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I think there are plenty of valid criticisms to be levelled at Sleep Token. But it really frustrates me when I see people say that all of the songs sound the same.
Emergence, Gods, The Way That You Were, Say That You Will, The Summoning… you don’t have to like any of them, but variety is there.
Emergence, Gods, The Way That You Were, Say That You Will, The Summoning… you don’t have to like any of them, but variety is there.
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I think there are plenty of valid criticisms to be levelled at Sleep Token. But it really frustrates me when I see people say that all of the songs sound the same.
Emergence, Gods, The Way That You Were, Say That You Will, The Summoning… you don’t have to like any of them, but variety is there.
Emergence, Gods, The Way That You Were, Say That You Will, The Summoning… you don’t have to like any of them, but variety is there.
Also whilst I’m being a miserable little grinch, if you are in a band, please stop with the ‘it’s sad people watch an influencer for 7 minutes but won’t give us 30 seconds’.
It’s giving ‘old man shouts at clouds’. It’s giving boomer. It’s weirdly low-key giving misogynist.
It’s giving ‘old man shouts at clouds’. It’s giving boomer. It’s weirdly low-key giving misogynist.
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Also whilst I’m being a miserable little grinch, if you are in a band, please stop with the ‘it’s sad people watch an influencer for 7 minutes but won’t give us 30 seconds’.
It’s giving ‘old man shouts at clouds’. It’s giving boomer. It’s weirdly low-key giving misogynist.
It’s giving ‘old man shouts at clouds’. It’s giving boomer. It’s weirdly low-key giving misogynist.
Sometimes I remember criticising a band for using AI for a joke and being told to ‘kill the cop in your brain’.
Now Suno is here and musicians are realising that the Sloppening was never going to stop at just images.
Now Suno is here and musicians are realising that the Sloppening was never going to stop at just images.
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes I remember criticising a band for using AI for a joke and being told to ‘kill the cop in your brain’.
Now Suno is here and musicians are realising that the Sloppening was never going to stop at just images.
Now Suno is here and musicians are realising that the Sloppening was never going to stop at just images.
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I'm old enough to have seen a version of this story repeat over multiple decades.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
Rock Music Struggles to Draw Crowds as Tour Earnings Drop
Rock tours once dominated arenas, but 2025 data shows a shrinking share of total touring revenue, with newer genres eclipsing classic rock on the live-music charts.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I'm old enough to have seen a version of this story repeat over multiple decades.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
If you unironically share the ‘place/place (Japan)’ meme, I am going to assume you have the critical thinking skills of a walnut.
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you unironically share the ‘place/place (Japan)’ meme, I am going to assume you have the critical thinking skills of a walnut.
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every year is a good year for music if you like music
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
every year is a good year for music if you like music
I still unfortunately use Spotify; I’m in the process of switching to physical, but a multitude of excuses have me still streaming.
Regardless, Spotify wrapped remains a bittersweet feeling. It’s nice to see people supporting their favourite artists. Music should be a community.
Regardless, Spotify wrapped remains a bittersweet feeling. It’s nice to see people supporting their favourite artists. Music should be a community.
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I still unfortunately use Spotify; I’m in the process of switching to physical, but a multitude of excuses have me still streaming.
Regardless, Spotify wrapped remains a bittersweet feeling. It’s nice to see people supporting their favourite artists. Music should be a community.
Regardless, Spotify wrapped remains a bittersweet feeling. It’s nice to see people supporting their favourite artists. Music should be a community.
I have a full review coming out for this soon, but I am absolutely fucking blown away by what this band have achieved here.
Extreme pop. Hyper punk. Chaos pop. Call it whatever you want, but this genuinely feels like I’m listening to the cutting edge.
malegazeband.bandcamp.com/album/too-la...
Extreme pop. Hyper punk. Chaos pop. Call it whatever you want, but this genuinely feels like I’m listening to the cutting edge.
malegazeband.bandcamp.com/album/too-la...
TOO LATE NOW, by male//gaze
6 track album
malegazeband.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I have a full review coming out for this soon, but I am absolutely fucking blown away by what this band have achieved here.
Extreme pop. Hyper punk. Chaos pop. Call it whatever you want, but this genuinely feels like I’m listening to the cutting edge.
malegazeband.bandcamp.com/album/too-la...
Extreme pop. Hyper punk. Chaos pop. Call it whatever you want, but this genuinely feels like I’m listening to the cutting edge.
malegazeband.bandcamp.com/album/too-la...
If you go around dunking on people for liking certain artists, I’m going to assume you’re very lame and very boring.
If you go around recommending cool upcoming artists you know, I’m going to want to hang out with you and have hot dogs.
It’s that simple.
If you go around recommending cool upcoming artists you know, I’m going to want to hang out with you and have hot dogs.
It’s that simple.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you go around dunking on people for liking certain artists, I’m going to assume you’re very lame and very boring.
If you go around recommending cool upcoming artists you know, I’m going to want to hang out with you and have hot dogs.
It’s that simple.
If you go around recommending cool upcoming artists you know, I’m going to want to hang out with you and have hot dogs.
It’s that simple.
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.
open.spotify.com/album/1ZjQgt...
open.spotify.com/album/1ZjQgt...
Lunger
open.spotify.com
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
open.spotify.com
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.
vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk
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 🩵