John Carty
@johncarty1.bsky.social
A resident of Wales.
Ex-Midlander.
Music and a bit of footy, with a dash of wildlife and nature, will suit me just fine.
Ex-Midlander.
Music and a bit of footy, with a dash of wildlife and nature, will suit me just fine.
#5debutalbums7074
The Residents - Meet The Residents (1974)
North Louisiana’s phenomenal pop combo (it says, accurately, on the cover). Straight onto my shortlist.
The Residents - Meet The Residents (1974)
North Louisiana’s phenomenal pop combo (it says, accurately, on the cover). Straight onto my shortlist.
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#5debutalbums7074
The Residents - Meet The Residents (1974)
North Louisiana’s phenomenal pop combo (it says, accurately, on the cover). Straight onto my shortlist.
The Residents - Meet The Residents (1974)
North Louisiana’s phenomenal pop combo (it says, accurately, on the cover). Straight onto my shortlist.
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Hi folks, the next poll will commence on Friday 12th December and will feature debut albums released between 1970 to 1974. Please use the hashtag #5debutalbums7074 for recommendations and to give your favourites a plug! You’ll have 3 weeks to decide on your top 5 choices from that era, see you then.
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hi folks, the next poll will commence on Friday 12th December and will feature debut albums released between 1970 to 1974. Please use the hashtag #5debutalbums7074 for recommendations and to give your favourites a plug! You’ll have 3 weeks to decide on your top 5 choices from that era, see you then.
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Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
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#MBV ♥️
MY BLOODY VALENTINE were absolutely bone-buzzingly outstanding last night in Dublin!
Dublin 221125 🎶🙏😋 🎶 🎸
Couple of wee snippets here.. won't do justice but worth the post me thinks.
youtu.be/jJhID0WpjpA?...
youtu.be/vmNaBkUz6wc?...
MY BLOODY VALENTINE were absolutely bone-buzzingly outstanding last night in Dublin!
Dublin 221125 🎶🙏😋 🎶 🎸
Couple of wee snippets here.. won't do justice but worth the post me thinks.
youtu.be/jJhID0WpjpA?...
youtu.be/vmNaBkUz6wc?...
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#MBV ♥️
MY BLOODY VALENTINE were absolutely bone-buzzingly outstanding last night in Dublin!
Dublin 221125 🎶🙏😋 🎶 🎸
Couple of wee snippets here.. won't do justice but worth the post me thinks.
youtu.be/jJhID0WpjpA?...
youtu.be/vmNaBkUz6wc?...
MY BLOODY VALENTINE were absolutely bone-buzzingly outstanding last night in Dublin!
Dublin 221125 🎶🙏😋 🎶 🎸
Couple of wee snippets here.. won't do justice but worth the post me thinks.
youtu.be/jJhID0WpjpA?...
youtu.be/vmNaBkUz6wc?...
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Thanks to all who took part in #5debutalbums1014 it’s now time for the results. Nominations were spread across 412 albums, but coming out on top was John Grant with Queen Of Denmark. Please see results to follow, the top 30 progress to the semi finals. Details of the next challenge follow shortly…
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to all who took part in #5debutalbums1014 it’s now time for the results. Nominations were spread across 412 albums, but coming out on top was John Grant with Queen Of Denmark. Please see results to follow, the top 30 progress to the semi finals. Details of the next challenge follow shortly…
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From today’s Football League Paper:
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
From today’s Football League Paper:
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November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Hi folks, hope everyone is well and welcome to the slightly delayed #5debutalbums1014 as we continue our quest to find the best debut album of all time. For this round your task is to select your top 5 debut albums released between 2010 to 2014. Please include artist name and album title. My picks..
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hi folks, hope everyone is well and welcome to the slightly delayed #5debutalbums1014 as we continue our quest to find the best debut album of all time. For this round your task is to select your top 5 debut albums released between 2010 to 2014. Please include artist name and album title. My picks..
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An ode to Sheffield, unreleased material I think they said. Cabaret Voltaire in Manchester.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
An ode to Sheffield, unreleased material I think they said. Cabaret Voltaire in Manchester.
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Cabaret Voltaire ruled my world in the 80s with their perfect intersection of funk and tech. Gorilla Manchester.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cabaret Voltaire ruled my world in the 80s with their perfect intersection of funk and tech. Gorilla Manchester.
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Great piece in @thequietus.com today featuring a video of our mate Stewart Lee interviewing his mate @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about his memoir that Stew has just narrated for a soon to be released audiobook! The watch is less exhausting than this post! 💥 #thefall
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall's Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook | The Quietus
First published in 2015, Steve Hanley’s memoir The Big Midweek (co-written with Olivia Piekarski) details his 19 years as the ‘backbone’ of The Fall. Perhaps second only to Mark E. Smith himself when ...
thequietus.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great piece in @thequietus.com today featuring a video of our mate Stewart Lee interviewing his mate @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about his memoir that Stew has just narrated for a soon to be released audiobook! The watch is less exhausting than this post! 💥 #thefall
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
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Calling all Killing Joke fans...
#MusicSky
#NowListening
#LightOfEternity
#CollateralEP
Explosive comp of the first EPs from Killing Joke's Big Paul Ferguson & crew & his new band is as colossal & ferocious & beautiful & wired to the warped human psyche as you could hope for. Thrilling, brilliant & so good to hear him again 😎👍😉🖤
#NowListening
#LightOfEternity
#CollateralEP
Explosive comp of the first EPs from Killing Joke's Big Paul Ferguson & crew & his new band is as colossal & ferocious & beautiful & wired to the warped human psyche as you could hope for. Thrilling, brilliant & so good to hear him again 😎👍😉🖤
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Calling all Killing Joke fans...
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'In the video, the pair discuss the disastrous 1998 tour of America: "“All any of us were asking of Mark was to stand on that stage for an hour, and sing the songs. That was all we asked of him."'
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall’s Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook
buff.ly/4YeJQwU
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall’s Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook
buff.ly/4YeJQwU
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'In the video, the pair discuss the disastrous 1998 tour of America: "“All any of us were asking of Mark was to stand on that stage for an hour, and sing the songs. That was all we asked of him."'
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall’s Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook
buff.ly/4YeJQwU
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall’s Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook
buff.ly/4YeJQwU
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From today’s Football League Paper
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
From today’s Football League Paper
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Random acts of senseless beauty #123
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Random acts of senseless beauty #123
#5debutalbums1014
I’ve started with 31 albums this time round. Lots of great stuff, many that I can’t recall having heard before (Dead Sea Apes, Amazing Snakeheads, Wrangler, Bo Ningen etc).
I’ve definitely missed a few, as well.
Thanks for your recommendations, all, much appreciated. 👍😎👏
I’ve started with 31 albums this time round. Lots of great stuff, many that I can’t recall having heard before (Dead Sea Apes, Amazing Snakeheads, Wrangler, Bo Ningen etc).
I’ve definitely missed a few, as well.
Thanks for your recommendations, all, much appreciated. 👍😎👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#5debutalbums1014
I’ve started with 31 albums this time round. Lots of great stuff, many that I can’t recall having heard before (Dead Sea Apes, Amazing Snakeheads, Wrangler, Bo Ningen etc).
I’ve definitely missed a few, as well.
Thanks for your recommendations, all, much appreciated. 👍😎👏
I’ve started with 31 albums this time round. Lots of great stuff, many that I can’t recall having heard before (Dead Sea Apes, Amazing Snakeheads, Wrangler, Bo Ningen etc).
I’ve definitely missed a few, as well.
Thanks for your recommendations, all, much appreciated. 👍😎👏
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Allah Las self titled, they’re kind of a psychedelic pop that plays with some 60s riffs, a good listen. #5debutalbums1014
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Allah Las self titled, they’re kind of a psychedelic pop that plays with some 60s riffs, a good listen. #5debutalbums1014
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#NowListening #MusicSky #5DebutAlbums1014
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Busting out a big gun for this cold and rainy afternoon, “big” is an understatement for the full length debut from one of my favorite modern bands; excited for their tour next spring, haven’t seen them in 7 years.
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Busting out a big gun for this cold and rainy afternoon, “big” is an understatement for the full length debut from one of my favorite modern bands; excited for their tour next spring, haven’t seen them in 7 years.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#NowListening #MusicSky #5DebutAlbums1014
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Busting out a big gun for this cold and rainy afternoon, “big” is an understatement for the full length debut from one of my favorite modern bands; excited for their tour next spring, haven’t seen them in 7 years.
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Busting out a big gun for this cold and rainy afternoon, “big” is an understatement for the full length debut from one of my favorite modern bands; excited for their tour next spring, haven’t seen them in 7 years.
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This new LP from SoSU is out nearly two months but has not yet been aired on the LSwMB.
Administrative error, I think.
The marvellous "Flash The Ash" is now sounding swell on the radio.
buff.ly/T6PQtS7
Administrative error, I think.
The marvellous "Flash The Ash" is now sounding swell on the radio.
buff.ly/T6PQtS7
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This new LP from SoSU is out nearly two months but has not yet been aired on the LSwMB.
Administrative error, I think.
The marvellous "Flash The Ash" is now sounding swell on the radio.
buff.ly/T6PQtS7
Administrative error, I think.
The marvellous "Flash The Ash" is now sounding swell on the radio.
buff.ly/T6PQtS7
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Happy Halloween! The rather scary looking Roos Carr figures with their quartzite eyes. Dating to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, the figures are part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own. #Halloween #Prehistory #Yorkshire
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Happy Halloween! The rather scary looking Roos Carr figures with their quartzite eyes. Dating to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, the figures are part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own. #Halloween #Prehistory #Yorkshire
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'The Fall in the 1970s and 80s were never particularly concerned with what was yet to come, but The Unutterable presents an electronic, forward-looking iteration of the group that is ominous and menacing as they had ever sounded.'
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
'The Fall in the 1970s and 80s were never particularly concerned with what was yet to come, but The Unutterable presents an electronic, forward-looking iteration of the group that is ominous and menacing as they had ever sounded.'
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
buff.ly/Ysp8a6T
Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by #TheFall
buff.ly/Ysp8a6T