Proud to be serialising Andrew C. Kidd's debut sci-fi novel Tennyson In Space during 2025. Here's the concluding chapters of 'Appel.E.'. #scifi #novel #fiction
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Proud to be serialising Andrew C. Kidd's debut sci-fi novel Tennyson In Space during 2025. Here's the concluding chapters of 'Appel.E.'. #scifi #novel #fiction
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From this month's upcoming anniversary celebrating LPs haul - as feat in my Digest column -, 'Adelic Penguins' from Sakamoto's Esperanto album, released in 1985.
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From this month's upcoming anniversary celebrating LPs haul - as feat in my Digest column -, 'Adelic Penguins' from Sakamoto's Esperanto album, released in 1985.
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October's Perusal features the upcoming opus from Will Glaser, plus albums from Peter Evansโ Being & Becoming, Amira Kheir, Sebastiรกn Rojas @buhrecords.bsky.social Cosimo Querci @quindirecords.bsky.social
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October's Perusal features the upcoming opus from Will Glaser, plus albums from Peter Evansโ Being & Becoming, Amira Kheir, Sebastiรกn Rojas @buhrecords.bsky.social Cosimo Querci @quindirecords.bsky.social
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@andygoz.bsky.social might be interested, a 15 track smattering of Salem Trials singles and tracks included.
03.10.2025 08:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Only a few more of these playlists to go as we reach the S's in our alphabetical celebration of the site's 15th anniversary. A track - where possible - from every release we ever reviewed.
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Only a few more of these playlists to go as we reach the S's in our alphabetical celebration of the site's 15th anniversary. A track - where possible - from every release we ever reviewed.
open.spotify.com/playlist/434...
The end of the month revue and catch-up: choice releases and tracks from September. @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @intlanthem.bsky.social @ltheadtrip.bsky.social @dyrfaser.bsky.social @buhrecords.bsky.social
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The end of the month revue and catch-up: choice releases and tracks from September. @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social @intlanthem.bsky.social @ltheadtrip.bsky.social @dyrfaser.bsky.social @buhrecords.bsky.social
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Hostile Engineering is out now via @fusedarrowrecords.com. Produced by @steeltippeddove.bsky.social this is my only full length album of 2025.
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Kicking off this month's Monolith cocktail Social playlist (volume 101), Wolf Parade's 'Shine A Light'. Taken from their Apologies To The Queen Mary debut LP, one of the noughties best albums, celebrating its 20th anniversary this month.
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Featured in this month's Monolith Cocktail social playlist (volume 101), A Tent 'Seven Years (Abundance)'. Full playlist on Spotify now, or visit the site homepage and scroll through the September Digest.
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Find that piece on Outside here: monolithcocktail.com/2025/09/22/t...
23.09.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Also featured both in the archive and playlist sections of this month's Digest, #DavidBowie Outside LP, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. See comments for a link to my original review on one of David's most underrated and best LPs.
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23.09.2025 19:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Featured in the archive section of this month's Digest, a retrieved piece I wrote many many moons ago on CAN's Landed Lp, which is 50 this year. Here's just one choice piece from that overlooked album. #CAN #krautrock #cosmic #landed #anniversaryalbum
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Featured in this month's social playlist (volume 101) Mew's 'The zookeeper's Boy', taken from their stunning LP, and one of the best of the noughties, Mew And the Glass Handed Kites - which celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.
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Sept Digest: reviews of Tom Skinner's โKaleidoscopic Visionsโ @intlanthem.bsky.social, archival pieces on CAN's Landed (50 this year), and David Bowie's 1.Outside LP (30 this month). New music and old in volume 101 of the Social Playlist.
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Sept Digest: reviews of Tom Skinner's โKaleidoscopic Visionsโ @intlanthem.bsky.social, archival pieces on CAN's Landed (50 this year), and David Bowie's 1.Outside LP (30 this month). New music and old in volume 101 of the Social Playlist.
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Thank you so much for all your support over the years. I can hardly believe we've been at if for so long.
18.09.2025 16:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Celebrating our 15th anniversary this year, we've decided to create a series of playlists featuring a track from as many reviews as is possible; all catalogued in alphabetical order. Here's the R's.
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Really cool reviews for the recent Frog and @veryverynoisy.bsky.social singles courtesy of @monolithcocktail.bsky.social!
15.09.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A small ray of light in a awful world is when a new @monolithcocktail.bsky.social email drops into my inbox and I can read some lovely passionate reviews of music.
I don't always buy the music mentioned but its a great read and you hear wonderful music and always add a few to my wishlist.
Thank you so much. Really need that lift this month and support. We will continue to do our best in lifting the gloom.
15.09.2025 17:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Psychedelic country-soul, invocations of Beach Boys Smiley Smile period, sexual healing for the social misfit. Just some of the descriptions used this week to describe the music of Frog @audioantihero.bsky.social Alien Eyelid and Ike Goldman. Music also from Pelt, The Noisy and SCHรรL.
15.09.2025 12:09 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1That anniversary celebrating playlist saga continues. In alphabetical order, the Ps and the Qs. From Pabst to Qujaku. 15 years of reviews represented by choice tracks.
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That anniversary celebrating playlist saga continues. In alphabetical order, the Ps and the Qs. From Pabst to Qujaku. 15 years of reviews represented by choice tracks.
open.spotify.com/playlist/3bQ...