Bergamo 🇮🇹

Violin museum, Cremona 🇮🇹

My next knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) vs Fontaines DC - Dogrel (2019)

Castino, Italia 🇮🇹

Knockout match for two more recent debutantes #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Sprints - Letter To Self (2024) vs Black Country, New Road - For The First Time (2021)

The pious lecture. By Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social for the Irish Examiner. #Ulm5

This morning's Knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995) vs De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989)

Match for the flight today #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Air Moon - Safari (1998) vs Big Thief - Masterpiece (2016)

.....and another knockout match #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) vs Ride - Nowhere (1990)

The next play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970) vs The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)

Manchester v Liverpool playoff #5DebutAlbumsSF3 The Smiths - The Smiths (1984) vs The La's - The La's (1990)

Lots of theatricality for today's play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF3 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy (2024) vs Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Evening play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF3 The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs (1980) vs The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge (1983)

Today play-off match #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) vs Patti Smith - Horses (1975)

My first knockout match for #5DebutAlbumsSF3 Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man (1971) vs Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

Saturday morning tunes #NowPlaying Rossini - L'Equivoco Estravagante (Recorded 2001) Conductor: Carmine Carrisi; Orchestra del Conservatorio di Musica G.B. Martini di Bologna Cast: Olga Voznessenskaia, Silvia Vajente, Carlo Morini, Luciano Miotto, Vito Martino, Daniele Maniscalchi

My picks for #5DebutAlbumsSF2 1 PJ Harvey: Dry 2 Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman 3 Phoebe Bridgers: Stranger In The Alps 4 Jeff Buckley: Grace 5 The Modern Lovers: The Modern Lovers (6 Elvis Costello; 7 Lauryn Hill; 8 The Blue Nile; 9 The Strokes; 10 The Stooges)

Friday match-up #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013) vs Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)

The next play-off for #5DebutAlbumsSF2 REM - Murmur (1983) vs The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

All 70s play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF2 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) vs Wire - Pink Flag (1977)

Music for the drive 🚗 to the midlands today 🥵 #5DebutAlbumsSF2 The The - Soul Mining (1983) vs The Smile - A Light For Attracting Attention (2022)

Today's play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF2 The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004) vs Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

Church music... from Sheela-na-Gig to The Chapel of Love ⛪ #5DebutAlbumsSF2 PJ Harvey - Dry (1992) vs The Ronettes - Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)

Saturday Play-off #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012) vs Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)

Glasgow vs Staten Island #5DebutAlbumsSF2 The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1984) vs Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)

Another knockout playoff #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger In The Alps (2017) vs The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)

Today's play-off pairing #5DebutAlbumsSF2 John Prine - John Prine (1971) vs The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)

My next knockout pairing #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994) vs The Doors - The Doors (1967)

My first killer knockout match for #5DebutAlbumsSF2 Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time (2006) vs Sys Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)

I hear Paraguay are going to win the FIFA Peace Prize after last night's performance