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New Modern
A huge thank you to our lovely friends @resident-music.com for including four of our @newmodernbooks.bsky.social titles in their Books of the Year run down. Congrats to Debsey Wykes, Mike Joyce, Paul Vallely and Justin Currie at #2

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November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A free lunchtime gig in support of XTRMNTR filmed for - I think - Japanese TV. Kevin Shields lurking in the shadows. Mani on bass. An absolutely incendiary show. But the biggest cheer? When Mani noodled the bass intro to I Wanna Be Adored between songs
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ending the year with a flourish. Three fantastic books spanning seven decades in popular music. To paraphrase SPM, the pleasure, the privilege has been all mine.
I hope you enjoy them x
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
8 years ago yesterday we launched the first 3 compilations in our Own Label series with Bob. Insisted on an afternoon in the JS archive by way of ‘researching’ the cover design direction which we wanted to honour the ‘62-‘77 in house packaging. One of the happiest days of my life
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Should have been massive
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A huge congratulations to the Queen of New Modern @debseyonbass.bsky.social and our very own backbeat Mike Joyce for their inclusion on the @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Books of the Year 2025 list. Keeping fabulous company amongst some wonderful reads

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November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Out Thursday x
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It has been an incredibly satisfying week for New Modern. Extracts, reviews, TV, launches, new events. Nothing is ever taken for granted. So thank you to everyone who supports us and thank you to everyone who reads our books. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoy making them x
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First look at Mike Joyce - The Drums in today’s @thetimes.com

£🔗: tinyurl.com/5n6b377w

And still time to buy a newspaper

📚🎧E
06.11.25
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
6th November 2025

PAUL VALLELY with BOB GELDOF:
‘Live Aid: The Definitive 40 Year Story’

PETER DOGGETT:
‘Surf’s Up: Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys’

MIKE JOYCE:
‘The Drums’

Coming Next Week on @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today we announce our first book of 2026 - LAZARUS: THE SECOND COMING OF DAVID BOWIE’ by @alexlarman.bsky.social

A magnificent exploration of the second half of Bowie’s life and career from the nadir of Tin Machine to the deification of Blackstar

An essential Bowie read
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The children down the end of Leslie Road have gone dark with this years Halloween display
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Niche follow up post:
I have lost count how many times I have seen The Wedding Present over the past four decades. But I have never been to a show with as great a run of songs as this mid gig sequence
October 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Lawrence and Mozart Estate were utterly magnificent supporting the Wedding Present at the Forum last night. Pop music at its best.
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’m not sure we’ll ever see a more powerful visual metaphor
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Later….with Jools Holland. 26-10-25.
The bits they won’t show you
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Huge thanks to @wimbookfest.bsky.social and @johnkennedydj.bsky.social for Justin’s sold out event at the Merton Arts Space. But a special thanks to everyone who came out on a wet Monday night and patiently joined a 90 min signing queue. Justin happy to dispense writing tips to anyone who asked….
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Take THAT, Lady Di!

Mark Blake talking Pink Floyd to @earlsjohn.bsky.social across two pages in today’s Express:

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2122...

Out now:
www.resident-music.com/product/blak...

#pinkfloyd
@resident-music.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
2025 in proofs

New Modern 1-7

A huge thanks to @steveleard.bsky.social
Paul Palmer Edwards
Paul Kelly

New Modern #8 coming soon
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Informative, witty and fast paced. An essential purchase for music fans, never mind Beatles fans. 10/10”
@classicrockmag.bsky.social

Thank you @quantick.bsky.social

‘Ringo - A Fab Life’ by Tom Doyle

23-10-25
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‘Ringo - A Fab Life’ by Tom Doyle

Out next week

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Record Collector

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @mojomagazine.bsky.social

“A beautiful read” @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just received this email from ebay. Genuinely considering never using it again
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM