Blogs about Music

It’s easy to get distracted by the number 23. Not only are we told it’s everywhere by thinkers as prestigious as Robert Anton Wilson and Jim Carrey, but those two digits look and feel special. …

Well here's the deal: It's been an extremely slow week releases-wise, nothing much happening that i'm particularly anxious to wax about here so i'm just gonna STFU and take a fucking break to resume regular …

Upon its release in 1997, Aqua’s Aquarium became an instant classic for many queer music-lovers. In today’s blog post, C.C. McKee explores ‘Aqua’s camp approach to dance music’. It was this exploration that led McKee …

This tour is massive, the excitement must be wild, what does it mean to you to be able to do this? It’s what we’re always waiting to get back to on our time off to …

Dublin’s Big Tears burst onto the scene in 2023, self-describing as “bubblegum trannycore.” Their debut EP Love & Misery delivers on this premise with four raw, ramshackle lo-fi garage pop-n-roll tunes. Imagine Girls in the …

This was a fun chat with Mylar Melodies for his Why We Bleep podcast, about algorave, tidalcycles/strudel, live coding and patterns. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on youtube below !

Back when I started this, the Internet was a lot more promising. You could assume that your words would be indelibly etched forever into the conciousness of humanity. I’ve seen the future, I can’t afford …

New Leeds label, Moonunit Records, have launched with a split 12. On one side you’ll find local singer / songwriter / producer and sometime Nightmares On Wax collaborator, Comfy Bella, who supplies the song, Knights. …

Hello, it's Tom Robinson with my final BBC Introducing Mixtape before handing over to my friend and BBC colleague Emily Pilbeam from Monday 22 April 2024. This the second of two retrospective programmes showcasing a …

December brought episode number three, the last of the calendar year 2023. This edition of “The Almanac” first aired on Wednesday the 6th at 8pm Eastern over on Uncertain.FM, and got a replay the following …

WelcomeYesterday we played a show in Las Vegas. The mornings were always spectacular in Palm Springs and yesterday’s was no exception. It was clear and cool, and the tops of the palm trees had barely …

Picture Parlour have already ‘faced the music’ from a number of critics for allegedly being the dreaded ‘industry plant’; a meaningless and absolute b*llocks term, that becomes even more meaningless and b*llocks when the people …

[1974]Right, for a start, here's just one tune from Preservation Act 2. How this is not an iconic canonical 70s rock tune is beyond me. I mean sure if you're not willing to sit through …

This 2024 record by previously covered American singer-songwriter Clairo continues her style of mostly subdued and hushed vocals, but this time over a 70's infused backing band giving the songs a soft rock quality that …

Just a note to thank everyone who has thus far backed Magick Show on Kickstarter. We (quite literally) cannot do it without your support and greatly appreciate your generosity. We’re only about one-third of the …

I first came across Troy Redfern a good few years ago now, performing at a Mott The Hoople fan convention of all places. I think it was the shared Herefordshire connection that brought him there …

If, like me, you've been waiting years for the fifth and final volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography the announcement of the release of "Turn Every Page" can only be taken as a hopeful …

Sunday 21st. July 2024, marked the 26th anniversary of DGM going online for the first time. Tuesday 21st. July, 1998A Personal Greeting From Robert Dear Team, This, my first direct posting to our Website, represents …

Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. …

Please vote for us! As always, it is validating. But our long winning streak has also proven helpful when applying for grants and stuff, and so has been instrumental in allowing us to continue to …