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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I suspect regular football fans in England are about to learn of the power of billionaires and the political elite re Man City ... Similar to Scottish football fans in 2012 learning of the power of masons and shitebags re the old Rangers 😂

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Two generations of happy Arab Strap fan boys at Assai Aberdeen yesterday 😁 @arabstrap.scot

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The production on the new Arab Strap album "Half-Told Tales" is seriously outstanding, Paul Savage has done them well proud on this one. Its sounding like the soundtrack to my current existence as a mid-50's bloke with a teenage son 😂 @arabstrap.scot arabstrapband.bandcamp.com/album/half-t...

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Half-Told Tales, by Arab Strap

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My son is a bigger QotSA than me ... But we watched this on the 'big telly' together last night and it's pretty special! youtube.com/watch?v=GL-I...

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Queens of the Stone Age - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The best 34 minutes of new ambient | electronic sonics you will hear this week courtesy of SHHE (fae Dundee via Portugal nae less) and ably supported by the genius that is Ben Chatwin @benchatwin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/5I4f9F...

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THALASSA

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

If I had to call a top 3 albums of 2026 so far, this would be in it, but as it's not on streaming services, most won't hear it unfortunately ... So get it bought! Other two albums would be The Twilight Sad and deathcrash for the record 😉 wulyf.bandcamp.com/album/a-wave...

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A Wave That Will Never Break, by WU LYF

7 track album

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Just had my first listen to the new Crippled Black Phoenix album and ... holy shit its good, seriously good! Recommend listening to the whole thing before judging and then suggest that the desire to hit 'repeat' will be strong 😉 @cbpofficial.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/0b3EGc...

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Spotify – Web Player

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The new Twilight Sad album is pretty special ... They have always been good but this powerful stuff @rockactionrecords.scot

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Taking my soon to be 17 year old son to his 3rd Mogwai gig in Aberdeen tonight (my 23rd) ... also taking 2 of his mates to their first ... One of them tells me he's not ready for "Like Herod" live ... special request then lads 😉 @mogwai.scot

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I didn't have time to do a big write up of my favourite albums of the year for '25 (that nobody reads anyway 😉) ... but still did a list and the ubiquitous accompanying playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2mZ...

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Google's NoteBook LM AI is brilliant at most things except spelling! This is its summary of the NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH's 80-page research paper "THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BREXIT" www.nber.org/system/files... Saved you some reading there 😉 @mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Listening back to last few Clyde Super Scoreboard podcasts, Given Hugh bases his player assessments on 2 data points, I'll do the same with him ... The man is a clown and an embarrassment to broadcasting 😉 #discuss @clydessb.bsky.social

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Surely everyone can agree on this basic principle?

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Probably the best KEXP session I've ever seen ... had never heard of these guys before yesterday but now obsessed with their brand of instrumental (post) rock and incredible musicianship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe4... Hope they visit Scotland soon, need to see them live!

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BRUIT ≤ - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Middle aged bloke muso perfection is ... Post Father's day full breakfast, sitting in a sunny garden with fresh coffee and a new Half Man Half Biscuit album on headphones 😉 @hmhbinfo.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/3W3HJq...

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All Asimov And No Fresh Air

Half Man Half Biscuit · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Been an @snp.org member for 35 years & my confidence in seeing an independent Scotland in my lifetime has never felt so low 😔 Are we an independence party or not @johnswinney.bsky.social If so, lets get after it, otherwise be honest with us & let the next generation mobilise under some new banner

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

My son has his National 5 Modern Studies exam on Friday where Brexit may come up, so I played him the phone call from Richard on today's James O'Brien show (about 30 mins in) to show him how easily Brexiteers could be called out 😂 @mrjamesob.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6UwS...

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Keir Starmer signs landmark UK-EU deal - why are Brexiteers still complaining?

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Martin Geissler on BBC Scotland tends to grind my gears ... Until I was listening to this Scotcast episode and he mentioned he'd never seen The Fall live, fair play, any Fall fan cannae be bad! I saw them 7 times for the record Martin 😂 @mmgeissler.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0NFd...

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Is AI a threat to musicians?

Scotcast · Episode

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Not all ambient music is actually ambient, some (eg Rafael Anton Irisarri, Abul Mogard etc) can be complex, challenging & ultimately rewarding Another case in point is Loscil's latest release Get it appreciated ... @loscil.ca @blackknoll.bsky.social #abulmogard open.spotify.com/album/0mix5U...

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Lake Fire

Loscil · Album · 2025 · 9 songs

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Frontman from post-rock(ish) merchants deathcrash releases solo album and its slowcoretastic! open.spotify.com/album/3m0l9q...

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The Ribbon Songs

Tiernan · Album · 2025 · 7 songs

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Etims @etims.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Hi Tav, come in Cheers Bazza, err Gaffer So Tav, good news bad news..I want you to shore up our defence and move into the centre Great boss..I’ve been thinking thats my future role too..and whats the bad news? Celtic have sold Kyogo! And thats bad? It is for you!

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This was my son in 2011 just before his 2nd birthday and the day after I got Stuart and Barry to sign the t-shirt at an after show following a gig at Aberdeen's Music Hall ... Tomorrow (now almost 16) he's coming with me to the Usher Hall for his first (my 17th) Mogwai gig @mogwai.scot

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

@mogwai.scot Time flies eh? 30 years ... Jeezo! 🤔 Eh, haud on! 😂

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I usually enjoy listening to the Friday @clydessb.bsky.social podcast on my Saturday morning dog walk ... Will probably pass this week as assuming it's a The Rangers gush fest tonight? 😏

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My 15 year old son's comment on the albumoftheyear.org site about the new @mogwai.scot album out today ... "Would bring a tear to a glass eye" as my old granny would have said!

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ach, dry January could be worse ...

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

An image to set the scene for 2025? 🤔

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

North East Scotland mid winter temperatures rivaling North East Scotland mid summer temperatures here ... There's yer global warming 🤨

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Was doing my albums of the year list yesterday, that Slovenly Hooks may or may not be in 😉, and it got me revisiting Craig’s previous guise of A Mote of Dust and reminding me of one of the most intimate ‘gigs’ I’d ever experienced ... @aereocraig.bsky.social youtu.be/wCu-31rs5xg?...

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A Mote of Dust - "Eve": Aberdeen, January 2016

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

One of many ‘guest’ vocalists of the current Pogues tour, Grian Chatten is a natural ... I saw the band many times while Shane (RIP) was still with us but would happily pay to see a whole gig with Grian as the frontman 😉 @fontainesdc.bsky.social youtu.be/HmEqGcyvc3c?...

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The Pogues & Grian Chatten (Fontaines DC) - Streams of Whiskey (Dublin 17/12/2024)

YouTube video by Davide Gaião

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Two and a half hours of new (well, largely unreleased if not exactly new) Aphex Twin you say? 🤔 Don't mind if I do 😉 @aphextwin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/album/72pxRH...

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Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

That's the Christmas tree up so must be time for the annual tradition of sharing the most under rated Christmas song ever aka "In Excelsis Deo" by There Will be Fireworks youtu.be/W9htrhVyuC0?...

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There Will Be Fireworks // In Excelsis Deo // Live From Old Mill Studios

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Telly aff, records on ... Could be a late one 😉

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Was browsing in an, ahem, 'chain' record shop today when I realised I didn't have this on vinyl ... Dichotomy was what to wait and buy from one of the 'good guys' or just plug the gap pronto ... #gapplugged @mogwai.scot

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The SNP @snp.org · 30/11/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy St Andrew’s Day from all of us in the SNP.

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

If you are looking for a headphone accompaniment to a slow / chill start to your day (or any point to the day to be fair) ... Alva Noto’s final part of his ambient | electronic Xerrox series is out today and sounding fantastic (yeah, even on lo-fi Spotify 😉) open.spotify.com/album/0nXbVp...

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Xerrox, Vol.5

alva noto · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I'm not a fan of Spotify's business practices or poor sound quality (and only keep it as the wife & son would kill me if I binned the family plan) ... But the new AI playlist generator is really feckin' cool it has to be said 😉

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

3 hour drive in the fog with my 15 year old muso freak son (takes after his dad 😂) to see IDLES at the Hydro in Glasgow ... Missing the Celtic game on telly but expecting a belter 😉 @idlesband.bsky.social

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The week's not over yet but happy with the lastfm listening stats ... www.last.fm/user/mjm2705

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Another international break where we need to suffer Eng-ger-land on cooncil telly in Scotland while our own game is blacked out 🤬 Not good enough @scottishfa.bsky.social ... And for those if you that voted 'No' in 2014 ... Shut it, you chose yer side!

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just finished listening to the Jesus & Mary Chain biography "Never Understood" (narrated by William and Jim) on Sp****y ... Superb listen that has me back listening to "Stoned & Dethroned" and "Munki" for the first time in a while! open.spotify.com/show/7o3J40b...

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Mark Murphy @markm-scot.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Anthony Fanatno being a good guy: youtu.be/oInyT46gNHE?... Anthony Fantano being a prick: youtu.be/D0zouW-xIuI?... 🤨

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