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Progressive rock bands 🤝 Alan Watts samples
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Progressive rock bands 🤝 Alan Watts samples
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remember: music is supposed to be a community you're a part of, not a thing that's on in the background that you passively consume
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
remember: music is supposed to be a community you're a part of, not a thing that's on in the background that you passively consume
Just checking back in here to state that the Grammy’s are nothing but a self-congratulatory wankfest for major labels and represent sweet fuck all about how wonderful music truly is.
Go to a local show x
Go to a local show x
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Just checking back in here to state that the Grammy’s are nothing but a self-congratulatory wankfest for major labels and represent sweet fuck all about how wonderful music truly is.
Go to a local show x
Go to a local show x
Discogs has become totally useless as a UK user who likes a lot of niche American bands. Nobody is willing to ship out of the US anymore, which is a real shame.
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Discogs has become totally useless as a UK user who likes a lot of niche American bands. Nobody is willing to ship out of the US anymore, which is a real shame.
Fun fact for people that don’t follow UK politics, this guy promised to abolish student fees, got into power via a coalition with the Conservatives, then tripled the fees. He tanked his own party so hard they went from 22% of the vote, to 8%.
He is a total clown and will be remembered as such.
He is a total clown and will be remembered as such.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fun fact for people that don’t follow UK politics, this guy promised to abolish student fees, got into power via a coalition with the Conservatives, then tripled the fees. He tanked his own party so hard they went from 22% of the vote, to 8%.
He is a total clown and will be remembered as such.
He is a total clown and will be remembered as such.
I’ve had the privilege of listening to the new Massa Nera record that drops later this month, ‘The Emptiness of All Things’.
If you like screamo, progressive metal, doom metal, or anything else that seeks to unsettle, it is a true must listen.
If you like screamo, progressive metal, doom metal, or anything else that seeks to unsettle, it is a true must listen.
October 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I’ve had the privilege of listening to the new Massa Nera record that drops later this month, ‘The Emptiness of All Things’.
If you like screamo, progressive metal, doom metal, or anything else that seeks to unsettle, it is a true must listen.
If you like screamo, progressive metal, doom metal, or anything else that seeks to unsettle, it is a true must listen.
Aoty candidate dropped today, and it involves zero billionaires complaining about people pointing out that they are friends with fascist sympathisers.
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open.spotify.com/album/1ZjQgt...
Lunger
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October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Aoty candidate dropped today, and it involves zero billionaires complaining about people pointing out that they are friends with fascist sympathisers.
open.spotify.com/album/1ZjQgt...
open.spotify.com/album/1ZjQgt...
Can guarantee if this was fronted by Genette Gallagher, they would be decried as industry plants, instead of being lauded as the next big thing in rock
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can guarantee if this was fronted by Genette Gallagher, they would be decried as industry plants, instead of being lauded as the next big thing in rock
You think you’ve got it rough? Try being a CD girlie in a vinyl world 😔
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You think you’ve got it rough? Try being a CD girlie in a vinyl world 😔
In today’s episode of ‘sentences I never thought I would type’, Foxy Shazam’s collaboration with Corey Feldman (yes, that one) is the best thing they have released in 13 years.
open.spotify.com/album/3glq9E...
open.spotify.com/album/3glq9E...
You Know My Name
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August 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In today’s episode of ‘sentences I never thought I would type’, Foxy Shazam’s collaboration with Corey Feldman (yes, that one) is the best thing they have released in 13 years.
open.spotify.com/album/3glq9E...
open.spotify.com/album/3glq9E...
Didn’t anticipate finding out that Starset’s drummer left homophobic remarks on a Smash Mouth pride post, but every day is a new journey filled with discovery!
August 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Didn’t anticipate finding out that Starset’s drummer left homophobic remarks on a Smash Mouth pride post, but every day is a new journey filled with discovery!
When the emo band got a lead singer with a complicated relationship with religion
August 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When the emo band got a lead singer with a complicated relationship with religion
I wrote more stuff. My music taste is better than yours, and therefore you need to read it.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/26/a...
Hot Milk make a visceral, politically charged pop punk statement on their electrifying sophomore record.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/26/a...
Hot Milk make a visceral, politically charged pop punk statement on their electrifying sophomore record.
ALBUM REVIEW: Hot Milk – Corporation P.O.P
Hot Milk’s sophomore effort is a riotous collection of political pop-punk bangers with bite.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wrote more stuff. My music taste is better than yours, and therefore you need to read it.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/26/a...
Hot Milk make a visceral, politically charged pop punk statement on their electrifying sophomore record.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/26/a...
Hot Milk make a visceral, politically charged pop punk statement on their electrifying sophomore record.
Since 2019, Swift has released an album every single year. Five of those are new, four are re-recordings. Much of it in between the biggest tour ever seen that dominated headlines.
It’s like the Marvel of music. It begins to feel like content, not art.
It’s like the Marvel of music. It begins to feel like content, not art.
August 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Since 2019, Swift has released an album every single year. Five of those are new, four are re-recordings. Much of it in between the biggest tour ever seen that dominated headlines.
It’s like the Marvel of music. It begins to feel like content, not art.
It’s like the Marvel of music. It begins to feel like content, not art.
My name is Ryan Ward, I run Vinyl Fantasy Reviews, and I have a serious confession to make:
I fucking love the 2022 Muse single, ‘Will Of The People’.
I fucking love the 2022 Muse single, ‘Will Of The People’.
July 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My name is Ryan Ward, I run Vinyl Fantasy Reviews, and I have a serious confession to make:
I fucking love the 2022 Muse single, ‘Will Of The People’.
I fucking love the 2022 Muse single, ‘Will Of The People’.
@mudwhale.bsky.social you know we’re celebrating Mud Whale Monday in this UK household 🩵
July 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@mudwhale.bsky.social you know we’re celebrating Mud Whale Monday in this UK household 🩵
I wrote more things that you need to read, or I’ll cry.
danger dog continue to show why you need to be paying attention to the grassroots of the UK emo scene right now.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/20/s...
danger dog continue to show why you need to be paying attention to the grassroots of the UK emo scene right now.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/20/s...
SINGLE REVIEW: danger dog – Pissant
danger dog finally take one of their fan favourite live tracks into the studio, and the result is an instant emo classic.
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July 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I wrote more things that you need to read, or I’ll cry.
danger dog continue to show why you need to be paying attention to the grassroots of the UK emo scene right now.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/20/s...
danger dog continue to show why you need to be paying attention to the grassroots of the UK emo scene right now.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/20/s...
Time to go over some music you need to listen to or I’ll get sad and cry.
Purge Of Sanity offer genuinely inventive metalcore that puts 90% of the genre’s front runners to shame. On top of that, this might be the best heavy vocal performance of 2025.
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Purge Of Sanity offer genuinely inventive metalcore that puts 90% of the genre’s front runners to shame. On top of that, this might be the best heavy vocal performance of 2025.
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SINGLE REVIEW: Purge Of Sanity – Candescent
Ahead of their debut EP, this Nantes four-piece have released a metalcore anthem that demands your immediate attention.
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July 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Time to go over some music you need to listen to or I’ll get sad and cry.
Purge Of Sanity offer genuinely inventive metalcore that puts 90% of the genre’s front runners to shame. On top of that, this might be the best heavy vocal performance of 2025.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/12/s...
Purge Of Sanity offer genuinely inventive metalcore that puts 90% of the genre’s front runners to shame. On top of that, this might be the best heavy vocal performance of 2025.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/12/s...
Every time I have the misfortune of reading about Daniel Ek, I am given another reason to finally save up for a DAP.
June 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Every time I have the misfortune of reading about Daniel Ek, I am given another reason to finally save up for a DAP.
I’ve already posted about them before, but my god please listen to Animalcules. The fucking groove on this track is phenomenal.
open.spotify.com/track/78rHFa...
open.spotify.com/track/78rHFa...
PureJim
Animalcules · Luz · Song · 2025
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June 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’ve already posted about them before, but my god please listen to Animalcules. The fucking groove on this track is phenomenal.
open.spotify.com/track/78rHFa...
open.spotify.com/track/78rHFa...
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We all know too much about each other , many of the things some of you post could have been a journal entry or a conversation with a beloved friend, or words spoken in a quiet voice to the mysterious forces that live in the dark of the forest
June 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We all know too much about each other , many of the things some of you post could have been a journal entry or a conversation with a beloved friend, or words spoken in a quiet voice to the mysterious forces that live in the dark of the forest
I never thought depressed music could sound so fun, but Arm’s Length’s new album manages it.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Arm’s Length – There’s a Whole World Out There
‘…creative, invigorating, witty, and packed with an incredible amount of heart; it perfectly captures the sound of persisting through life at all costs…’ Based out of Quinte West, Ontario, Arm’s Le…
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June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I never thought depressed music could sound so fun, but Arm’s Length’s new album manages it.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/06/10/a...
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Turnstile put together some really cool ideas. They also completely neglected to string them together in any meaningful way. This was a deeply frustrating album to listen to.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/06/09/a...
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/06/09/a...
ALBUM REVIEW: Turnstile – NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile return after four years with an album that defies all attempts to label, for better and for worse.
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June 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Turnstile put together some really cool ideas. They also completely neglected to string them together in any meaningful way. This was a deeply frustrating album to listen to.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/06/09/a...
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/06/09/a...
Social media is a blight on our existence BUT… it does make me genuinely sad to see a band’s social media become completely corporate.
Like, you’re no longer interacting with a musician, or even a close associate, but a Social Media Person who clearly posts things according to algorithm.
Like, you’re no longer interacting with a musician, or even a close associate, but a Social Media Person who clearly posts things according to algorithm.
June 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Social media is a blight on our existence BUT… it does make me genuinely sad to see a band’s social media become completely corporate.
Like, you’re no longer interacting with a musician, or even a close associate, but a Social Media Person who clearly posts things according to algorithm.
Like, you’re no longer interacting with a musician, or even a close associate, but a Social Media Person who clearly posts things according to algorithm.