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January Jan 13 2026 - BABYTEETH, is this ok?, Carva - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Jan 24 2026 - Gaffa Tape Sandy, H_ngm_n, All Better, Ahsoka, Really Big Really Clever, Self Torque - Hope & Ruin, Brighton, England Jan 30 2026 - HotWax, SLAG, Half Happy - Kola, Portsmouth, England February Feb 04 2026 - VUKOVI, Saint Agnes, Flesh Planet - CHALK, Brighton, England Feb 13 2026 - HotWax, Jeanie and the White Boys - CHALK, Brighton, England Mar 17 2026 - YONAKA - Resident Records, Brighton, England Mar 26 2026 - Gaye Bykers On Acid, Scant Regard, Magnetic Empire - Green Door Store, Brighton, England April Apr 11 2026 - All Better, H_ngm_n, PROJECTOR, Ahsoka, CLT DRP - Homegrown Festival, Brighton, Eng;and June Jun 29 2026 - Deathby Romy, Jayden Hammer - DUST, Brighton, England Jun 30 2026 - WARGASM, Jar of Blind Flies, Bones Ate Arfa - CHALK, Brighton, England July Jul 08 2026 - SPRINTS, The Dirty Nil, Lake Malice, Hyphen - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 09 2026 - Don Broco, Superheaven, Delilah Bon, Mariachi El Bronx, Tigercub, LEMONSUCKR, Cowboy Hunters, Saint Agnes - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 10 2026 - Funeral for a Friend, The Wildhearts, Militarie Gun, House of Protection, Higher Power, Tropic Gold, Knives, Bratakus - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 11 2026 - Marmozets, As Everything Unfolds, Petrol Girls, Dead Pioneers, Scustin, Vinnie Caruana, Battlesnake, Frozemode - 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham, England Jul 31 2026 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (w/ Kylie Minogue), The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon - Preston Park, Brighton, England August Aug 09 2026 - Battlesnake, Jar of Blind Flies - Concorde 2, Brighton, England Aug 24 2026 - Crimson Veil, Dorja, Insectus - Daltons, Brighton, England Aug 28 2026 - KNIFE BRIDE, CHVPTERS - Green Door Store, Brighton, England Sep 05 2026 - Levellers, Sleeper, Kid Kapichi, Brakes, The Meffs - Hove Park, Hove, England Total sets so far - 74

I see no reason why Kimi can't finish on the podium tomorrow. Easy circuit to pass at least one car a lap. As long as he keeps it clean at the start, he's got a still very new example of the best power unit, best car and plenty of fresh rubber. If he's in the right head space he'll be fine

Taken from the album No Refunds. I recommend the first single Cult of Celebrity over this though.

By the way everyone, don't forget Azerbaijan GP is a day early this year

Domenicali and Liberty have already proven they don't need an excuse to mess around with the format. The rules issue is what is forcing the action but you can bet they are happy about it. The absolute lack of crtitical long term thinking that is going on in F1 right now is beyond belief.

Because they've made a complete hash of the new regulations (I'll let Racefans explain it better than I could) - The change has been made necessary as a result of the alterations to the 2027 engine rules which were agreed soon after this season began. After teams realised the current rules forced cars to slow significantly at most circuits to save electrical energy, teams agreed to increase the proportion of combustion power for next year. As this change will lead to an increase in fuel flow and consumption, some teams faced having to redesign their cars for next year to a greater extent than they originally intended in order to complete existing race distances under the new rules. To avoid this, the FIA has instead agreed to shorten races.

The expansion to 10 sprints is ridiculous given it remains a largely unpopular format with fans. Still money talks and they seem determined to alienate long term fans anyway. On the flip side it does mean I will spend less time watching F1 over 10 race weekends so at least there's that. The return of Turkey and Portugal is good news of course but there are still crap circuits like Abu Dhabi, Miami, Vegas and Madrid to consider skipping.

Wow! I did not expect to come second, especially after that slow start. Thanks to everyone who pointed Cardiacs, who are an 80s cult Indie band that knew no limit on genres. They're still going too but sadly singer Tim Smith is no longer with us. Special metions to @Jacob @matto @danG and @HarryInnanen for the double figures scores. Much appreciated For my votes Katia Pojidaeva stood out as an interesting and unusual track that improved with every minute that went by. Vana likewise. It was underwhelmed in the first verse but loved it by the finish. John Fogerty... well I love Creedence so that was to be expected. A Place to Bury Strangers and Joy Formidable were obvious contenders from the first listen, although I could have sworn JF had been in a contest on here before. Static Dress was another I expected to challenge. I first saw them live back in 2019 and have caught them a number of times since and they're always worth watching, especially if you're into post-hardcore. Olli's a great guy too. Big well done to @jimwatts on a crushing victory. Thoroughly deserved.

You should have mine now.

My favourite Kraftwerk tracks would be - Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, Europe Endless, Showroom Dummies, The Hall of Mirrors, Kometenmelodie 2. Then we'd get to Antenna, The Model, The Robots and Autobahn. TEE is my favourite album of theirs and right up there for me

Sharing the love for Kraftwerk. A monumental band in my formative listening although strangely The Model isn't among my very top favourites.

From the 70s so far, again all brilliant choices, but obviously Kate, Blondie's Heart of Glass was one of the first singles I ever owned (bought for me) and The Wall is one of my top 3 albums of all time (the others being The Holy Bible, and The Dreaming). And I think I'd probably try to shoehorn about 9 Bowie song in if I could but Life on Mars? is hard to beat.

#01 The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby' (1963) #02 The Beatles - 'Tomorrow Never Knows' (1966) #03 The Mamas & The Papas - 'California Dreamin’ (1965) #04 The Animals - 'The House of the Rising Sun' (1964) #05 Ben E. King - 'Stand By Me' (1961) #06 Procol Harum - 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (1967) #07 The Rolling Stones - 'Paint It, Black' (1966) #08 The Beach Boys - 'God Only Knows' (1966) #09 The Doors - 'Light My Fire' (1967) #10 The Velvet Underground & Nico - 'Venus In Furs' (1967) That's a stonking top 10 and I couldn't possibly argue with any of them, although naturally mine would be quite different. The '60s is one of my favourite decades, particularly 1965 onwards, with the Psychedelic and garage scene being so creative. Paint It, Black remains my favourite song of all time still, so that the Velvets and The Animals would probably make my top 10 if I could ever narrow it down

Actually it's from this song primarily. It's enchanted me since I was a kid. I'd say it's about 70% Velvets and 30% the Banshee as the inspiration, but he took his name from this song too and I was aware of all this when I chose it. This is a great idea and will be checking this thread out properly in a minute. I got one post in and had to reply! A cracking start so far.

Not even close to one of the greatest drives. Probably not even Antonelli's best this year. It was good, don't get me wrong, but you put the best engine/battery package in the car with the best aero design, on a power circuit where it can breeze passed all opposition with ease, where there's minimal tyre deg and the high speed corners are taken at 40kph slower than last year and this is what you get. Antonelli is fast no doubt about that but not one driver bar Russell, made any real attempt to keep him behind because they all knew it was a lost cause. There were a few genuinely good overtakes under braking but this was closer in Indycar style oval racing than F1, just without the same high speed corners, concrete walls and thin line of grip. And indycar is a spec series so is naturally closer in car performance. The only real question was which Merc was gonna win. And the best driver did.