Alex Swift

Glastonbury is the world's biggest festival - but without grassroots music venues... this is what it looks like, alongside the future of all festivals.

We're at a point where people will see a billionaire doing what was CLEARLY a N@zi salute and just...pretend they didn't see that very thing 😱‼️

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"

Knowing the (incredibly based) politics of this account, this joke works on a number of different levels. If you know you know 😂

Brilliant thread 🧵 I would add that the idea of milestones that you have to reach by a certain age is inherently ableist, and that those expectations are more informed by culture than concern for people's wellbeing.

Hahahaha 😂😂😂 These people ran our country for 14 years!

Best Films 2024 🎬

1/All Of Us Strangers
2/Heretic
3/Kneecap
4/Conclave
5/Wicked

HE STRIKES AGAIN 😱😱😱

Gwyliau Hapus a Nadolig Llawen Pawb! 🌟🎁🌲🎅

YouTube video by Magdalena Bay Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #1: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

Emanating a retro-tinged futurism, Magdalena Bay stun with their second album! A piece about the process of self discovery, albums like this one, help us to decorate the empty spaces within ourselves, that we encounter moving through life

Foxing - Greyhound (Official "Music Video") YouTube video by Foxing

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #2: Foxing - Foxing

This is truly unlike anything I have ever heard - a visceral, emotional and cathartic experience, of soaring highs and crushing lows, this is Foxing's defining statement.

YouTube video by Charli xcx Charli xcx - Von dutch (official video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #3: Charli XCX - BRAT

Regardless of how strongly this albums campaign lent into the fun-loving aesthetics, Charli brilliantly uses these songs to confront the anxieties that many go to the club to escape from, even whilst using the genres of electropop and dance to do so!

YouTube video by Vince Staples Vince Staples - Shame On The Devil

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #4: Vince Staples - Dark Times

Dark times indeed. While this album is bleak, and occasionally harrowing it's Vince Staples greatest work yet, seeing him cross over into the longer form, for a subtle yet affecting project!

YouTube video by Hamish Hawk Hamish Hawk - Men Like Wire (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #5: Hamish Hawk - A Firmer Hand

introspective and sardonic, this sees Hawk exploring queerness by looking through the eyes of different personalities, be that despised ex-lovers or the doting fans. Complimenting the satire and the sombreness, the album is menacing and theatrical

YouTube video by TLDPVEVO The Last Dinner Party - The Feminine Urge (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #6: The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy

Sumptuously elegant whilst offering a scathing critique of patriarchy, The Last Dinner Party made the most impressive debut of the year. The album simultaneously sounds fully formed, and like the band have yet more to give in future!

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #7: Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 🌌

The most stunning metal album of the year, on Absolute Elsewhere melodic death metal visionaries Blood Incantation lean into prog. Across two twenty minutes epics the band transcend genre, and embrace lofty science fiction concepts

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #8: Godspeed You Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead

I wanted to acknowledge this for its brilliance. To offer more discourse would be to go against what the album is trying to achieve. As of December 17th 2024 at least 45,028 Dead...Free Palestine 🇵🇸

YouTube video by Father John Misty Father John Misty - Screamland (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #9: Father John Misty- Mahashmashana

A fascinating piece about rebirth, this combines the artists lounge stylings, with theatricality. The result is beautiful, confessional and wonderfully cynical! 'Screamland' is one of my favourite songs that he has ever created! Just...wow

You know who you are, bands who write good lyrics without including a lyrics sheet 👀

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #10: Kendrick Lamar - GNX

After becoming the winning side in a feud that rattled hip-hop, Kendrick doubled down on the anger, directing that fury towards the expectations that placed on him. This all makes for an experience that is hard hitting and emotionally rich!

YouTube video by KellyLeeOwensVEVO Kelly Lee Owens - Love You Got (Official)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #11: Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate 💭

2024 saw Kelly Lee Owens coming through with one of the greatest electronic albums of the year. Dreamstate marks a change from her familiar style, into psychedelic territory! The results are stunning as this is a dreamstate you won't want to end!

YouTube video by Bill Ryder-Jones Bill Ryder-Jones - If Tomorrow Starts Without Me (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #12: Bill Ryder Jones - Iechyd Da

Despite being eerily relatable, this is one of the most beautiful records I heard this year. Bill makes use of an orchestra, keys and a children's choir, to uplifting affect! It's heartbreaking, yet that cleverly taps into universal emotions

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #13: Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 🍻

A loose concept album about the little moments that define life, the beauty of this lies in the storytelling, attention to detail and focus on characters! By far the best country album of the year!

YouTube video by Novara Media Labour Announce Ban on Puberty Blockers for Trans People

Mere words cannot describe my loathing for Starmer and Streeting 💢 This is based on bad science, and is an attack on the LGBTQ+ community as a whole in order to slash health budgets, and appease the far right! The mental and physical health outcomes for trans people will be catastrophic

Happy Ghost Horse Skeleton season! Merry Christmas 🎁

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Best Albums 2024 #14: The Cure - Songs of A Lost World

Despite the reminders of the inevitability of decay, if you need proof of The Cure’s timelessness, you could do worse than these songs! They recapture the sorrowful textures that lend beauty to sadness, whilst reinventing their sound

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #15: Tyler The Creator - Chromakopia 🎭

I'm tempted to call this Tyler's best work, being a synthesis of everything he has done and a yearning exploration of identity. It's daring, cycling through styles that may perplex the listener at first, yet prove fascinating with time!

YouTube video by Beth Gibbons Beth Gibbons - Reaching Out (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #16: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 🌱

Gibbons returns with an experimental piece, that utilises strings, acoustics and percussion to haunting effect! The album examines growing out of your past lives, capturing the fearful apprehension through a mixture of sadness and joy!

YouTube video by RemiWolfVEVO Remi Wolf - Toro (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #17: Remi Wolf - Big Ideas

In a summer of bright pop, Remi Wolf was overshadowed, yet no less impressive! Her style leapfrogs between gigantic guitar anthems, acoustic pieces and synth ragers. Perhaps the greatest element though is Remi who dazzles with the attitude on display!

YouTube video by AdeemtheArtistVEVO Adeem the Artist - Socialite Blues (Official Video)

BEST ALBUMS 2024 #18: Adeem The Artist - Anniversary

This looks at relationships from multiple angles. The resilience of supporting partners with mental health, the complicated emotions of a one night stand, existing as queer. The Artist approaches these with maturity, and beautiful songcrafting!

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BEST ALBUMS 2024 #19: Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons

Weaving together raw punk with psychedelic textures, Ekko Astral confront stereotypes and social expectation. The result is a vivid and cathartic statement which sets the tone for many intriguing disruptions of genre and gender boundaries, to come