Alex
@wroaster.bsky.social
Here for the music. Vinyl addict. Dad of two girls. Avoider of all things Elon Musk.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Deciding on a mount and moulding for my Shepard Fairey silkscreen print of Paul Weller based on Steve Rapport’s original photograph. Signed by them both and limited to 500. First time I’ve had it out of the tube today! Smells amazing, looks even better!
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Deciding on a mount and moulding for my Shepard Fairey silkscreen print of Paul Weller based on Steve Rapport’s original photograph. Signed by them both and limited to 500. First time I’ve had it out of the tube today! Smells amazing, looks even better!
Cheeky eBay purchase just arrived all the way from Anaheim CA (I blame @richards7370.bsky.social for the #debutalbums0004 excitement).
Remarkably intact after 5,500 miles in feeble packaging.
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
Remarkably intact after 5,500 miles in feeble packaging.
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
October 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Cheeky eBay purchase just arrived all the way from Anaheim CA (I blame @richards7370.bsky.social for the #debutalbums0004 excitement).
Remarkably intact after 5,500 miles in feeble packaging.
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
Remarkably intact after 5,500 miles in feeble packaging.
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002)
What’s that? Did I spent £30 on a 30-year anniversary 12” of Born Slippy today? Yes. Yes I did 🫣
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What’s that? Did I spent £30 on a 30-year anniversary 12” of Born Slippy today? Yes. Yes I did 🫣
#debutalbums0004
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - “Bavarian Fruit Bread”.
If there is beauty in loneliness, this is what it sounds like.
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - “Bavarian Fruit Bread”.
If there is beauty in loneliness, this is what it sounds like.
September 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#debutalbums0004
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - “Bavarian Fruit Bread”.
If there is beauty in loneliness, this is what it sounds like.
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - “Bavarian Fruit Bread”.
If there is beauty in loneliness, this is what it sounds like.
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Super happy to have spotted a few of these imported represses of Miles Davis’s “Doo Bop” in the wild here in the UK. Hip Hop beats with his muted horn. So good
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Super happy to have spotted a few of these imported represses of Miles Davis’s “Doo Bop” in the wild here in the UK. Hip Hop beats with his muted horn. So good
September 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Yeah I went back to it this morning. It’s ok. They had no chance of living up to the hype. “Best band since Nirvana” 🤣
September 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yeah I went back to it this morning. It’s ok. They had no chance of living up to the hype. “Best band since Nirvana” 🤣
#5debutalbums0004
Who remembers the NME proclaiming The Vines to have saved rock n roll? I saw them at the Paradise rock club on Commonwealth Ave in Boston at the peak of the frenzy.
Who remembers the NME proclaiming The Vines to have saved rock n roll? I saw them at the Paradise rock club on Commonwealth Ave in Boston at the peak of the frenzy.
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#5debutalbums0004
Who remembers the NME proclaiming The Vines to have saved rock n roll? I saw them at the Paradise rock club on Commonwealth Ave in Boston at the peak of the frenzy.
Who remembers the NME proclaiming The Vines to have saved rock n roll? I saw them at the Paradise rock club on Commonwealth Ave in Boston at the peak of the frenzy.
September 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#5debutalbums0004
8 on the shelf for consideration
1. Interpol “Turn On The Bright Lights”
2. The Strokes “Is This It”
3. The Avalanches “Since I Left You”
4. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
5. Athlete “Vehicles & Animals”
6. South “From Here On In”
7. Doves “Lost Souls”
8 Delays “Faded Seaside Glamour”
8 on the shelf for consideration
1. Interpol “Turn On The Bright Lights”
2. The Strokes “Is This It”
3. The Avalanches “Since I Left You”
4. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
5. Athlete “Vehicles & Animals”
6. South “From Here On In”
7. Doves “Lost Souls”
8 Delays “Faded Seaside Glamour”
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#5debutalbums0004
8 on the shelf for consideration
1. Interpol “Turn On The Bright Lights”
2. The Strokes “Is This It”
3. The Avalanches “Since I Left You”
4. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
5. Athlete “Vehicles & Animals”
6. South “From Here On In”
7. Doves “Lost Souls”
8 Delays “Faded Seaside Glamour”
8 on the shelf for consideration
1. Interpol “Turn On The Bright Lights”
2. The Strokes “Is This It”
3. The Avalanches “Since I Left You”
4. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
5. Athlete “Vehicles & Animals”
6. South “From Here On In”
7. Doves “Lost Souls”
8 Delays “Faded Seaside Glamour”
This one’s MIA, I’m sure you’d agree
September 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This one’s MIA, I’m sure you’d agree
Getting kind of obsessed with listening to this Ethel Cain album with headphones on before bed. Last night I even stayed awake to the end. Wonderful record and I have her debut album to discover still.
August 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Getting kind of obsessed with listening to this Ethel Cain album with headphones on before bed. Last night I even stayed awake to the end. Wonderful record and I have her debut album to discover still.
These five Donald Byrd titles have proven themselves quite elusive to me on vinyl so I have acquired these wonderful NM Japanese “mini-LP” CD’s to tide me over until Bluenote reissues them. Personally need a magnifying glass to read the liner notes though 🧐🤣
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
These five Donald Byrd titles have proven themselves quite elusive to me on vinyl so I have acquired these wonderful NM Japanese “mini-LP” CD’s to tide me over until Bluenote reissues them. Personally need a magnifying glass to read the liner notes though 🧐🤣
Liquid Skin is Gomez’s magnum opus for me. Not to everyone’s taste but much more accomplished than the Mercury prize winning debut that preceded it. Miles better than anything that followed imo too.
June 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Liquid Skin is Gomez’s magnum opus for me. Not to everyone’s taste but much more accomplished than the Mercury prize winning debut that preceded it. Miles better than anything that followed imo too.
Failed to intercept the postman before wife could open the door. To this bonanza
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Failed to intercept the postman before wife could open the door. To this bonanza
Annahstasia.
This is really something else 😮
This is really something else 😮
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Annahstasia.
This is really something else 😮
This is really something else 😮
Have streamed this endlessly since Friday. Absolutely brilliant. When MB pairs his voice with a female voice magic always happens. Wonderful.
June 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Have streamed this endlessly since Friday. Absolutely brilliant. When MB pairs his voice with a female voice magic always happens. Wonderful.
This morning’s soundtrack was fairly random and enjoyably eclectic.
May 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This morning’s soundtrack was fairly random and enjoyably eclectic.