Sam Walton

Native Londoner, music writer, photographer, one quarter of @thisisdogunit. Enjoys: live music, Dennis Bergkamp, disco(s), the movies, art, cats, puns.

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

On BBC Two just now, @BBCSport have just shown pictures of Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber watching the Arsenal Women, but captioned it as Myles Lewis-Skelly. Does someone in the graphics dept need to update their sticker collection?

[Loud And Quiet @LoudAndQuietMag]

Welcome to Jurassic Park: a repository for lost songs, played and released with a gleeful abandon that can't exist within Radiohead. An extensive review of the new @thesmiletheband album, by @SmWltn https://t.co/XLHXtpOG7O #thesmile #Radiohead #thomyorke #johnnygreenwood

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

@MarkEllis15 The view from roughly the same vantage point today, via Google Maps

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

I also made a video for one of the Dog Unit album tracks to celebrate the release...:

[Brace Yourself Records @BYRecords_]

But that's not all! To celebrate At Home release day, check out the Guitar Hero parodying vid for album highlight 'We Can Still Win This' 🎸 https://t.co/8w0oFbBu7i

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

V proud of this today

[DOG UNIT @ThisIsDogUnit]

At Home is available everywhere now!

We hope you enjoy the record!

https://t.co/mC1fgOxm8j

Lucy, Henry, Sam and Jim

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Really happy to see this come to fruition today. Big up the team at @BraceYourself Records for supporting the idea from the off and making it happen...

[MUSIC DECLARES EMERGENCY @musicdeclares]

What are we after when we buy a record? A physical format to listen to, or a souvenir from our favourite artist? UK band Dog Unit are raising the question with their new sustainable "Greensleeves" format.

https://t.co/j776XN1ndg

#DogUnit #vinyllover #NOMUSICONADEADPLANET

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

@FakeRobHunter hi Rob, v much enjoyed your Barbie commentary commentary this week. One quick thing: you say in point 18 that Gosling got the film’s sole Oscar nomination for acting, but what about America Ferrera for Best Supporting Actress? Can you amend?

[ドアホお兄さん！ @DOAHO]

このインストバンドが良い。
最近のインストバンドはテクニカルすぎるけどこのバンドはシンプルでEE!
ただ6分は長い。

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Proud of this thread today

[Brace Yourself Records @BYRecords_]

It's a big @ThisIsDogUnit news day! Excited to reveal debut album, At Home, lands Apr 5th on BY Records. Go and cop it on LP, CD and digitally 🏡https://t.co/EmIzQhvoy7

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Was a genuine thrill to interview Jeff Tweedy and Cate Le Bon about the new Wilco album, and about music-making in general - so much refreshing thought. Having just finished making a record myself, this passage from Jeff really resonnated with me, in particular:

[Loud And Quiet @LoudAndQuietMag]

Cousin, the new album from @wilco, is one of their most adventurous records since their critical and commercial breakthrough, and the input of @catelebon is a key reason why it’s so special. @SmWltn spoke to them about how it all came about

https://t.co/hf6nhP7tb5

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Sure, everyone will be at Glastonbury by tomorrow night, but in case you're not, and still fancy some live music, can I heartily suggest @thisisdogunit's gig in Dalston instead? Get £3 off by using the code WOOF here: https://t.co/wib1A5Nksd #terribleselfpublicity

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Now, I'm a terrible self-publicist, and seldom tweet, so I'm not sure what the protocol for this sort of thing on Twitter, but if you like these pics, and would like me to photograph your band or a band you represent/look after, hit me up...

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

I went to Primavera for @LoudAndQuietMag this weekend just gone, and photographed loads of really great shows. Here's a two-tweet selection of some of my favourite moments, first from the headliners (Blur, Depeche Mode, Kendrick Lamar, Pet Shop Boys)...

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

@LoudAndQuietMag ...and then from bands slightly lower down the poster, but every bit as exciting to watch (Maggie Rogers, Soul Glo, the Moldy Peaches and Sparks).

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

The chat I had with James Holden about his new album, 90s provincial raves, and why kick drums are stupid, is now up the @LoudAndQuietMag site. Go read!

[Loud And Quiet @LoudAndQuietMag]

“Music is an activity, not a product – it’s a social thing” From issue 158, our interview with @mrjamesholden is now on the site https://t.co/qauuiFq8M1

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

There's something completely foundational about them, something to them that's impossible to screw up. They're seemingly impervious to fads or fashion, utterly pure. Like songwriting soil.

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Another observation about Bacharach's songwriting, after a quick Spotify rummage: the fact there are *so* many different arrangements of his hits that just shows how resilient his songs were.

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

The way the melody weaves so skilfully around the lyrics, reshaping them from sad-sack to stoic/hopeful; and then, in the instrumental coda, the way the extra beat every other phrase offers a little jolt of encouragement. So much glorious detail I'll never tire of listening to.

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

Burt Bacharach obviously wrote a mind-blowing number of beautiful songs, but among them was Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, aka my favourite song of all time. What an extraordinary contribution to music he made.

[Sam Walton @SmWltn]

@AaronHNahum @hwfmorris @Arsenal I'm afraid I can't help out directly, but @arsenal_tickets is a good account to follow for this sort of thing nearer the time. Or, depending on your budget, you could go down the hospitality route...