Evil Grave’s Death From Malta is a belated testament to the ‘70s rockers. A must-hear on Rise Above Relics. If the 1976 Devo were prog-inclined hard rockers, they may have come up with the Grave's Machinery. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Spanish issue of David Bowie's Sorrow. Is the most-glam-ever sleeve?
Thumbs up to the designer - credited as Graficas Martin, Madrid.
From the pacific to the pulverising, Bitches Blues by Norway’s Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns is a wild ride. Out this week on Rune Grammofon through @ampersandPR.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/no...
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, Joni Mitchell. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Penny Arcade’s Double Exposure (@tapeterecords.bsky.social). Penny Arcade = James Hoare (Veronica Falls, Ultimate Painting).
A narrative more complicated than the one delineated by the hit singles. The The Lovin’ Spoonful box set What A Day For A Daydream The Complete Recordings 1965-1969 is out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Eye-opening tribute to BBC Radio 2. Wednesday Morning 6AM - Radio Hits From The Small Hours 1970-1983 is compiled / annotated by @rockingbob.bsky.social. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social:
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Just got this - the new edition of a-ha's terrific 2005 album Analogue. Masses of previously unheard tracks, including three until-now unissued songs. With contribution by me. Out 17 April. Superb remaster. (vinyl version = orig album across four sides - ie: without any previously unheard material)
Scottish jazz rarity resurfaces. Head’s 1977 album Blackpool Cool is reissued by @wearebusybodies.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it – and its unlikely connection with the early days of Scottish punk – today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Don’t Let Him Hurt You! - Girl Group Sounds USA 1962-1968 is a one-stop showcase for the fabulous. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Just got this: Japanese Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus. Each Beatle wearing a kimono. Pic taken at Abbey Road, 25 Sep 1967, as Hoshika Rumiko, editor of Japan's Music Life, visited while they were recording The Fool On The Hill. More shots here. Hoshika's memories here: www.nippon.com/en/column/g0...
Very happy to get this - Japanese 3-LP Ultravox live bootleg Echoes Of Pleasure. Last saw one c 1982 as it passed through a Camden market stall (@sisterrayrecords.bsky.social). Sides 1-3 are an amazing John Foxx-period show from The Marquee, 26 Dec 1978: v good audience recording. Incredible stuff.
Impressionistic yet enveloping. With new album Mother Pearl, Iceland’s Gyða Valtysdóttir musically reclaims herself. Out this week on on marvaða. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ic...
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, David Grohl. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Juni Habel’s Evergreen In Your Mind (@inhousepress.bsky.social) & Hemi Hemingway's Wings Of Desire (@pnkslm.bsky.social, @silverpr.bsky.social).
The wonderful Eternal Journey - The Arrangements and Productions of Charles Stepney is the first-ever collection dedicated to the musical polymath’s latterly defined golden years. On @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Good question - I know not, though it was jumping last night.
Went to see the jazz-inclined Plantoid – at a show suggesting their difficult music won’t impede an upwards trajectory – at the Moth Club. They’re on @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social’s @bellaunion.bsky.social. Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/pl...
One for @peterwatts.bsky.social - in Caversham.
This is amazing. February 1966 German-only single by British band Shelley. A-side is a perfunctory James Brown cover. B-side The War is something else. Maybe some surf bits, Hendrix prefiguring guitar, a possible template for Sands' Listen To The Sky. Here's The War: youtube.com/watch?v=MC60...
This Can’t Be Today - A Trip Through The US Psychedelic Underground 1977-1988 is a significant examination of an important strand of America’s pre-grunge musical landscape. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
London-based darkwave outfit Lunar & The Deception’s debut album The Somnambulist is for the preternatural lurking within all of us. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/da...
Despite its title, @cherryredrecords.bsky.social's Steppin' Out - The Roots Of Garage Rock 1963-1965 is a primer in US pop’s varied pre-psychedelic musical landscape. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Danish issue of Like A Rolling Stone, 1965. With extraordinary literalist cover design. Bob Dylan is a rolling stone, rolling down an undulating slope. A marvel.
On Gained / Lost, The Wave Pictures face the passage of time – and showcase a guitar solo or two. Out this week on @bellaunion.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/br...
Something amazing - shelved version of Pil’s first album resurfaces: the Public Image (First Issue) US Mix. Like a Metal Box-ised version of the UK’s Public Image (First Issue) (@pilofficial.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
How brilliant.
Well, they certainly played the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh on that date.
Just in! It is amazing. The best. Weighty too. Doug Hinman & Andrew Sandoval's THE KINKS – ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Day-By-Day Story Pt 1: 1940-1971. Get it here: beatlandbooks.com
Went to a snowy Aalborg in Denmark for Northern Winter Beat 2026. Duo Ruut, Jim Ghedi, Jenny Hval, Matching Outfits, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Motorpsycho, Sebastian Wolff, YARD – more. Just brilliant. Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/no...
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, Miles Davis. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Hater’s Mosquito (@haterrmusic, @fire_records).