Alan Pedder
@neverdoneing.bsky.social
Freelance hat stand
Writer/features ed @ thelineofbestfit.com
Newshound @ theneedledrop.com
Mostly found in rural Sweden
alanthology.com // 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🐕🇵🇸🇱🇧 (he/him)
Writer/features ed @ thelineofbestfit.com
Newshound @ theneedledrop.com
Mostly found in rural Sweden
alanthology.com // 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🐕🇵🇸🇱🇧 (he/him)
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
🥲 Glenn and Elizabeth were absolute sweethearts to talk to. Laughter in Summer out this Friday via @transgressive.bsky.social
wonderful article by @neverdoneing.bsky.social out today on the beautiful music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland 🌸
Beverly Glenn-Copeland's best songs, as chosen by him | Interview
Freshly confirmed for this year’s End of the Road Festival, Beverly Glenn-Copeland talks BEST FIT through five highlights of his quietly momentous career.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
🥲 Glenn and Elizabeth were absolute sweethearts to talk to. Laughter in Summer out this Friday via @transgressive.bsky.social
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100 more names added to @endoftheroadfestival.com lineup - Super Furry Animals, Kurt Vile, Brakes, Lucinda Williams, and more (but the mystery headliner is still a mystery). Check out the full list: buff.ly/ah2rcDz
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
100 more names added to @endoftheroadfestival.com lineup - Super Furry Animals, Kurt Vile, Brakes, Lucinda Williams, and more (but the mystery headliner is still a mystery). Check out the full list: buff.ly/ah2rcDz
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"Turkish makam, the compositional 'building blocks' developed over centuries by classical and folk musicians during the Ottoman Empire, has always been at odds with Western music theory. [It's] finally getting its due in the electronic music world …"
Bringing Turkish Makam to Electronic Music:
Bringing Turkish Makam to Electronic Music:
Bringing Turkish Makam to Electronic Music
How producers are using these “compositional building blocks” to create vital new sounds.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
"Turkish makam, the compositional 'building blocks' developed over centuries by classical and folk musicians during the Ottoman Empire, has always been at odds with Western music theory. [It's] finally getting its due in the electronic music world …"
Bringing Turkish Makam to Electronic Music:
Bringing Turkish Makam to Electronic Music:
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With her recent album Crown of Roses up for a Grammy this weekend and her searing debut turning 30 this spring, Patty Griffin looks back with @neverdoneing.bsky.social on five of the songs she’s most proud of
The best songs by Patty Griffin, as chosen by her | Interview
Ahead of the 68th Grammy Awards this weekend, nominee Patty Griffin looks back on five highlights of her 30-year career.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
With her recent album Crown of Roses up for a Grammy this weekend and her searing debut turning 30 this spring, Patty Griffin looks back with @neverdoneing.bsky.social on five of the songs she’s most proud of
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Swedish art-pop rebel Jenny Wilson is celebrating two decades of her solo career with a new digital-only compilation, DREAM vs. DREAM, compiling her personal favourites
Jenny Wilson revisits early single “Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward” for new 20-year career retrospective | News
Sweden's Jenny Wilson reworks her 2005 single "Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward" for DREAM vs. DREAM, a new 20-year career retrospective.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Swedish art-pop rebel Jenny Wilson is celebrating two decades of her solo career with a new digital-only compilation, DREAM vs. DREAM, compiling her personal favourites
Always a joy to chat to this queen. Patty for President. And a third Grammy win this weekend.
The best songs by Patty Griffin, as chosen by her | Interview
Ahead of the 68th Grammy Awards this weekend, nominee Patty Griffin looks back on five highlights of her 30-year career.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Always a joy to chat to this queen. Patty for President. And a third Grammy win this weekend.
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Swedish singer/songwriter Amanda Bergman tells @neverdoneing.bsky.social how a search for answers after a terrible accident brought her to a place of realignment, as heard on her new album embraced for a second as we die
Amanda Bergman: "We’re so lost as a collective, spiritually" | Interview
Amanda Bergman tells BEST FIT how a search for answers after a terrible accident brought her to a place of realignment.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Swedish singer/songwriter Amanda Bergman tells @neverdoneing.bsky.social how a search for answers after a terrible accident brought her to a place of realignment, as heard on her new album embraced for a second as we die
I spoke to musician, farmer and philosophical dreamer Amanda Bergman last week and the interview’s out today, along with her fantastic new album ‘embraced for a second as we die’ 🌺
Amanda Bergman: "We’re so lost as a collective, spiritually" | Interview
Amanda Bergman tells BEST FIT how a search for answers after a terrible accident brought her to a place of realignment.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I spoke to musician, farmer and philosophical dreamer Amanda Bergman last week and the interview’s out today, along with her fantastic new album ‘embraced for a second as we die’ 🌺
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95% of Greenlanders want to remain part of Denmark, apparently.
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Denmark vs the US: What Greenland really wants
The US president's talk about taking control has come at a time when many on the island are already considering their future
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January 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
95% of Greenlanders want to remain part of Denmark, apparently.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Making sure everyone knows that Kate Bush's 1979 Christmas special is available to stream on YouTube and it's VERY worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...
Kate Bush (BEST MASTER) 1979 Christmas BBC TV Special #katebush #christmas #petergabriel
YouTube video by Classic Rock Facts
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December 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Making sure everyone knows that Kate Bush's 1979 Christmas special is available to stream on YouTube and it's VERY worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...
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OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
petition.parliament.uk
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062
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We’re not running out of good ideas, but the tech fetishists who have no ideas other than “but I put a lot of money and emotion into this basket” always do, and their narcissism does not allow them to consider that their failed ideas suck, and the flop sweat is palpable.
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We’re not running out of good ideas, but the tech fetishists who have no ideas other than “but I put a lot of money and emotion into this basket” always do, and their narcissism does not allow them to consider that their failed ideas suck, and the flop sweat is palpable.
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A final shoutout of my book for last-minute shoppers… It’s ideal for any music fan this christmas and remains the only major book to dive deep into music post-2010, from Earl Sweatshirt to FKA twigs, from SOPHIE to Oneohtrix Point Never, from Charli XCX to Danny Brown. Link below to grab a copy x
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A final shoutout of my book for last-minute shoppers… It’s ideal for any music fan this christmas and remains the only major book to dive deep into music post-2010, from Earl Sweatshirt to FKA twigs, from SOPHIE to Oneohtrix Point Never, from Charli XCX to Danny Brown. Link below to grab a copy x
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This is fucking awful and as they are reenacting a toxic workplace with no health and safety, appropriate
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is fucking awful and as they are reenacting a toxic workplace with no health and safety, appropriate
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a reminder I guess
Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
a reminder I guess
In a very unexpected turn of events, I spent an hour on Friday chatting with Anthony and Victoria about our AOTY and… I don’t hate how it turned out. Talking on camera is v much out of my comfort zone 🫣
My Writers' Top 40 Albums of 2025
YouTube video by fantano
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December 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In a very unexpected turn of events, I spent an hour on Friday chatting with Anthony and Victoria about our AOTY and… I don’t hate how it turned out. Talking on camera is v much out of my comfort zone 🫣
Could not be more surprised or delighted. Finally on vinyl! With the B-sides *and* two previously unheard outtakes 🥹
Tori Amos shares previously unheard Bruce Springsteen cover ahead of 'Strange Little Girls' anniversary reissue
The February 20 reissue also includes two rare B-sides and a previously unheard Elvis Costello cover.
theneedledrop.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Could not be more surprised or delighted. Finally on vinyl! With the B-sides *and* two previously unheard outtakes 🥹
Last group list for this year, and it’s a good one! 🤝🏼 Wrote about the Smerz, Kathryn Joseph, Lido Pimienta, Anna von Hausswolff, Ichiko Aoba and Annahstasia albums, which I love wholeheartedly 🎧✨
The TND Writers' Top 40 Albums of 2025
The writers are capping our contribution to the year in review with our Top 40 Albums of 2025.
theneedledrop.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Last group list for this year, and it’s a good one! 🤝🏼 Wrote about the Smerz, Kathryn Joseph, Lido Pimienta, Anna von Hausswolff, Ichiko Aoba and Annahstasia albums, which I love wholeheartedly 🎧✨
Also this one, in which I give some love to the fantastic ‘I remember I forget’ by Yasmine Hamdan 🇱🇧🎧
Best Fit writers on their underappreciated favourite albums of 2025
Best Fit editors and writers handpick their underappreciated personal favourite records of the year, from Agriculture to Xinwenyue Shi and more.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Also this one, in which I give some love to the fantastic ‘I remember I forget’ by Yasmine Hamdan 🇱🇧🎧
Another fun list I’m glad to be a part of, though I take no responsibility for the song at no. 1 🎧
The TND Writers' Top 20 Songs of 2025
The top songs of the year according to the TND writers.
theneedledrop.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Another fun list I’m glad to be a part of, though I take no responsibility for the song at no. 1 🎧
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Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Even if you think, incorrectly, that this repulsive technology has any place in mainstream culture, maybe it gives you pause that the worst people in the world are hell bent on making you use it.
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Language can translate feelings... but music is another layer": Commissioned to respond to a lost composition from the Holocaust, Hania Rani discovered a personal connection across the decades that bridged classical rigour.
Hania Rani: "Language can translate feelings... but for me, music is another layer" | Interview
Commissioned to respond to a lost composition from the Holocaust, pianist Hania Rani discovered a personal connection across the decades – a dialogue that bridged classical rigour and contemporary…
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December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Language can translate feelings... but music is another layer": Commissioned to respond to a lost composition from the Holocaust, Hania Rani discovered a personal connection across the decades that bridged classical rigour.