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Top Five – music myths that just won’t die Music has always been surrounded by myths, conspiracies, and well, straight-up bollocks and nonsense really. Some tales are fuelled by paranoia, some by rock n’ roll egos or tomfoolery, and o…

A new blog about #music myths... slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/t...

I'm secretly disappointed 😂

I do love a new crisp. It's the 'secret' stuffing I'm intrigued by.

Evening Rich. Here's my #5albums70s4:

1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Neil Young - Harvest
3. Can - Ege Bamyasi
4. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
5. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu

Top 10 – Obscure and overlooked albums from the 1980s Following on from Slacker Shack’s recent deep dives into obscure and overlooked albums from the 1960s and 1970s, we’re now slipping into our neon terry towelling socks, picking out our pastel-colou…

I've been digging deep and hunting down overlooked and obscure albums from the 80s as a follow up to my recent 70s dig. If you're into psych rock, post punk, early electronica #music and genre-bending 80s indie, have a read... slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/t...

Twin Peaks Ambient Music – Dream Sequencer Do you struggle to get to sleep some nights? Do you enjoy peculiar (often disturbing) dreams? Then worry no more, here’s a solid hour of beautiful Twin Peaks ambient music to keep you at (un)…

Crap night's sleep? Try this later on this evening and thank me later... #justasuggestion #twinpeaks slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/t...

Here's mine Rich...

1. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
2. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
3. Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
4. Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon
5. Can - Future Days

#5albums70s3

Peter Hair – new animation As a man approaching 50 with a thinning head of hair, this animated short from Adult Swim (created and written by Uncle Shortbread) hits hard, as we follow Peter, a hair living on the head of a bal…

Check out 'Peter Hair' a new animated short from Uncle Shortbread - it's both funny and deeply moving (if you're a man with a thinning head of hair) slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/p...

Top Five – actors with iconic eyebrows Earlier this year whilst promoting The Irishman, Martin Scorcese’s editor, Thelma Schoonmaker discussed the director’s hatred of ‘eyebrow acting’. Speaking to the BBC, Schoo…

Four and a half years after writing about the eyebrows of film stars and this is still far and away my most read blog... slackershack.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/t...

Blokeacola – Shoulda – new EP Blokeacola’s newly released five track EP, Shoulda, came together over Chinese New Year, recorded in his mother-in-law’s house in Ningbo, China, with little more than the bare essentials. With Chin…

Humongous thankingtons to @slackershack.bsky.social for this generous review: slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/b...

Blokeacola – Shoulda – new EP Blokeacola’s newly released five track EP, Shoulda, came together over Chinese New Year, recorded in his mother-in-law’s house in Ningbo, China, with little more than the bare essentials. With Chin…

Check out the brilliant new EP from @blokeacola.bsky.social - a truly spontaneous, zeitgeisty set of songs that's are a must listen for fans of Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy, Steven Adams, and/or Lou Barlow... #newmusic slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/b...

Cheers Paul - let me know how you get on

DM me. We mainly cover psych rock, slacker rock, krautrock, and bits of folk, and experimental, but always up for listening to new stuff.

Top 10 – Obscure and overlooked albums from the 1970’s Following on from our Top 10 obscure and overlooked albums from the 1960s, we’re now diving into the 1970s — where psych, prog, krautrock, folk, glam, synth-pop and the avant-garde, mutated and evo…

This blog took a while, but it's well worth exploring if you're a fan of psych rock, krautrock, prog, and folk - Slacker Shack's "Top 10 – Obscure and overlooked albums from the 1970’s" slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/t...

Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz – new album Tunde Adebimpe, best known as the frontman of TV On The Radio, is going it alone with forthcoming album, Thee Black Boltz. Whilst TVOTR thrived on collaboration, this album has a slightly rawer and…

A new solo album from TVOTR's Tunde Adebimpe is imminent (and it's brilliant) #newmusic slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/t...

Blokeacola – Strawberries in Winter – new video One of my favourite songs from Blokeacola’s awesome ‘Quasars and Fluff’ double album, Strawberries in Winter, sees our helmeted troubadour on the finest of forms – check out…

More @blokeacola.bsky.social excellence...
slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/b... #newmusic

We are very excited to be playing our first ever show in Wales at Ty Pawb in Wrexham on Friday March 14th with Baby Brave and Bau Cat, can’t wait! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerddoriae...

Top Ten – albums I’m looking forward to in 2025 Whilst there’ll no doubt be plenty of surprises and unexpected gems this year, here are ten albums scheduled for release in 2025 that I’m really looking forward to hearing. Squid – Cowa…

Here's a few new albums set for release in 2025 I'm excited about... slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/t...

Top Five – albums I discovered too late in 2024 to shortlist for my ‘Top Ten’ If the music industry were a giant, cash-hungry jukebox, someone’s pulled the plug, but the records are still multiplying and spinning. With streaming platforms churning out more songs in an hour t…

New blog featuring albums from Dope Walker, The Hard Quartet, Bananagun, Ederlezi and Dactyl Terra slackershack.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/t...

everything goes around and around (download only), by Kate Wakefield 14 track album

Currently listening to the new Kate Wakefield album 'everything goes round and round' which was released earlier today. It's great. One for fans of Cate Le Bon, My Brightest Diamond, Naima Bock and cellos ;) katewakefield.bandcamp.com/album/everyt...

Great song. I'm listening to her new album now.

Slacker Shack’s Top 50 Songs of 2024 As we stumble towards the end of another year in music, 2024 can slowly disappear into the past, safe in the knowledge it’s served up plenty of musical treats for our delectation amidst its onslaug…

Take a look at Slacker Shack's Top 50 Songs of 2024 - and tell us your favourites. slackershack.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/s...

Cheers mate - I haven't shared it on here yet - I've been slack - I'll sort that over the weekend

I think I'd start him ahead of Szobo in the league - great player

Only heard this for the first time over the weekend - it's a beauty

One of mine too - great album

Hi Rich - here's my 5:

1. Pixies - Doolittle
2. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
3. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
4. Public Enemy - It's Takes A Nation of Millions...
5. Pixies - Surfer Rosa

#5albums80sfinal

Decent that - do you like the Fontaines DC album?

A masterpiece. It'll definitely be in my Top 5

Nice. It's a lovely tune.