garethj
@mapref.bsky.social
Well look at this (also listen to it)
New album!
'𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴'
9 pastoral indie pop gems, produced by us and mixed by the absolute legend that is John McEntire.
Out 20/03 on LP/CD/DL via @fikarecordings.com. You can pre-order + listen to the first single at:
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-...
'𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴'
9 pastoral indie pop gems, produced by us and mixed by the absolute legend that is John McEntire.
Out 20/03 on LP/CD/DL via @fikarecordings.com. You can pre-order + listen to the first single at:
fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-...
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Well look at this (also listen to it)
You learn something new every day! My law exam was apparently so bad they decided to pretend I hadn't even turned up. I want that hour back WJEC.
I got a U in AS-level maths, that's below an F and indicated only that I attended the exam (N meant you didn't even do that), my score there was 5%. I did not continue to A Level.
What subject did you get a F in on your report card?
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
You learn something new every day! My law exam was apparently so bad they decided to pretend I hadn't even turned up. I want that hour back WJEC.
This reminds me of reading an interview with Nathan East in Bassist or something as a teen (i thought you had to read these!) where he talked about Phil Collins playing McCartney-esque basslines on his demos and thinking 'how can Phil Collins possibly play the bass, he is a drummer'.
Anyone who, like me, ever wondered why there are pictures of Bob Dylan BITD to play bass WONDER NO MORE
Sixty years ago today, some well-known photos of electric-era Bob Dylan were shot at the Blonde on Blonde sessions for Fender guitars. Turns out there was a funny backstory (Bob was NOT happy so he posed with the wrong instrument in protest). An interview with someone who was there in the newsletter
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This reminds me of reading an interview with Nathan East in Bassist or something as a teen (i thought you had to read these!) where he talked about Phil Collins playing McCartney-esque basslines on his demos and thinking 'how can Phil Collins possibly play the bass, he is a drummer'.
Also feeling very discombobulated that MBV have been playing live and I just decided not to go to any of the gigs, let alone see them repeatedly and/or spend all day on a Megabus
Just got vertigo at the realisation mbv is now older than those EPs were when *I* first heard them
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Also feeling very discombobulated that MBV have been playing live and I just decided not to go to any of the gigs, let alone see them repeatedly and/or spend all day on a Megabus
I always wondered who 'Richard Montgomery, a Glaswegian who died last week' was.
Yeah I saw them a few times around then, and apart from Glasto '97 they were always fantastic. I taped this off the radio and it was constantly on in the car www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHD...
Primal Scream - Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland, 08/02/1998
YouTube video by Voltage Rock
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I always wondered who 'Richard Montgomery, a Glaswegian who died last week' was.
Fucking hell, one of my favourite ever bassists. RIP.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Fucking hell, one of my favourite ever bassists. RIP.
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How on earth do you people book tours?! Been trying for a month now and, aside from a couple of lovely individuals, we have turned into The Invisible Band.
(First couple of weeks of April 2026 if anyone's interested!)
(First couple of weeks of April 2026 if anyone's interested!)
August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
How on earth do you people book tours?! Been trying for a month now and, aside from a couple of lovely individuals, we have turned into The Invisible Band.
(First couple of weeks of April 2026 if anyone's interested!)
(First couple of weeks of April 2026 if anyone's interested!)
@theleaflibrary.bsky.social you did make that t-shirt didn't you?
“Quotorik” <- is this anything
It strikes me that the best British motorik record may in fact be She Sells Sanctuary, in a kind of tourbus on the M62 way
June 6, 2024 at 1:20 PM
@theleaflibrary.bsky.social you did make that t-shirt didn't you?
It's taken me nearly 30yrs to think of asking if Jonathan and Dawson Creek are related.
October 29, 2023 at 7:43 PM
It's taken me nearly 30yrs to think of asking if Jonathan and Dawson Creek are related.
Am pretty stuck at 77.4%, and spent a lot of last night trying to remember a Real People single that was also a western Piccadilly stop (got it eventually).
Back on the tube stations. This is my life now.
That bloody tube game has really taught me that there are huge bits of this city I know nothing about
October 22, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Am pretty stuck at 77.4%, and spent a lot of last night trying to remember a Real People single that was also a western Piccadilly stop (got it eventually).