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Enda Guinan
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Does digital things in the third sector. Host of Let There Be Music. Expect plenty of #NowListening.

‘Joy is an act of resistance’ -Toi Derricotte, The Undertaker’s Daughter (2011)

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Galwegian in London.

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'You can't post your way out of fascism.'

A personally uncomfortable read from @janus.bsky.social at @404media.co.

www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Could Provision be along soon too? It seemed to ready to go in 2021…

www.discogs.com/release/2593...
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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PREORDER: 'Songs to Remember (2026 Remaster)' by Scritti Politti

Reissue of the debut album from the Leeds New Pop group, remastered and overseen by Green Gartside.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2141...
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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UK people: I'm thrilled by the warm appreciation from those who've seen Evolver:62. The production company Liverpool West is US-based and has focused most distribution efforts there so far. There is just one UK availability, which is amzn.to/4bP7bGS
amzn.to
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Final Mew gig (well, final with Jonas, as they say) in London on Thursday was quite the experience. They'll be missed.

In related news, some naughty Frenger was down front and put the whole thing on YouTube...

Concert
Encore
Setlist
Mew @ The Roundhouse London 5/2/26
YouTube video by jojocurehead
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂

Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Well done, Italy, for a popping #WinterOlympics Opening Ceremony that rightfully gave both Raffaella Carrà AND Prisencolinensinainciusol the props they deserve as Italian cultural heritage of great esteem.
Adriano Celentano & Raffaella Carrà - Prisencolinensinainciusol - SUBTITULAT EN CATALÀ - Subscriu-te
YouTube video by Marcel·lí Miret - Subtitulat en Català
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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I finally have a beautiful collection of songs that I can call my second album.

'Ages & Ages'
will be released to the world
on Friday 6th March 2026.

Stay tuned for more info or sign up to my newsletter at www.gerrwalshmusic.ie

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February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
So that was Mew.

Discovered them 20 years ago in London and was here for the final gig with Jonas once again in London.

What a trip.
February 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Sixteen diagnoses a day isn’t just a statistic.

It’s sixteen people, like Eva, suddenly trying to understand a cancer they may never have heard of.

And sixteen families searching for clear, reliable information when they need it most.

Donate today: sarcoma.org.uk/support-now
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” was the highest-selling song in the United States last week, even with it being available for just two days of the tracking period, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart dated Feb. 7.

www.billboard.com/music/chart-...
Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ Makes No. 1 Sales Debut
Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE song "Streets of Minneapolis" was the most-sold song of the week, debuting at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart.
www.billboard.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Getting excited for Mew this Thursday.

Still amused that I bought this album in 2007(?) because of a half remembered positive review and because I thought, because of this artwork, that they were a bunch of badass women.

It’s been at the top of my album charts for nearly two decades!
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Beatles as Marvel Metaverse-type IP.
Ironman, Spiderman, Eggman??
YouTube video by Derrick Gee
youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
And now Pulp follow Blancmange and The Real Tuesday Weld in magnificently covering The Day Before You Came.
Pulp - The Day Before You Came (ABBA Cover) in the Radio 2 Piano Room
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is… wild.
In the first of an occasional column, intrepid pop gumshoe Jim Bangerac unearths a lost gem on the first album by Lion Sleeps Tonight hitmakers Tight Fit – produced by Tim Friese-Green, the who went on to work closely with Talk Talk on Spirit of Eden & Laughing Stock. www.patreon.com/posts/banger...
Bangerac #1: Tight Fit: I'm Undecided | Pete Paphides
Get more from Pete Paphides on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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On This Day in Music

1949 - RCA Records
issued the first ever 45rpm single, the invention of this size record made jukeboxes possible.
February 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Three decades after having his Grammy rescinded as part of Milli Vanilli, Fab Morvan is a nominee once more.

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan on his lip-syncing downfall and Grammys comeback: ‘The truth will set you free’
Three decades after having his Grammy rescinded as part of the notorious duo, he is a nominee once more, for the audiobook of his unflinching memoir. ‘I had to tell my story,’ he says
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Quite the performer.

Tyler Ballgame at @roughtraderecords.bsky.social Rough Trade East tonight.
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Way too young for Catherine O’Hara to die.

We must have some fruit wine tonight to mark the passing of a comic genius.
Schitt's Creek Fruit Wine Commercial
YouTube video by Michael Miller
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Eep! And there is is - my first appearance in print. The Letters page in Smash Hits, April 1985!

I recall my bemused-but-proud primary school teacher reading it out to the class (as well as the reply, which went over all our little heads.)
flic.kr/p/2ioEtVU
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
First images of Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.

From the forthcoming #Beatles movies.
January 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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#OTD in 1964, at Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris—their only recording session outside London—The Beatles recorded German-language versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" ("Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand") and "She Loves You" ("Sie Liebt Dich") under pressure from their German label, Electrola.
January 29, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Where are the protest songs?

Enter Bruce Springsteen…
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Tyler Ballgame in Rough Trade East this Saturday alert… 😲

youtu.be/rfThtEqd1cc?...
Tyler Ballgame - "I Believe In Love" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tyler Ballgame
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM