Have I finally made it now my ideas are being pilf’d by the almighty Gum, three years down the line?

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Why Are There So Many Horse Bands All of a Sudden? From buzzy broncos feeble little horse to folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, there seems to be an increasing number of equine-named artists; we investigated this phenomenon.

Ummm. Flood got on this trend 3 years ago thanksss floodmagazine.com/134039/why-a...

Review of Eurosonic Noorderslag 2026: Groningen showcase is holding the centre Reaching its 40-year milestone, the career-making Dutch festival Eurosonic Noorderslag is fighting for a united Europe.

‘A call … that urges us to link arms and face together the existential threats posed to the music industry, to life as we know it’: @haydenmerrick.bsky.social watches 🇺🇦 bands at 🇳🇱’s Eurosonic festival www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/fes...

Yes, that’s Kateryna from Go_A’s solo project

Thank you, David! x

Dummy are basically my favourite active band at this point. So pleased I got to commission and edit Yu An Su’s profile on them, which hits the nail on the head

Wrote about Downloooooaaaad. It was fun but I sneezed a lot

@taylorruckle.bsky.social is too good at this. And Perennial are also too good at this—a match made in art-punk heaven

Nailed it

Ugh so good

Review of SHARPE 2025: Bratislava festival bursts ballooning authoritarianism Bratislava’s SHARPE Festival thrives where oppression falters and reminds us that we’re rich where it counts.

Got to visit Bratislava and see the ugliest (coolest) building in the world, hear some amazing music, and be a lil part of something hopeful. Wrote about it. Thanks for having me, Sharpe ❤️

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.

They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.

Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

Wooo, have fun Alan!! x

Damn. Very cool

Divide and conquer *

Thank you for sharing this, Dave. I’m glad you enjoyed. That D&Q story was wild

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Wow. This is a beautiful piece

@lauramdavid.bsky.social is next-level good

Had a cool chat with Lottie Malkmus about her new project, Lottie’s, and some other stuff

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Multiple Women; Frontman Responds Allegations of inappropriate behavior in his life offstage contrast with Butler’s virtuous public reputation. In lengthy comments, the frontman claims his extramarital relationships were consensual.

uncritical coverage of arcade fire supports rape culture. multiple people were abused by win butler whose band is banking on you “forgetting.” @marchogan.bsky.social’s 2022 investigation:

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”
—Alex Ovechkin
—Hayden Merrick

Alex Melton is one of the coolest, kindest, most talented dudes around.

Had such a fascinating chat about the nine most influential songs in his life.

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L&Q Weekly Kraftwerk Daft Punk fraud!, angry weekend listening, Jerskin Fendrix raps his own name, experimental music roundup, Rolling Stones cast announced

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Beautiful, thoughtful writeup by Rachael Pimblett. The Great Grandpa album is wickkedddd

Momma: “We haven’t really gone above the water yet” | Interview Momma's songwriting duo discuss the dizzying process of making their new album Welcome to My Blue Sky, which makes 2002 sound like 1999.

2022 is the new 1999 for California-via-Brooklyn indie rockers Momma. The songwriting duo talk to BEST FIT about the dizzying process of making their new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky.

One of my favourite pieces I’ve edited. Kate Ratner knows how it’s done

Tara Hepburn did a beautiful job with this one

Over the last few weeks we lost The Caldonia in Liverpool, and the Dorothy Pax in Sheffield.

Why Are There So Many Horse Bands All of a Sudden? From buzzy broncos feeble little horse to folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, there seems to be an increasing number of equine-named artists; we investigated this phenomenon.

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