A flimsy excuse to play a fabulous song.

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They live in burrows, where they aim to help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in creative ways.

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That name again… Anyway, that’s a fine looking snowplough.

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Who knew this had a video? Following on from Mr. Culvers post…

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This was going to be my pick. 😂

Plus the next 5…

6. The Sabres of Paradise - Forge Warehouse, Sheffield
7. Red Snapper - Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek
8. Jane Weaver - St. Mary’s Church, Stockport
9. The None - Rockaway Beach Festival
10. Kim Deal - Project House, Manchester

#topfive #gigs2025

Top 5 gigs of 2025

1. LCD Soundsystem - Brixton Academy
2. Underworld - Green Man Festival
3. Yard Act - Green Man Festival
4. bdrmm - The Melkweg, Amsterdam
5. The Osees - The Irish Centre, Leeds

#topfive #gigs2025

Happy (non-Revolutionalry) New Year to you and yours! A surprisingly expensive looking video treatment for the criminally overlooked Ought.

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I’ll resist the urge to bore on about marathons. I suspect that, pound for pound, there may be no finer band.

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Lovely idea. This needs a hashtag. #25albums01to25?

Here, after careful deliberation, are my #5albums25 picks…

1. Just Mustard - We Were Just Here (5 points)
2. Kathryn Joseph - We Were Made Prey
3. Deftones - Private Music
4. Caroline - Caroline 2
5. Daniel Avery - Tremor

Close but no lollipop; Nightbus, Sparhawk, Adwaith, Swans, Perfume Genius

True enough - a blindfold test and I’d have guessed at Explosions In The Sky.

The word "grebe" comes from the French grèbe, which is of unknown origin and dates to 1766. It is possibly from the Breton krib meaning 'comb', this referring to the crests of many of the European species.

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Another Bodega tune. My absolute favourite version of this particular song.

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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam.

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This one won’t go down well in Pom Towers I fear.

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