CKW
@ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
Book & music. Forever.
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Label: sounddevastation.bsky.social
Writing: echoesanddust.bsky.social
Work: Prestel Publishing.
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Label: sounddevastation.bsky.social
Writing: echoesanddust.bsky.social
Work: Prestel Publishing.
I think it’s fascinating that despite this being a seemingly cool place, I’m just not really engaged with a new social media platform. And this suffers from the same fundamental issue I always had with Twitter… Anyway, thanks for being here if you are. Maybe I’ll find a place for this soon? Maybe.
May 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I think it’s fascinating that despite this being a seemingly cool place, I’m just not really engaged with a new social media platform. And this suffers from the same fundamental issue I always had with Twitter… Anyway, thanks for being here if you are. Maybe I’ll find a place for this soon? Maybe.
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Apolitical labels, it’s time to step up & support your femme, queer & minority artists. Music & art is inherently political, stop catering to the cosplaying trve kvlt chuds & start having uncomfortable conversations.
March 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Apolitical labels, it’s time to step up & support your femme, queer & minority artists. Music & art is inherently political, stop catering to the cosplaying trve kvlt chuds & start having uncomfortable conversations.
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Live Review | Spirit of the Beehive •
Cryogeyser at the The Boston Music Room
@ckwisnotaname.bsky.social was spirited away by two mesmerising bands making memorable London debuts.
bit.ly/hive-live
Cryogeyser at the The Boston Music Room
@ckwisnotaname.bsky.social was spirited away by two mesmerising bands making memorable London debuts.
bit.ly/hive-live
March 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Live Review | Spirit of the Beehive •
Cryogeyser at the The Boston Music Room
@ckwisnotaname.bsky.social was spirited away by two mesmerising bands making memorable London debuts.
bit.ly/hive-live
Cryogeyser at the The Boston Music Room
@ckwisnotaname.bsky.social was spirited away by two mesmerising bands making memorable London debuts.
bit.ly/hive-live
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Live Review | @softblueshimmer.bsky.social • Cold Gawd at The Victoria Dalston
"I’m so glad I went to this gig. What an evening. Support the underground music scene. Connect." @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social felt blissed and blessed by two "gawds" of Nu & Shoe. bit.ly/NuGaze @cheerlessband.bsky.social
"I’m so glad I went to this gig. What an evening. Support the underground music scene. Connect." @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social felt blissed and blessed by two "gawds" of Nu & Shoe. bit.ly/NuGaze @cheerlessband.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Live Review | @softblueshimmer.bsky.social • Cold Gawd at The Victoria Dalston
"I’m so glad I went to this gig. What an evening. Support the underground music scene. Connect." @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social felt blissed and blessed by two "gawds" of Nu & Shoe. bit.ly/NuGaze @cheerlessband.bsky.social
"I’m so glad I went to this gig. What an evening. Support the underground music scene. Connect." @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social felt blissed and blessed by two "gawds" of Nu & Shoe. bit.ly/NuGaze @cheerlessband.bsky.social
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Review | @guiltlessband.bsky.social - Teeth to Sky by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"A bludgeoning debut from members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, and Generation of Vipers."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/guil...
"A bludgeoning debut from members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, and Generation of Vipers."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/guil...
March 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Review | @guiltlessband.bsky.social - Teeth to Sky by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"A bludgeoning debut from members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, and Generation of Vipers."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/guil...
"A bludgeoning debut from members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, and Generation of Vipers."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/guil...
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Review | Délirant - Thoughteater by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"Thoughteater is one of the boldest raw black metal albums of the past two or three years."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/deli...
"Thoughteater is one of the boldest raw black metal albums of the past two or three years."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/deli...
March 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Review | Délirant - Thoughteater by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"Thoughteater is one of the boldest raw black metal albums of the past two or three years."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/deli...
"Thoughteater is one of the boldest raw black metal albums of the past two or three years."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/deli...
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Review | @maudthemoth.bsky.social - The Distaff by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"A career-defining dark neoclassical record, reckoning with womanhood, that breaches beyond its confines."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/maud...
"A career-defining dark neoclassical record, reckoning with womanhood, that breaches beyond its confines."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/maud...
March 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Review | @maudthemoth.bsky.social - The Distaff by @ckwisnotaname.bsky.social
"A career-defining dark neoclassical record, reckoning with womanhood, that breaches beyond its confines."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/maud...
"A career-defining dark neoclassical record, reckoning with womanhood, that breaches beyond its confines."
echoesanddust.com/2025/03/maud...
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I hope everyone is having a lovely evening except for people who separate the art from the artist
March 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I hope everyone is having a lovely evening except for people who separate the art from the artist
While one can focus on Labour’s macro faults - and I do - there’s also stuff like this, dear to my heart, that they’re also utterly failing us with.
Music should be for everyone but is it becoming a luxury only the rich can afford?
Shocking stat: 25% of Youth Music-funded projects are at risk due to funding cuts. That’s one in four spaces where young people could have discovered their creative voice or music-loving social circle is under threat
Shocking stat: 25% of Youth Music-funded projects are at risk due to funding cuts. That’s one in four spaces where young people could have discovered their creative voice or music-loving social circle is under threat
February 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
While one can focus on Labour’s macro faults - and I do - there’s also stuff like this, dear to my heart, that they’re also utterly failing us with.
I am Eeyore. This is my truth.
February 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am Eeyore. This is my truth.
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With the first day day of the year, are you going to put your money where your values are?
That's how we fight back.
Goto a media outlet or musician's website (or creator's Patreon) and find out how you can support them.
More ideas here www.drownedinsound.org/25-ideas-to-...
That's how we fight back.
Goto a media outlet or musician's website (or creator's Patreon) and find out how you can support them.
More ideas here www.drownedinsound.org/25-ideas-to-...
25 Ideas to Keep Your Music Scene Alive in 2025
A list of ways music fans can support the music we love and the grassroots ecosystem it relies upon.
www.drownedinsound.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
With the first day day of the year, are you going to put your money where your values are?
That's how we fight back.
Goto a media outlet or musician's website (or creator's Patreon) and find out how you can support them.
More ideas here www.drownedinsound.org/25-ideas-to-...
That's how we fight back.
Goto a media outlet or musician's website (or creator's Patreon) and find out how you can support them.
More ideas here www.drownedinsound.org/25-ideas-to-...
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If anyone has an interest in #post-metal / #postmetal I have started a wee playlist of new stuff out, or coming out 2025:
open.spotify.com/playlist/58Y...
open.spotify.com/playlist/58Y...
Post-metal 2025
Playlist · garydavidson83 · 15 items
open.spotify.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If anyone has an interest in #post-metal / #postmetal I have started a wee playlist of new stuff out, or coming out 2025:
open.spotify.com/playlist/58Y...
open.spotify.com/playlist/58Y...
Fantastic review! 🦌
The new Harakiri for the Sky is out on Friday and I blabbed about it here metaljunkbox.com/albums/harak...
Harakiri for the Sky - Scorched Earth | Albums | Metal Junkbox
From the first wistful piano notes of Scorched Earth, it’s clear that Harakiri for the Sky have something special in store with their sixth album. With music
metaljunkbox.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fantastic review! 🦌
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When they used to put the lyrics inside the CD booklet >>>>>
December 18, 2024 at 1:39 PM
When they used to put the lyrics inside the CD booklet >>>>>
I’m ill and can’t sleep. Anyway, delete Spotify.
December 19, 2024 at 3:37 AM
I’m ill and can’t sleep. Anyway, delete Spotify.
There’s a special place reserved in hell for anyone 6ft tall or more that stand at the front of the gig, stock still… This is ‘gig manspreading’.
December 7, 2024 at 10:02 PM
There’s a special place reserved in hell for anyone 6ft tall or more that stand at the front of the gig, stock still… This is ‘gig manspreading’.
Exactly this. The generation between the ages of 50 and 80 need to, with all due respect (i.e., none), stfu… How about you being silent for once, eh?
They walk among us…
When we try to tell people that there are actual genuine cases like this they think we are joking. Imagine how more severe this issue is when it’s a music venue not church bells.
'I want the church bell silenced – in Helpringham' www.bbc.com/news/article...
When we try to tell people that there are actual genuine cases like this they think we are joking. Imagine how more severe this issue is when it’s a music venue not church bells.
'I want the church bell silenced – in Helpringham' www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I want the church bell silenced – in Helpringham'
A newcomer to the Lincolnshire village says he cannot believe how loud the chimes are at night.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Exactly this. The generation between the ages of 50 and 80 need to, with all due respect (i.e., none), stfu… How about you being silent for once, eh?
My least favourite thing about the punk & metal scene are those people (typically men) who are that very specific loud, over-the-top gregarious, I’m-saying-much-of-this-ironically-maybe, type people. [i.e. 90% of the overall crowd]. I don’t only find it cringe & off-putting, but almost intimidating?
December 6, 2024 at 9:03 PM
My least favourite thing about the punk & metal scene are those people (typically men) who are that very specific loud, over-the-top gregarious, I’m-saying-much-of-this-ironically-maybe, type people. [i.e. 90% of the overall crowd]. I don’t only find it cringe & off-putting, but almost intimidating?
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Massive Brexiter says what now?
December 5, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Massive Brexiter says what now?
And this is exactly why I do my ridiculously long AOTY list in mid-January. What Sean says plus, y’know, albums get released in December (and way more than those who have PR advances)!
✋ Can we discuss album of the year lists a minute…
When I were a lad, AotY lists would be in Christmas special magazines or first week of Jan, weren’t they?
Then shops & monthly magazines started publishing them online mid-Nov
Now every list seems to be first week of Dec? Pretty overwhelming
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When I were a lad, AotY lists would be in Christmas special magazines or first week of Jan, weren’t they?
Then shops & monthly magazines started publishing them online mid-Nov
Now every list seems to be first week of Dec? Pretty overwhelming
🧵
December 5, 2024 at 10:37 AM
And this is exactly why I do my ridiculously long AOTY list in mid-January. What Sean says plus, y’know, albums get released in December (and way more than those who have PR advances)!
Is there anything worse than seeing people getting on and chatting on public transport? Stare forward and be silent, or buried in your phone, like any other “normal” poorly adjusted wage-slave…
December 5, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Is there anything worse than seeing people getting on and chatting on public transport? Stare forward and be silent, or buried in your phone, like any other “normal” poorly adjusted wage-slave…
It’s coming. Promise.
We’re here. We keep saying we’re not dead every year. And it’s been true but there’s not been much evidence of it. We’re pretty sure 2025 will break our silly silence.
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 AM
It’s coming. Promise.
BlueSky is reminding me why I wasn’t very good on Twitter (now X). I’d sort of given up way before it became a cesspool. My mind just goes blank… So: *something witty*
December 4, 2024 at 12:11 AM
BlueSky is reminding me why I wasn’t very good on Twitter (now X). I’d sort of given up way before it became a cesspool. My mind just goes blank… So: *something witty*
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What are you doing to save music?
It’s a simple question and one that every artist should be asked in promo interviews and on a red carpets.
The silence from big names (especially very financially secure rich ones), whilst Kate Nash does every media slot going, is baffling. Where is everyone?
It’s a simple question and one that every artist should be asked in promo interviews and on a red carpets.
The silence from big names (especially very financially secure rich ones), whilst Kate Nash does every media slot going, is baffling. Where is everyone?
December 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM
What are you doing to save music?
It’s a simple question and one that every artist should be asked in promo interviews and on a red carpets.
The silence from big names (especially very financially secure rich ones), whilst Kate Nash does every media slot going, is baffling. Where is everyone?
It’s a simple question and one that every artist should be asked in promo interviews and on a red carpets.
The silence from big names (especially very financially secure rich ones), whilst Kate Nash does every media slot going, is baffling. Where is everyone?
There’s a new series of ‘Chef’s Table’ and no one informed me… *squints and side-eyes everyone*
December 3, 2024 at 12:39 AM
There’s a new series of ‘Chef’s Table’ and no one informed me… *squints and side-eyes everyone*