Second semi final, first was poor enough 👍

Mark Lanegan - Wedding Dress (RTE Other Voices) YouTube video by Stevec_72

#ArtistFave15
#MarkLanegan

1. Wedding Dress

A remarkable song, it's pretty much the same riff all the way through, it shouldn't work but it does, and the Other Voices version is absolutely sublime. Thanks to @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social and @geodrew.bsky.social as always!

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Excellent isn't it?

Loved this list of dystopian Y2K-era rap records that @tomm648.bsky.social put together for @treblezine.bsky.social

Amazing era for dark and paranoid hip-hop

John Prine - Hello In There (Live From Sessions at West 54th) YouTube video by John Prine

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Hearbreaking and lovely all at the same time.

The Best Sub Pop Albums: 35 Essentials | Treble We honor the history of one of the most influential independent labels with a list of 35 of the Best Sub Pop Albums

Essential listening from the catalog of a legendary label

millei in a leather jacket.

This is every man over 45 who's going to be at the Oasis reunion tour.

Liverpool survive a late scare to drag themselves towards the finish line A late resurgence from Wolves was resisted to remain seven points in front of Arsenal with thirteen Premier League games to go

How's your blood pressure? After letting a lead slip late in midweek, Liverpool made sure lightning didn't strike twice to pick up a crucial three points against Wolves:

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Love this album

On a DJ Kicks bender today

A black-and-white photo of the band Cymande posing outside in a rundown neighborhood.

"Cymande were foundational in the creation of hip-hop, disco, house, drum and bass, and rare groove, passed through generations like so much underground music."

Cymande Are Possibly the Most Sampled British Musical Artists of All Time: www.popmatters.com/cymande-tim-...

The downtown LA site of the former Morrison Hotel, made famous by the 1970 album by the Doors, was destroyed in a fire today

[📹: ABC 7]

The Quietus Albums of the Year 2024 (In Association with Norman Records) There was a week in mid-October when The Quietus’ release schedule spreadsheet was overflowing with bounteous goodness, with over ten albums by artists we’re partial to out on the same day. This was a...

The Quietus top 100 Albums Of The Year has just been announced. But what's at number one? And how many do you know? [I say this every year but I bet *you* are more familiar with much more of this music than the steroid enraged farm hands over at Twitter X.]

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Tomo Katsurada :: Dream of the Egg

aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/11/25/tomo-katsurada-dream-of-the-egg

Described as a “unique fusion of music and visual art”, the first offering arrives as the debut EP from lead vocalist Tomo Katsurada of Kikagaku Moyo

It's best of 2024 szn folks.

Starting this whole shebang off with some under-the-radar favorites from the past six months. Before we get to the big lists, dig into some stuff you might have missed.

Yeah agree, I didn't think I would like it but it won me over

For anyone who hasn’t seen the previous 4 #5albums80s semi finals (which were on Twitter) here’s the top 50 result from each, with the top 20 albums in green from each one making it to the forthcoming final.

Top 30 Shoegaze Songs That Were a Terrible Idea to Play as the Wedding DJ To have a successful wedding reception, you absolutely must have the right DJ who knows how to get the party started and make sure everyone is have the times of their lives. So obviously, you need a D...

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New Zealand sucker punched #rugby

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #935,887, Damien ‪@domoore.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 9, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #935,887!

Class series 🔥

Sunshine, by Kelly Lee Owens from the album Dreamstate

🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Kelly Lee Owens:
🎵 Sunshine

#KellyLeeOwens

#newRelease - 🆕 single

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:

opaque, by Mo Dotti 13 track album

Available to pre-order. I've just loved their EP to death which came out previous, and the lead single here seems more of the same shoegaze goodness in the style of Flyying Colours. mo-dotti.bandcamp.com/album/opaque

Now It Goes Like This: "Shelter From the Storm" Tracking its different arrangements from 1976 through now

Tracing the many live incarnations of Shelter from the Storm:

- angry slide guitar ‘76
- sax-and-singers ‘78
- rawk&roll ‘84
- Heartbreakers/Dead ‘87
- reggae ‘88
- crooner steel ‘95
- bluegrass harmonies ‘02
- violin ‘05
- funk breakdowns ‘10
and more…

Doom & Gloom From The Tomb The Velvet Underground - La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, January (or February), 1969 Another summer re-run! One of the best Velvet Underground bootlegs was recorded on January 10, 1969 at the Boston Tea...

The VU back at La Cave in early 1969! LISTEN. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7551643...

Alright folks, time for the best music of the year so far.

42 albums - the longest @treblezine.bsky.social mid-year list to date. So queue 'em up and let's do this!

“You have to dig it to dig it.” - Thelonious Monk.

Cracking tune!

DJ Shadow : Endtroducing... | Treble 100, No. 17 | Treble A literal record-breaking album crafted from bits and pieces of records, with 'Endtroducing', DJ Shadow changed music forever

Treble 100, No. 17: DJ Shadow - 'Endtroducing...'

A literal record-breaking album, composed entirely of pieces of dozens of other records

www.treblezine.com/dj-shadow-en...

More stunning Takoma School ragas from Joshua Massad and Dylan Aycock. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7497377...