Liam Inscoe-Jones
@liaminscoejones.bsky.social
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Really loved putting this together with Chal, a true legend of the game
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the 2020s — with fellow music journalist @liaminscoejones.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/afte...
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Has Pop Music Finally Eaten Itself?
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Really loved putting this together with Chal, a true legend of the game
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In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the 2020s — with fellow music journalist @liaminscoejones.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/afte...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/afte...
Has Pop Music Finally Eaten Itself?
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In our atomised, fragmented society, newness in pop music can be increasingly hard to uncover. Tribune invited Chal Ravens to discuss the rate of innovation — and the cultural position of music in the 2020s — with fellow music journalist @liaminscoejones.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/afte...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/afte...
For the last month I’ve been listening to little else but the new Danny Brown and Armand Hammer albums. With the albums finally dropping tomorrow, I went long with some thoughts over on my Substack open.substack.com/pub/thesixth...
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the last month I’ve been listening to little else but the new Danny Brown and Armand Hammer albums. With the albums finally dropping tomorrow, I went long with some thoughts over on my Substack open.substack.com/pub/thesixth...
I wrote about the new Armand Hammer for The Quietus, clocking up dangerous numbers without a miss now
On their seventh stellar album in a row, the unbeatable duo of Elucid and Billy Woods find space for small, everyday joys amongst the horror of contemporary geopolitics.
Mercy by #ArmandHammer and The Alchemist is tQ's Album of the Week
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Mercy by #ArmandHammer and The Alchemist is tQ's Album of the Week
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November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I wrote about the new Armand Hammer for The Quietus, clocking up dangerous numbers without a miss now
Almost every acclaimed music book, year after year, is about the music of the 20th century, often about the *same* music from it. A quarter of the way into the 21st century, it’s getting a little concerning…
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Almost every acclaimed music book, year after year, is about the music of the 20th century, often about the *same* music from it. A quarter of the way into the 21st century, it’s getting a little concerning…
Jon is doing god’s work, beautifully written and this album is insane
To help work through the grief of losing her father, @annahogberg.bsky.social got her old ensemble back together for a sonic trip across mountain and sea.
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
My review for @thequietus.com:
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Jon is doing god’s work, beautifully written and this album is insane
This time next weeks Jacqueline Crooks - women’s prize shortlisted author of the phenomenal Fire Rush - and I will be in conversation at the legendary radical bookshop Housmans, talking music and literary writing… if you’re near kings cross, come through! www.eventbrite.com/e/liam-insco...
Liam Inscoe-Jones & Jacqueline Crooks in Conversation at Housmans
Join Liam Inscoe-Jones and Jacqueline Crooks in Conversation at the legendary Housmans Bookshop on October 28th, 7.30pm
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October 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This time next weeks Jacqueline Crooks - women’s prize shortlisted author of the phenomenal Fire Rush - and I will be in conversation at the legendary radical bookshop Housmans, talking music and literary writing… if you’re near kings cross, come through! www.eventbrite.com/e/liam-insco...
I reviewed the new Rochelle Jordan
'This is unabashedly retro-stuff, cut from the same silken cloth as Timbaland and Noah Shebib. But that’s no bad thing. Rochelle makes the sound her own, effortlessly. Some music is just cool, plain and simple.'
#RochelleJordan - Through The Wall
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#RochelleJordan - Through The Wall
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October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I reviewed the new Rochelle Jordan
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The path forward begins in the workplace. We must advocate for a society built around collective strength, industrial cooperation, and democratic control. Read Eddie Dempsey on unions.
Reversing the Decline of Union Power
Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and…
tribunemag.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The path forward begins in the workplace. We must advocate for a society built around collective strength, industrial cooperation, and democratic control. Read Eddie Dempsey on unions.
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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
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September 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
I wrote some words about the new Blood Orange album for The Quietus
'Devonté Hynes returns to England with a jolt on the first new Blood Orange LP for 6 years. Essex Honey isn’t about England, it’s about the mourning Hynes experienced there. If there’s anything more complicated than country, it’s that.'
Blood Orange - Essex Honey
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Blood Orange - Essex Honey
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August 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I wrote some words about the new Blood Orange album for The Quietus
my book gets a lil mention in this new review of the new blood orange album theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...
Album: Blood Orange - Essex Honey
The more time goes by, the more it seems like Dev Hynes might be the antidote to what Guy Debord called “the society of the spectacle”. As is documented in the fantastic recent book Songs in the Key o...
theartsdesk.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
my book gets a lil mention in this new review of the new blood orange album theartsdesk.com/new-music/al...
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3) I keep hammering on about Liam's book, but with good reason. It embodies new ways of tracing the nature of artists' influence and position in the ecosystem, suited to the more fluid 21st century. To this conversation, it points out how real subcultures - skate, dancing, sex work - feed in.
Flattered to have some very kind words appear about my book in issue 497 of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
@joemuggs.bsky.social thank you 🙏
@joemuggs.bsky.social thank you 🙏
August 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
3) I keep hammering on about Liam's book, but with good reason. It embodies new ways of tracing the nature of artists' influence and position in the ecosystem, suited to the more fluid 21st century. To this conversation, it points out how real subcultures - skate, dancing, sex work - feed in.
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Sorry not sorry to link to my own review, but Liam's book really crystallised a lot of this for me recently.
Flattered to have some very kind words appear about my book in issue 497 of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
@joemuggs.bsky.social thank you 🙏
@joemuggs.bsky.social thank you 🙏
August 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Sorry not sorry to link to my own review, but Liam's book really crystallised a lot of this for me recently.
I remember in 2013 when I started making lists I struggled to fill a list of 50, now i’m past a list of 100 albums I liked this year and it’s august, perpetually astounded by the quality and quality of new music in the atmosphere
August 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I remember in 2013 when I started making lists I struggled to fill a list of 50, now i’m past a list of 100 albums I liked this year and it’s august, perpetually astounded by the quality and quality of new music in the atmosphere
I’m in this! Spoke to Chal Ravens about newness in music 15 years on from Retromania, AirPods, the new Niontay album and other things, I’m really proud of how it came out
Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week.
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...
August 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I’m in this! Spoke to Chal Ravens about newness in music 15 years on from Retromania, AirPods, the new Niontay album and other things, I’m really proud of how it came out
agreed, MIKE hasn’t dropped the ball once since 2016 and this is a joy to see. In the back of my book I list ten essential listens from each year and ‘Burning Desire’ is there but I’d go further, that’s easily one of the best albums of the decade so far
August 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
agreed, MIKE hasn’t dropped the ball once since 2016 and this is a joy to see. In the back of my book I list ten essential listens from each year and ‘Burning Desire’ is there but I’d go further, that’s easily one of the best albums of the decade so far
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August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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the way time and writing works is amazing, you can spend hours working on something and become convinced it’s the best it can possible be, leave it for two weeks, come back and it’s immediately apparent how to make things 10x better, it’s sick
August 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
the way time and writing works is amazing, you can spend hours working on something and become convinced it’s the best it can possible be, leave it for two weeks, come back and it’s immediately apparent how to make things 10x better, it’s sick
that’s me. wholesome.
August 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
that’s me. wholesome.
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Wrote about more music of the ambient variety in column format for popular music web store and streaming platform @bandcamp.com's editorial arm 💯
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The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, July 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial ambient LPs.
daily.bandcamp.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wrote about more music of the ambient variety in column format for popular music web store and streaming platform @bandcamp.com's editorial arm 💯
daily.bandcamp.com/best-ambient...
daily.bandcamp.com/best-ambient...
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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were a product of post-war Britain’s industrial heartland. But today, for Birmingham, metal, and young working-class people, those conditions could not be further away.
Britain’s Urban Working-Class Invented Metal
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were a product of post-war Britain’s industrial heartland. But today, for Birmingham, metal, and young working-class people, those conditions could not be further away.
tribunemag.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were a product of post-war Britain’s industrial heartland. But today, for Birmingham, metal, and young working-class people, those conditions could not be further away.
Feat. Jim Legxacy, Blood Orange, Geese, John Glacier, Maruja, Deftones, Titanic, underscores, Che, Lupe Fiasco, Princess Nokia, rRoxymore, Nightcrwlr, Soul Wax, Sudan Archives, Ana Frango Eléctrico, Alice Glass + more… These are the best songs of July 2025 music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Best Of July 2025 by Liam Inscoe - Jones on Apple Music
Playlist · 50 Songs
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July 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Feat. Jim Legxacy, Blood Orange, Geese, John Glacier, Maruja, Deftones, Titanic, underscores, Che, Lupe Fiasco, Princess Nokia, rRoxymore, Nightcrwlr, Soul Wax, Sudan Archives, Ana Frango Eléctrico, Alice Glass + more… These are the best songs of July 2025 music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
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This is the main thing people don't know about books. The success of a book is largely governed by how many get INTO bookshops in the first place. If they don't order them in from the publishers, the majority of potential buyers will never get as far as seeing a copy.
July 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is the main thing people don't know about books. The success of a book is largely governed by how many get INTO bookshops in the first place. If they don't order them in from the publishers, the majority of potential buyers will never get as far as seeing a copy.