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Rikki Speakman

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Guitarist, songwriter, fan of noisy melodic music, cat owner (and fan), enjoy a bit of football, work in packaging in the drinks industry..

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The Rees Street Reversal by Sula Sula on Apple Music Album · 2025 · 12 Songs

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14.02.2025 17:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Rees Street Reversal - YouTube

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The Rees Street Reversal Sula Sula · Album · 2025 · 12 songs

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14.02.2025 17:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My band released its 3rd album this morning a good few decent tracks on there if you enjoy noisy melodic music. I'll add some links in the comments @distrokid.com #altrock #garagerock #orgcore

14.02.2025 17:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Great seeing Soul Asylum in Glasgow tonight, new songs working well with the classics, a brilliant catalogue of songs..

29.01.2025 23:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Really enjoyable listen and another dozen albums to check out on top of an already excellent 2024..

03.01.2025 15:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That was a great listen, loads of promising bands that I didn't know alongside the handful I did. Off to go and listen to a dozen of these, starting off with Hedge and and Latebloomer..

03.01.2025 15:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Great album (I wish I was a girl is my favourite track), Recovering the Satellites is my favourite counting crows album. August.. is worth the hype. I've tons of time for Saturday nights/ Sunday mornings too

27.12.2024 19:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0


17. John Snodgrass - Barge at Will
18. Chuck Ragan - Love & Lore
19. Cold Years - A Different Life
20. The Jack Knives - Ghost Radio

There's a few good ones not included, it's been a good year. And my order will change on a daily basis (fwiw!)

26.12.2024 12:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0


9. Ezra Cohen & the Big Band - Worse for the Wear
10. Makewar - A Paradoxical Theory of Change
11. Restorations - Restorations
12. Broken Gold - Wild Eyes
13. The Blackburns - The Blackburns
14. Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair and Eyeballs
15. Frank Turner - Undefeated
16. Phillip Sayce - The Wolves...

26.12.2024 12:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#music my 20 favourite albums of 2024:
1. Soul Asylum - Slowly but Shirley
2. Hot Water Music - Vows
3. Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
4. The Old 97s - American Primitive
5. Steve Conte - Concrete Jangle
6. Dave Hause - Nurses
7. Laura Jane Grace - Hole in My Head
8. Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol

26.12.2024 11:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And plenty of other good stuff on there too

20.12.2024 16:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@oklahomalefty.bsky.social end of year lists always resonate, and I always find some great music that would otherwise pass me by my highlights this year from it are:
Ezra Cohen
John Snodgrass
Broken Gold
New Junk City
Restorations
The Blackburns
Shit Present
Makewar
That's a lot of highlights..

20.12.2024 16:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah, loads of high points and motor cycle drive by and God of wine are spectacular deep cuts.

(Dookie is a master piece, of course 🤘)

11.12.2024 22:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam

11.12.2024 20:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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I still buy cds so my spotify is skewed towards bands whose cds are expensive it tough to get (pearl jam and collective soul). Hot Water music released a few pre album singles that kicked them up in my listening. But yeah, this is my spotify year...

04.12.2024 15:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I listened for 8,980 minutes in 2024. What about you? #SpotifyWrapped
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04.12.2024 14:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My bluesky still doesn't feel very personalised(it'll take time i guess), a few more lists like this will help

03.12.2024 17:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looking forward to my annual trawl through the ones I don't know, always rewarding!

03.12.2024 13:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Great guitar tones from the gig on Saturday night (albeit sounded much better in the room)

26.11.2024 18:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He's got an interesting 'valve' unit that sits beside the amp as well (might not be valves at all, but that's my guess), not sure what that brings, but it is a great sound overall.

24.11.2024 00:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I reckon Philip Sayce has the best live guitar sound going (subjectively and from my limited perspective). Anyone else have suggestions of guitarists who's sound live is different class?

23.11.2024 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ten bands/artists that have carried me for a while:
The Beatles
Rush
Van Halen
Soul Asylum
Collective Soul
Pearl Jam
Jimmy Eat World
The Gaslight Anthem
Dave Hause
The Menzingers..

22.11.2024 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Post 2.

Why I'm here?
- guitars
- music (Beatles/ Van Halen/ Gaslight Anthem and all points in between)
- Cats (see post 1)
- nonsense
- football (not the american sort)
- tv/ films/ video games (but not a connoisseur of any)
- and that's about it..

14.11.2024 19:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello Bluesky! Post 1, favourite cats!

14.11.2024 17:58 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0