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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 22h

Obviously "Hardy Rodenstock" is the new name I am using to check into hotels secretly. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/vintage-cr...

Vintage Crime - a review

Rebecca Gibb’s entertaining look at dodgy wine down to the ages is now out in paperback.

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Alors c'est tout. I have a wedding and a university open day to attend (neither is mine - don't worry!). Stay dry! 18/fin

Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Bought specifically now because this Quietus revisiting of Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone" called "Vænir" the nearest anyone has gotten to approximating the 'Wizard's tone. /17
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25 Years of Infernal Weight: The Destructive Legacy of Electric Wizard's Dopethrone | The Quietus

Dopethrone, now 25 years old, is the greatest album ever recorded, according to Dan Franklin, so great it destroyed Electric Wizard

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

And lastly it's "Vænir" by Monolord, a band I have seen a couple of times, and have a lot of their records, and generally see as the pinacle of reliable stoner doom. They are really very good at this. /16 monolord.bandcamp.com/album/v-nir

Vænir, by Monolord

6 track album

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

I had "Big Loada" and "Budakhan Mindphone" played at me a lot in my youth, and I think after seeing him on a lot of highbrow arts programmes slightly lost interest. I mean, I'm listening to a lot of Autechre these days, so maybe I have come around (TO MY PRETENTIOUS DESTINY) finally. /15

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

On a penultimate tip, we have what I think is considered a late period rebirth for Squarepusher, "Ultravisitor". /14 squarepusher.bandcamp.com/album/ultrav...

Ultravisitor (Remastered), by Squarepusher

15 track album

squarepusher.bandcamp.com

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Next up, part of my name-your-price exploration of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's catalogue, it's "Nonagon Infinity". Sorry, not formed an opinion of them yet. There's time. Well almost enough, given the size of their discography /13

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Nonagon Infinity, by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

9 track album

kinggizzard.bandcamp.com

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

[Side note - I was meant to be seeing them in Leeds next week but can't make it/have been abandoned. If you need 3 tickets, let me know!] /12

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Next up is Elder's
"Liminality / Dream State Return". Some odds and sods written between "Lore" and "Innate Passage" that fitted on neither. Wasn't giving off "run-and-get-the-LP" vibes /11 beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/limina...

Liminality / Dream State Return, by Elder

2 track album

beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

The next one is just a download, a single track tribute to John Whitson, who founded Holy Mountain records. I don't think I have any releases from that label, but I have a lot from their roster. RIP /10 theholymountainorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/song-f...

Song for JW, by The Holy Mountain Orchestra

track by The Holy Mountain Orchestra

theholymountainorchestra.bandcamp.com

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Todd might be the reason why you don't get a download when you buy the LP (OR IT MIGHT BE THE BAND), and begging Spotify for anything ill becomes him. But he brought this music into the world. So bravo. /9

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

But no, it's straight ahead stoner metal. By a band called Steak. I actually listened to this via Roon/Tidal after Todd Severin, who runs their label Ripple, posted on Waveriders how this record basically broke Spotify's tiny mind. www.facebook.com/groups/18912... /8

Waveriders Unite | Facebook

A place for Ripple Music and stoner rock fans to congregate, discuss the music both recorded and live as well as sharing their own bands. Share music...

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

It's "Acute Mania" by Steak. Who really deserve a better band name than that. Because they are really catchy, and a little bit post metal. And this album cover is amazing. /7 steakmusic.bandcamp.com/album/acute-...

Acute Mania, by Steak

0 track album

steakmusic.bandcamp.com

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Right! Downloads! Well not exactly. I also got a physical LP with no associated download through Bandcamp, for I think the first time ever. I did not even know that was possible. /6

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

And my first reaction to "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" is more that it is... fine... than it is a banger. /5

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

For what it's worth I've also just caved in on the repress of Fu Manchu's "Godzilla’s/Eatin’ Dust +4", but that is a near perfect stoner metal album. While "Tron:Ares" is probably more diverting than essential. /5

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Less explicably I bundled that with the exact same album on vinyl, despite my long-running disdain for superfan exploitation. Lets call it reparations for the bootleg long-sleeve I bought on Carnaby St in 1992 /4

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

On the physical releases things have been quite restrained. Out of very long-standing loyalty I got Nine Inch Nails' "Tron: Ares" on CD, as I have for every album of theirs since "Pretty Hate Machine". www.discogs.com/release/3519... /3

Nine Inch Nails - Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2025 CD release of "Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" on Discogs.

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

Funny old month. Started out with a few reasonably priced ones on the wishlist, as well as the odd name-your-price, and things ended up going horribly out of control, like the Nixon White House or something /2

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 5d

It's an actual Bandcamp Friday! That I am posting on, and during which I spent a little too much money!! isitbandcampfriday.com /1

Is it Bandcamp Friday?

Is it?

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 7d

Once you add local thrash legends MINDSURFER into the mix it makes total sense.

JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 7d

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 9d

Something not at all extremely depressing jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 12d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 14d

In terms of credibility and the Scunthorpe industrial economy, I'd put the "mystery Swiss investor" below Jingye Steel or Greybull Capital, but above that lad who worked in a chicken nugget factory and said he was signed to 50 Cent's label. www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...

Swiss investor 'interested in acquiring Lindsey Oil Refinery'

He has publicly confirmed his interest in making a 'serious offer' to secure the refinery

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 23d

I really enjoyed reading the @newyorker.com article about how ornery and idiosyncratic the fact-checking department is. And then I had a doomed and fruitless encounter with the subscriptions people and realised the whole place is still trapped in the roaring twenties.