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I'm Tom. Music geek, leftish, sub-optimally organised librarian, optimist - Pompey FC, Hampshire CCC and KC Royals fan, so needed! Musically all over the shop. Tile courtesy of the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow. Rubbish at sticking to character lim
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If you've followed me recently because I'm in a couple of music Starter Packs, thank you! But please let me manage any expectations - I'm genuinely just a bloke who posts songs he likes, usually within themed 'music challenges', and enjoys other people's contributions. That's pretty much it...! :-)
Day 19: Doleful Lions - The Sound Of Cologne

Anything but doleful, it's a corking power pop song that literally sings the praises of Can, Kraftwerk, Neu! and Cluster. (And yes, for the purists, the lyrics do mention Düsseldorf too!)

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The Sound of Cologne by Doleful Lions
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November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 19: Fini Bearman

Chosen today as I'll be most of the way through a gig featuring her (Vortex Jazz Club, London) when this is posted :-)

Here's the belting opener from this year's 'Last Night Of The World' album, with George Crowley scorching on sax.

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Rise Up by Fini Bearman
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
London Jazz Festival gig tonight - two excellent singer-songwriters, Fini Bearman and Michelle Willis.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Day 43: Genevieve Artadi - Plate (2023; US)

Apparently this was used in 'The Bear', but I must have heard it on a radio show. Louis Cole ruling on the drums, Pedro Martins on squiggly guitar, Artadi on general avant gardening.

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Genevieve Artadi - 'Plate' (Official Video) by GenevieveArtadi
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 18: Laura Marling - Master Hunter

A bit of a masterpiece, with a lovely nod to Bob Dylan.

"Well if you want a woman who can call your name,
It ain't me babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me babe"

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Laura Marling - Master Hunter by LauraMarlingVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 18: Kevin Tihista

A vocalist whose voice and songs I would unhesitatingly describe as gorgeous. This was released under the 'Red Terror' band name, which apparently was one of the nicknames of the record-breaking racehorse Phar Lap.

Pretty Please
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Pretty Please by Kevin Tihista's Red Terror
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 42: beabadoobee - Last Day On Earth (2021; UK-Philippines)

My second Bea. Sweet, catchy, ultra-90s, and she hits my Harriet Wheeler soft spot more closely than anyone else.

11 points, please.

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beabadoobee - Last Day On Earth (Official Video) by beabadoobeeVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 17: Latin Quarter - Truth About John

A song about a tabloid journalist ghost-writing for a woman claiming to have had an affair with John Lennon.

"And if the truth isn’t nice,
Well that just adds to the price,
Oh, make sure those wounds never close."

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Truth About John by Latin Quarter
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November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 17: Clarissa Connelly

A Scottish composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Denmark and records for Warp, melding Nordic and Celtic myth and folk song with pop, prog, electronic and experimental music.

A Grain Of Sand
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A Grain of Sand by Clarissa Connelly
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November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 41: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (2025; UK)

All over the place, in the greatest possible way. Immense and electrifying.

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Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (Official Video) by WolfAliceVEVO
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 16: The Bible - Mahalia

I shared this tribute to Mahalia Jackson not that long ago in another challenge, but it's too glorious not to use here as well.

"Sing my joyfulness, my joyfulness."

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Mahalia by The Bible
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November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 16: Scott Merritt

I’d heard Johnnie Walker play something by him; as a fan of fellow Canadian Bruce Cockburn (there’s a vocal similarity) it was worth spending 99p of my lunch money to buy the 'Violet And Black' album. Very glad I did.

Violet And Black
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Scott Merritt - Violet And Black by Marty Murray
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November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is massively disappointing - all four are knowledgeable and passionate and have shows that introduce and champion music. For those who only know Natasha Raskin Sharp from antiques on TV, she's a massive music fan and her weekly show is brilliantly diverse across genre, time and geography.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Day 40: Mitski - Love Me More (2022; US)

Mitski: "Love Me More went through the most iterations out of all the songs on the album. It’s been too fast, too slow, and at some point it was even an old style country song."

I think I'd love all of the above too.

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Mitski - Love Me More (Official Video) by MitskiVEVO
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 15: ZZ Top - Heard It On The X

The X stations were Mexican AM stations with powerful transmitters that broadcast DJs like Wolfman Jack into the US in the 60s.

Bonus fact - the only member of ZZ Top who didn't live on a hill was called Dusty Hill.

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Heard It on the X (2019 Remaster) by ZZ Top
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November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 15: Dolly Varden

Not to be confused with - well, y'know. They're definitely front runners in the stakes for my favourite alt-country-with-power-pop-leanings band named after a type of trout.

The Dumbest Magnets
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The Dumbest Magnets by Dolly Varden
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 39: Lenna Bahule - Eu Quero Ser (New Sector Movements Remix) (2022; Mozambique)

The original, with her voice accompanied by Marcelo Pretto's body percussion, is wonderful, and the remix takes it somewhere else - the YouTube info explains the approach.

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"Eu Quero Ser" Lenna Bahule (New Sector Movements Remix) by Da Lata
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 14: Allo Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance

Last night I dreamt that we took Henry to a disco,
And at first he was very, very angry,
And he went up to the DJ
And said, “Play some ABBA, dude!”

A tweet-tastic mix of US hardcore and 'Grease' references :-)

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November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 14: Jaga Jazzist

From Norway; progressive-post-jazz-fusion-electro-future-jazz-funk-glitch-acid-post-rock-experimental-jazz-jazz-techno-jazz if you really want to pigeonhole them... And magnificent live.

Apex (Live)
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Jaga Jazzist - 'Apex' (Live) by Brainfeeder
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November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 38: Jealous Of The Birds - Kodachrome (2020; UK)

JOTB is actually Belfast-based Naomi Hamilton, and this isn't the Paul Simon song... Beautifully crafted and arranged indie-folk-pop-rock with a rolling, tumbling chorus leading into a climactic playout.

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Jealous of the Birds - Kodachrome [Official Audio] by Jealous of the Birds
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 13 (I misnumbered my days yesterday!): This Poison! - Poised Over The Pause Button

For all us home tapers who killed music with our C90s in the 1980s ;-)

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Poised Over The Pause Button by This Poison!
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November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 13: Night Flowers

Nothing released since 2019, and with bassist Greg now in Fortitude Valley, they may no longer exist, sadly. But 'Wild Notion' was a dreamy indie pop album, Sophia a great front woman, and they had a drummer called Zebedee.

Cruel Wind
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Cruel Wind by Night Flowers
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 37: Half Asleep - midnight seam (2025; Belgium)

Half Asleep is Valérie Leclerq. Starting with Reichian piano, it then goes sort of Belgian Laurie Anderson, then Belgian David Lynch, then Belgian Black Country, New Road, and ends kind of Belgian Beethoven.

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Midnight seam by Half Asleep
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 13: Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

Talking Heads yesterday, so it had to be Tina and Chris today.

Bohannon
Bohannon
Bohannon
Bohannon

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November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 13: Diane Birch

A Portland singer-songwriter with a sumptuous voice. This is an irresistible, irrepressibly happy song with a video that I love to bits - if it doesn't charm your socks off, they must be glued on.

Valentino
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Diane Birch - Valentino (Official Music Video) by Diane Birch
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM