Thomas Dansie.

Jill Scott is the newest inductee of R&B’s Big Hats™️ alongside Jamiroquai, T-Pain and Erykah Badu. Blessed to have her company.

📸: Chrris Lowe.

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Fine. I’ll listen to Yebba’s NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert again. Twist my arm.

Retuning from a Spotify Radio/Fans Also Like discovery escapade, and WA/Perth has a flourishing RNB/Soul/Pop/Indie scene. Points on the board for AWST.

We can declare Olivia Dean as Australian now. ARIA win. ARIA performance. Triple J Hottest 100 victor. England lost the Ashes 4-1.

One Battle After Another. Good telly.

New Leon Thomas in the 8AM sunshine? Twist my arm!

Lots of great independent R&B coming out of New Zealand.

Kokoroko Tiny Desk into an Olivia Dean COLORS. Big few days for me, specifically.

Record Store Day 2026 The Foreign Exchange pressings. 🕯️

uhm...ok?

Really enjoying this full record from ilham. 23 mins. Well worth your time. open.spotify.com/album/05jYfy...

Silksong-posting again. It’s a transcendent experience in the Choral Chambers when the music kicks in. 🪡

Silksong is incredible because I’m <10 hours in and have counted approx. 7 enemies worse than Primal Aspids.

Mad that the Metal Gear Solid 3 theme is still one of the greatest songs ever.

BOY SODA is my 2025 MVP to date.

TikTok hotter than fish grease with my music reccs. lately. Praise be the algorithm.

a man in a superman costume stands in front of a city ALT: a man in a superman costume stands in front of a city

Had to do the double to confirm the rumours. Whispers of “we’re so back” but I was hesitant to believe. Ladies and gentlemen, they were right. Back, we are so.

Reckon anyone who hears all today’s new music by weekend’s end deserves a medal. I’m looking at the list and it just keeps tripling.

Love Made Trees Loaded Honey · Album · 2025 · 11 songs

Loaded Honey is what it sounds like. open.spotify.com/album/6opNyb...

The people are asking, begging and pleading for the Crash Twinsanity OST and Shrek 2 LP for Record Store Day 2026.

None of you can cup of tea on a cold winter’s day like me.

Melanchronica Bas · Album · 2025 · 10 songs

This is great. open.spotify.com/album/3O8PFN...

Can We Do This Over

Midyear check-in. Naomi Sharon is the one to beat. open.spotify.com/track/2xNO9V...

Few days behind on HOOKED RNB submissions because I’ve fallen down a 1998-2004 alt-rock, soft-rock, 3 Doors Down and 3 Doors Down-esque, nostalgia-shaped rabbit hole. It’s all a bit odd really.

Only the iciest cold beers for the Expedition 33 pianist.

Clair Obscur, it’s been a pleasure. 🫡

60 mins into my Expedition 33 journey. This is the mountaintop.

Shite fella, shite app. Elton John is the best Rocket Man. 🚀

NieR: Automata sitting at the same table as Disco Elysium for me. Haven’t had an experience like that in a minute.

NieR: Automata has hook, line and sinker. Deary me. This is all-timer stuff.

FROM FLORIDA’S FINEST on vinyl is a goer for me if/when it happens. 🪳