Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief)
@dolanthology.bsky.social
Music guy. Bristolian in spirit, if not accent. Dr Marten wearer. Intermittent francophone. New parent. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/dolanthology
https://linktr.ee/dolanthology
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Oxygen Canon
open.spotify.com
Seeing as things are a bit busier here now; hello, I’m Barry.
I write big riffs and yell under the name Oxygen Thief
I also write sad songs and sing nicely as Non Canon
I’ve made a playlist to introduce you to both projects, give it a whirl;
open.spotify.com/playlist/4FZ...
I write big riffs and yell under the name Oxygen Thief
I also write sad songs and sing nicely as Non Canon
I’ve made a playlist to introduce you to both projects, give it a whirl;
open.spotify.com/playlist/4FZ...
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My latest album is here: noncanon.bandcamp.com along with 2 others, some t-shirts, and a collab EP notebook I made with @suzannahevans.bsky.social. Sad/slightly odd indiefolk with expansive instrumentation.
I also have loud stuff with big riffs and yelling at oxygenthief.bandcamp.com
I also have loud stuff with big riffs and yelling at oxygenthief.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
My latest album is here: noncanon.bandcamp.com along with 2 others, some t-shirts, and a collab EP notebook I made with @suzannahevans.bsky.social. Sad/slightly odd indiefolk with expansive instrumentation.
I also have loud stuff with big riffs and yelling at oxygenthief.bandcamp.com
I also have loud stuff with big riffs and yelling at oxygenthief.bandcamp.com
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Happy bandcamp friday! Listen to my song! perhaps even buy it a little bit 0w0
Spring Silver - Mediterranean Coastal Highway
springsilver.bandcamp.com/track/medite...
springsilver.bandcamp.com/track/medite...
Mediterranean Coastal Highway, by Spring Silver
track by Spring Silver
springsilver.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Happy bandcamp friday! Listen to my song! perhaps even buy it a little bit 0w0
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Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
Also bought this. Hugely fun album.
81. Kyle Lewis Is A Boring Name - Big Dog's Biggest Dog
Incredibly fun theatrical prog punk. Just impossible not to smile to. It does the magical thing that Cheekface manage of being funny and sincere at the same time.
klboringband.bandcamp.com/album/big-do...
Incredibly fun theatrical prog punk. Just impossible not to smile to. It does the magical thing that Cheekface manage of being funny and sincere at the same time.
klboringband.bandcamp.com/album/big-do...
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Also bought this. Hugely fun album.
Just bought this #bandcampfriday
2026 album listening thread:
1. Blight Future - Succession Species
Mathy, unpredictable, hook-filled post-hardcore that I stumbled across via The Gorge (who I saw at @atgfestival.bsky.social last year).
FFO: ETID, The Bronx, Dillinger Escape Plan. Ish.
blightfuture.bandcamp.com/album/succes...
1. Blight Future - Succession Species
Mathy, unpredictable, hook-filled post-hardcore that I stumbled across via The Gorge (who I saw at @atgfestival.bsky.social last year).
FFO: ETID, The Bronx, Dillinger Escape Plan. Ish.
blightfuture.bandcamp.com/album/succes...
Succesion Species, by Blight Future
10 track album
blightfuture.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Just bought this #bandcampfriday
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Something is coming on Friday 13th
Seems appropriate 💀
Keep you eyes and ears open
xxx
#CarvedSkull
🎬 Jess
Seems appropriate 💀
Keep you eyes and ears open
xxx
#CarvedSkull
🎬 Jess
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Something is coming on Friday 13th
Seems appropriate 💀
Keep you eyes and ears open
xxx
#CarvedSkull
🎬 Jess
Seems appropriate 💀
Keep you eyes and ears open
xxx
#CarvedSkull
🎬 Jess
That Cardigans cover on the deluxe edition is incredible.
85. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
GUNS! RAZORS! KNIIIIIIIIIVES. This, the title track, and CMND/CTRL are great. Not sure why I remember this as being an album without fun riffs. Must have been put off by some of the spacier stuff.
GUNS! RAZORS! KNIIIIIIIIIVES. This, the title track, and CMND/CTRL are great. Not sure why I remember this as being an album without fun riffs. Must have been put off by some of the spacier stuff.
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
That Cardigans cover on the deluxe edition is incredible.
People of/near Bristol: I’m opening for the wonderful @merex.bsky.social and Happy Accidents at @exchangebristol.bsky.social next month.
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
February 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
People of/near Bristol: I’m opening for the wonderful @merex.bsky.social and Happy Accidents at @exchangebristol.bsky.social next month.
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
People of/near Bristol: I’m opening for the wonderful @merex.bsky.social and Happy Accidents at @exchangebristol.bsky.social next month.
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
February 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
People of/near Bristol: I’m opening for the wonderful @merex.bsky.social and Happy Accidents at @exchangebristol.bsky.social next month.
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
It’s over 50% sold already, grab a ticket and come join us: hdfst.uk/e143230
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BREAKING: New SNL UK line up revealed
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
BREAKING: New SNL UK line up revealed
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JUBREMONY AT THE LIREMONY
After this swam into my brain last night (unbidden, if you will, but clearly there are neural pathways that divert here at the slightest nudge), it occurred to me that a few people may not have experienced it. Put that hot drink down. Now. Yes before you start reading.
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
JUBREMONY AT THE LIREMONY
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I want to do the best writing I’ve ever done and I’d be honored to have you as my reader
First proper electronic missive goes out Monday, February 9
Subscribe here:
thefutureisourstomake.substack.com
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
First proper electronic missive goes out Monday, February 9
Subscribe here:
thefutureisourstomake.substack.com
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE | Chris Richards | Substack
Music reccos/rants/prayers/curses by critic and co-listener Chris Richards. Click to read THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE, by Chris Richards, a Substack publication. Launched 3 hours ago.
thefutureisourstomake.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I want to do the best writing I’ve ever done and I’d be honored to have you as my reader
First proper electronic missive goes out Monday, February 9
Subscribe here:
thefutureisourstomake.substack.com
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
First proper electronic missive goes out Monday, February 9
Subscribe here:
thefutureisourstomake.substack.com
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
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Graceless pivot to survival: I’m launching
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Graceless pivot to survival: I’m launching
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener
THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE
A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener
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I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Future of the Left - You Need Satan More Than He Needs You
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom Of April Connolly, Feb. 24 1997
Wildhearts - If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom Of April Connolly, Feb. 24 1997
Wildhearts - If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Future of the Left - You Need Satan More Than He Needs You
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom Of April Connolly, Feb. 24 1997
Wildhearts - If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom Of April Connolly, Feb. 24 1997
Wildhearts - If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft
Quoting this in case it gets lost amongst the thread as it's super fucking fun.
81. Kyle Lewis Is A Boring Name - Big Dog's Biggest Dog
Incredibly fun theatrical prog punk. Just impossible not to smile to. It does the magical thing that Cheekface manage of being funny and sincere at the same time.
klboringband.bandcamp.com/album/big-do...
Incredibly fun theatrical prog punk. Just impossible not to smile to. It does the magical thing that Cheekface manage of being funny and sincere at the same time.
klboringband.bandcamp.com/album/big-do...
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Quoting this in case it gets lost amongst the thread as it's super fucking fun.
These are really great. Like "what if Johnny Foreigner listened to more Alkaline Trio and was a (mostly) solo acoustic act from the north".
77. Sarah Carey - We Are Not Binary / In 20 Years We Won't Be Sad EPs
Incredible songwriter friend who doesn't do anywhere near as much music these days as I selfishly would like.
sarahcarey.bandcamp.com
Incredible songwriter friend who doesn't do anywhere near as much music these days as I selfishly would like.
sarahcarey.bandcamp.com
Sarah Carey
DIY punk singer-songwriter from someplace in between Leeds and Bradford. Writing about themes ranging from gender identity, feminism, mental health and drinking too much buckfast. Sarah's style draws influence from both punk and folk music, combining self-deprecating lyrics and open-tuned riffs in equal measure.
sarahcarey.bandcamp.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
These are really great. Like "what if Johnny Foreigner listened to more Alkaline Trio and was a (mostly) solo acoustic act from the north".
Yeah that one is still terrible.
Rats!Rats!Rats! makes up for it though, pow.
Rats!Rats!Rats! makes up for it though, pow.
76. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
I think this was the last one I bought until private music.
20 years?!
Will I still cringe myself inside out at the "that's why British people have bad teeth" spoken word bit?
I think this was the last one I bought until private music.
20 years?!
Will I still cringe myself inside out at the "that's why British people have bad teeth" spoken word bit?
February 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Yeah that one is still terrible.
Rats!Rats!Rats! makes up for it though, pow.
Rats!Rats!Rats! makes up for it though, pow.
I love this so much it's annoying that you can only repost once without quoting.
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I love this so much it's annoying that you can only repost once without quoting.
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I think lots of people still don’t know they need to unfollow before they block because otherwise they’re still following.
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I think lots of people still don’t know they need to unfollow before they block because otherwise they’re still following.
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I try to have/spread fun on here, but fuck this guy, the horse he rode in on, and the guy who sold him the horse
You’ve probably forgotten you’re following him because he’s been mercifully silent, but he’s trying to come back, so this may be a good time to unfollow (or just block him)
You’ve probably forgotten you’re following him because he’s been mercifully silent, but he’s trying to come back, so this may be a good time to unfollow (or just block him)
apropos of nothing in particular, @lilashapiro.bsky.social gave us a tremendous piece of journalism last year, and it's always a great time to revisit it and thank her for the work she did in bringing these stories to light.
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I try to have/spread fun on here, but fuck this guy, the horse he rode in on, and the guy who sold him the horse
You’ve probably forgotten you’re following him because he’s been mercifully silent, but he’s trying to come back, so this may be a good time to unfollow (or just block him)
You’ve probably forgotten you’re following him because he’s been mercifully silent, but he’s trying to come back, so this may be a good time to unfollow (or just block him)
I found this via the recent @post-trash.bsky.social review. Good to see that being published now, despite the album being out last year.
More of that sort of thing please, rather than the "only brand new music is featured and then it's dead to us" attitude.
More of that sort of thing please, rather than the "only brand new music is featured and then it's dead to us" attitude.
73. @teenagetompetties.bsky.social - Rally The Tropes
Strong puntitle, enjoyable powerpop. Looking forward to exploring more.
Strong puntitle, enjoyable powerpop. Looking forward to exploring more.
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I found this via the recent @post-trash.bsky.social review. Good to see that being published now, despite the album being out last year.
More of that sort of thing please, rather than the "only brand new music is featured and then it's dead to us" attitude.
More of that sort of thing please, rather than the "only brand new music is featured and then it's dead to us" attitude.
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A new episode this morning. I would recommend starting at the beginning though because there's been a fair bit of plot now. But you could still easily catch up in a few hours. You won't be doing much with your Sunday. Unless you play for Fulham, for example, I guess.
This is ticking along nicely still, would love to have you on board. I don't feel bad promoting it because I'm comfortably making a loss on it. Trailer from @matryer.bsky.social once more.
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
A new episode this morning. I would recommend starting at the beginning though because there's been a fair bit of plot now. But you could still easily catch up in a few hours. You won't be doing much with your Sunday. Unless you play for Fulham, for example, I guess.
Could anyone use a free Vue cinema code that expires tonight?
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Could anyone use a free Vue cinema code that expires tonight?