Matt Brennan
@profmattbrennan.bsky.social
Professor of Popular Music at University of Glasgow. My book 'Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit' (Oxford University Press) is out now: linksta.cc/@mattbrennan
Excited to announce the return of Dear Green Music Scene, a free solar and hydrogen powered outdoor music festival, Sunday 15 June at @uofglasgow.bsky.social! Fab musicians, kids activities, and a ceilidh starting at 12.30pm, see you there! 🎵🎵🎵 Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dear-green...
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Excited to announce the return of Dear Green Music Scene, a free solar and hydrogen powered outdoor music festival, Sunday 15 June at @uofglasgow.bsky.social! Fab musicians, kids activities, and a ceilidh starting at 12.30pm, see you there! 🎵🎵🎵 Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dear-green...
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"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
It's as if transphobes have never actually considered that trans men (assigned female at birth, but now on hormones and passing as men) aren't equal in numbers to trans women. Do these folk not have any trans people in their lives?
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's as if transphobes have never actually considered that trans men (assigned female at birth, but now on hormones and passing as men) aren't equal in numbers to trans women. Do these folk not have any trans people in their lives?
I was chuffed to be interviewed by @nature.com for this new article on reducing the climate impact of live music. Feeling very scientific today 🧪🤓
Climate researchers collaborated with the trip-hop band Massive Attack to reduce the climate impact of live music
https://go.nature.com/4hXzB0Y
https://go.nature.com/4hXzB0Y
How a scientist–pop industry partnership slashed a live gig’s carbon emissions by 98%
Climate researchers collaborated with the trip-hop band Massive Attack to reduce the climate impact of live music.
go.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I was chuffed to be interviewed by @nature.com for this new article on reducing the climate impact of live music. Feeling very scientific today 🧪🤓
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We’re recruiting for a Part Time Lecturer in Creative Practice in Music!
The post is 17.5 hours per week and open-ended.
Closing date is 25 March 2025.
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@music-in-the-uni.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA427/l...
The post is 17.5 hours per week and open-ended.
Closing date is 25 March 2025.
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@music-in-the-uni.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA427/l...
Lecturer in Creative Practice in Music (LTS Track) at University of Glasgow
Discover Lecturer in Creative Practice in Music (LTS Track) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’re recruiting for a Part Time Lecturer in Creative Practice in Music!
The post is 17.5 hours per week and open-ended.
Closing date is 25 March 2025.
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@music-in-the-uni.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA427/l...
The post is 17.5 hours per week and open-ended.
Closing date is 25 March 2025.
@uofgartshums.bsky.social
@music-in-the-uni.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA427/l...
En route to Manchester for a radio session with the band tonight, butterflies abound 🦋🦋🦋
Incredibly excited to travel to Manchester today for a live radio session on Riley & Coe beamed out on BBC 6 Music! Adventure times, tune in at 9pm tonight 😘
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
En route to Manchester for a radio session with the band tonight, butterflies abound 🦋🦋🦋
New survey findings published today from over 1,000 Taylor Swift fans on their vinyl record consumption, listening habits, and environmental sustainability attitudes. Interesting differences between why Gen Z buy vinyl vs. a more traditional middle-aged demographic 🎵🎵🎵👀
New @uofglasgow.bsky.social research led by @uofgartshums.bsky.social @profmattbrennan.bsky.social Brennan & @uofgengineering.bsky.social Dr Graeme Hunt reveals changing vinyl consumption patterns among Taylor Swift fans with 25% open to eco-friendly alternatives.
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Taylor Swift fans may be ready to ‘Shake Off’ plastic vinyl records, new University of Glasgow study shows
New research from the University of Glasgow reveals that Taylor Swift fans might be ready for an eco-friendly evolution of how they collect their favourite artist’s music, with one in four willing to ...
www.gla.ac.uk
February 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New survey findings published today from over 1,000 Taylor Swift fans on their vinyl record consumption, listening habits, and environmental sustainability attitudes. Interesting differences between why Gen Z buy vinyl vs. a more traditional middle-aged demographic 🎵🎵🎵👀
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Re-amplifying this job going in digital music cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college
The search is deep & wide
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college
The search is deep & wide
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
February 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Re-amplifying this job going in digital music cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college
The search is deep & wide
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college
The search is deep & wide
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Some good news: we are hiring a new Professor of Music at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! Come work with us 🎵🎵 🎵 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
Professor in Music
Job Purpose To take a senior leadership role by conducting internationally-leading research, delivering research-led education and demonstrating excellence in teaching that supports the strategic o...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
January 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Some good news: we are hiring a new Professor of Music at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! Come work with us 🎵🎵 🎵 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
It's a grim time for arts education in the UK. The latest in a series of such announcements, Cardiff University has announced plans to close its music department (along with a host of other subjects). Please sign and share the petition if you can.
Sign the Petition
SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC
www.change.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's a grim time for arts education in the UK. The latest in a series of such announcements, Cardiff University has announced plans to close its music department (along with a host of other subjects). Please sign and share the petition if you can.
Had a lovely album launch gig at the Glad Cafe last night, excited to put this little labour of love out into the cosmos 😊
Our debut album officially is out now! Thank you so much to @fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social for lending their incredible musical talents and generous collaborative hearts, and everyone else who has helped along the way ❤️
beautifulcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
linksta.cc/@beautifulco...
beautifulcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
linksta.cc/@beautifulco...
Dance of the Atoms, by Beautiful Cosmos
11 track album
beautifulcosmos.bandcamp.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Had a lovely album launch gig at the Glad Cafe last night, excited to put this little labour of love out into the cosmos 😊
Excited to share that my wife and I formed a band (@beautiful-cosmos.bsky.social) and our debut album is out this weekend! It's also part of a new art and research project called Doughnut Music Lab. Read all about it here:
Thank you to The Skinny for publishing our first feature interview! We talk all about how we made our new album, as well as a new project called Doughnut Music Lab. 🍩🎵🥼
Spotlight On... Doughnut Music Lab - The Skinny
This week we shine a spotlight on Doughnut Music Lab, Beautiful Cosmos and Diljeet Kaur Bhachu ahead of a release show as part of Celtic Connections.
www.theskinny.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Excited to share that my wife and I formed a band (@beautiful-cosmos.bsky.social) and our debut album is out this weekend! It's also part of a new art and research project called Doughnut Music Lab. Read all about it here:
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Always a thrill to see a piece of writing as an actual thing on paper. Identities has been the best experience I’ve had with journal publishing would endorse them
highly. The editors really care about ideas. @nasarmeer.bsky.social
highly. The editors really care about ideas. @nasarmeer.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I'll be giving my inaugural professorial lecture, 'Making sense of popular music inside and outside the academy,' on Wednesday 22 January at @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Drinks reception afterward, all welcome, please come along if you fancy it! Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
January 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'll be giving my inaugural professorial lecture, 'Making sense of popular music inside and outside the academy,' on Wednesday 22 January at @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Drinks reception afterward, all welcome, please come along if you fancy it! Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
I enjoyed chatting to @variety.bsky.social about the opportunities and challenges for environmentally sustainable live music tours, you can have a read here:
variety.com/2025/music/n...
variety.com/2025/music/n...
Are Eco-Friendly Tours the Future of Live Music? How Billie Eilish and Coldplay Make Their Concerts Sustainable
Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' and Coldplay's 'Music of the Spheres' tours are aiming to reduce carbon emissions and set an example.
variety.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I enjoyed chatting to @variety.bsky.social about the opportunities and challenges for environmentally sustainable live music tours, you can have a read here:
variety.com/2025/music/n...
variety.com/2025/music/n...
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December 17, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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November 28, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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It's the two year anniversary of the launch of ChatGPT and still nobody can actually say what it is or why it's the future
November 27, 2024 at 6:29 PM
It's the two year anniversary of the launch of ChatGPT and still nobody can actually say what it is or why it's the future
I thought I wanted to go somewhere like Twitter used to be, but have realized that what I actually want is to go back to 2015 🫠
November 26, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I thought I wanted to go somewhere like Twitter used to be, but have realized that what I actually want is to go back to 2015 🫠
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Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Prepping a lecture for a 1st year undergrad course tomorrow on the changing status of the drum kit and drummers. This Spinal Tap clip may have to make an appearance #drums #drummers #drumming
Spinal Tap Drumers
YouTube video by TEROCKMAN
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:55 PM
And here is one for popular music studies, fabulous! Thank you @amamartinez.bsky.social for creating this
November 23, 2024 at 11:26 AM
And here is one for popular music studies, fabulous! Thank you @amamartinez.bsky.social for creating this
I'm trying to figure out Bluesky as a music academic. I'm not sure who made this list (but thank you!), it's super helpful for fellow musicologists looking for their people on here! go.bsky.app/3qnmrZU
November 23, 2024 at 11:24 AM
I'm trying to figure out Bluesky as a music academic. I'm not sure who made this list (but thank you!), it's super helpful for fellow musicologists looking for their people on here! go.bsky.app/3qnmrZU
Fellow music scholars: I'm refreshing my course reading lists. What popular music / music industry studies books and articles published since 2014 have made the biggest impact on your thinking and the wider field? What's your vote for essential reading?
April 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Fellow music scholars: I'm refreshing my course reading lists. What popular music / music industry studies books and articles published since 2014 have made the biggest impact on your thinking and the wider field? What's your vote for essential reading?