@damienjoyce
@damienjoyce.bsky.social
Well rounded sports, music fan & blogger. 🎧
Host of 'The Human Recommendation' radio show 📻 @flirtfm.ie
Writing ✍️ @thetonearm.com
Newsletter 📨:
https://buttondown.com/thehumanrecommendation/archive/
Podcast 🎙️on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#TeamHuman
Host of 'The Human Recommendation' radio show 📻 @flirtfm.ie
Writing ✍️ @thetonearm.com
Newsletter 📨:
https://buttondown.com/thehumanrecommendation/archive/
Podcast 🎙️on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#TeamHuman
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'The Music of What Happens'..A Human Recommendation Special Mix
This is my 100th Mixcloud Upload and for it I decided on a special, a celebration of all things Irish!
This is the "Music of What Happens", a 2 hour playlist showcasing the abundance of incredible ta...
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'The Music of What Happens' A Human Recommendation Special Mix available on @mixcloud.bsky.social contains best of indie, sound bites, sports moments, archive digs & more. Hopefully it can provide a musical accompaniment to a journey,
Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit ☘️🇮🇪
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit ☘️🇮🇪
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Montreal Darlings @thedears.bsky.social will begin their UK & European tour in Feb, in support of Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!
I spoke with Natalia Yanchak on the Ups, the Downs and the In-Betweens.Interview online at Atwood Magazine
atwoodmagazine.com/lblblb-the-d...
I spoke with Natalia Yanchak on the Ups, the Downs and the In-Betweens.Interview online at Atwood Magazine
atwoodmagazine.com/lblblb-the-d...
Interview: Montreal Darlings The Dears on the Ups, the Downs, and the In-Betweens - Atwood Magazine
‘Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!,’ The Dears’ first album since 2020’s ‘Lovers Rock,’ finds the Montreal band questioning, and then celebrating, this fleeting time spent on Ea...
atwoodmagazine.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Montreal Darlings @thedears.bsky.social will begin their UK & European tour in Feb, in support of Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!
I spoke with Natalia Yanchak on the Ups, the Downs and the In-Betweens.Interview online at Atwood Magazine
atwoodmagazine.com/lblblb-the-d...
I spoke with Natalia Yanchak on the Ups, the Downs and the In-Betweens.Interview online at Atwood Magazine
atwoodmagazine.com/lblblb-the-d...
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My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
My new book Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-94 is out in June on @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social . It's a love letter to the music of my youth and a flashback to the most exciting time of my writing life. Pre-order geni.us/StillInADream
'Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994' , a New @simonreynolds.bsky.social book on the way via @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
ra.co/news/84452 #shoegaze
ra.co/news/84452 #shoegaze
Simon Reynolds documents rise of shoegaze in new book · News ⟋ RA
Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994 will be published by White Rabbit Books.
ra.co
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
'Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994' , a New @simonreynolds.bsky.social book on the way via @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
ra.co/news/84452 #shoegaze
ra.co/news/84452 #shoegaze
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Speaking of tiling, new Vivaldi made tiling a lot easier to do. Great feature add
If you want a browser that is avoiding AI slop, Vivaldi is it.
vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
If you want a browser that is avoiding AI slop, Vivaldi is it.
vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
Vivaldi 7.8: No AI Slop. Just Powerful Features. | Vivaldi Browser
With this release we’re raising the bar for Tab Tiling, with drag-and-drop tiling and opening links directly into tiled tabs. Alongside stability improvements and a set of carefully chosen refinements...
vivaldi.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Speaking of tiling, new Vivaldi made tiling a lot easier to do. Great feature add
If you want a browser that is avoiding AI slop, Vivaldi is it.
vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
If you want a browser that is avoiding AI slop, Vivaldi is it.
vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi...
Available to read on the Blowtorch Records blog, my latest interview, where I spoke with Spencer Enock from London indie dreamers Pynch about their sophomore album 'Beautiful Noise' & being in a #DIY band with your best friends (and brother!)
blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…#indiei#teamhumanan
blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…#indiei#teamhumanan
https://blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Available to read on the Blowtorch Records blog, my latest interview, where I spoke with Spencer Enock from London indie dreamers Pynch about their sophomore album 'Beautiful Noise' & being in a #DIY band with your best friends (and brother!)
blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…#indiei#teamhumanan
blowtorchrecords.com/post/pynch-bea…#indiei#teamhumanan
Reposted by @damienjoyce
This is pretty neat.
NEW! As streaming and major labels threaten to push out human creativity, a small band of micro record labels are fighting back, channelling the DIY ethos of punk. READ OUR EXCLUSIVE FEATURE HERE: www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/an-outpourin...
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This is pretty neat.
New music coming from Vancouver's PC Dagg tomorrow
www.instagram.com/reel/DUBe-0p... #musicdiscovery
www.instagram.com/reel/DUBe-0p... #musicdiscovery
January 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
New music coming from Vancouver's PC Dagg tomorrow
www.instagram.com/reel/DUBe-0p... #musicdiscovery
www.instagram.com/reel/DUBe-0p... #musicdiscovery
Miss #46 of The Human Recommendation radio show last night 📻 ?
Listen back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
Playback link:👇
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
Show playlist details below:
#Teamhuman #musicdiscovery
Listen back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
Playback link:👇
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
Show playlist details below:
#Teamhuman #musicdiscovery
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Miss #46 of The Human Recommendation radio show last night 📻 ?
Listen back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
Playback link:👇
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
Show playlist details below:
#Teamhuman #musicdiscovery
Listen back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
Playback link:👇
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
Show playlist details below:
#Teamhuman #musicdiscovery
Tune in tonight at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie 📻
#teamhuman #musicdiscovery
#teamhuman #musicdiscovery
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Tune in tonight at 8pm on 101.3 FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie 📻
#teamhuman #musicdiscovery
#teamhuman #musicdiscovery
Reposted by @damienjoyce
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch.
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
The Human Recommendation Interview #53 London Diy Dreamers Pynch
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January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch.
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Reposted by @damienjoyce
Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes tells us why Ways of Listening breaks new ground as our first ever multidisciplinary creative project.
Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening
Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes tells us why Ways of Listening breaks new ground as our first ever multidisciplinary creative project.
Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening
Find out how you can get involved in our partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social and @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social: citiesandmemory.com/listening
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch.
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
The Human Recommendation Interview #53 London Diy Dreamers Pynch
www.mixcloud.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Next up on The Human Recommendation podcast I got the opportunity to talk with Spencer Enock, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and front man of London DIY Dreamers Pynch.
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
Listen 🎧 on @mixcloud.bsky.social & check out their album 'Beautiful Noise' #indie
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme...
This year, entrants include the seven-foot-tall synthesis of a double-bass and the classical Indian instrument known as a rudraveena, a “cyborg woodwind"
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
The 10 weirdest and wildest musical instruments of 2026
The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.'
www.popsci.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This year, entrants include the seven-foot-tall synthesis of a double-bass and the classical Indian instrument known as a rudraveena, a “cyborg woodwind"
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
www.popsci.com/technology/w...
@ernie.tedium.co just a fyi cybernews.com/security/dev...
One developer’s tool strips AI and other junk from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
A developer released a free tool called “Just the Browser” that disabless AI features, ads, and other unwanted junk in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
cybernews.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
@ernie.tedium.co just a fyi cybernews.com/security/dev...
Listen back to The Human Recommendation radio show #45 📻 on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#teamhuman
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#teamhuman
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Listen back to The Human Recommendation radio show #45 📻 on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#teamhuman
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#teamhuman
Reposted by @damienjoyce
We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?”
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
Ways of Listening - Cities & Memory | Field recordings, sound map, sound art
citiesandmemory.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?”
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
The Human Recommendation airs tonight at 8pm 📻 on FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie
Show #45 will feature another eceltic mix of indie genres from slowcore to shoegaze and alt and folk rock #teamhuman
Show #45 will feature another eceltic mix of indie genres from slowcore to shoegaze and alt and folk rock #teamhuman
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
The Human Recommendation airs tonight at 8pm 📻 on FM in Galway city and via the web stream on @flirtfm.ie
Show #45 will feature another eceltic mix of indie genres from slowcore to shoegaze and alt and folk rock #teamhuman
Show #45 will feature another eceltic mix of indie genres from slowcore to shoegaze and alt and folk rock #teamhuman
Reposted by @damienjoyce
First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model.
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
The Human Recommendation interview #52 with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern)
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative
music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model.
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model.
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
The Human Recommendation interview #52 with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern)
The Human Recommendation is a weekly radio show on Flirt FM 101.3 in Galway city showcasing the best of indie & alternative
music from Ireland and around the globe. But in this special interview side ...
www.mixcloud.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
First interview of 2026, I spoke with slowcore artist how r u (Thom Southern) who chatted enthusiasticly about the slowcore genre that sucked him in, producing music with his sibling and the liberating release model.
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
Listen on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/Humanrecomme... #slowcore
Keep up with all things The Human Recommendation with my @buttondown.com monthly newsletter📨. This email contains music recommendations including @statusnonstatus.bsky.social , an Irish EP I'm looking forward to, Winged Wheel's new album and Whitelands.
Read it here: buttondown.com/thehumanreco...
Read it here: buttondown.com/thehumanreco...
Chasing The Sun
Happy New Year, my first radio show of 2026 is in the can, 📻 listen back to #44 of The Human Recommendation on mixcloud. The most common image I have seen...
buttondown.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Keep up with all things The Human Recommendation with my @buttondown.com monthly newsletter📨. This email contains music recommendations including @statusnonstatus.bsky.social , an Irish EP I'm looking forward to, Winged Wheel's new album and Whitelands.
Read it here: buttondown.com/thehumanreco...
Read it here: buttondown.com/thehumanreco...
My first piece for Atwood Magazine, 'Lifting the Spirit of the Anishinaabe Experience Through Music': A Conversation with Ribbon Skirt’s Billy Riley
atwoodmagazine.com/rsbd-ribbon-... #postpunk
atwoodmagazine.com/rsbd-ribbon-... #postpunk
Interview: Ribbon Skirt’s Billy Riley on Lifting the Spirit of the Anishinaabe Experience Through Music - Atwood Magazine
Ribbon Skirt guitarist Billy Riley reflects on the band’s meteoric rise, the making of their Polaris-shortlisted debut album ‘Bite Down,’ and the creative, cultural, and emotional forces shaping one o...
atwoodmagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
My first piece for Atwood Magazine, 'Lifting the Spirit of the Anishinaabe Experience Through Music': A Conversation with Ribbon Skirt’s Billy Riley
atwoodmagazine.com/rsbd-ribbon-... #postpunk
atwoodmagazine.com/rsbd-ribbon-... #postpunk
This weeks show has a new position in the student radio chart.
Miss the show?
listen 🎧 back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#teamhuman
Miss the show?
listen 🎧 back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#teamhuman
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This weeks show has a new position in the student radio chart.
Miss the show?
listen 🎧 back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#teamhuman
Miss the show?
listen 🎧 back on @mixcloud.bsky.social
#teamhuman
First radio show of 2026 in the can, 📻 listen back to #44 of The Human Recommendation on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#Teamhuman
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#Teamhuman
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
First radio show of 2026 in the can, 📻 listen back to #44 of The Human Recommendation on @mixcloud.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#Teamhuman
www.mixcloud.com/FlirtFM_Arch...
#Teamhuman
Reposted by @damienjoyce
Reposted by @damienjoyce
Behind the scenes of At All , our new single, out now on @youvechanged.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Behind the scenes of At All , our new single, out now on @youvechanged.bsky.social