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I'm Tom. Music geek, leftish, sub-optimally organised librarian, optimist - Pompey FC, Hampshire CCC and KC Royals fan, so needed! Musically all over the shop. Tile courtesy of the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow. Watching Rafferty turn into a serial.
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If you've followed me recently because I'm in a couple of music Starter Packs, thank you! But please let me manage any expectations - I'm genuinely just a bloke who posts songs he likes, usually within themed 'music challenges', and enjoys other people's contributions. That's pretty much it...! :-)
Day 50: SAULT - Wildfires (2020; UK)

Take off your badge,
We all know it was murder.

12 points, please.

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Wildfires by SAULT
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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If you saw my earlier post where I said early posting starts tonight, please ignore it - I got my dates muddled!

Early posting starts TOMORROW, Nov 25th, at 6pm Eastern Time, 11pm UK time.

#5CoverSongsBlackFriday
#MusicChallenge
The time is rapidly approaching for #5CoverSongsBlackFriday, get in the mood by eating a leftovers sandwich & trampling neighbors for a Tickle Me Elmo!

I’m going to try to track and playlist as many of these as I can to get us through Mariah season so join in!
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#readandplay
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Day 49: Haim - Relationships (2025; US)

Este, Danielle, Este, Este, Alana and Este. Not to forget Este. Did I mention Este?

song.link/y/dOI_QTmK8Ks

(Plus Este.)

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HAIM - Relationships (Official Video) by HaimVEVO
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Day 48: Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry (2024; US)

Keeping @idca.bsky.social company with this one, it's a beauty of a song that goes out to my niece, who four days after getting her first car drove from London to Nottingham to see Gracie live.

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Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I’m Sorry (Official Music Video) by GracieAbramsVEVO
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 23: Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

A list that includes Buddy Holly, 'Good Golly Miss Molly', Elvis and Scotty, Rico, and John Coltrane's soprano, all of which I heartily endorse.

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Ian Dury and The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (Official 4K Music Video) by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 47: Fucked Up - Cicada (2023; Canada)

In which the band sound so much like Hüsker Dü (and that's a reason for loving it so much - exactly the type of melodic hardcore that ticks all my boxes) that they should be billed as Fücked Üp.

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Cicada by Fucked Up
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 22: Warren Zevon - Play It All Night Long

"Sweet Home Alabama,
Play that dead band's song...
Turn those speakers up full blast,
Play it all night long..."

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#MusicInMusic
Play It All Night Long by Warren Zevon
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November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just to say I'm away for a few days so unlikely to have time to see/listen to posts or reply to comments until Sunday. My music challenge posts are scheduled, so fingers crossed they work!
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Day 46: Kathryn Joseph - WOLF. (2025; UK)

Dramatic, dark and intensely arranged. In her own words, "WOLF. is want, shame, need and blood. Knowing it is all there is. And that you have no idea what or who happens next, and how terrifying and beautiful that is."

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kathryn joseph - WOLF. (Official video) by kathryn joseph
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 21: Clover County

Sounds like an Irish football team, but actually a US alt-country/pop singer-songwriter (real name Amanda Schiano) with a gorgeous voice. If the algorithms point to Kacey Musgraves and Allison Moorer, they aren't far off.

Uncharted
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Clover County - Uncharted (Lyric Video) by Clover County
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November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Day 21: The Skids - All The Young Dudes

The B-side of ‘Working For The Yankee Dollar’, and chosen here especially for their None More Post Punk updating of Bowie’s lyrics from T. Rex to “Oh man, I need TV when we got, when we got Subway Sect?!” :-)

song.link/y/WO41TZJ_rfI

#MusicInMusic
the skids - all the young dudes (david bowie).wmv by RADIO RIPLEY BY NO ESCAPE
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 45: Amy Gadiaga - Paloma Negra (2024; France)

From the bassist/vocalist's 'All Black Everything' EP, this one's a great opener, from the hand-clapped intro to her sinuous bass, Luke Bacchus' driving piano and Joseph Oti's triumphant trumpet.

song.link/y/FbYAVG56TQc

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Amy Gadiaga - Paloma Negra [Audio] by jazz re:freshed
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 20: Something Happens - Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello (Petrol)

Given it's bracketed subtitle because when recording it, the band were convinced they'd ripped off a That Petrol Emotion riff :-)

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Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello (Petrol) by Something Happens
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November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who's taken part in #5CoverSongsTreat - it's been a real... erm... event or gift that brings great pleasure :-)

Please join @savemeaseat.bsky.social, @atcl.bsky.social and myself at the end of November for #5CoverSongsBlackFriday - no better value anywhere!
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Day 44: Cleo Sol - Promises (2021; UK)

I couldn't believe it when the majestic Cleo Sol was revealed as the voice of previously anonymous collective SAULT. I'd have bet my house on it being Bonnie Tyler.

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Promises by Cleo Sol
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Day 19: Doleful Lions - The Sound Of Cologne

Anything but doleful, it's a corking power pop song that literally sings the praises of Can, Kraftwerk, Neu! and Cluster. (And yes, for the purists, the lyrics do mention Düsseldorf too!)

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#MusicInMusic
The Sound of Cologne by Doleful Lions
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November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 19: Fini Bearman

Chosen today as I'll be most of the way through a gig featuring her (Vortex Jazz Club, London) when this is posted :-)

Here's the belting opener from this year's 'Last Night Of The World' album, with George Crowley scorching on sax.

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Rise Up by Fini Bearman
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
London Jazz Festival gig tonight - two excellent singer-songwriters, Fini Bearman and Michelle Willis.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Day 43: Genevieve Artadi - Plate (2023; US)

Apparently this was used in 'The Bear', but I must have heard it on a radio show. Louis Cole ruling on the drums, Pedro Martins on squiggly guitar, Artadi on general avant gardening.

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Genevieve Artadi - 'Plate' (Official Video) by GenevieveArtadi
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 18: Laura Marling - Master Hunter

A bit of a masterpiece, with a lovely nod to Bob Dylan.

"Well if you want a woman who can call your name,
It ain't me babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me babe"

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#MusicInMusic
Laura Marling - Master Hunter by LauraMarlingVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 18: Kevin Tihista

A vocalist whose voice and songs I would unhesitatingly describe as gorgeous. This was released under the 'Red Terror' band name, which apparently was one of the nicknames of the record-breaking racehorse Phar Lap.

Pretty Please
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Pretty Please by Kevin Tihista's Red Terror
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 42: beabadoobee - Last Day On Earth (2021; UK-Philippines)

My second Bea. Sweet, catchy, ultra-90s, and she hits my Harriet Wheeler soft spot more closely than anyone else.

11 points, please.

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beabadoobee - Last Day On Earth (Official Video) by beabadoobeeVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Day 17: Latin Quarter - Truth About John

A song about a tabloid journalist ghost-writing for a woman claiming to have had an affair with John Lennon.

"And if the truth isn’t nice,
Well that just adds to the price,
Oh, make sure those wounds never close."

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#MusicInMusic
Truth About John by Latin Quarter
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November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 17: Clarissa Connelly

A Scottish composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Denmark and records for Warp, melding Nordic and Celtic myth and folk song with pop, prog, electronic and experimental music.

A Grain Of Sand
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A Grain of Sand by Clarissa Connelly
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November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 41: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (2025; UK)

All over the place, in the greatest possible way. Immense and electrifying.

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Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (Official Video) by WolfAliceVEVO
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM