@Knox_Harrington a big of fan of your album recommendation today. It's a great album by The Delines. Have you heard Willy Vlautin's other band, Richmond Fontaine? Post to Wire is a phenomenal album!
Our thoughts on this significant and poignant day, as always, are with all those affected by the tragedy at Hillsborough and we pause in memory of the 97 fans who will never be forgotten.
As always, nothing will be released or posted on our social channels tomorrow with it being the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
It’s a time of year when some among our number might struggle for all too obvious reasons. If someone you know might appreciate a little lift; a phone call, a message, a visit, a walk - something to take their mind elsewhere - try to be there for them over the next few days.
The math on this collection should mass-humble every streaming service on the planet.
One guy. A Sony cassette recorder. 10,000 concerts over 40 years. 30,000 individual sets from 3,000+ artists. R.E.M., The Cure, Nirvana, Björk, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, Phish, Tracy Chapman, Boogie Down Productions.
His first recording of Nirvana was July 8, 1989 at a tiny club called Dreamerz. Kurt Cobain was 20 years old. The band introduced themselves by saying they were from Seattle. This was two full years before Nevermind existed. That tape is now cleaned up and streaming for free.
The digitization operation alone is wild. One volunteer drives to Jacobs' house monthly, picks up 10-20 boxes of 50-100 tapes each, runs them through 10 simultaneous cassette decks he repaired himself. 5,500 tapes digitized since late 2024. Dozens more volunteers across the US and Europe do mastering, metadata, and setlist verification. Sometimes they contact the actual artists to confirm what songs were played.
The collection went from 171 recordings in January 2025 to over 2,300 by April 2026. At this rate it'll take years to upload everything.
Spotify has 100 million tracks. Apple Music has 100 million. Neither has a recording of Nirvana's first Chicago show. A guy with a tape recorder in his pocket does.
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@Knox_Harrington thanks for the Bill Callahan recommendation. It's right up my street. Reminds me of Richmond Fontaine, Patterson Hood and all that whilst being it's own thing. Very good.
There’s tons of great stuff on Bandcamp - do support your favourite independent artists if you are able, cos this allows us to continue doing what we do - making the little sonic pictures that colour in your every day.
Thank you. X
@Nath_Brudenell Me and a couple of friends are working out each band. Limp Bizkit in the style of Oasis, Cold Play in the style of Black Flag, Sabbath/Ozzy in the style of Metallica but can't work out the REM one. Which band font/logo is that?!
It’s the Christmas album you never knew you needed!
The perfect Christmas gift for a loved one / enemy, chock full of Christmas classics of the future, present and past!
Coming soon to a streaming platform near you!
Includes two never before heard songs from Movie The Needle.
Thanks to all contributors to our Christmas Top 5 episode, which is out now!
Awesome hearing the diverse interpretation of a Christmas film, a lot of fun!
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Today, as every day, we remember Diogo Jota on what would have been his 29th birthday.
All of our love, thoughts and prayers continue to be with his wife Rute, his children, parents and all of his family and friends, as well as those of his brother, Andre.
Forever in our hearts, forever our number 20 ❤️
Nice one @Carra23 for supporting the @WeAreTheFSA#StopExploitingLoyalty campaign.
@spiritofshankly and 115 other supporter organisations have written to PL clubs calling for a halt on ticket price rises.
We’ll also be sending them the Blueprint, recently shared at parliament, which outlines concerns about the direction of travel in the game and the impact on loyal supporters.