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For The Record: Hats
The Blue Nile's second album is a cult classic, and my closest friend during the times I need one most.
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A very personal piece this morning on how The Blue Nile's 'Hats', as well as being a cult classic, is the most important album in my life.
RTs, shares and subscribers appreciated 🎶🙏
#MusicSky
RTs, shares and subscribers appreciated 🎶🙏
#MusicSky
#2026AlbumDiscoveries
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica
From now, I'm only documenting album discoveries as something big, something I should have listened to by now.
And yeah, this is that. What a bloody ride...
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica
From now, I'm only documenting album discoveries as something big, something I should have listened to by now.
And yeah, this is that. What a bloody ride...
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
#2026AlbumDiscoveries
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica
From now, I'm only documenting album discoveries as something big, something I should have listened to by now.
And yeah, this is that. What a bloody ride...
12. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica
From now, I'm only documenting album discoveries as something big, something I should have listened to by now.
And yeah, this is that. What a bloody ride...
#365PerfectSongs 29/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Burial & Four Tet's 'Nova'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Burial & Four Tet's 'Nova'.
#MusicSky
Burial & Four Tet - Nova
YouTube video by strangenessEPR
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January 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM
#365PerfectSongs 29/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Burial & Four Tet's 'Nova'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Burial & Four Tet's 'Nova'.
#MusicSky
Four dark records for this Thursday morning.
What are you all listening to?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
What are you all listening to?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Four dark records for this Thursday morning.
What are you all listening to?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
What are you all listening to?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
The most beautiful girl in the world ❤️
January 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The most beautiful girl in the world ❤️
#RadioheadTop30
2
💿 In Rainbows
🎶 Reckoner
The centrepiece of perhaps Radiohead's true masterpiece.
Everything before is building to the midpoint of this song, and everything after stems from within it.
It was born from Thom Yorke's trippiest dreams, and it puts the listener in one of their own.
2
💿 In Rainbows
🎶 Reckoner
The centrepiece of perhaps Radiohead's true masterpiece.
Everything before is building to the midpoint of this song, and everything after stems from within it.
It was born from Thom Yorke's trippiest dreams, and it puts the listener in one of their own.
January 28, 2026 at 9:09 PM
#RadioheadTop30
2
💿 In Rainbows
🎶 Reckoner
The centrepiece of perhaps Radiohead's true masterpiece.
Everything before is building to the midpoint of this song, and everything after stems from within it.
It was born from Thom Yorke's trippiest dreams, and it puts the listener in one of their own.
2
💿 In Rainbows
🎶 Reckoner
The centrepiece of perhaps Radiohead's true masterpiece.
Everything before is building to the midpoint of this song, and everything after stems from within it.
It was born from Thom Yorke's trippiest dreams, and it puts the listener in one of their own.
#70sTop30
2
🗣️ John Cale
🎶 The Endless Plain Of Fortune
🗓️ February 1973
There are more obvious picks from this masterpiece of a record, but The Endless Plain Of Fortune is awash with great imagery, a superb vocal performance, and the most gorgeous instrumentation.
To my ears, it is perfect.
2
🗣️ John Cale
🎶 The Endless Plain Of Fortune
🗓️ February 1973
There are more obvious picks from this masterpiece of a record, but The Endless Plain Of Fortune is awash with great imagery, a superb vocal performance, and the most gorgeous instrumentation.
To my ears, it is perfect.
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#70sTop30
2
🗣️ John Cale
🎶 The Endless Plain Of Fortune
🗓️ February 1973
There are more obvious picks from this masterpiece of a record, but The Endless Plain Of Fortune is awash with great imagery, a superb vocal performance, and the most gorgeous instrumentation.
To my ears, it is perfect.
2
🗣️ John Cale
🎶 The Endless Plain Of Fortune
🗓️ February 1973
There are more obvious picks from this masterpiece of a record, but The Endless Plain Of Fortune is awash with great imagery, a superb vocal performance, and the most gorgeous instrumentation.
To my ears, it is perfect.
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
2
🗣️ Roxy Music
💿 Roxy Music
🎶 Re-Make/Re-Model
The absolute epitome of what an opening track should be. A carnivalistic and bombastic introduction to the band, and each member gets their own solo at the end.
Absolute perfection.
2
🗣️ Roxy Music
💿 Roxy Music
🎶 Re-Make/Re-Model
The absolute epitome of what an opening track should be. A carnivalistic and bombastic introduction to the band, and each member gets their own solo at the end.
Absolute perfection.
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
2
🗣️ Roxy Music
💿 Roxy Music
🎶 Re-Make/Re-Model
The absolute epitome of what an opening track should be. A carnivalistic and bombastic introduction to the band, and each member gets their own solo at the end.
Absolute perfection.
2
🗣️ Roxy Music
💿 Roxy Music
🎶 Re-Make/Re-Model
The absolute epitome of what an opening track should be. A carnivalistic and bombastic introduction to the band, and each member gets their own solo at the end.
Absolute perfection.
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The @3313books.bsky.social series are extended love letters to classic albums, a treasure trove of brilliant writers waxing lyrical about their favourite records.
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Six of the Best: 33 1/3 Books
The 33 1/3 series is a treasure trove of extensive love letters and fountains of knowledge on classic albums. Here are six of the best.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The @3313books.bsky.social series are extended love letters to classic albums, a treasure trove of brilliant writers waxing lyrical about their favourite records.
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
#AllThatJazz
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
Karma was my gateway to jazz, and remains the benchmark.
But Black Unity is right up there with it - one 37 minute long track that blasts and zips through your mind, never resting on its laurels. One of the Pharoah's very best.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
Karma was my gateway to jazz, and remains the benchmark.
But Black Unity is right up there with it - one 37 minute long track that blasts and zips through your mind, never resting on its laurels. One of the Pharoah's very best.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
#AllThatJazz
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
Karma was my gateway to jazz, and remains the benchmark.
But Black Unity is right up there with it - one 37 minute long track that blasts and zips through your mind, never resting on its laurels. One of the Pharoah's very best.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity
Karma was my gateway to jazz, and remains the benchmark.
But Black Unity is right up there with it - one 37 minute long track that blasts and zips through your mind, never resting on its laurels. One of the Pharoah's very best.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
#NowPlaying
Shrunken Elvis | Shrunken Elvis
Man oh man, this is good stuff. Like really good stuff.
Such calming textures lie beneath swathes of awesome guitar licks and riffs.
I'm saving some of these to my Ambient playlists, but this is so much more...
#MusicSky
Shrunken Elvis | Shrunken Elvis
Man oh man, this is good stuff. Like really good stuff.
Such calming textures lie beneath swathes of awesome guitar licks and riffs.
I'm saving some of these to my Ambient playlists, but this is so much more...
#MusicSky
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
#NowPlaying
Shrunken Elvis | Shrunken Elvis
Man oh man, this is good stuff. Like really good stuff.
Such calming textures lie beneath swathes of awesome guitar licks and riffs.
I'm saving some of these to my Ambient playlists, but this is so much more...
#MusicSky
Shrunken Elvis | Shrunken Elvis
Man oh man, this is good stuff. Like really good stuff.
Such calming textures lie beneath swathes of awesome guitar licks and riffs.
I'm saving some of these to my Ambient playlists, but this is so much more...
#MusicSky
#NowReading
Alexandre Dumas | The Count Of Monte Cristo
Just as incredible as the critics say; a classic for a reason. Not without pitfalls, but brilliance should never be misjudged against the benchmark of perfection.
Yes it's about revenge on the surface, but so much more...
#BookSky
Alexandre Dumas | The Count Of Monte Cristo
Just as incredible as the critics say; a classic for a reason. Not without pitfalls, but brilliance should never be misjudged against the benchmark of perfection.
Yes it's about revenge on the surface, but so much more...
#BookSky
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
#NowReading
Alexandre Dumas | The Count Of Monte Cristo
Just as incredible as the critics say; a classic for a reason. Not without pitfalls, but brilliance should never be misjudged against the benchmark of perfection.
Yes it's about revenge on the surface, but so much more...
#BookSky
Alexandre Dumas | The Count Of Monte Cristo
Just as incredible as the critics say; a classic for a reason. Not without pitfalls, but brilliance should never be misjudged against the benchmark of perfection.
Yes it's about revenge on the surface, but so much more...
#BookSky
#NowPlaying
Yasmine Hamdan | I Remember I Forget
If I'd heard this on release, then it would have been making my 2025 Top 5.
A first listen last night was swiftly followed by an even more glorious one this afternoon.
Who needs English songs with this universal music this good?
#MusicSky #NP
Yasmine Hamdan | I Remember I Forget
If I'd heard this on release, then it would have been making my 2025 Top 5.
A first listen last night was swiftly followed by an even more glorious one this afternoon.
Who needs English songs with this universal music this good?
#MusicSky #NP
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
#NowPlaying
Yasmine Hamdan | I Remember I Forget
If I'd heard this on release, then it would have been making my 2025 Top 5.
A first listen last night was swiftly followed by an even more glorious one this afternoon.
Who needs English songs with this universal music this good?
#MusicSky #NP
Yasmine Hamdan | I Remember I Forget
If I'd heard this on release, then it would have been making my 2025 Top 5.
A first listen last night was swiftly followed by an even more glorious one this afternoon.
Who needs English songs with this universal music this good?
#MusicSky #NP
#365PerfectSongs 28/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Love's 'The Red Telephone'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Love's 'The Red Telephone'.
#MusicSky
The Red Telephone (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Love - Topic
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
#365PerfectSongs 28/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Love's 'The Red Telephone'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Love's 'The Red Telephone'.
#MusicSky
Four more records for an unseasonably warm hump day in the Midlands.
What are you all listening to today?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
What are you all listening to today?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
January 28, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Four more records for an unseasonably warm hump day in the Midlands.
What are you all listening to today?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
What are you all listening to today?
#NowPlaying #last4albums
#MusicSky #VinylSky
The @3313books.bsky.social series are extended love letters to classic albums, a treasure trove of brilliant writers waxing lyrical about their favourite records.
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Six of the Best: 33 1/3 Books
The 33 1/3 series is a treasure trove of extensive love letters and fountains of knowledge on classic albums. Here are six of the best.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The @3313books.bsky.social series are extended love letters to classic albums, a treasure trove of brilliant writers waxing lyrical about their favourite records.
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
Each one is a joy to read, but some are on another level. Here are six of the best 33 1/3 books 👇
#MusicSky #BookSky
#NowPlaying
Swans | Soundtracks For The Blind
None of this should work. And that's what binds this collection of horrific, dread-inducing and God-fearing music together.
Perfect nightmare material, if you can sleep at all afterwards.
I bet I can't.
#MusicSky
Swans | Soundtracks For The Blind
None of this should work. And that's what binds this collection of horrific, dread-inducing and God-fearing music together.
Perfect nightmare material, if you can sleep at all afterwards.
I bet I can't.
#MusicSky
Animus
YouTube video by Swans - Topic
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM
#NowPlaying
Swans | Soundtracks For The Blind
None of this should work. And that's what binds this collection of horrific, dread-inducing and God-fearing music together.
Perfect nightmare material, if you can sleep at all afterwards.
I bet I can't.
#MusicSky
Swans | Soundtracks For The Blind
None of this should work. And that's what binds this collection of horrific, dread-inducing and God-fearing music together.
Perfect nightmare material, if you can sleep at all afterwards.
I bet I can't.
#MusicSky
#RadioheadTop30
3
💿 Hail To The Thief
🎶 Where I End And You Begin
Not a classic Radiohead favourite, but the menace in this track was the imaginary trailer music to a book I was writing many moons ago.
Even without that nostalgia, it's such a captivating song, and so close to being my favourite.
3
💿 Hail To The Thief
🎶 Where I End And You Begin
Not a classic Radiohead favourite, but the menace in this track was the imaginary trailer music to a book I was writing many moons ago.
Even without that nostalgia, it's such a captivating song, and so close to being my favourite.
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
#RadioheadTop30
3
💿 Hail To The Thief
🎶 Where I End And You Begin
Not a classic Radiohead favourite, but the menace in this track was the imaginary trailer music to a book I was writing many moons ago.
Even without that nostalgia, it's such a captivating song, and so close to being my favourite.
3
💿 Hail To The Thief
🎶 Where I End And You Begin
Not a classic Radiohead favourite, but the menace in this track was the imaginary trailer music to a book I was writing many moons ago.
Even without that nostalgia, it's such a captivating song, and so close to being my favourite.
#70sTop30
3
🗣️ John Martyn
🎶 Solid Air
🗓️ February 1973
One of the most affecting songs ever committed to wax, and my gateway to the wonderful and tragic world of John Martyn.
Such an incredible song from such an incredible album.
3
🗣️ John Martyn
🎶 Solid Air
🗓️ February 1973
One of the most affecting songs ever committed to wax, and my gateway to the wonderful and tragic world of John Martyn.
Such an incredible song from such an incredible album.
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
#70sTop30
3
🗣️ John Martyn
🎶 Solid Air
🗓️ February 1973
One of the most affecting songs ever committed to wax, and my gateway to the wonderful and tragic world of John Martyn.
Such an incredible song from such an incredible album.
3
🗣️ John Martyn
🎶 Solid Air
🗓️ February 1973
One of the most affecting songs ever committed to wax, and my gateway to the wonderful and tragic world of John Martyn.
Such an incredible song from such an incredible album.
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
3
🗣️ Bark Psychosis
💿 Hex
🎶 The Loom
The piano melody that opens this song, album, and genre up is too stunning for words.
Character limit prevents me waxing lyrical too much, but I wrote about it here too 👇
3
🗣️ Bark Psychosis
💿 Hex
🎶 The Loom
The piano melody that opens this song, album, and genre up is too stunning for words.
Character limit prevents me waxing lyrical too much, but I wrote about it here too 👇
For The Record: Hex
How Bark Psychosis' wholly original debut album speaks to my fractured mind more than any other music.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
3
🗣️ Bark Psychosis
💿 Hex
🎶 The Loom
The piano melody that opens this song, album, and genre up is too stunning for words.
Character limit prevents me waxing lyrical too much, but I wrote about it here too 👇
3
🗣️ Bark Psychosis
💿 Hex
🎶 The Loom
The piano melody that opens this song, album, and genre up is too stunning for words.
Character limit prevents me waxing lyrical too much, but I wrote about it here too 👇
For all the cookbooks in the world I've never really used, two from Lisa's eldest's Tolkien Recipes have been outstanding this week.
Tomato and Lentil Dahl
Cider-Soaked Apple Loaf
Both ridiculously healthy and oh so tasty! And it's now a whole week since I ate a choccy biscuit!
#FoodSky
Tomato and Lentil Dahl
Cider-Soaked Apple Loaf
Both ridiculously healthy and oh so tasty! And it's now a whole week since I ate a choccy biscuit!
#FoodSky
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 PM
For all the cookbooks in the world I've never really used, two from Lisa's eldest's Tolkien Recipes have been outstanding this week.
Tomato and Lentil Dahl
Cider-Soaked Apple Loaf
Both ridiculously healthy and oh so tasty! And it's now a whole week since I ate a choccy biscuit!
#FoodSky
Tomato and Lentil Dahl
Cider-Soaked Apple Loaf
Both ridiculously healthy and oh so tasty! And it's now a whole week since I ate a choccy biscuit!
#FoodSky
Tell me your great three album runs:
Talk Talk
The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Tell me your great three album runs:
Talk Talk
The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
The Colour Of Spring
Spirit Of Eden
Laughing Stock
#NowPlaying
Fabiano de Nascimento, Sam Gendel | The Room
de Nascimento is fast becoming one of my favourite current artists. His seven-string guitar forms a duopoly with Gendel's sax over a number of tracks that ooze effortlessness, prioritising substance over style.
#MusicSky
Fabiano de Nascimento, Sam Gendel | The Room
de Nascimento is fast becoming one of my favourite current artists. His seven-string guitar forms a duopoly with Gendel's sax over a number of tracks that ooze effortlessness, prioritising substance over style.
#MusicSky
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
#NowPlaying
Fabiano de Nascimento, Sam Gendel | The Room
de Nascimento is fast becoming one of my favourite current artists. His seven-string guitar forms a duopoly with Gendel's sax over a number of tracks that ooze effortlessness, prioritising substance over style.
#MusicSky
Fabiano de Nascimento, Sam Gendel | The Room
de Nascimento is fast becoming one of my favourite current artists. His seven-string guitar forms a duopoly with Gendel's sax over a number of tracks that ooze effortlessness, prioritising substance over style.
#MusicSky
#NowPlaying
Go Kurosawa | soft shakes
Hypnotic and easy listening from an experienced studio musician going it alone for the first time.
Glorious mood music to invoke a smile on even the toughest days - this is half an hour of pure joy in music form...
#MusicSky
Go Kurosawa | soft shakes
Hypnotic and easy listening from an experienced studio musician going it alone for the first time.
Glorious mood music to invoke a smile on even the toughest days - this is half an hour of pure joy in music form...
#MusicSky
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#NowPlaying
Go Kurosawa | soft shakes
Hypnotic and easy listening from an experienced studio musician going it alone for the first time.
Glorious mood music to invoke a smile on even the toughest days - this is half an hour of pure joy in music form...
#MusicSky
Go Kurosawa | soft shakes
Hypnotic and easy listening from an experienced studio musician going it alone for the first time.
Glorious mood music to invoke a smile on even the toughest days - this is half an hour of pure joy in music form...
#MusicSky
#365PerfectSongs 27/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Lana Del Rey's 'Venice Bitch'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Lana Del Rey's 'Venice Bitch'.
#MusicSky
Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LanaDelReyVEVO
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
#365PerfectSongs 27/365
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Lana Del Rey's 'Venice Bitch'.
#MusicSky
Every day in 2026, I'm playing and sharing a song that I think is perfect. No extra commentary. No notes. Just the song.
Today's song is Lana Del Rey's 'Venice Bitch'.
#MusicSky
#AllThatJazz
I've listened to a fair bloody amount of jazz in January.
For your pleasure and mine, here are 10 of the very best discoveries from this month.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
I've listened to a fair bloody amount of jazz in January.
For your pleasure and mine, here are 10 of the very best discoveries from this month.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
Top 10 Jazz Discoveries in January 2026
This month was all about jazz. To celebrate, here are 10 of the best new-to-me jazz records from January 2026.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
#AllThatJazz
I've listened to a fair bloody amount of jazz in January.
For your pleasure and mine, here are 10 of the very best discoveries from this month.
#MusicSky #JazzSky
I've listened to a fair bloody amount of jazz in January.
For your pleasure and mine, here are 10 of the very best discoveries from this month.
#MusicSky #JazzSky