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Dom Tyer
@atangleofwires.bsky.social
Punk rock, alt rock and indie music. Occasional writer.

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David Bowie’s fingerprints were all over the ’70s and the first wave of UK punk was no exception

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#DavidBowie #punksky
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February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Oh shit it's BLACK HISTORY MONTH! I used to do this thing on Facebook where my song of the day would be by a rock or metal band with at least one Black member. I think I'll do that here, too! Warms my heart that I have more to choose from these days!

Day 1: Magnolia Park
Magnolia Park - "SHALLOW"
YouTube video by Magnolia Park
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February 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Massachusetts thrash punks SkyTigers Issue 'Greenbark' single from Upcoming …Injustice For All album

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#punkrock
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February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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oh yes!
Dude who spent thousands of pounds tracking down those early Boards of Canada cassettes and transferring them in the highest quality possible has uploaded them to his youtube btw: www.youtube.com/@samamdj
Sam
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February 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Billy Bragg, Sweet Pill, The Smiths, Soft Cult, Beck and more feature in my latest weekly curated collection of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.

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#punk #PunkRock #AltRock #AlternativeRock #indie #IndieMusic
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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On this day in 1980, #TheSpecials were at Number One in the UK singles chart with Too Much Too Young (EP).
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February 2, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company

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Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company
Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title role
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February 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Nine Inch Nails' "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" wins Best Rock Song at the Grammys stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Double wow! The Cure's Songs of a Lost World also won!
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Wild and pretty amazing that Turnstile just won the Best Rock Album Grammy for "Never Enough."
February 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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In The Rock 2/1/1989: The Replacements release ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’, a mostly mature record, from the mostly immature band. #TheReplacements #RockHonorRoll
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Garbage’s Shirley Manson reunites with Angelfish and covers The Stone Roses in Edinburgh

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Watch Garbage's Shirley Manson reunite with Angelfish and cover The Stone Roses in Edinburgh
Shirley Manson reunited with Angelfish and covered The Stone Roses at a charity gig in Edinburgh yesterday - check out footage here.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Tom Morello rocks Minneapolis ICE protest show with Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Woody Guthrie songs.

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Watch Tom Morello rock Minneapolis ICE protest show with Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Woody Guthrie songs
Tom Morello drew on some big hitters from Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave as he led a raucous ICE protest show in Minneapolis.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:45 AM
@suedehq.bsky.social debut brand new song for their fandom, ‘Tribe’: “This one’s for the insatiable ones”

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Watch Suede debut brand new song for their fandom, 'Tribe': "This one's for the insatiable ones"
Suede debuted a new song dedicated to their loyal fanbase at a show in Portsmouth last night – watch ‘Tribe’ below.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Billy Bragg, Sweet Pill, The Smiths, Soft Cult, Beck and more feature in my latest weekly curated collection of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.

tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-dig...

#punk #PunkRock #AltRock #AlternativeRock #indie #IndieMusic
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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I interviewed the great NME photographer Peter Anderson (includes Madonna on a rooftop and Fire Engines in a butcher’s shop.) open.substack.com/pub/alastair...
The Glasgow photographer who captured the energy of an era while working for the NME
From Madonna dancing on a roof to Mark E Smith flicking the Vs, Peter Anderson's pictures are a reminder of how creativity can overcome hard times
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January 31, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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This can’t be real, real, real.
Jesus Jones Released "Doubt" 35 Years Ago Today - Magnet Magazine
35 years ago today, Jesus Jones released Doubt. There's your sign of the times.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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It is quite funny that younger people get told by my generation that the Nineties was all Britpop (or perhaps Grunge in the US), but if you actually look at the British charts, it's mostly dance records made in Italy and the Netherlands.
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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On this day 40 years ago, R.E.M. performed ‘Swan Swan H’ and a cover of Boudleaux Bryant’s ‘All I Have to Do Is Dream’ at the Seney-Stovall Chapel in Athens. Sandra Lee Phipps took the band photograph which appears on the inner sleeve of Lifes Rich Pageant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15uw...
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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My book Why Sound Matters is in UK shops starting today please go say hello to it yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Why Sound Matters - Yale University Press London
A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world, both in its presence and absence  ...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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New, and new/old, music from the tailend of 2025, with Frank Turner, Home Front, Senseless Things, Bob Vylan, David Kitt and more.

A bit of a clearing of the decks before I properly consider 2026's first month of releases.

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Playlist: Always racing with tomorrow
This Fighting with the Undertow playlist includes Frank Turner, Home Front, Senseless Things, David Kitt and Bob Vylan
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January 24, 2026 at 11:03 AM