Favourite habit while watching black&white movies: point at the person who look like they could be one of my grandparents and check their IMDb to see if they’re younger than me (spoiler alert: they often are). Thanks for showing Trevor Howard at my exact age and apparently ready for a senior cruise.

Love and mercy, indeed, to all of us stranded here with the tyrants, the mass murderers and the indifferent, without Brian and without Sly.

Love and mercy, indeed, to all of us stranded here with the tyrants, the mass murderers and the indifferent, without Brian and without Sly.

Last but not least there’s my Tracks column, featuring @gwennosaunders.bsky.social (with the defining song of 2025), John Myrtle, Lady Wray, Picture Parlour, The New Eves, Reflective Detectives, Taylor Williams, Autocamper, Simian Life, Hologram Teen and Philip Parfitt.

I also review new music from Natalie Bergman ( @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social), The Budos Band and Durand Jones & The Indications.

Highly recommended to fans of: unconventional rockstars, true freaks and unlikely heroes, drums, puppets, square foot gardening, headstands, booze and acid-fuelled (mis)adventures, 80s punk and 90s indie. And, duh, Pavement.

Last but not least, there’s my Tracks column with its monthly fix of digital delights:

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I also review new music from Lael Neale (Sub Pop), Milkweed (Broadside Hacks), Ty Segall (Drag City), Surprise Chef (Big Crown), Lake Ruth (Dell’Orso) and Night Beats (Fuzz Club).

Last but not least there’s my Tracks column with its monthly fix of digital delights: open.spotify.com/playlist/40y...

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I also review new releases from Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto, Oh! Gunquit, The Psychic Circle and Natalie Wildgoose, plus reissues/comps from Margo Guryan, Shelagh McDonald and 1001 Est Crémazie.