Tom Stewart
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#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop #MusicSky Re-release of an album I first heard in 2000. This was the 'hit' single from it, but I'll be giving it fresh listen with this remastered box set… Modesty Blaise: “Carol Mountain” music.apple.com/gb/album/car...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · yesterday#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop Latest album from Seattle's 'The Rallies'. First heard them on KEXP which is fabulous radio station based in Seattle. This is the opening track… music.apple.com/gb/album/thi...
#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 5 📅 National Underwear Day Randy Newman: “Pants” “Gonna do it right now. I'm gonna take off my pants…” music.apple.com/gb/album/pan...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 2d ago#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 4 📅 National Coast Guard Day All About Eve: “Drowning” music.apple.com/gb/album/dro...
#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day5 📺🎶🩵 “Wardrobe Malfunction” **Find a track where the sonic aesthetic completely contradicts the lyrical content (e.g., a cheerful, upbeat melody with incredibly dark lyrics)** The Smiths: “Girlfriend In A Coma” music.apple.com/gb/album/gir...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 2d ago#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day4 📺🎶🩵 “Table Read” **Find a track where the lyrics tell a linear story from start to finish with zero repeating choruses** Squeeze: “Up The Junction” “We stayed in by the telly. Although the room was smelly” music.apple.com/gb/album/up-...
#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop Latest album from Seattle's 'The Rallies'. First heard them on KEXP which is fabulous radio station based in Seattle. This is the opening track… music.apple.com/gb/album/thi...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 2d ago#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop Been lapse with this hashtag, but I've cut back to 2 challenges each day, so I will try to post every day now… From a new name to me but the album is a real joy thus far. Scott Gagner: “Purple Heart” From the album “Sweet Tooth” music.apple.com/gb/album/pur...
Outside of the band, Scottish musician Douglas toured with his partner Eddi Reader’s band www.heraldscotland.com/news...
“The songs sound as if I might have been writing them for ‘Whispering’ Jack Smith or Al Bowlly – not some odd-looking eejit in horn rims!” Elvis Costello exclusively talks MOJO through new 5-disc My Aim Is True box set featuring over 50 never-before-heard songs, due out October on Ume...
Never-Before-Heard Punk Era Tracks Uncovered In New Elvis Costello Boxset
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“You have to constantly zoom out to remind yourself that what you’re trying to do is improve your major league team in this season.” With Adley Rutschman the headliner, Craig Breslow was bold in bolstering Red Sox at trade deadline: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/s...
With Adley Rutschman the headliner, Craig Breslow was bold in bolstering Red Sox at trade deadline - The Boston Globe
Boston's chief baseball officer consummated three deals on a busy day.
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Nothing we have in the UK compares to the trade deadline in MLB. And the Red Sox appear to have done well…for once. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
MLB trade deadline rankings: the winners, losers and snoozers
The Red Sox made a splash, the Mets blew it up, and the Dodgers got even better. Who won, and who lost?
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#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 4 📅 National Coast Guard Day All About Eve: “Drowning” music.apple.com/gb/album/dro...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 3d ago#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 3 📅 National Grab Some Nuts Day David Bowie: “Nuts” From the “Is It Any Wonder” EP released in 2020 music.apple.com/gb/album/nut...
#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day4 📺🎶🩵 “Table Read” **Find a track where the lyrics tell a linear story from start to finish with zero repeating choruses** Squeeze: “Up The Junction” “We stayed in by the telly. Although the room was smelly” music.apple.com/gb/album/up-...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 3d ago#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day3 📺🎶🩵 “Building the Set” **Find an album where the instrumentals or production design carry the entire mood (e.g., highly atmospheric or concept-heavy)** Lambchop: “Nixon” Wonderful production from the first note to last music.apple.com/gb/album/nix...
#PowerPopOfTheDay #PowerPop Been lapse with this hashtag, but I've cut back to 2 challenges each day, so I will try to post every day now… From a new name to me but the album is a real joy thus far. Scott Gagner: “Purple Heart” From the album “Sweet Tooth” music.apple.com/gb/album/pur...
Sweeping the current WS Champions at home. Now 9 games over .500 ⚾ 😎
Red Sox@redsox.com · 3d agoVictory formation!
#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day3 📺🎶🩵 “Building the Set” **Find an album where the instrumentals or production design carry the entire mood (e.g., highly atmospheric or concept-heavy)** Lambchop: “Nixon” Wonderful production from the first note to last music.apple.com/gb/album/nix...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 4d ago#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day2 📺🎶🩵 “Casting Call” **Find a track featuring a collaboration between two artists who have never worked together before or since** Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul: “Free Fallin'” An album packed with unlikely pairings… music.apple.com/gb/album/fal...
#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 3 📅 National Grab Some Nuts Day David Bowie: “Nuts” From the “Is It Any Wonder” EP released in 2020 music.apple.com/gb/album/nut...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 4d ago#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 2 📅 National Sisters Day Sonic Youth: 'Schizophrenia' From the 1987 album 'Sister' music.apple.com/gb/album/sch...
#JazzSky #Jazz #BreakfastSoundtrack A welcome slow Sunday morning with the dog, coffee ☕ & bagels 🥯 with the new reissue of Joe Henderson's 1968 'Tetragon' playing… music.apple.com/gb/album/tet...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 6d ago#JazzSky #Jazz #BreakfastSoundtrack Something brand new this morning. The latest Charles Lloyd on Bluenote. Dog walked so it’s coffee time ☕️ music.apple.com/gb/album/san...
#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 2 📅 National Sisters Day Sonic Youth: 'Schizophrenia' From the 1987 album 'Sister' music.apple.com/gb/album/sch...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 5d ago#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 1 📅 National Sandcastle Day Smokey Robinson: 'Castles Made of Sand' “Let it be strong and wide, free and warm. Like a desert land. (Castles made of sand). Don't let our love be made of sand”. music.apple.com/gb/album/cas...
#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day2 📺🎶🩵 “Casting Call” **Find a track featuring a collaboration between two artists who have never worked together before or since** Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul: “Free Fallin'” An album packed with unlikely pairings… music.apple.com/gb/album/fal...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 5d ago#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day1 📺🎶🩵 “The Pilot” **Find a track that serves as the perfect opening debut album or track for a brand-new artist** mildred: 'Fenceline' The title track from the debut album that came out in April. A terrific record… music.apple.com/gb/album/fen...
#MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds #MusicSky 📅 1 📅 National Sandcastle Day Smokey Robinson: 'Castles Made of Sand' “Let it be strong and wide, free and warm. Like a desert land. (Castles made of sand). Don't let our love be made of sand”. music.apple.com/gb/album/cas...
Carol Ivanić@mayfieldpath.bsky.social · last wk.@newmusicchallenges.bsky.social #MusicChallenge #NationalDaySounds Did you know that every day is a National day celebrating...something? Here's a music challenge for August. Each day, post a song inspired by its National Day. Wherever it takes you, posts welcome starting July 31 at 5 PM ET.
#TVSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 📺🎶🩵 Day1 📺🎶🩵 “The Pilot” **Find a track that serves as the perfect opening debut album or track for a brand-new artist** mildred: 'Fenceline' The title track from the debut album that came out in April. A terrific record… music.apple.com/gb/album/fen...
#JazzSky #Jazz #BreakfastSoundtrack Something brand new this morning. The latest Charles Lloyd on Bluenote. Dog walked so it’s coffee time ☕️ music.apple.com/gb/album/san...
#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge ⚰️ Day 5 ⚰️ Yo La Tengo: 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' Ira, Georgia & James do Hank… Thanks to @atcl.bsky.social & @savemeaseat.bsky.social for hosting! music.apple.com/gb/album/im-...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 7d ago#5CoverSongsTribute #MusicChallenge ⚰️ Day 4 ⚰️ Bonnie Raitt: 'Angel From Montgomery' Bonnie does John… “If dreams were lightning. And thunder were desire. This old house would've burned down a long time ago.” music.apple.com/gb/album/ang...
#MusicChallenge #SongBuilding Day 31: Dome… 🏠 31 🏠 The Church: 'Dome' Thanks, Sita, for this great challenge! music.apple.com/gb/album/dom...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 7d ago#MusicChallenge #SongBuilding Day 30: Eastern… 🏠 30 🏠 The Delgados: 'American Trilogy' From the epic album, 'The Great Eastern' "I became accustomed to a kind of social servitude, and no one, I mean no one, could accept what I had become. Selfish, bitter, weak." music.apple.com/gb/album/ame...
#Short&Quick #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎹 31 🎹 Frank Black: '(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain' Time: 2:17 The King of the sub 3 minute epic although Robert Pollard will heavily dispute that 🤔 music.apple.com/gb/album/i-w...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · last wk.#Short&Quick #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎹 30 🎹 The Teardrop Explodes: 'Reward' Time: 2:42 music.apple.com/gb/album/rew...
#MusicChallenge #SummerJams #MusicSky ☀️ 31 ☀️ Trashcan Sinatras: 'Weightlifting' My final choice confirms my idea of #SummerJams isn't your stereotypical uptempo, getup and dance on an overcrowded beach. Shaded garden, headphones, and glass of red 🍷 every time. music.apple.com/gb/album/wei...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · last wk.#MusicChallenge #SummerJams #MusicSky #JazzSky #Jazz ☀️ 30 ☀️ Weather Report: 'Birdland' A group that I just associate with sunshine... music.apple.com/gb/album/bir...
I'll come clean right off the bat. I'm not a fan of Alex Petridis and his writing. In general these lists are pretty bad. This list however is a damn good stab at what is a thankless task with a songwriter as great as Ray Davies. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!
To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in between
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MACCA GOES WEIRD! Join me on BBC 6Music’s The Freakzone Playlist at midnight, 6th August. I’ve selected plenty of Paul McCartney’s stranger things. Giddy for this to air. Reposts appreciated. Tune in, Paul! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social #6Music #PaulMcCartney
#NowPlaying #MusicSky #BreakfastSoundtrack #JazzSky 'In A Silent Way' is 57 today. This album is the most difficult to describe as it's like nothing else. Similar to what he did before but totally different in many other ways. Sounds great this morning over coffee ☕ music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
Tom Stewart@uncletupelo1.bsky.social · 2w ago#NowPlaying #MusicSky #BreakfastSoundtrack #JazzSky #Jazz The final full album Davis would make with the 'Second Great Quintet' was released 58yrs ago today ☕ 🥞 Tony Williams never sounded better… music.apple.com/gb/album/mil...