Brian David Stevens

Remembering Mark E. Smith on his birthday. Here are The Fall performing Big New Prinz live on Tony Wilson's The Other Side of Midnight in 1988

£25 for a cookie? What the baffling luxury bakery boom tells us about Britain Amid a cost of living crisis, pricey patisserie is all the rage – and not just in London. Our reporter goes on a crawl to find out if a tart can really be worth £45

Alternatively, you could buy a banana or an apple, and spend the rest on some Longbarrow books
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...

ICYMI the new single by The Early Years is out now on all digital platforms.

‘A New Way of Living’ is a brilliant Bowie meets Byrne in Berlin banger and is also the opening track on the band’s long-awaited third album, ‘Modern Moonlight’, which is out on May 22.

It’s really great, I’ve been in a few times, always come out with a different favourite

Nah we’ll just do them when you get time

SPECIAL: in memoriam Terror Danjah Remembering one of the true greats of bass music with an expanded 2018 interview

Pic of course by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social - from this foundational chapter that essentially gave us the coordinates for Bass, Mids, Tops…

The new single ‘A New Way of Living’ is out now on all digital platforms and there’s a visualiser by @innerstrings.bsky.social up on YouTube...

It’s up for pre-order now on neon yellow vinyl and an ultra limited Light Speed variant, available exclusively from Rough Trade and @bandcamp.com. It’s also available digitally and on a CD which features a bonus track – the *HEX Edit* of last year’s low-key release, ‘The River’.

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The Early Years release their new album ‘Modern Moonlight’ on May 22.

It’s their first in a decade and just their third in 20 years, following their eponymous debut for Beggars Banquet in 2006 and ‘II’, released in 2016 and named as one of @uncutmagazine.bsky.social’s Greatest Albums of the 2010s.

‘We’re a pub friendship – with songs attached’: deadpan dazzlers Black Box Recorder return, thanks to Billie Eilish Their unnerving songs about car crashes and suburban ennui, sung in a sparkling yet unemotional RP, stood out from the Britpop bloat. Now, thanks to a certain singer taking their streams stratospheric...

Black Box Recorder spoke to me about how Billie Eilish ruined their retirement, why young women identify with their lyrics, and how their music is appropriate for the seedy mess of flags-on-lamposts England, 2026 – “a deranged model village, murky yet ornamental”

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Aw we still need to do some pics!

Also, some nice new band photos by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social...

Haha that’s a lovely interview with them

Launched earlier today, my new and second zine, ‘On the road’.

Whilst making work, driving between locations, and sometimes also travelling on planes, trains and boats, I am drawn to the world often speeding by....

50 copies already sold.

www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

me and my posters: come and see them at

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Boom time for Artemisia It’s been a big month for the artist, with a new auction record and the National Gallery of Art acquiring an ecstatic Mary Magdalene. And her stock is set to rise even higher, writes Jesse Locker

It has been a big month for Artemisia Gentileschi, with a new record set at auction and the National Gallery of Art acquiring an ecstatic Mary Magdalene. And her stock seems set to rise even higher, writes @jessemlocker.bsky.social

On the way to London to speak to a delegation of MEPs about the barriers facing UK musicians while touring the EU since Brexit

1971, Hamburg, Germany

Deborah Parkin Photography Slowing Down. Photographing my Horse series. I have been seeing a new trend lately - 'Slow reading' - in which we are invited to read along ...

I have just written a blog about my approach to photographing my Horse series. If you have the time, I would really appreciate you stopping by.

I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.

deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ha...

Happy birthday to Peter Hook. Here he is on Tony Wilson's The Other Side of Midnight in 1989 performing an unreleased New Order tune, The Happy One. The full video is at youtu.be/5UGNcyuKWv0

man wearing suit and tie with a large overcoat draped over his shoulders

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Vincent Lignier

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A black and white photograph of a grey horse head and neck. The photo is taken from a ground perspective & pointing upwards.

From my horse series.

Noticed as of today I've now sold 900 copies of this 4th edition of The Last Stand.
That's 4700 in total so far over the 4 editions (5 print runs) since 2014.

I must admit, I'm a little bit proud of that.

You can see more of the images at www.marcwilson.co.uk/project/thel...

'Watney's Red', Hammersmith (1970s) by Ruskin Spear

(Private collection)

It's official! 😍
The Italian government acquired the small, double-sided Antonello da Messina panel which was withdrawn from Sotheby's an hour before the sale started. According to rumors, the funds were provided by a private benefactor, which is unique for Italy. Bravo Italia! 🎉

Yeah it’s really easy but messy so best to do it outside, You’ll need sponges and an old hairdryer. I’m sure there’s loads of vids showing you how. If you don’t want to do it yourself there’s a company called Mallin & Son on instagram that will do it for you

Morgan McSweeney has *intense* ‘cyclist rights activist/amateur magician from Swindon defending himself in court re: a ‘mass action’ deflating SUV tires’ energy. The judge absolutely hates him.

Yay! Congratulations

More tapes for Bandcamp Friday.