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Captain Sensible - Happy Talk Ramones - Baby I Love You Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky Scorpions - Wind of Change Faith No More - Easy

Having spent a bit of time with the album now, I'm warming to it, if still a little underwhelmed. It's definitely not as interesting as her earlier work and suggests she's going in a more mainstream direction on the whole but it's still better than a lot of other similarly styled acts right now and I'm looking forward to seeing her live again soon. I do feel the album is a little light on tracks, with only 8 actual songs and at around 35 minutes long, it feels a bit more like an EP than a fully realised album.

Order of preference - Chloe Slater – Sucker The Black Keys – The Night Before The K's – Breakdown In My Bedroom Squid – Cro-Magnon Man St. Lucia – Rolling Man Inhaler – Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Alex Warren – Ordinary Oklou – blade bird Personal faves this week - Spiritbox - No Loss, No Love Desperate Journalist - 7 Calva Louise - W.T.F Bambara - Letters From Sing Sing

25 Soul Asylum - Runaway Train 24 Grandmaster and Melle Mel – White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 23 Kirsty MacColl - A New England 22 Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors 21 Radiohead - Creep 20 The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight 19 Julee Cruise - Falling 18 The Verve - Lucky Man 17 Dr. Dre featuring Eminem – Forgot About Dre 16 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 15 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 14 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood 13 Bomb The Bass - Winter In July 12 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton – Islands In The Stream 11 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow 10 The Beach Boys - I Get Around 09 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 08 Shakespear's Sister - I Don't Care 07 Madonna - Give It 2 Me 06 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 05 Sparks - Amateur Hour 04 Chris Cornell - You Know My Name 03 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 02 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet 01 Snow Patrol - You're All I Have

Not really. Released in November and with a Nativity themed video but the song itself bears no relation to Christmas.

When Running Up That Hill charted in 2012 I think it's worth noting that it is a different recording to the one in 1985 and 2022

1 Kid Kapichi - Sardines 182 scrobbles 2 EVILLE - Nightmare 102 3 CLT DRP - Where the Boys Are 96 4 KNIFE BRIDE - Grenade 95 5 Creeper - Annabelle 90 6 KNIFE BRIDE - Tits And Teeth 80 7 HotWax - Drop 79 8 Saint Agnes - And They All Fall Down 78 9 Saint Agnes - Daughter Of Lucifer 78 10 Creeper - Spiders In Her Hair 72 11 Saint Agnes - Uppercut! 72 12 Desperate Journalist - The Fear 72 13 PROJECTOR - Same Dream 69 14 PROJECTOR - Zero 67 15 WARGASM - Salma Hayek 66 16 HotWax - Phone Machine 64 17 KNIFE BRIDE - Fang Dummy 62 18 SNAYX - Work 62 19 Kid Kapichi - New England 59 20 PROJECTOR - Feels Like Something 58 21 Saint Agnes - Repent 58 22 Creeper - Midnight 57 23 Kid Kapichi - Self Saboteur 55 24 IDLES - Mr. Motivator 54 25 WREX - Sleepless 54 26 CLT DRP - SeeSaw 53 27 HotWax - Treasure53 28 Kid Kapichi - Rob the Supermarket 53 29 Calva Louise - POP (urri) 50 30 HotWax - Barbie (Not Yours) 49 31 Sit Down - 14 Tonnes 49 32 Birdeatsbaby - Mississippi 48 33 Kid Kapichi - Working Man's Town 48 34 Sick Joy - Painkiller 47 35 Sck Joy - Talking to the Drugs 47 36 Witch Fever - In the Resurrect 46 37 Kid Kapichi - Violence 44 38 Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's 10 Minute Version) 44 39 CLT DRP - Like Father 43 40 SNAYX - Boys in Blue 43 41 Twin Temple - The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It 43 42 Salem - Destroy Me 42 43 Sick Joy - Turn Me Up 42 44 Garbage - Wolves 40 45 HotWax - All I Want 39 46 Killing Joke - Lord of Chaos 39 47 Bob Vylan - GDP 38 48 Heartworms - Consistent Dedication 38 49 Delilah Bon - Devil 37 50 HVIRESS - Arrival 37

Did you miss the part where Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014? Russia has been conducting military operations on Ukrainian soil ever since. It was the Biden administration that brokered the Gaza peace deal after many months of trying. If you think Trump being elected was the sole reason you are misguided.

Sad to see the Sisters miss out too. It's far from their best but they were a hugely important act in my youth.

Surprised it didn't get mentioned coming so soon after Jump but that guitar riff is Van Halen again. From the song Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love

Sofia Isella Everything else is far too Radio 2 for my liking. The Manics included but I'll probably warm to their's. Personal favourite this week - SNAYX - Breathe

January Pretty quiet start to the year so far Jan 15 2025 - Lambrini Girls - Resident Music, Brighton, England Jan 18 2025 - Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Flip Top Head, goodbye, SLAG - Green Door Store, Brighton, England* Jan 30 2025 - THE HARA, Eville - Green Door Store, Brighton, England *Left before they came on

Artists Pos/Artist/plays 1 Lambrini Girls 144 2 Poppy 136 3 Dana Dentata 124 4 Chappell Roan 89 5 Taylor Swift 88 6 Mimi Barks 67 7 The Horrors 65 8 Eminem 60 9 Delilah Bon 55 10 The Clash 55 11 Curve 52 12 Beyoncé 45 13 Billie Eilish 44 14 Mudhoney 43 15 Witch Fever 40 16 Charli xcx 37 17 Cassyette 34 18 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 34 19 Bambie Thug 32 20 Betty Boo 32 21 Killing Joke 31 22 Nova Twins 31 23 Peter Gabriel 30 24 Britney Spears 29 25 Projector 29 26 Sick Joy 29 27 The Beatles 29 28 Kid Kapichi 28 29 Manic Street Preachers 27 30 Siiickbrain 23 31 Knife Bride 21 32 Elvis Presley 20 33 Harpy 20 34 Lady Gaga 20 35 The Rolling Stones 19 36 Halsey 18 37 Heriot 18 38 Girls Aloud 17 39 Rihanna 17 40 Sons 17

Glad to see the back of him tbh. I always liked him back in the 90s but sometime since he stopped racing he's lost all objectivity and become absorbed in his own self. Worse of all he developed an obvious bias and lack of impartiality which wasn't compatible with the job of steward. In other news apparently Lewis Hamilton has been having a difficult time testing the 2023 Ferrari, the result of which was he managed to crash it the other day. He was unhurt but Ferrari are playing down the incident under the learning a new car angle. Whilst this is undoubtedly the case it does raise question about whether Lewis is going to find it easy to adapt to a new design discipline at the Scuderia. Lastly, if anyone is thinking of swinging by the F1 exhibition in London I'd say it's worth checking out. I went today and whilst it is definitely aimed at newer fans, (there's little the long term or dedicated fan won't be aware of) there are some iconic cars on display. Sadly, nothing pre 1961 but you do get the Phil Hill's Sharknose Ferrari 156, Fittipaldi's Lotus 72, Alan Jones' Williams FW07, Senna's Mclaren MP4/4, Hakkinen's McLaren MP4/14, Verstappen's RB16B, Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes W09 and a stack of helmets and overalls to go with it. The grand finale is what remains of Romain Grosjean's Haas VF-20 from Bahrain 2020. It does fall in to the trap of saying F1 begins in 1950 and skips over a lot of important stuff but it's a decent primer for new fans and a good substitute for seeing the cars if you can't get down to Goodwood.

Brushstrokes of Reunion is released on Friday 31st

Mercedes have announced they will unveil their 2025 challenger, the W16 in an online presentation on the 24th Feb. Two days before the car gets its first run in the Bahrain test.

I'm not going to presume to speak for others but please don't take my comments as a complaint. They're not. I definitely appreciate what you're doing here and I agree that picking only 8 is a tough task to narrow it down. The fact that others are engaing with the thread on any level suggests people are interested in the idea. My mentions of other artists not included is only a naming of what I'm liking from new releases, whether it will factor into what gets included in future weeks is up to you. Happy if it does, happy if it doesn't. At the very least the threa highlights multiple new releases and some that people may not be aware of, so that's a plus either way.

Seconding the lack of Viagra Boys. Lead single from a new album and all that. Would have made it a tough choice to pick a fave too

Nova Twins is the only one I'd ever want to hear again.

Tellingly the Roman Salute doesn't exist. It was a Hollywood fabrication for movies and has no historical record to validate this. The salute was then picked up by... you guessed it - Benito Mussolini, from where the NSDAP took inspiration and gave it their own spin. The 'from the heart to the sun' salute IS a fascist salute except when used in Hollywood basically. Even the USA banned the Bellamy Salute as it was similar to the Nazi one.

Hamilton's new helmet design looks great against the red Ferrari colours

Mimi has just released the umpteenth single from her debut album but I couldn't find a thread for her, which feels criminal. M7K0CVD93AY This is Doom Trap was my favourite album from last year. 1. FSU 2. HOUSE FULL OF FKAES 3. MIRTAZAPINE 4. PSYCHOSIS 5. WORMGIRL 6. MONTANA 7. FADED 8. BANSHEE 9. SILENT TEARS 10. DISGUSTED 11. CARDIAC 12. FINAL DESTINATION/DEATH WITHOUT SATISFACTION

Love the Novas and whilst this is among their more straightforward tracks I can definitely see myself enjoying this as much as anything they've done. Great to have them back

A fair few favourites dropping out now for me, specifically the Manics, Maiden, Prince and Betty Boo.

Best Friend, Hands Off She's Mine, Whine And Grine/Stand Down Margaret and their version of Can't Get Used to Losing You are all worth a listen