Ellis Karran

PR exec / ex-Local Democracy Reporter / Permanent music geek / Substack below :)

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 (in my opinion) https://t.co/aP7Dhzrzj4

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@kempson_luke The UK has been supplying arms to Israel for years mate, but I guess that doesn’t suit the hyperspecific narrative you are being fed by your algorithm.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@Arijork_ No such thing as a flawless album, even the greatest ever recorded have highs and lows. A 10/10 album is a no skip with infinite replay value, cultural or societal significance, and is forward-thinking with its production, lyrics, or both.

There is no one size fits all approach

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@anuspimplekawai LP1 is. Magdalene is pretty close too.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

Holds up really well to this day, so amazing to see Harry reinvent himself like this and make what is undeniably the best music of his career.

Really looking forward to whatever is next 🙏

[Pop Base @PopBase]

3 years ago today, Harry Styles released ‘Harry’s House.’

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@TomHulme79 Feels like every political party is rolling the red carpet out for Reform all the way to Downing Street. Never seen a catalogue of errors like it in politics, and this naivety and obtuseness will banish “legacy parties” into the wilderness if they aren’t careful.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@NotRealMusic @oralon @ikmmm_kkb @hissingsummer @Gadamfool @popculturist3 @JamoboBorg @RicketyKricket3 @HBAP99 @civilizedhuman @thejunebugfreak @saturnsuperstxr @holyshititssnow @lyndxns @fluripied @Wxll327 Wasn’t prepared for you to cook me on the Vince, JPEG and Janelle takes 😭😭😭 great vid though

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@NotRealMusic A few:

Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples
Dirty Computer - Janelle Monae
Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road
Melodrama - Lorde
Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts
Norman Fucking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU - JPEGMAFIA
Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

@GrampaAzazel @batcountry1980 “I don’t like them so they are absolutely redundant and anyone who likes them is an idiot who pales in comparison to my superior taste”

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

Good luck telling the people of Lincolnshire that their county flag pales in significance…

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Reform controlled English councils will move at speed to resolve that the *only* flags permitted to be flown on or in its buildings will be the Union Jack and the St George’s flag.

No other flags will be permitted to be flown on its flag-poles, balconies, reception desks or council-chamber walls. 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Wow. New song & video by Fiona Apple coming out next week - May 7. Years of court watching. Thousands of hearings. She saw the devastating impact of pre-trial detention, especially on Black mothers.

Visit https://t.co/k2OBValeNn for a sneak peek and to give for freedom.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

A big shoutout to my journalism friends for pulling the all nighter to cover elections last night. Another evening of proof that the #LDReporter scheme is so essential to our democracy, but I am thankful for my new PR career this morning after a full night’s sleep 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Allan @allan_cheapshot]

#OnThisDay in 2008: Scott Steiner became the greatest mathematician of our time.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

Just a remarkable album, full of the typical brutal honesty you’d expect from Fiona Apple. She stands among the giants of songwriting history as an all time great, in my eyes, and it’s because of records like this 💖

[Fiona Apple Updates @fionaedits]

Today we celebrate the fifth anniversary of Fiona Apple’s fifth studio album, ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’!

💜

[paul joyce @_pauljoyce]

https://t.co/oajjjinakN

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

Their songs are emotionally charged and socially alert, but that doesn’t mean “your head has to be in the absolute bin to listen to them” lmao.

Convinced people hear an acoustic guitar and pitched vocal harmonies and assume it’ll give them a mental health condition or something.

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

This idea that Radiohead are the most depressing band on planet earth because they don’t sing the wheels on the bus go round and round will never make sense to me.

They’ve got nine albums of material spanning a 30 year career, why must we pretend every single song is bleak?

[Cian ☘️🇾🇪 @Cian_McGivern]

Can appreciate how good The Smiths & Radiohead are but your head has to be in the absolute bin to listen to them on a daily basis

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

An evening of immaculate vibes with @GeordieGreep

If this really is The New Sound, then I’m all in. Amazing show, probably one of the best I’ve ever witnessed.

[Assassin's Creed @assassinscreed]

@elonmusk @Grummz @Ubisoft Is that what the guy playing your Path of Exile 2 account told you?

[. @playboicarti]

YE STFU

[Ellis Karran @EllisKarran]

Fantastic line-up.

That Saturday could be the most impressive collection of names I’ve seen on a festival poster in my lifetime!

[Glastonbury Festival @glastonbury]

Here is the first Glastonbury Festival 2025 line-up poster. Many more acts and attractions still to be announced.

Poster: @StanleyDonwood