Stephen Birch (NoNewWaveNoFun)

I'm on the verge of 100k views on Nonewwavenofun, considering I don't really advertise or promote it much, is not too shabby.

I started it as love letter to new music and although I don't always get the time, it will always remain that way.

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Brilliant!

From winning Grammys to 'saving metal' Mastodon's legacy is solid as it gets From winning Grammys to 'saving metal' Mastodon's legacy is solid as it gets. But, they tell Stevie Chick, their prog-rock journey has only just begun

RIP Brent Hinds. Crack The Skye is a masterpiece to transcend genre. www.theguardian.com/music/2009/m...

Three is the Magic Number: pedalo pick three songs they wish they'd written Nonewwavenofun

Three is the Magic Number.

Glaswegian Indie Pop newcomers pedalo - fresh from releasing blinding new single 'She's The Sun' - tell us the songs they wish they had written.

www.nonewwavenofun.co.uk/2025/08/thre...

Not had a great week for various reasons, but just watched 'Pavements' and smiled broadly for 2 hours straight. God, I love that band so much.

Let Em' Talk: Spin Class guide us through their idiosyncratic new E.P 'Dinner at Derek's' Nonewwavenofun

*Let Em' Talk*

Bristol rockers Spin Class guide us through their idiosyncratic new E.P 'Dinner at Derek's'.

Expect the unexpected!

Read more at the link below.

www.nonewwavenofun.co.uk/2025/08/let-...

First time I heard this song was this version. Nearly spat my tea out when I first sat down and listened to 'Low' a few years later!

I know a lot of us have feelings about Bandcamp’s changes in ownership over the last few years. But it’s still true that buying music directly from independent labels and artists on Bandcamp remains one of the best ways to support the musicians you listen to.

Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists

Tried to justify keeping Spotify to myself for several weeks now - mostly out of convenience - but the time has come to change. Might just get the old Discman out..

Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think | Music streaming | The Guardian share.google/tSSrXB8BvEui...

Single Review: Alpha Male Tea Party - Battle Crab Nonewwavenofun

Alpha Male Tea Party return after five years with new single 'Battle Crab' via Big Scary Monsters. Surprises aplenty on this new track from the Liverpool trio.

Read more at the link below.

www.nonewwavenofun.co.uk/2025/07/sing...

Working out all the chords, alternate tunings and lyrics for performing this next week has been no small amount of work so if a promoter somewhere else wants to put on a small show of me performing Essex Arms I might be interested.

Loving what I've heard of this so far

I like two of the seventeen minutes of every Progressive Rock song

I love supporting this club, but those lads are the worst thing about supporting it

It's bizarre to me. Barry is the exact profile of player we SHOULD be signing.

Off to a wedding today to celebrate the love of two very lovely people. Excited to eat, drink and be merry! Also to escape the real world for a bit.

Fear not the man who has 10,000 records, fear the man who 10,000 copies of the same record.

Interesting one. I had to have a look over my collection l, because I totally forgot some of them. Here are some of mine though:

..Trail of Dead
Bowie
The Fall
Dylan
Neil Young
Pulp
mclusky/Future of the Left
Manic Street Preachers
The Rolling Stones
The Cure
Stevie Wonder

New Video: Tuxis Giant - Huey Nonewwavenofun

*New Video*

@tuxisgiant.bsky.social return with a new interactive video for single 'Huey' - a song with a salient reminder to find beauty in the simple things.

Read more at the link below.

www.nonewwavenofun.co.uk/2025/07/new-...

Kneecap taking the media heat while Bob Vylan leads the crowd in a televised "death to the IDF" chant is truly the funniest way this could have gone down.

Pulp are national treasures. Pass it on.

Hahaha! Now Amyl & The Sniffers are going rogue live on the BBC. Excellent scenes.

The Beeb aren't showing Kneecap on I Player, but just put the whole Bob Vylan set on from beginning to end - you couldn't make this up!

Someone who picks the music for 'The Bear' decided to put 'Square One' by Tom Petty halfway through the season and now I'm in dire need of a cuddle from my whippet.

Poor Supergrass did the old "sing it!" moment at Glastonbury and about 7 of the 30'000 ish crowd responded. Good job they're pros.

Tweet from the Durham Bulls that reads "Y'all means all. #PrideNight"

Tweet from a user saying "Please delete," and Durham Bulls responding "No."

Tweet from a user saying, "Actually, no it does not! Stop dividing people." with a response from the Durham Bulls saying, "Inclusion's actually the exact opposite of division"

Tweet from someone saying "Maybe don't promote gay sex to children?" with the Durham Bulls responding, "Okay, sexyman159861581242902587231848675309"

11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls

Oh, it certainly was. I'll write my memoirs one day to mass indifference and spill the beans.

Yes and no. It was hilarious at points, but a bit overwhelming and panic inducing at others. I have some great stories to tell though.

The last time I went to Glastonbury was 21 years ago. I was the only one of my friendship group to get a ticket, so I went on my own. I think about that now sometimes, and I have a minor panic attack.

This is a really thoughtful and important listen