Ioan Humphreys
@ioanhumphreys.bsky.social
Senior Research Officer in Swansea University. Writer and corresponding editor for Joyzine. Writer for Louder than War, GIITTV, Vive Le Rock mag and Hiapop. Frustrated artist. MD ANT https://ioanhumphreys.wordpress.com/
Half an hour after publish this, get an email from Reform saying can’t come to this year’s conference 🤔
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 4h ago🔴Isabel Oakeshott has fiercely defended Nigel Farage's £5m 'gift' from Christopher Harborne. But privately, weeks before the 2024 election, she called Harborne "untrustworthy" - and said she didn't believe he was funding Reform at all. 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/untrustwor...
"fun, catchy and absolutely full of earworm-worthy riffs" Hayley Foster da Silva reviews 'TV Dinner' the "chaotic, fun, loud, fast" new album from Toronto-based Wine Lips.
Album Review- Wine Lips-TV Dinner - Joyzine
New to my ears, Toronto-based Wine Lips released their fifth full-length album, TV Dinner. I feel I've arrived at this psych-punk party very unstylishly late. But finally I've picked up a pew and made...
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"They had lots of catchy riffs but best were the climactic moments that shook our spines" Laurie Green was at The Electric in Brixton to see the "awesome release of emotion and energy" from Chicago-based indie rockers Friko. joyzine.org/2026/09/01/l...
LIVE REVIEW: FRIKO @ THE ELECTRIC BRISTOL - Joyzine
The Chicago-based indie rockers began the set with the stunning atmosphere of their hit Where We've Been. Niko Kapetan's soft voice guided us through the song's expansive rise and fall. A poignant beg...
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I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
Well if we ever needed a modern “thrill of victory/agony of defeat” combination in one clip.
Leah Reich@leahreich.com · yesterdayI’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
Not so Cleverly strikes again. Guaranteed way to lose.
deepest condolences to all family, friends and musical co-conspirators of Half Japanese’s David Fair
Sooner rather than later, someone is going to die because of this kind of thing and then everyone is going to say 'How could we possibly have seen this coming??'
Katya King@katyavdgk.bsky.social · yesterdayDoctors’ AI scribes get names of drugs and diagnoses wrong, NHS watchdog warns www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pleased to make the Welsh Music Prize 2026 Longlist with "Demagogue Go" by Fled Astray (a collaboration with Alig of Family Fodder). Thank you to the mighty Wormhole World Records for releasing it bsky.app/profile/worm... and to NAWR for being so supportive bsky.app/profile/nawr...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/u... Trump essentially used our Navy as pirates to steal oil from Venezuela, then he opened a foreign account that he controls for the money the oil brings. This is just another theft. He doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself.
Trump Says Venezuelan Oil Will Refill U.S. Stockpiles, but It’s Not So Simple
New projects can take years to produce meaningful amounts of oil, and that’s especially true in Venezuela, where infrastructure is in disrepair.
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When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.
RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money
"the kind of shamanic bridge between worlds that gets you moving with or without ayahuasca" Paul F Cook reviews the psychedelic, inter-dimensional funk, motorik beats and African influences of Blind Yeo's new album 'The Lemoine Point'. Out now on Bongo Joe Records. @paulfcook.bsky.social
ALBUM REVIEW: BLIND YEO – THE LEMOINE POINT - Joyzine
'The Lemoine Point' is the new album from fluid collective Blind Yeo who blend psychedelic grooves and African influences into a hypnotic whole.
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Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
"their preternatural ability to make three instruments and three voices sound like more than the sum of their parts is as inspiring as ever" Paul F Cook reviews the "dizzying" and "epic" return of Pozi with their new single 'Hale-Bopp'. @paulfcook.bsky.social
SINGLE REVIEW: POZI – HALE-BOPP - Joyzine
Pozi are back with 'Hale-Bopp' the first single from their forthcoming album 'Bark Bark'
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29 August 1937 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Irene Weiss, was born in Brussels. She was deported to #Auschwitz in July 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
A genuine post from the social media pages of Reform UK Limited's Gosport branch...
Not only is a political party creating its own militia (reminds you of anything?), its might is explicitly being directed at migrants... This is astounding!
Essex council worried about migrants to hire security guards
The Reform UK-run council says it will pay for security to patrol towns in Essex.
bbc.co.uk
Bob Hawkins@bobhawkins.bsky.social · 3d agoNothing to see here. #r4today
'Mike Galsworthy, chair of the European Movement UK, said: “Brexit is a huge source of that paperwork, creating vast barriers where previously there were none. Rejoining the single market and customs union, or better, the EU outright, would remove it entirely."'
True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
independent.co.uk
Amazing mural in Southend. Artist still working on it in bottom left of pic.
There were 37 days between Farage triggering his pointless Clacton by-election and it actually being held (which was also during the school Summer holidays) But if you already had a holiday booked for that date then you were, apparently, disenfranchising yourself. Fucks sake they are so moronic.
The very best tonic for post holiday blues? Waking up to post holiday Green victory over Reform of course! 💚 Congratulations to Dr Ingrid Dodd for a brilliant win 👏
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 5d agoGuston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe (Dover) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 28.8% (+2.7) ➡️ RFM: 27.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 17.1% (-16.0) 🌹 LAB: 14.6% (-9.2) ◼️ RES: 10.7% (New) 🙋 Ind: 1.3% (New) No LDM (-9.0) or HER (-7.9) as previous. Green GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2023.
Wait. They made a fly-on-the-wall documentary on MICHAEL OWEN? A man so dull he once said he’d only ever watched eight films and didn’t like them. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
