Jonathan Thornton

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Metal bands have much to teach other genres about badges

The Rivits’ Multiplay playing on the record player

The album cover

My verdict

My verdict continued

And more

Finally the conclusion

LP six of the next lot of records Al’s lent me

Artist: The Rivits
Album: Multiplay
Date: 1980
Label: Island

What I know about the record going in: absolutely nothing. Cool cover. Vaguely new wave-ish black and white photo of the band on the back.

Me wearing an Obituary tshirt

Me wearing a Testament tshirt

Yes I got Obituary and Testament band tees!

Testament live at Manchester Academy

Testament live

Some epic guitar soloing!

Testament live

Testament were bloody fantastic as well. Can’t hear a damn thing this morning

Obituary live at Manchester Academy

Obituary live

Obituary in front of the Cause Of Death backdrop

Obituary live

Obituary were absolutely phenomenal last night. A treat to hear the Cause Of Death material live

Testament’s The Legacy and Obituary’s Cause of Death on cassette - going to a gig with both bands this evening

Very excited for my first metal gig in aaaages!

Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic

When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Jonathan Thornton catches up with Mexico's finest psych-garage innovators on the occasion of their latest foray into electronic noise, 'Corporal'. ...the latest story in O... Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing the wonderful Lorelle Meets The Obsolete about their brilliant new album Corporal! @soniccathedral.bsky.social outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

10 horror movies to get to know me by

👫Possession
🥩Society
🩰Suspiria (1977)
📌Hellraiser
💥Tetsuo: The Iron Man
🧺The Wicker Man (1973)
🏠Hausu
💉The Substance
📼Videodrome
👁️The Beyond

Badges for Lookfar from Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea books, Husker Du, Possession, 10,000 Maniacs and 4AD records on a plaid shirt

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics

#HuskerDu #10000Maniacs #Possession #UrsulaLeGuin #4AD

Slayer’s Reign In Blood on glorious vinyl!

Back cover!

The record itself!

B and the neighbours no doubt delighted that I finally own this pinnacle of thrash metal on vinyl

Voyager at 50 Exhibition Highlight: The Embedding Manuscript The Digital Heritage Lab’s Voyager at 50 is a celebration of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes, which were sent into space in 1977 with golden records containing information about humanity in case the pro…

Linked to the Voyager at 50 exhibition, I’ve written a piece on the manuscript of Ian Watson’s The Embedding! manuscriptsandmore.liverpool.ac.uk/voyager-at-5...

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift (BOOK REVIEW) | Fantasy-Hive Today, Jonathan reviews E. J. Swift's speculative climate fiction WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN: "Beautifully written and sensitively observed... one of the most beautiful and urgent novels of the year"

Thanks so much to @jonathanthornton.bsky.social and @thefantasyhive.bsky.social for this lovely review of Wolves 🐺🙏

fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/10/when...

Judie Tzuke’s Sports Car playing on the record player

Side one review

Most of side two review

The end bit that wouldn’t fit in the last screenshot

LP five of the next lot of records Al’s lent

Artist: Judie Tzuke
Album: Sports Car
Date: 1980
Label: The Rocket Record Company

What I know about the record going in: absolutely nothing. An unnerving record cover, on the back there’s a photo of a woman with a very 80s haircut

The Chameleons: The Sunday Interview - On their triumphant return with a fantastic new album, Jonathan Thornton speaks to Manchester's most underrated band ...the latest story in Outsideleft Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is The Chameleons: The Sunday Interview

Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social it’s my absolute pleasure to interview one of my favourite bands, the Chameleons! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift (BOOK REVIEW) | Fantasy-Hive Today, Jonathan reviews E. J. Swift's speculative climate fiction WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN: "Beautifully written and sensitively observed... one of the most beautiful and urgent novels of the year"

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m reviewing EJ Swift’s wonderful new novel When There Are Wolves Again, a contender for novel of the year fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/10/when...

Outsideleft Week in Music: Crash at the Roundabout - We're hearing from... Jackdaw with Crowbar, A Happy Return, Dry Cleaning, Prefaces, Peel Dream Magazine, Doja Cat, Ancient Champion, Penza Penza, G... Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Outsideleft Week in Music: Crash at the Roundabout

A bumper Week In Music on @outsideleft.bsky.social today, I’m reviewing new singles from The New Eves, Whitelands and Dry Cleaning!

outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).

My new book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS is out in a week! Order a copy today from you local bookshop or at one of the links here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

A Celebration of the Abject, the Queer, and the Arcane: The Work of Writer-Musician Jenny Hval - Typebar Magazine Hval’s work, both in written and musical form, shows an artist willing to explore the limits of genres.

My essay on @jennyhval.bsky.social ‘s books and music is now free on @typebarmagazine.bsky.social www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/08/29/a...

The new @whitelands.bsky.social single ‘Glance’ is out now.

Here’s a clip from the video by Cameron Perry, starring @bafta.org Rising Star winner David Jonsson (currently in ‘The Long Walk’) and Honor Swinton Byrne (who appeared alongside her mother, Tilda Swinton, in ‘The Souvenir’).

Interview with Dan Coxon (WRITING THE MAGIC) | Fantasy-Hive Jonathan interviews Dan Coxon on the latest in the Writing The series, WRITING THE MAGIC: "I’ve had two writers comment already that it was nice to be able to tackle Fantasy as a subject for serious s...

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m interviewing the wonderful @dancoxon.bsky.social about his latest anthology Writing The Magic and more! fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/inte...

Thank you!

Me wearing my Belly tshirt

40 and still rocking band T-shirts - my Belly shirt from Friday‘s gig!

A masterwork!

Belly playing at Manchester Academy 2

Belly playing at Manchester Academy 2

Belly

Tanya Donnelly of Belly

Belly were amazing last night! Incredible gig

Badges for Ursula Le Guin’s Lookfar from Earthsea, Society, Belly, Transvision Vamp and 4AD on a plaid shirt

Today in Jonathan Aesthetics

#UrsulaLeGuin #Society #TransvisionVamp #Belly #4AD

Hanging out with the Hanging Girls - Jonathan Thornton catches up Seattle's finest, Atrocity Girl at the end of their UK tour ...the latest story in Outsideleft Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Hanging out with the Hanging Girls

Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to interview the wonderful Atrocity Girl before their awesome Birkenhead gig! It’s up today on @outsideleft.bsky.social outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

Brilliant news! A new @annecharnock.bsky.social book is always a cause for celebration