gk...

Recording bass harmonica overdubs with my old Homer, recently rebuilt and tuned by the great Cathal Johnson.

The Cure’s Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: “He was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story”

Wonderful essay on Daniel Lanois' so-called "Creole Trilogy". shadowchasing.substack.com/p/creole-tri...

3/4ths of the band (plus other friends) had the pleasure of having a guided tour by Felix Luque Sánchez if his "The automatic society" exhibition at iMAL

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Fantastic comic with brilliant visual jokes...

Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here 🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...

Brussels friends have a new demo out! 1/4 of Otherdays played in this band many years ago. Wonderful musicians and always intriguing songwriting... open.spotify.com/album/7BfeDX...

Le Gouvernement de la FWB a annoncé sa volonté de mettre fin au contrat-programme de Médiathèque Nouvelle. Pour la sauvegarde de Médiathèque Nouvelle et de la démocratie culturelle signez et partagez la pétition: c.org/DsRGRSL7sp

Médiathèque Nouvelle plays an important role in Belgian cultural life. They have an amazing archive of records that goes back to the 1960s and that is open to the public. The Walloon government has anounced its closure, but you can sign the petition against this decision here: c.org/hGMzRLGhHt

Fantastic concert at the Jazzstation (St Josse Ten-Noode, Brussels) by FUR trio. So many ideas, so beautifully executed. And ventilation was great, with low CO2 levels throughout.

Will be watching this, a band that never disappoints live www.nugs.net/live-downloa...

"It is my view and the view of this administration that parents should be free to decide whether they want their children oppressively strapped into a two-ton vehicle or liberated head-first through the windshield." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

🚨Breaking: prompted by new federal regulations and delays, governors have issued executive orders to ensure access to updated COVID-19 vaccines for their residents in NY, MA, CO and PA. 💖😷

Two great pedals by Comodoro (A Coruña) bought in Vigo (Rockbox). The Bass Rat is great for guitar as well, going from chimey overdrive to fuzz. Sabon, named about a local beach in an industrial suburb, can do amp-style tremolo and spring reverb, but also incredible shoegazey shimmery reverbs.

Great post with sound examples about one of my favourite audio effects...

New article - a celebration of 'Closer' by Joy Division. A long read! Loads to say; the background to the recording, the sound of the songs and the meaning of the lyrics... davehaslam.substack.com/p/joy-divisi...

Beautiful concert by Jawhar yesterday in the Pavillion Horta-Lambeaux as part of the Fête de la musique in Brussels.

Everybody's sharing their favourite songs and memories of Brian Wilson. For me, this set of online mini-documentaries on the recording of some of the songs from Pet Sounds is a wonderful way to dive into his work. This is Wouldn't it be nice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofBy...

Did ya see it on TV Or in your own backyard Gate's LAPD And they called The National Guard Then the tanks came rolling down Sunset Boulevard And I hear America snoring youtu.be/oMjQavy10pY?...

Map of Brussels field recordings www.bna-bbot.be/fr/soundmap/...

I had not realised that all the music that Czech shoegaze band had produced was now available on Bandcamp! Like many, we fell in love with their song Sleep through MTV in the 90s. But the EP was impossible to find. It will be a joy to listen to it all... thenakedsouls.bandcamp.com/album/reverb...

Recording in Brussels...

Recommended!

Today is #longcovidawarenessday This is a good place to start if you're wondering what this condition is: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39122965/

Lovely reflections on a beautiful album and on what real Americana music sounds like...

Beautiful sound installation by Lotte Nijsten and Gilli's Van Der Wee at Lavallee (Brussels) as part of La semaine du son..

New release! 1/4 of Otherdays has collected in a free EP the musical exercises he recorded for the recent online Brian Eno Songwriting Course. Available here: otherdays.bandcamp.com/album/homewo...

Wonderful cover

Some of my favourite Marianne Faithfull classics www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwbC...

Over the last month, 2/4 of the band have followed Brian Eno’s online songwriting course at the School of Song. Eno was very enthusiastic, going off on innumerable tangents and giving many hints and creative ideas. I really enjoyed the assignments, which were really challenging, but ultimately...

An often forgotten aspect about David Lynch is how he brought Roy Orbison back from irrelevance by featuring his music on Blue Velvet www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Pb...

"A man who thinks in pictures describes what he wants to a man who thinks in sounds."

'Fahey’s gift is being able to sound like more than one person... his melodies so bright and clear and implausibly coming from one pair of hands, that there seems to be no need for a voice at all.' #JohnFahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On buff.ly/4a7uBo6

Happy New Year - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbNQ...

Did you use the Internet Archive this year to research, read, explore web archives with the Wayback Machine, or discover something new? Your support makes it possible! 👉 Like & share to spread the word. 💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...

Cuando los piropos vienen de un sabio musical como @lahistorieta.bsky.social nos sentimos abrumados... bsky.app/profile/lahi...

Really unusual picture of Lou Reed with his sister likely to be around the time when he worked as an accountant and lived with his parents in Long Island. I've always wondered about this period... bsky.app/profile/isid...

Our latest album is called "Between the market and the mall" and you can listen to it here: otherdays.bandcamp.com/album/betwee...