One for @peterwatts.bsky.social - in Caversham.
11.03.2026 14:18
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One for @peterwatts.bsky.social - in Caversham.
This is amazing. February 1966 German-only single by British band Shelley. A-side is a perfunctory James Brown cover. B-side The War is something else. Maybe some surf bits, Hendrix prefiguring guitar, a possible template for Sands' Listen To The Sky. Here's The War: youtube.com/watch?v=MC60...
This Can’t Be Today - A Trip Through The US Psychedelic Underground 1977-1988 is a significant examination of an important strand of America’s pre-grunge musical landscape. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
London-based darkwave outfit Lunar & The Deception’s debut album The Somnambulist is for the preternatural lurking within all of us. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/da...
Despite its title, @cherryredrecords.bsky.social's Steppin' Out - The Roots Of Garage Rock 1963-1965 is a primer in US pop’s varied pre-psychedelic musical landscape. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Danish issue of Like A Rolling Stone, 1965. With extraordinary literalist cover design. Bob Dylan is a rolling stone, rolling down an undulating slope. A marvel.
On Gained / Lost, The Wave Pictures face the passage of time – and showcase a guitar solo or two. Out this week on @bellaunion.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/br...
Something amazing - shelved version of Pil’s first album resurfaces: the Public Image (First Issue) US Mix. Like a Metal Box-ised version of the UK’s Public Image (First Issue) (@pilofficial.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
How brilliant.
Well, they certainly played the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh on that date.
Just in! It is amazing. The best. Weighty too. Doug Hinman & Andrew Sandoval's THE KINKS – ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Day-By-Day Story Pt 1: 1940-1971. Get it here: beatlandbooks.com
Here we go - another for your collection.
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Went to a snowy Aalborg in Denmark for Northern Winter Beat 2026. Duo Ruut, Jim Ghedi, Jenny Hval, Matching Outfits, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Motorpsycho, Sebastian Wolff, YARD – more. Just brilliant. Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/no...
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, Miles Davis. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Hater’s Mosquito (@haterrmusic, @fire_records).
CBGB - A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 is an exhaustive, stylistically varied, 4-CD box-set memorial to the fabled Bowery venue. Out on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Little Bangers From Richard Hawley's Jukebox Volume Two is a fantastic compilation from @richardhawley.bsky.social. Unreservedly recommended. Out on @acerecords.bsky.social. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/index.php/ne...
The compelling debut album from Manchester's Shaking Hand feels like a keeper & also, this early, feels like one of the albums of the year (on @melodicrecords.bsky.social through @inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/co...
Eddie and the Hot Rods are ‘a load of bozos’ said The Clash's Mick Jones. @cherryredrecords.bsky.social's 2CD Hot Rods set Teenage Depression / Life On The Line traces the thread linking pub rock and punk rock. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Jane Weaver’s The Fallen By Watch Bird is reissued for its 15th anniversary by Fire Records. Cohesive, auteur-driven, still an absolute joy. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Via the Memories Are Made Of Hits Volume 2 LP.
The finest TV ad.
Spellbinding Ethiopian jazz-inflected soul. Previously only on a late-70s cassette, Tilaye Gebre’s Tilaye's Saxophone With The Dahlak Band is reissued by Muzikawi (through @inhousepress.bsky.social). I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
With the careful new album Valentine, Courtney Marie Andrews takes stock of experiencing desolation. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/va...
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out. On the cover, Small Faces. Inside, me (@kierontyler.bsky.social) on Lala Lala’s Heaven 2 (on @subpop.bsky.social).
Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong, the 1982 debut album from South London musical free spirits and great British musical institution Woo is reissued by @i-p-r.bsky.social. It’s quite something. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Went to see The Fire Doors - ace tribute to The Doors - at Camden’s Dublin Castle. Played straight, nothing arch, those on stage obviously having a blast. Amazing experience. @fieldmusic.bsky.social. Wrote about it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/fi...
A vital package, the 10-CD set Live & Sessions 1963-1969 tracks The Rolling Stones in real time from the R&B cover band to the white-light innovators of 1965 and 1966. I’ve looked at it today for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/mu...
Buys Of The Year: 17. The final one, though there could be more. 1965 & 1966 pressings: the first two Sonics' LPs - Here Are... and Boom. Fantastic band, fantastic records.
Buys Of The Year: 16. Double-sider of 1966 Texas punk frenzy - Zakary Thaks' Bad Girl / I Need You. First reached the wider world via 1979's Pebbles 2. Bad Girl: youtube.com/watch?v=nLWf...
Buys Of The Year: 15. Jan 1964. George Bean's Will You Be My Lover Tonight? / It Should Be You. Hugely weak two-sider of ALO-produced non-Stones Jagger / Richards songs. Anyone really think this was a goer? Still, Mr Bean did go on to Privilege. Here: youtube.com/watch?v=i0O4...