Author of Electric Wizards and Off The Ground. https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/rb-author/jr-moores Bylines in The Quietus, Record Collector, The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The Guardian, etc. MD Alternative National Treasure.https://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mk7b4ms3pk2jFirst time seeing EarthBall and would 100% see them again and again and again… [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7b4ms3pk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mk436yzch22pBURN BABY BURN DISCO [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk436yzch22phttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mk3yywcjdk2lThe Tubs making Metallica’s Fade To Black sound all Tubs-y. #janglethrash @mergerecords.bsky.social https://thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/fade-to-black22 Apr 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3yywcjdk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjzdhfzxj22fDo you think when Bob Mould stubs his toe and he doesn’t want to swear he shouts SUGAR?21 Apr 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzdhfzxj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjukas2hcs2gThanks @alcs.co.uk !! 🎶💰📚 @recordstoredayuk.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjukas2hcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjsinhpww22eIt’s by Ween. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsinhpww22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjpqozyrtk2n❤️ 👍 ✌️ 🎶 📚 @reaktionbooks.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpqozyrtk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjnghxihjk2dcords of bandana16 Apr 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnghxihjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjn2f2hips22All power to Madonna but I wouldn’t mind hearing Confessions Of Slobbing In Front Of Gogglebox On An Evening or a sequel to the quieter and most contemplative moments from Ray Of Light.16 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn2f2hips22https://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjjivtulcc2qMr @herring1967.bsky.social has been asking this for years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjivtulcc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjhxjbskrk2j14 Apr 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhxjbskrk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjcog3lecs23Justice for Hawkwind! Free Hawkwind! Vindicate the good name of Hawkwind! #hawkwind [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcog3lecs23https://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjak7umox22wBrilliant! Love seeing these around the world! Means a lot to me. 🌎 ⚡️ 🧙‍♂️ 🎶 📚 @reaktionbooks.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjak7umox22whttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mjak7umox22wBrilliant! Love seeing these around the world! Means a lot to me. 🌎 ⚡️ 🧙‍♂️ 🎶 📚 @reaktionbooks.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjak7umox22whttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mj2pvrtjys2gAnyway, here’s an amusing bit of music writing I recently read for the first time. Phil Sutcliffe in Sounds (via Rock’s Backpages), 1980, on XTC. Andy Partridge has complained about too many “K” words in reviews of his band (“jerky”, etc.)…09 Apr 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2pvrtjys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mixukw3jck2eI hear The Strokes have discovered Cher's Auto-Tune function from 1998. Here's a reminder that The Strokes don't actually like music. @thequietus.com https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/album-of-the-week/the-strokes-the-new-abnormal-review/08 Apr 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixukw3jck2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mivtbsquns2hHad a little Easter Monday meet-up with Ash drummer extraordinaire and Electric Wizards fan Rick McMurray! (He’s even read the book twice, he tells me.) Check out his new solo project, Burned As Witches. It’s HEAVY stuff! ⚡️🧙‍♂️❤️ 🎶🪺 @burnedaswitches.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social07 Apr 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivtbsquns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mivmwlz6yk2rSimples! @xeaglepissx.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivmwlz6yk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3mimttfylqs2aIt’s 2026 and the U2 abstract noun generation contraption keeps on echoing away. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimttfylqs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spinal-bap.bsky.social/post/3milevkndf22e♥️⚡️🧙‍♂️❓‼️🎶03 Apr 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:lqo67ubs5eelfvsgh5txrcxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3milevkndf22e