Allan McConnell Music
@allanmcconnell.bsky.social
Scot in Oz. Beatlesesque, modernist one man band. Working on 3rd album. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RiwAAYRoqc2RGorGUtcWI?si=HtNeFm1ZSjO3keJQZgPOqA Youtube https://youtube.com/@allanmcconnell4682?si=dAT3ZzUE0R4VGltl
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow (single version)
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First post on Bluesky. Scot in Oz, bit of a modernist, currently working on 3rd album. Beatles, Weller, Hawley, Teenage Fanclub etc. Here’s a video from a previous single Somewhere Under the Rainbow if you fancy a taster. First 2 Albums in most of the usual places. youtu.be/VcJcXeTVtws?...
Australia and Christmas songs might seem an unlikely combination. But here we go. The pretty wonderful How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)
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December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Australia and Christmas songs might seem an unlikely combination. But here we go. The pretty wonderful How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
Good to see that Noel Gallagher’s time machine is working 😉
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Good to see that Noel Gallagher’s time machine is working 😉
What a shock. I was listening to Mani recently on the @rockonteurs podcast and he was optimistic about the future after a tough time. He was THE indie groove bass player. Such a tragedy #stoneroses www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield obituary
Charismatic Stone Roses and Primal Scream musician acclaimed for some of the most memorable bass lines in indie music
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November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What a shock. I was listening to Mani recently on the @rockonteurs podcast and he was optimistic about the future after a tough time. He was THE indie groove bass player. Such a tragedy #stoneroses www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: @gweniferraymond.bsky.social via @wearebusybodies.bsky.social | The Bathers via @lnfg.bsky.social| Seamus O'Muineachain @omuineachain.bsky.social |
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: @gweniferraymond.bsky.social via @wearebusybodies.bsky.social | The Bathers via @lnfg.bsky.social| Seamus O'Muineachain @omuineachain.bsky.social |
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Here's your playlist: offbeat-music.com/playlists/pl... for today's Kaleidoskop
Playlist Kaleidoskop 25 09 22
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Track
Album
Label
the black watch
The Tents Around The Lake
For All The World
ATOM Records
The War On Drugs
An Ocean Between The Waves
Lost In The Dream
Secretly Canadian
Steve Gunn
Nea...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I’ve got many reservations about ChatGPT but asked for a mixing tip for my next single and told it I was using Pro Tools, Abbey Road plug-ins and a few others. The advice was novel and astounding - about 80% there. Song going for a John Lennon/Richard Hawley vibe.
August 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I’ve got many reservations about ChatGPT but asked for a mixing tip for my next single and told it I was using Pro Tools, Abbey Road plug-ins and a few others. The advice was novel and astounding - about 80% there. Song going for a John Lennon/Richard Hawley vibe.
Mesmerising performance of Changes by Yungblood at Black Sabbath’s farewell youtu.be/TeK-gEUHr1M?...
Changes (Black Sabbath cover) at Back to the Beginning by Supergroup Yungblud, Nuno Bettencourt
YouTube video by Dave Upton - Guitarist
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July 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Mesmerising performance of Changes by Yungblood at Black Sabbath’s farewell youtu.be/TeK-gEUHr1M?...
RIP Brian Wilson. The word ‘genius’ is often overused but not in the case of Brian. He could hear melodies and progressions that no-one else could. Pet Sounds esp is a masterpiece and God Only Knows is probably the greatest song ever IMO www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
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June 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
RIP Brian Wilson. The word ‘genius’ is often overused but not in the case of Brian. He could hear melodies and progressions that no-one else could. Pet Sounds esp is a masterpiece and God Only Knows is probably the greatest song ever IMO www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
For me it’s probably Abbey Road or Let it Be but hey - there’s an embarrassment of riches that other bands can barely dream of. Revolver and Rubber Soul are wonderful. And I can listen to Beatles for Sale, Hard Day’s Night and Help any day of the week.
When people ask me what my fav Beatles LP is my answer is never Pepper. It's this album. The real beginning of the sonic explorations in the studio w/ George Martin, doing a remarkable job here. And it features, quite possibly, my all-time fav Fab Four track, the groundbreaking Tomorrow Never Knows.
May 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For me it’s probably Abbey Road or Let it Be but hey - there’s an embarrassment of riches that other bands can barely dream of. Revolver and Rubber Soul are wonderful. And I can listen to Beatles for Sale, Hard Day’s Night and Help any day of the week.
RIP Mike Peters. When my son Paul was 2, he had a Fischer Price record player and wanted 68 Guns to be played again and again and again. I’ll be forever grateful.
April 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
RIP Mike Peters. When my son Paul was 2, he had a Fischer Price record player and wanted 68 Guns to be played again and again and again. I’ll be forever grateful.
Oh no. Clem was one of my favourite drummers. Always put the song ahead of flashness. His Spectoresque vibe was the icing on the cake.
April 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh no. Clem was one of my favourite drummers. Always put the song ahead of flashness. His Spectoresque vibe was the icing on the cake.
Lots to play for here but hoping this will be something special. #TheBeatles #SamMendes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028
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April 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Lots to play for here but hoping this will be something special. #TheBeatles #SamMendes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Ooooh. Tom Waits. Fast forward many years to 2025, performing Tom Traubert’s Blues. Magic. youtu.be/pbktJytZvTY?...
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Live 2025)
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March 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Ooooh. Tom Waits. Fast forward many years to 2025, performing Tom Traubert’s Blues. Magic. youtu.be/pbktJytZvTY?...
RIP Brian James - a raw and energetic force in the Damned. Age is starting to hit the punk generation now 😬
RIP Brian James, the original guitarist with The Damned and the writer of their finest songs. More terrible news - another pioneer gone. Thinking of his family and friends
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The Damned - Fan Club (The Roxy, London 1977)
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March 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
RIP Brian James - a raw and energetic force in the Damned. Age is starting to hit the punk generation now 😬
RIP Bill Fay. He was such an enigmatic character with magisterial songs that seeped into your soul.
RIP Bill Fay. Now playing
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February 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
RIP Bill Fay. He was such an enigmatic character with magisterial songs that seeped into your soul.
What a shocker. Rick Butler was a powerhouse of a drummer and his energy and style influenced many a drummer and many a band. Gone too soon.
A couple of 12s from The Jam in memory of a man who could smash the fuck out of the drums. RIP to Rick Butler.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What a shocker. Rick Butler was a powerhouse of a drummer and his energy and style influenced many a drummer and many a band. Gone too soon.
Didn’t know this. Always fascinated by the discovery of forgotten music and TV treasures.
#Noise11 The incredible story of how the John Bonham interview used in Becoming Led Zeppelin was discovered at @nfsaonline.bsky.social in Canberra www.noise11.com/news/becomin... @ledzeppelin.bsky.social #musicnews #music #news
Becoming Led Zeppelin John Bonham Interview Tape Was Discovered In Australia - Noise11.com
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’, the first authorised documentary of Led Zeppelin premiered around the world this past weekend but did you know Australia played a massive role in the telling of the story. The...
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February 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Didn’t know this. Always fascinated by the discovery of forgotten music and TV treasures.
Watched ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ at the weekend. Powerful stuff about this beast of a band - all about the music and the coming together of the four individual personalities rather than the usual drugs and groupies stories. Surprisingly a lot of rare footage. Recommended!
February 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Watched ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ at the weekend. Powerful stuff about this beast of a band - all about the music and the coming together of the four individual personalities rather than the usual drugs and groupies stories. Surprisingly a lot of rare footage. Recommended!
At last. Free streaming on the Internet Archive of David Lynch and Mark Frost “disastrous” 1992 sitcom On the Air. In fact it’s hilariously wonderful. Tears streaming down my face archive.org/details/on-t...
ON THE AIR season 1 David Lynch Mark Frost : David Lynch, Mark Frost : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
On the Air is an American television sitcom created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It was broadcast from June 20 to July 4, 1992 on the American Broadcasting...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
At last. Free streaming on the Internet Archive of David Lynch and Mark Frost “disastrous” 1992 sitcom On the Air. In fact it’s hilariously wonderful. Tears streaming down my face archive.org/details/on-t...
Saw A Complete Unknown at the weekend. Timothee Chalamet a revelation as Dylan - awkward, mercurial, enigmatic genius. A reminder of the power of music as a galvanising force for change. Recreation of the recording of Like a Rolling Stone put a huge smile my face.
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Saw A Complete Unknown at the weekend. Timothee Chalamet a revelation as Dylan - awkward, mercurial, enigmatic genius. A reminder of the power of music as a galvanising force for change. Recreation of the recording of Like a Rolling Stone put a huge smile my face.
RIP David Lynch. Wonderfully strange, idiosyncratic, comic and much more. One of my favourites is his hard to find TV comedy On The Air. So funny at times that tears were rolling down my face. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78
Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead
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January 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RIP David Lynch. Wonderfully strange, idiosyncratic, comic and much more. One of my favourites is his hard to find TV comedy On The Air. So funny at times that tears were rolling down my face. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
New single Knowledge by @edwyncollins.bsky.social is a thing of beauty youtu.be/wS6P7B0t9G4
Edwyn Collins - Knowledge (Official Video)
YouTube video by Edwyn Collins
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January 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New single Knowledge by @edwyncollins.bsky.social is a thing of beauty youtu.be/wS6P7B0t9G4
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Fairytale of New York is my favourite Christmas single but this is close behind and not well known outside Australia. Paul Kelly, How to Make Gravy youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)
YouTube video by Paul Kelly
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December 6, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Fairytale of New York is my favourite Christmas single but this is close behind and not well known outside Australia. Paul Kelly, How to Make Gravy youtu.be/iYqIF2XkqKU?...
The lightness and majesty of the studio matches the album. #NickCave Wild God youtu.be/N1Qp8H7tAEA?...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Making of Wild God - FULL FILM
YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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December 12, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The lightness and majesty of the studio matches the album. #NickCave Wild God youtu.be/N1Qp8H7tAEA?...
I’m with Johnny Marr!
December 12, 2024 at 9:44 AM
I’m with Johnny Marr!