Andrea
@parramaterial.bsky.social
Music news, writing and live gig reviews #MDANT I make music as @hazelenemusic https://linktr.ee/hazelenemusic
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Andrea
@parramaterial.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I made a shoegaze starter pack. I think the images on the front are generated by number of followers... This is a very imperfect list, I'll probably forget to update it, if you don't want to be on it let me know! go.bsky.app/MAoEsCe
They told us our music was worth nothing. Now they say it's worth 13 trillion. Class action? www.nme.com/news/music/s...
Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna's Archive for $13trillion for "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings"
Spotify and three major record labels have sued Anna's Archive for $13trillion, alleging that the platform scraped 86million music files.
www.nme.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:53 AM
They told us our music was worth nothing. Now they say it's worth 13 trillion. Class action? www.nme.com/news/music/s...
Incredible news for the glorious and hard working @abandonedbuildings.bsky.social who've been building a scene here in Leeds with some dedication. 🙏 Quite curious about Paris In Haze who I've not heard of, but are also local. So now we have a sweet shoegazy triple bill...
Very exciting news - we are supporting one of our favourite bands - @whitelands.bsky.social - 20th February at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds! Looking forward to hearing their new album which is out tomorrow...
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Incredible news for the glorious and hard working @abandonedbuildings.bsky.social who've been building a scene here in Leeds with some dedication. 🙏 Quite curious about Paris In Haze who I've not heard of, but are also local. So now we have a sweet shoegazy triple bill...
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PREORDER: 'Spacemen 3 Vinyl - Extended Edition' by Danny Passarella
Visual history of the early neo-psychedelia group, featuring contributions from Sonic Boom, Pete Bain, Will Carruthers, Charlie Pritchard, Suzy Shaw, Dom Martin and more.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
Visual history of the early neo-psychedelia group, featuring contributions from Sonic Boom, Pete Bain, Will Carruthers, Charlie Pritchard, Suzy Shaw, Dom Martin and more.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
PREORDER: 'Spacemen 3 Vinyl - Extended Edition' by Danny Passarella
Visual history of the early neo-psychedelia group, featuring contributions from Sonic Boom, Pete Bain, Will Carruthers, Charlie Pritchard, Suzy Shaw, Dom Martin and more.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
Visual history of the early neo-psychedelia group, featuring contributions from Sonic Boom, Pete Bain, Will Carruthers, Charlie Pritchard, Suzy Shaw, Dom Martin and more.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2139...
Go go go first lineup announce and tickets on sale!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
We’re overjoyed to announce the first names for Supersonic Festival 2026, returning to Digbeth, Birmingham on 25-26 April 2026 for a special limited edition.
ØXN | AMERETAT | BONG II | DJ HARAM | GREET | MICROPLASTICS | MILKWEED | MMM | PROSTITUTE | TRAIDORA + MORE TBA
We’re overjoyed to announce the first names for Supersonic Festival 2026, returning to Digbeth, Birmingham on 25-26 April 2026 for a special limited edition.
ØXN | AMERETAT | BONG II | DJ HARAM | GREET | MICROPLASTICS | MILKWEED | MMM | PROSTITUTE | TRAIDORA + MORE TBA
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Go go go first lineup announce and tickets on sale!
Did you hear the advance of the new @whitelands.bsky.social on Bandcamp last night? The LP arrived yesterday, but I put the digital version through my studio speakers, simply immense ... Ian's engineering caught their vitality, and the mix is superb (the cymbals in Mirrors is an achievement).
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Did you hear the advance of the new @whitelands.bsky.social on Bandcamp last night? The LP arrived yesterday, but I put the digital version through my studio speakers, simply immense ... Ian's engineering caught their vitality, and the mix is superb (the cymbals in Mirrors is an achievement).
Serious contender for the 2026 award "Most Band Members Gracing A Single Stage" is this Jonny Halifax Invocation headlined hauntological immensity, with Saul Adamczewski's (Insecure Men) Drone Orchestra bringing up the musician count. A psych happening in a church, this has the potential to be epic.
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Serious contender for the 2026 award "Most Band Members Gracing A Single Stage" is this Jonny Halifax Invocation headlined hauntological immensity, with Saul Adamczewski's (Insecure Men) Drone Orchestra bringing up the musician count. A psych happening in a church, this has the potential to be epic.
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Little Mari has found a step ladder and now can reach toast on trees.
She feels unstoppable
She feels unstoppable
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Little Mari has found a step ladder and now can reach toast on trees.
She feels unstoppable
She feels unstoppable
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vapour trails, my radio show on urn1350.co.uk, once again returns starting tomorrow from 9-11AM GMT. i'll once again be playing a big mix of all my favourote shoegaze, dream pop and noise pop. hope to have you listening in :)
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
vapour trails, my radio show on urn1350.co.uk, once again returns starting tomorrow from 9-11AM GMT. i'll once again be playing a big mix of all my favourote shoegaze, dream pop and noise pop. hope to have you listening in :)
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"It was a kind of DIY before DIY became a thing. Even though some of them were on major labels, I still feel like they were opearting outside the mainstream" - @cravenfaults.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his love of German music
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Craven Faults: 'My favourite single of the 70s was Autobahn'
It’s now nine years since the enigmatic electronic artist known as Craven Faults first emerged with an EP called Netherfield Works that laid a template for much of what would follow. Combining a love ...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"It was a kind of DIY before DIY became a thing. Even though some of them were on major labels, I still feel like they were opearting outside the mainstream" - @cravenfaults.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his love of German music
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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Humdrum are teaming up with the excellent Mt Misery for a string of unmissable UK shows, just look at those line-ups!
Tickets are on sale now!
linktr.ee/heyhumdrum
@heyhumdrum.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @prefectrecords.bsky.social
Tickets are on sale now!
linktr.ee/heyhumdrum
@heyhumdrum.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @prefectrecords.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Humdrum are teaming up with the excellent Mt Misery for a string of unmissable UK shows, just look at those line-ups!
Tickets are on sale now!
linktr.ee/heyhumdrum
@heyhumdrum.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @prefectrecords.bsky.social
Tickets are on sale now!
linktr.ee/heyhumdrum
@heyhumdrum.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @prefectrecords.bsky.social
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Music Venue Trust warmly welcomes today’s government statement on urgent and immediate Business Rate relief. We want to thank MPs, Mayors, unitary and local authorities, and especially music fans and communities across the country...
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Music Venue Trust warmly welcomes today’s government statement on urgent and immediate Business Rate relief. We want to thank MPs, Mayors, unitary and local authorities, and especially music fans and communities across the country...
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From yesterday:
New blog post! Wrote about new/reissued albums from R.E. Seraphin @reseraphin.bsky.social, Healing & Peace, Sweet Reaper, and Hello Whirled:
Pressing Concerns: R.E. Seraphin, Healing & Peace, Sweet Reaper, Hello Whirled
The first Pressing Concerns of the week gives us a reissue of R.E. Seraphin’s first two records, plus new albums from Healing & Peace, Sweet Reaper, and Hello Whirled. Check them out belo…
rosyoverdrive.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
From yesterday:
Very much related to voting intention, undoubtedly linked to funded misinformation.
YouGov most important issues tracker, 24-26 January 2026
Economy: 54% (+1 from 17-19 Jan)
Immigration: 52% (+2)
Health: 31% (-2)
Defence: 26% (+1)
Crime: 18% (=)
Housing: 18% (+1)
Environment: 16% (+1)
Tax: 15% (-2)
Welfare: 14% (-2)
Europe: 13% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Economy: 54% (+1 from 17-19 Jan)
Immigration: 52% (+2)
Health: 31% (-2)
Defence: 26% (+1)
Crime: 18% (=)
Housing: 18% (+1)
Environment: 16% (+1)
Tax: 15% (-2)
Welfare: 14% (-2)
Europe: 13% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Very much related to voting intention, undoubtedly linked to funded misinformation.
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Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (25-26 January 2026)
Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 18-19 Jan)
Labour: 21% (+2)
Conservatives: 17% (-1)
Greens: 16% (-1)
Lib Dems: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 18-19 Jan)
Labour: 21% (+2)
Conservatives: 17% (-1)
Greens: 16% (-1)
Lib Dems: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (25-26 January 2026)
Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 18-19 Jan)
Labour: 21% (+2)
Conservatives: 17% (-1)
Greens: 16% (-1)
Lib Dems: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 25% (+1 from 18-19 Jan)
Labour: 21% (+2)
Conservatives: 17% (-1)
Greens: 16% (-1)
Lib Dems: 14% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
As a teenager, I was so fond of his late 80s output, it fit right in with Go Betweens, Jazz Butcher, and other kinds of jangle. Have a listen to Invisible State, incredibly prophetic. New album!
"The J.D. Salinger of Pop" (Rock & Folk), Bill Pritchard is back! "Lillie" is the first single of Pritchard's upcoming album, Haunted. You can find the single edit on all streaming platforms. Enjoy!
Preorder "Haunted": orcd.co/bill-pritchard
Preorder "Haunted": orcd.co/bill-pritchard
Bill Pritchard - Lillie
"Lillie" out now! Brand new album "Haunted" out 27 February, pre order your copy now!
orcd.co
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
As a teenager, I was so fond of his late 80s output, it fit right in with Go Betweens, Jazz Butcher, and other kinds of jangle. Have a listen to Invisible State, incredibly prophetic. New album!
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Unashamedly literate UK post-punk sophisticates The Monochrome Set are ready to release their new opus, Lotus Bridge, on Tapete Records! The first single, Lotus Bridge, is out today. orcd.co/themonochromeset
The Monochrome Set - Lotus Bridge
Out today: the new single "Lotus Bridge" of the upcoming album of the same name, coming 13 March. Pre-order your record now, lim. Vinyl available!
orcd.co
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Unashamedly literate UK post-punk sophisticates The Monochrome Set are ready to release their new opus, Lotus Bridge, on Tapete Records! The first single, Lotus Bridge, is out today. orcd.co/themonochromeset
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this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
episode 29 of blank mood
Listen now to episode 29 with music by:
Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh
www.blankmood.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
this one starts with heavy shoegaze then wanders into ambient and drone territory. as we head into the 7th week of january, remember that freakouts are not reserved for lunchtime only - swap 40 minutes of doomflicking for a loud calm listen anytime.
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29...
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"I don’t know why but I think maybe January is a good month for a Craven Faults double LP."
An interview with @cravenfaults.bsky.social, who talks is through their new double LP, 'Sidings' - out now via @theleaflabel.com.
sun-13.com/2026/01/26/c...
An interview with @cravenfaults.bsky.social, who talks is through their new double LP, 'Sidings' - out now via @theleaflabel.com.
sun-13.com/2026/01/26/c...
Craven Faults Interview: “I always appreciated being in the background”
The Yorkshire shapeshifter returns with their most dynamic offering yet.
sun-13.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"I don’t know why but I think maybe January is a good month for a Craven Faults double LP."
An interview with @cravenfaults.bsky.social, who talks is through their new double LP, 'Sidings' - out now via @theleaflabel.com.
sun-13.com/2026/01/26/c...
An interview with @cravenfaults.bsky.social, who talks is through their new double LP, 'Sidings' - out now via @theleaflabel.com.
sun-13.com/2026/01/26/c...
NP: the latest mix by @blankmood.com because loudcalm is a perfect Monday starter... www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29
episode 29 of blank mood
Listen now to episode 29 with music by:
Tijuana Taxi, Juliana Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Jim Jarmusch & Anika, Chainlacing, Emily A. Sprague, Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson, Drexler, and Nadia Struiwigh
www.blankmood.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 AM
NP: the latest mix by @blankmood.com because loudcalm is a perfect Monday starter... www.blankmood.com/p/episode-29
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Hi all 🤍 I made a playlist featuring artists who influenced the writing/recording of Home Truths. Featuring Tony Jay (@slumberlandrecords.com), @hattiecooke.com, Section 25, Cindy and more. Tidal only for now:
tidal.com/playlist/097...
tidal.com/playlist/097...
a dream goes on forever…
Playlist - a dream goes on forever… - 8 items
tidal.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Hi all 🤍 I made a playlist featuring artists who influenced the writing/recording of Home Truths. Featuring Tony Jay (@slumberlandrecords.com), @hattiecooke.com, Section 25, Cindy and more. Tidal only for now:
tidal.com/playlist/097...
tidal.com/playlist/097...
Take note, social media managers...
Join Democracy Rising in a protest against Hootsuite's involvement with #ICE. @Hootsuite.com is a #Vancouver tech company providing social media services. Their customers include the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Take note, social media managers...
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Grant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live,
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give;
Deal Freedom’s sacred treasures free as air,
Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.
—Robert Burns, “Lines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanac”
#BurnsNight #C18 #poem
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give;
Deal Freedom’s sacred treasures free as air,
Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.
—Robert Burns, “Lines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanac”
#BurnsNight #C18 #poem
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Grant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live,
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give;
Deal Freedom’s sacred treasures free as air,
Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.
—Robert Burns, “Lines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanac”
#BurnsNight #C18 #poem
To see the miscreants feel the pains they give;
Deal Freedom’s sacred treasures free as air,
Till Slave and Despot be but things that were.
—Robert Burns, “Lines Inscribed in a Lady’s Pocket Almanac”
#BurnsNight #C18 #poem
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Really enjoyed ‘the weight of being - vulnerability, resilience & mental health in art’ - at Two Temple Place. Includes works relating to the Battle of Orgreave, and Pitman painters - all set in a stunning setting
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Really enjoyed ‘the weight of being - vulnerability, resilience & mental health in art’ - at Two Temple Place. Includes works relating to the Battle of Orgreave, and Pitman painters - all set in a stunning setting
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#NewMusic playlist updated
@shapeslikepeople.bsky.social
@bandofvirgins.bsky.social
@sunstackjones.bsky.social
Keeley spotted on @oldindiekid.bsky.social show
Sunstinger
PVA
Hallan
Wings of Desire spotted on @spinthissound.bsky.social show
Jill Lorean
more
open.spotify.com/playlist/2te...
@shapeslikepeople.bsky.social
@bandofvirgins.bsky.social
@sunstackjones.bsky.social
Keeley spotted on @oldindiekid.bsky.social show
Sunstinger
PVA
Hallan
Wings of Desire spotted on @spinthissound.bsky.social show
Jill Lorean
more
open.spotify.com/playlist/2te...
New Indie Music
open.spotify.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
#NewMusic playlist updated
@shapeslikepeople.bsky.social
@bandofvirgins.bsky.social
@sunstackjones.bsky.social
Keeley spotted on @oldindiekid.bsky.social show
Sunstinger
PVA
Hallan
Wings of Desire spotted on @spinthissound.bsky.social show
Jill Lorean
more
open.spotify.com/playlist/2te...
@shapeslikepeople.bsky.social
@bandofvirgins.bsky.social
@sunstackjones.bsky.social
Keeley spotted on @oldindiekid.bsky.social show
Sunstinger
PVA
Hallan
Wings of Desire spotted on @spinthissound.bsky.social show
Jill Lorean
more
open.spotify.com/playlist/2te...
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There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down