RRRapid-Kool
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Anyway, this is what we came for. I see phones aren't any better at capturing MBV at full volume. This is what it sounded like last time around: youtu.be/slrqvrDxAgQ?...
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anyway, this is what we came for. I see phones aren't any better at capturing MBV at full volume. This is what it sounded like last time around: youtu.be/slrqvrDxAgQ?...
Had a fantastic weekend at Boundaries Fest in Sunderland, seeing amazing musicians right up close. Now here I am at an enormo-gig. Do people actually enjoy these things?
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Had a fantastic weekend at Boundaries Fest in Sunderland, seeing amazing musicians right up close. Now here I am at an enormo-gig. Do people actually enjoy these things?
Every band that Mani played with was much better when he was in them. Some bass players have just got it. RIP Mani.
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Every band that Mani played with was much better when he was in them. Some bass players have just got it. RIP Mani.
Yes, it really helps, but knowing the curfew (so you can get the train home) and sensible bar prices (looking at you, O2 venues) are more important.
Should venues share stage times?
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
We went deep into this bugbear of many fans in this week’s newsletter
www.drownedinsound.org/the-guesswor...
The guesswork of gig-going: why don't venues share their stage times?
Estimating what time a gig starts is a dilemma for any music fan. Why is it such a problem? And what are artists doing to help?
www.drownedinsound.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yes, it really helps, but knowing the curfew (so you can get the train home) and sensible bar prices (looking at you, O2 venues) are more important.
Only 1 day left for this fantastic project to own grassroots venues and keep them open for everyone too enjoy.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/4nBZjNN...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/4nBZjNN...
Own Our Venues 2025
Your chance to invest and help secure the very buildings that host some of the UK's iconic and community-focussed Grassroots Music Venues.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Only 1 day left for this fantastic project to own grassroots venues and keep them open for everyone too enjoy.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/4nBZjNN...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/4nBZjNN...
Totally agree with the tone of this article - AI is just copyright theft so can't be compared to working artists.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...
AI country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
: It sounds a lot like everything else
www.theregister.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Totally agree with the tone of this article - AI is just copyright theft so can't be compared to working artists.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...
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Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wow! Just discovered a high-quality recording of Kraftwerk performing Autobahn live on the Midnight Special in 1975. Watch it here
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
🚘📺▶️ youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?...
Might stick this on now - the Endless Sea is an absolute classic.
JUST IN! 'New values' by Iggy Pop
Third solo venture from the head Stooge.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1578...
Third solo venture from the head Stooge.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1578...
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Might stick this on now - the Endless Sea is an absolute classic.
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Emerging acts playing first-on and support slots get their early live crowd experience, develop stage craft and connection. They often help create the local buzz that enables promoters to sell national tours. They’re part of the pipeline from grassroots venues to arenas.
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Emerging acts playing first-on and support slots get their early live crowd experience, develop stage craft and connection. They often help create the local buzz that enables promoters to sell national tours. They’re part of the pipeline from grassroots venues to arenas.
Fantastic show with @prolapseband.bsky.social last night - they totally rrrocked! And huge thanks to all the people who turrrned out on a Monday. You'rrre all awesome!!
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fantastic show with @prolapseband.bsky.social last night - they totally rrrocked! And huge thanks to all the people who turrrned out on a Monday. You'rrre all awesome!!
In case you weren't feeling old enough, there are some choice replies here.
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In case you weren't feeling old enough, there are some choice replies here.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
delta queen car wash, campbell, california, 1978
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Happy birthday to Steve Cropper. Here's a fantastically cool clip of Booker T. & the M.G.'s performing Time Is Tight at Stax Studios. It's taken from a French mini-documentary from 1969, which also features Isaac Hayes, the Memphis Horns etc. Watch it at 📺▶️ youtu.be/ste1KIwjbLE
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy birthday to Steve Cropper. Here's a fantastically cool clip of Booker T. & the M.G.'s performing Time Is Tight at Stax Studios. It's taken from a French mini-documentary from 1969, which also features Isaac Hayes, the Memphis Horns etc. Watch it at 📺▶️ youtu.be/ste1KIwjbLE
The question isn't when's he going to stop? It's who's going to stop him?
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The question isn't when's he going to stop? It's who's going to stop him?
Who wants to come out to a gig on a Monday night in Sheffield? Of courrrse you do! We're supporrrting the fantastic @prolapseband.bsky.social at Sidney and Matilda's on 27th Octoberrr. See you therrre!!
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Who wants to come out to a gig on a Monday night in Sheffield? Of courrrse you do! We're supporrrting the fantastic @prolapseband.bsky.social at Sidney and Matilda's on 27th Octoberrr. See you therrre!!
TIL that I Fought the Law was actually written by the guy from the Crickets.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Sonny Curtis obituary
Singer and guitarist in the Crickets who wrote hundreds of songs, including I Fought the Law, covered by the Clash
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
TIL that I Fought the Law was actually written by the guy from the Crickets.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
I think The Beta Band would have been much better if they'd done some practice.
October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I think The Beta Band would have been much better if they'd done some practice.
I hope @academymusicgroup.bsky.social are pleased with their abysmal app that you have no choice but to use when going to one of their venues. Next time I'm buying tickets I'm not going to the Apollo.
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I hope @academymusicgroup.bsky.social are pleased with their abysmal app that you have no choice but to use when going to one of their venues. Next time I'm buying tickets I'm not going to the Apollo.
Listening to lots of Beta Band before tomorrow's show. I don't care what anyone says, the Beta Band Rap is great. This one's for Scotland man, Scotland.
October 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Listening to lots of Beta Band before tomorrow's show. I don't care what anyone says, the Beta Band Rap is great. This one's for Scotland man, Scotland.
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Top marks to Sheffield, where grassroots venues are standing together. This right here is what community looks like.
The new Sheffield Independent Venues Alliance (SIVA) is a brilliant move - putting collaboration at the heart of the city’s music scene.
The new Sheffield Independent Venues Alliance (SIVA) is a brilliant move - putting collaboration at the heart of the city’s music scene.
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Top marks to Sheffield, where grassroots venues are standing together. This right here is what community looks like.
The new Sheffield Independent Venues Alliance (SIVA) is a brilliant move - putting collaboration at the heart of the city’s music scene.
The new Sheffield Independent Venues Alliance (SIVA) is a brilliant move - putting collaboration at the heart of the city’s music scene.
Post a concert pic you took. Goat, Manchester Psych Fest.
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Post a concert pic you took. Goat, Manchester Psych Fest.
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I've got 3 tickets for @warringtonruncorn.com at @thetradesclub.bsky.social this Saturday but I can't make it. Free to a good home!
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've got 3 tickets for @warringtonruncorn.com at @thetradesclub.bsky.social this Saturday but I can't make it. Free to a good home!
Nice trip down memory lane and interesting to see that London bands didn't have it all their own way. At the time we thought the press looked down their noses at us because we were northern, but maybe they did that to everyone.
Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
Inside the other Britpop
30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion
www.drownedinsound.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nice trip down memory lane and interesting to see that London bands didn't have it all their own way. At the time we thought the press looked down their noses at us because we were northern, but maybe they did that to everyone.
Late 90s PC speakers? I probably would have been playing NoMeansNo or Shellac. Or more likely, the Beachbuggy classic Unsafe at Any Speed.
September 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Late 90s PC speakers? I probably would have been playing NoMeansNo or Shellac. Or more likely, the Beachbuggy classic Unsafe at Any Speed.
Hey everyone, it's Bandcamp Friday! So buy some hats!! Not many left now!!!
September 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hey everyone, it's Bandcamp Friday! So buy some hats!! Not many left now!!!