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James McKenzie
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Maneuvering The Nocturnal Hum
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This was a bit of a special one , two years late, finally got my chance to see the incredible Myriam Gendron playing at a packed out Trades Club. Here’s a glimpse from a Michael Chapman cover ’You Say. Beautiful guitar and voice. One for the ages ✨
Van Morrison - Enlightenment (1990)
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
and so begins the ritual

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November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Me barely surviving another 3 hour bed time ritual of newly 2 year old . Give me fucking strength lord
a panda bear is laying on its back in a wicker chair with its paws up .
ALT: a panda bear is laying on its back in a wicker chair with its paws up .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reminded of this today and salvaged from the deepest darkest recesses of adidas shoe boxes under the stairs.. Still sounds like one of the best underground hip hop releases of that unbelievably fertile era. Bought Spring 2002 Amoeba Records San Francisco.

Mike Ladd- Vernacular Homicide (2001)
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Will power’s overrated anyway

Junior Delahaye – Showcase (1982)
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ryley Walker - The Lillywhite Sessions (2018)
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposted by James McKenzie
Trash featured well-established heads of the 80s/90s NZ scene. Great band!
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
1992 album from the New Zealand underground released on Xpressway/Turbulence. Never heard anyone speak about this record but its flippin’ incredible

Trash - Gritt and Butts (1992)
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
…and just like that she was 2 🎉🎈🎂
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
*Verve in 1992 is a time/place I want keep sacred so please don’t tell me how much you don’t like Richard Ashcroft in 2025

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The Verve - Voyager 1 (Live LP )
YouTube video by csyddyj40
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Incredible album that I heard for the first time today (Emmanuelle Parrenin - Maison Rose 1977). This track Topaze taken from it is nuts, sounds like proto This Heat. youtu.be/1dwaFOF8FFo?...
Emmanuelle Parrenin - Topaze
YouTube video by Arnaud Future
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Revelling in my imperial Wackies phase

Prince Douglas - Dub Roots (1980)
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Anybody enjoying it on here yet? Rarely come back to a post & see any kind of interaction or beginnings of conversation. See lots of self promotion, lots of whining/ culture wars etc. But neutral enthusiasm for music, film etc barring the odd account I know to look out for it really does feel stale
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Attempted this a couple of weeks ago but instantly remembered a couple more

Show me some albums that you’re convinced nobody loves more than you.

maybe skip the Sgt Peppers/ Pet Sounds/ OK Computer etc for sake of this. The more low key weird stuff people might not be switched on to the better
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Micky van de Ven. What a fucking goal
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
might have to put a couple of days overtime in and pick myself a copy of this beaut up before long

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Junior Delahaye ‎"Showcase" Full Album
YouTube video by The Record Library
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
‘The Delivery Boy’
📷 Marco (zetamatiq)
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
RIP Lô Borges
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dipping back in

Lee Morgan - The Complete Live at the Lighthouse (1971)
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ebo Taylor – Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980)
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
John Abercrombie/ Dave Holland/ Jack DeJohnette - Gateway (1975)
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Nothing ever dies; everything is infinite. We've been taught a watered-down version of what ’time and space’ is, that we're in a three-dimensional reality, which we are not. We're in a multidimensional reality”.

Onwards / Upwards to the great Jack DeJohnette.
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
actually not seeing any official confirmation , deleted post as seems a bit tasteless
October 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Richard Thompson - Music From Grizzy Man (2005)
October 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of the great unsung American bands
#90sTop30 near misses

Such a great band, with a distinctive sound.
RIP David Freel.

At Long Last, by Swell.

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Swell - At Long Last HD
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM