Music
Bob has been on a run of fantastic albums recently. I’m looking forward to the new one very much.
The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman is back with a career box set and an incendiary new album, having come to terms with childhood trauma, his sexuality and the death of his bandmate
Via: Bob Mould, alt-rock’s gay icon, takes on American evil: ‘My head’s on fire!’ | Music | The Guardian
Earworm of the day: Troublemakers by Lavinia Blackwall. 🎵
It’s been a while since I fell in love with a song I heard on the radio. Love this one.
🎶I grew up on buying vinyl records but I’m not wholly back into the resurgence of the format. I’ll buy the odd special edition but I just don’t have the energy to care about looking after a new collection.
Cardiacs' Tim Smith: a one-man subculture who inspired total devotion | Music | The Guardian:
Tim Smith, who has died aged 59, made a bizarre kind of rock music that was so wrong it was right – and his boundless enthusiasm was so infectious it created an army of followers.
Kraftwerk: their 30 greatest songs, ranked! | Music | The Guardian:
From cycling soundtracks to anti-nuclear protest music, we celebrate the work of the late Florian Schneider and the groundbreaking group he co-founded
Good list.
Oh, won’t you stay
We’ll put on the day
And we’ll talk
In present tenses
Joni Mitchell, Chelsea Morning 💬🎵
Sad to hear that Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died. The Black and White album was one of the first records I ever bought and I still have the same copy.
Fantastic show by Dweezil Zappa and band in Glasgow tonight. Perfect antidote to the December doldrums. 🎶
