#amylandthesniffers May 21st 👀 👀

Rip Steve Albini. One of the most surreal experiences of my life so far. Really a strange couple of days. He was exactly as he comes across - as articulate and no bullshit as anyone could ever be, and effortlessly brilliant at his craft. A real shame.

A HUGE thank you to Sleaford Mods and Rough Trade Records for supporting Shelter with their cover of 'West End Girls' back in November.

They’ve now raised over £52,000 from single and merchandise sales, collections at their UK shows and generous support from their fanbase. 🙌

He favoured the title of ‘recording engineer’, but Steve Albini always brought an intangible brilliance to the studio, as the records he made for us with Jarvis, Low and black midi attest.

Like all music fans, everyone at Rough Trade will miss his sound, his ideas and, most of…

Tune in to NTS Radio for Song Club with Goat Girl - going live at 1pm BST 🐐

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4 years ago today we had a listening party for Valhalla Dancehall by British Sea Power. You can find the replay here timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay/f… Tweets from Sea Power Sea Power #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp122

Phil 'Swill' Odgers 💙 Dana Gavanski Entering the Official Folk Albums Chart at #5, it's 'Live at Minack Theatre' by This Is The Kit. As the title suggests, this new release was recorded by the band at the stunning Minack in Cornwall.

Hear a track on this month's Chart Show:
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Lankum announce NYC show, and you can get tickets early on BrooklynVegan Presale brooklynvegan.com/lankum-announc…

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.This Is The Kit live at Wolf Trap Opera, Vienna, VA. February 2024

📸 KG

Jeudi 23 mai à 19h30, Chapel Session du chanteur et multi-instrumentiste folk punk John Francis Flynn. Accompagné de ses musiciens, il nous transportera dans son univers ensorcelant le temps d'une soirée.

👉 Infos & réservations : centreculturelirlandais.com/en-ce-moment/e…

(Image : John Lyons)

My latest album review is of LANKUM - False Lankum.

I received this album last year from 𝙶𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍𝙰𝙻𝙼 and it is one of the coolest albums in my collection and I enjoyed sharing my thoughts on the album and you can listen to my review below!

logansoundsoff.com/2024/05/05/lan…

One for the ages. Fucking hell. Massive love and respect to Mr. Spider Stacy and the rest of the The Pogues for having me. Beyond honoured to celebrate one of the best albums ever made.
Xx
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The Pogues review – triumphant tribute to energy and poetry of band’s early days theguardian.com/music/article/…

4 years ago today we had a listening party for Moonshine Freeze by This Is The Kit. You can find the replay here timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay/f… Tweets from This Is The Kit #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp110

Paddy Works on the Railway. Shanty, work song, broadsheet ballad or Music Hall Ditty?! Check out the new Bonus Episode online now! campsite.bio/firedrawnear

I wrote about Arthur Russell, who changed my life twenty years ago, yesterday, a month ago, and tomorrow. 4columns.org/frere-jones-sa…

On May the 12th! you'll be able to listen to the concert played at the Southbank centre with the #BBCConcertOrchestra conducted by Robert Ames
for BBC Radio 3 's Unclassified Live with Elizabeth Alker
With orchestral works from #MoorMother & Jack Cooper (@m0dernnature )

The Raincoats

Lisa will participate in the Luke Kelly Festival in Smithfield Square, Dublin happening on 18+19 May. More information can be found here dublin.ie/whats-on/listi…