Liam Inscoe-Jones
@liaminscoejones.bsky.social
songs in the key of mp3 out now 🇵🇸
this nails a persistent frustration of mine. also, writers are often just poorly versed in the history of the artists they revere… critics talk about “the next Brian Wilson”… Brian Wilson was reviled for the vast majority of his career and his creative peak was the beginning of a commercial decline
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
this nails a persistent frustration of mine. also, writers are often just poorly versed in the history of the artists they revere… critics talk about “the next Brian Wilson”… Brian Wilson was reviled for the vast majority of his career and his creative peak was the beginning of a commercial decline
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Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
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My book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS details how we got to the music landscape Liam Inscoe-Jones explores in his own brilliant new book Songs In The Key Of MP3. Liam uses five groundbreaking icons (Dev, twigs, 0PN, Earl, SOPHIE) to trace connections in the genre-fluid 2010s. I was thrilled to chat with him:
How The Internet Helped Indie Go Pop: Chris DeVille and Liam Inscoe-Jones in Conversation
YouTube video by Liam Inscoe-Jones
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November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS details how we got to the music landscape Liam Inscoe-Jones explores in his own brilliant new book Songs In The Key Of MP3. Liam uses five groundbreaking icons (Dev, twigs, 0PN, Earl, SOPHIE) to trace connections in the genre-fluid 2010s. I was thrilled to chat with him:
I didn’t think it would be easy, but it can’t be overstated how much of an uphill battle it’s been to get old institutions - many of whom who treat music writing as the medium itself ended in 1999 - to engage with a book about the music of today. Nonetheless, we keep moving onward ⚡️
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I didn’t think it would be easy, but it can’t be overstated how much of an uphill battle it’s been to get old institutions - many of whom who treat music writing as the medium itself ended in 1999 - to engage with a book about the music of today. Nonetheless, we keep moving onward ⚡️
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Christmas haul at FRBH Towers with @liaminscoejones.bsky.social @danhancox.bsky.social and this hot new band Finitribe
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Christmas haul at FRBH Towers with @liaminscoejones.bsky.social @danhancox.bsky.social and this hot new band Finitribe
A final shoutout of my book for last-minute shoppers… It’s ideal for any music fan this christmas and remains the only major book to dive deep into music post-2010, from Earl Sweatshirt to FKA twigs, from SOPHIE to Oneohtrix Point Never, from Charli XCX to Danny Brown. Link below to grab a copy x
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A final shoutout of my book for last-minute shoppers… It’s ideal for any music fan this christmas and remains the only major book to dive deep into music post-2010, from Earl Sweatshirt to FKA twigs, from SOPHIE to Oneohtrix Point Never, from Charli XCX to Danny Brown. Link below to grab a copy x
pretty much done for 2025! This year I released a book, gave a talk at one of the best festivals in the world and published interviews with
Caroline Polachek
Daniel Lopatin
Nicolas Jaar
Josh Safdie
Stella Donnelly
Perfume Genius
Richard Russell
Sudan Archives
Annahstasia
Excited for ‘26
Caroline Polachek
Daniel Lopatin
Nicolas Jaar
Josh Safdie
Stella Donnelly
Perfume Genius
Richard Russell
Sudan Archives
Annahstasia
Excited for ‘26
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
pretty much done for 2025! This year I released a book, gave a talk at one of the best festivals in the world and published interviews with
Caroline Polachek
Daniel Lopatin
Nicolas Jaar
Josh Safdie
Stella Donnelly
Perfume Genius
Richard Russell
Sudan Archives
Annahstasia
Excited for ‘26
Caroline Polachek
Daniel Lopatin
Nicolas Jaar
Josh Safdie
Stella Donnelly
Perfume Genius
Richard Russell
Sudan Archives
Annahstasia
Excited for ‘26
These are my top ten songs of the year:
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
These are my top ten songs of the year:
Here are my 150 top albums of the year:
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here are my 150 top albums of the year:
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Album of the year!
Me for @theartsdesk.bsky.social - also with some further thoughts on @liaminscoejones.bsky.social's ideas about streaming age musicians, on the rude health of the We Out Here generation, and Soft Music for Hard Times.
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/jo...
@brownswood.bsky.social
Me for @theartsdesk.bsky.social - also with some further thoughts on @liaminscoejones.bsky.social's ideas about streaming age musicians, on the rude health of the We Out Here generation, and Soft Music for Hard Times.
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/jo...
@brownswood.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Album of the year!
Me for @theartsdesk.bsky.social - also with some further thoughts on @liaminscoejones.bsky.social's ideas about streaming age musicians, on the rude health of the We Out Here generation, and Soft Music for Hard Times.
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/jo...
@brownswood.bsky.social
Me for @theartsdesk.bsky.social - also with some further thoughts on @liaminscoejones.bsky.social's ideas about streaming age musicians, on the rude health of the We Out Here generation, and Soft Music for Hard Times.
www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/jo...
@brownswood.bsky.social
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Yeah exactly this, and it's just this that @naomialderman.bsky.social nails down here: the skills of taste, discernment and historian-like research will not be erased by AI, they will be MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yeah exactly this, and it's just this that @naomialderman.bsky.social nails down here: the skills of taste, discernment and historian-like research will not be erased by AI, they will be MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
Wrote about Perfume Genius and Makaya McCraven for the good people over at The Line Of Best Fit. Their number one is absolutely undeniable too
From Simz to Silvana Estrada, Addison Rae to Saya Gray, and Samia to Die Spitz, here is our definitive ranking of 2025's best records (+ win a massive bumper vinyl package of the best of them in our amazing end-of-year giveaway).
The Best Albums of 2025 Ranked
From Simz to Silvan Estrada, Addison Rae to Saya Gray, and Samia to Die Spitz, here is our definitive ranking of 2025's best records.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wrote about Perfume Genius and Makaya McCraven for the good people over at The Line Of Best Fit. Their number one is absolutely undeniable too
the age of abundance and the rising tide of machine generated slop which will be indistinguishable from generic music but unable to hold a candle to the innovations to real artists all emphasise the need for a healthy critical ecosystem, and argue for the critic as curator first and foremost
I actually feel like one of the stories of this year is that we've finally come face to face with this question of mass abundance - should've done 26 years ago (if we take Napster as the starting point of this era) but better late than never eh. @liaminscoejones.bsky.social's book, as I keep saying
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
the age of abundance and the rising tide of machine generated slop which will be indistinguishable from generic music but unable to hold a candle to the innovations to real artists all emphasise the need for a healthy critical ecosystem, and argue for the critic as curator first and foremost
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Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men in Jenin, saying ‘terrorists must die’
Video of an Israeli military raid in Jenin shows soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
The shooting on Thursday evening, which was also witnessed by journalists close to the scene, is under justice ministry review, but has already been defended by Israel’s far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who declared: “terrorists must die”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
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Thank you @resident-music.com for selecting 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE by @keithcameron2.bsky.social as your #1 book of the year! And for choosing @danielrachel.bsky.social, @audreyjgolden.bsky.social, @liaminscoejones.bsky.social, @reversediorama.bsky.social + Budgie on the best of 2025 list 🙏
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thank you @resident-music.com for selecting 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE by @keithcameron2.bsky.social as your #1 book of the year! And for choosing @danielrachel.bsky.social, @audreyjgolden.bsky.social, @liaminscoejones.bsky.social, @reversediorama.bsky.social + Budgie on the best of 2025 list 🙏
I reviewed the new twigs
'Made mostly in a rush of creativity in the months since the album she released at the start of the year, EUSEXUA Afterglow contains the most simple music of twigs’ career, continuing her newfound infatuation with European rave'
#FKAtwigs - EUSEXUA Afterglow
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#FKAtwigs - EUSEXUA Afterglow
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November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I reviewed the new twigs
I reviewed the new OPN for tQ
'The new album from Oneohtrix Point Never asks the question: what to do with the music that will be, inevitably, one day lost? Sifting through the sands of long-forgotten 90s sample packs, has Daniel Lopatin struck ghostly yet ecstatic gold?'
#OneohtrixPointNever - Tranquilizer
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#OneohtrixPointNever - Tranquilizer
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November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I reviewed the new OPN for tQ
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...
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 10:01 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