Back to back Swell Maps tiday. A huge an massive influence even to this day. The song titles are superb and surreal and just as inspiring. #SwellMaps
05.08.2025 17:40 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
βοΈ Ottomansβ Visual Poems; "The Art of Drawing Poems". Examples of how, in the Ottoman era, quatrains were written in various geometric shapes and presented with an aesthetic appearance: #Art #Poem #Poetry
04.08.2025 13:42 β π 69 π 19 π¬ 1 π 0
damn, don't miss this!
03.08.2025 16:53 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
How To Synth: Types of Synthesis β Ether Diver
Subtractive? FM? Granular? What sorcery is this? Find out what these and other popular (and less popular) forms of synthesis are, how they work & how they can add cool sounds to your music in my Types of Synthesis primer, part of my How to Synth guide.
www.etherdiver.com/how-to-synth...
#synth
29.07.2025 20:08 β π 22 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0
anyone here ever released a CD packaged in some kind of all-card sleeve? if so, who printed them for you?
ta folks!
27.07.2025 21:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Coaxed A Storm: A Review Of New Albums From Jeanines And Lightheaded
Two of the best albums of the summer are here via @slumberlandrecords.com / @skepwax.bsky.social -- Jeanines & Lightheaded!
www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2025/06/coax...
25.06.2025 04:03 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
new Tortoise album on the horizon thrills me no end π
25.06.2025 22:03 β π 25 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Photo of colourful painting of trees, with the word Archif in white text
A person dressed in a white skirt and a brown top standing in front of a river. They are holding a large blue and red painting.
Archif ποΈ
Prosiect gan Gwenno Till yn dathlu creadigrwydd artistiaid cyfoes yng Ngogledd Cymru, trwy greu cofnod byw oβu gwaith aβu storiau.
Dewch i gyfarfod artistiaid lleol sy'n gweithio o fewn amrywiaeth eang o gelfyddydau drwy ymweld Γ’ phroffil Archif ar Am:
www.ambobdim.cymru/discover/arc...
23.06.2025 12:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
PREORDER: 'The John Peel Sessions' by Swell Maps
Peel Sessions compilation on Mute from the Solihull art punk legends.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2082...
23.06.2025 10:00 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Cool Band Alert - Lightheaded
Grab your anorak
Bandcamp's Cool Band Alert for the week is... Lightheaded!
"Nonstop hits from start to finish, the record pairs sweet β60s touchstones like folk-rock and sunshine pop with neo-psychedelic guitars and punky energy straight out of β80s college rock."
bandcamp.substack.com/p/cool-band-...
18.06.2025 18:24 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
This published while I was on vacation, so I am just now getting around to telling you it's a great read
03.06.2025 23:20 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by Bart Royle
Vinyl Justice - Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadler
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjA_...
06.05.2025 16:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
does anyone remember that video of a couple of journalists/tv presenters (?) visiting Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane in their home and going through their music collection with them? If so does it still exist? Can't for the life of me find it on youtube
06.05.2025 16:04 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
05.05.2025 19:13 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
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26.04.2025 09:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
post your comfort album
on a different day, it coulda been belle & sebastian (if you're feeling sinister), sparklehorse (vivadixie), or galaxie 500 (on fire). but today i say it's this π
25.04.2025 22:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Rialto Pictures
RIFIFI - Trailer
un arall (ffilm gan jules dassin tro 'ma) - sorri os ti di gweld rhain yn barod!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRi...
22.04.2025 18:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by STUDIOCANAL
ARMY OF SHADOWS | Official 4K Restoration Trailer | STUDIOCANAL
naiswon! ma army of shadows yn gwych hefyd!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnC...
22.04.2025 18:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by Slumberland Records
Lightheaded - Same Drop (Official Video)
The setting of the video might be rainy and chilly, but Lightheaded's new single "Same Drop" is *perfect* for a spring day.
youtu.be/yX0nEytAIpA
20.04.2025 19:38 β π 24 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!, by lightheaded
10 track album
We have another big announcement! A new album from Lightheaded! Coming out at the same time as the new one from @jeanines-band.bsky.social these are our first co-releases with Slumberland. Both of these ace US bands are touring the UK in July. areyoufeelinglightheaded.bandcamp.com/album/thinki...
17.04.2025 17:35 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Heard the new Lightheaded yet? Raven Sings The Blues digs the video for "Same Drop" and we think you will too.
"...shades of Camera Obscura and Veronica Falls. ... admitting some influence this time around from The Left Banke and Margo Guryan."
www.ravensingstheblues.com/lightheaded-...
18.04.2025 20:01 β π 14 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Adding to the list - @rosyoverdrive.com for wide-ranging introductions to local scenes and @erdanton.bsky.social's Freak Scene newsletter for Western Mass in particular.
17.04.2025 17:26 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
"The most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating."
Powerful essay from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social on End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
17.04.2025 17:31 β π 218 π 62 π¬ 2 π 6
Just Announced: Sink or Swim x JDI x Skep Wax Present a triple bill of Jangle Pop...
ποΈ - linktr.ee/SinkOrSwimPr...
@justdroppedin.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social @jeanines-band.bsky.social @fargovillage.bsky.social
16.04.2025 09:42 β π 23 π 6 π¬ 5 π 2
Jeanines - On And On
Listen to On And On by Jeanines.
listen to the first single, "on and on," from our next LP, "how long can it last" (out 6/27!): slumberlandrecs.lnk.to/on-and-on
16.04.2025 14:27 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
13.04.2025 13:32 β π 5892 π 2554 π¬ 213 π 608
So true. This is what the aftermath of balloon releases looks like...
10.04.2025 14:33 β π 29 π 15 π¬ 0 π 1
Are you having Aerial Troubles with your Colour TV? We can't help with the technical issues, but we are able to take your minds off the problem with news of a brand new Stereolab album.
Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp present:
Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Releasing 23 May 2025.
stereolab.co.uk
08.04.2025 14:00 β π 602 π 128 π¬ 30 π 61
Lo-Fi recordings made quietly through the night in a small room. https://genevadrive.bandcamp.com/
NAWR concert series ABERTAWE / SWANSEA
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a creative hub for experimental music and visual art
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Author of Bea Wolf, A City on Mars, and the comic SMBC
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The Fire These Times is a podcast by writer and researcher Elia @ayoub.bsky.social and friends connecting academics, writers, artists and activists from around the world to βbuild the new in the shell of the old.β
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Festival of Debate returns from 22 April β 30 May 2025.
The largest grassroots politics festival in the UK. A @weareopus.bsky.social project.
#FofD
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Storyteller and civic journalist at @nowthenmag.bsky.social, based in sunny #Sheffield. Particularly interested in inequality, systems change, just transition, built environment.
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Lecturer @University of Liverpool. Director @Open Rights Group. SETI Post-Contact hub. Science Communication researcher and practitioner. Alien Linguist (Rep. Alex Cochran). Linguist. Comedian. Data Rights Advocate. Writer. Socialist. Trade Unionist.
