Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If an airline cancels your flight because weather, their desk says they won’t refund or arrange alternative transport, and promptly closes, what to do? Asking for a me. Already phoned the airline, who can’t answer, and said they’d call back? Also the weather shattered the terminal’s glass door. 110
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 15/06/2026Festival Review: We Love Green 2026musicomh.comFestival Review: We Love Green 2026The 15th anniversary edition of Paris’s eco-forward gathering brings together an international bill with something for everyone 021
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 05/06/2026Festival Review: Mighty Hoopla 2026 The most inclusive, essential and downright fun festival mixes stars of music, stage and screen with umpteen Hoopla Momentsmusicomh.comFestival Review: Mighty Hoopla 2026The most inclusive, essential and downright fun festival mixes stars of music, stage and screen with umpteen Hoopla Moments 021
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 02/06/2026The Age Of Consent review: queer and trans stars celebrate Bronski Beat’s debut Tom Rasmussen, David McAlmont, Bishi and Bimini are among the stars bringing the album's music and meaning into 2026musicomh.comThe Age Of Consent review: queer and trans stars celebrate Bronski Beat’s debutTom Rasmussen, David McAlmont, Bishi and Bimini are among the stars bringing the album's music and meaning into 2026 021
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 27/05/2026Black Box Recorder @ Palladium, London – icily detached Englishness, preserved in song After 17 years away, Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines and John Moore unexpectedly reunite at the home of song and dance - and it's all thanks to Billie Eilishmusicomh.comBlack Box Recorder @ Palladium, London – icily detached Englishness, preserved in songAfter 17 years away, Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines and John Moore unexpectedly reunite at the home of song and dance - and it's all thanks to Billie Eilish 031
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 19/05/2026Seth Lakeman @ Union Chapel, London review – “reassuringly unchanging” The 20th anniversary revisit to the Dartmoor folk proponent's third album Freedom Fields proves to be a demonstration of consummate musicianshipmusicomh.comSeth Lakeman @ Union Chapel, London review – “reassuringly unchanging”The 20th anniversary revisit to the Dartmoor folk proponent's third album Freedom Fields proves to be a demonstration of consummate musicianship 031
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 15/05/2026How on Earth was Patrick Wolf at Outernet a year ago today? He doesn’t even have this hair colour anymore I swear the years are speeding up 040
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Basically obsessed with this youtu.be/IEjrRtI7pW4?...youtu.beSouad Massi - Samt (Clip officiel)YouTube video by SouadMassiVEVO 010
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Election Day!* Does your polling station have its own organ, though? (*Except for viewers in Northern Ireland) 010
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 24/04/2026Summer music festivals 2026 preview – London As another busy summer approaches on the music festival front, we share our picks of the capital's finest offeringsmusicomh.comLondon summer music festivals 2026 previewAs another busy summer approaches on the music festival front, we share our picks of the capital's finest offerings 021
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It lives. (As does a snag list. But still.) www.musicomh.commusicomh.commusicOMHMusic reviews, interviews and features from musicOMH's team of music writers 010
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026As ever, @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social has the lowdown on it all. Food for thought 🧵 bsky.app/profile/jenw... 020
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026So on point; I’m in season 2 rn (awaiting the arrival of François obvs) 110
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Questions for ‘election monitors’ who couldn’t wait to tell all about what they’d “found” mere seconds after polls closed in Gorton and Denton. Nothing to do with Muslims having vote, a bright female candidate, or straightforwar… sorry, ‘left wing’ policies? www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater...gmp.police.ukCriminal investigation concludes into 'family voting' allegation at Gorton and Denton by-electionWe’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting. 110
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026That @musicomh.com will be inaccessible on Sunday. WHY? I hear nobody at all scream WELL. There’s, and whisper it won’t you, a *new* *site* But please tell no-one. They might like it 150
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The Frank and Walters, excellent students of the human condition, are playing an acoustic set at the Lexington in That London. BUY: www.seetickets.com/event/the-fr... Listen to stages (featuring actual Cillian Murphy) if you’re somehow unsure why you should buy tickets: youtu.be/Q4mkcH8XZgY?...youtu.beStages - Frank and Walters Feat. Cillian MurphyYouTube video by FrankandWalters 000
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Aside: Labour nationally have not restored TfL’s central government funding, cut by the Tories; restoration of which might negate the need for bus cuts. Could this be an example of the sort of ‘continuity Tory’ some sorts are disliking about the current those-in-charges 010
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Fascinating briefings re: Sadiq Khan. One the one hand: please take a peerage and maybe a cabinet position, you most excellent knight of the realm. On the other: Dear press, that nasty Khan is cutting buses and we as Labour are #concerned 100
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 17/09/2025The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon | Neil Hannon's best album in years sports his characteristic wit and orchestral flourishes. But its personal subject matter elevates these songs to something greatermusicomh.comThe Divine Comedy – Rainy Sunday AfternoonNeil Hannon's best album in years sports his characteristic wit and orchestral flourishes. But its personal subject matter elevates these songs to something greater 031
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Saint Etienne’s fantabulous new (and LAST! 😭) album International is out at midnight TONIGHT. Sarah of the actual Saint Ets sat down for a natter about the new album, collaborations, and life leading to this point here 👀 @bobpetesarah.bsky.social @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social 050
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Hello. The Milky Way and some stars are above me and these images were taken on my phone. #nofilter #stars #milkyway #nightsky #ooh 050
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Where, I ask you, does one find specific-sized replacement chimney pots (one buff, one terracotta)? Jewsons et al don’t have the specs, roofing suppliers are impossible, local salvage yard draws blanks, Bookface marketplacers specify nought, and, ARGH 110
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Please say you're going to start a flow of articles on this. There needs to be awareness at least 020
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 04/08/2025It first lists AI helpings from publishers, so people don't click through to the publishers. Then it lists its own YouTube/News content. Then comes Reddit and reader reviews who've posted to Google. Eventually by page whatever come the actual content providers. It's become next to useless 140
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Has there been a book which, chapter by chapter, lists regrets-through-life? Each as an eulogy-chapter, none more vital than any other, but the sum adding up to a whole lot of experience, imbuing personality, and perhaps indulging sentimentality. Thinking of penning one, each chapter on a person 000
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Bore witness to Billie Eilish, wrote things ⤵️ 030
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Words wot I rote about a lady called Sabrina ⤵️ 010
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 25/06/2025Sparks @ Hammersmith Apollo, London | The Mael Brothers celebrate their highest-charting album MAD! with deep dives, hits and reciprocated lovemusicomh.comSparks @ Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Mael Brothers celebrate their highest-charting album MAD! with deep dives, hits and reciprocated love 051
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Wrote some words about musics, plz read, thx 040
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 14/06/2025Ani DiFranco @ Royal Albert Hall, London | At the start of her European tour, the consummate musician/feminist icon brings together musical numbers with songs old and new musicomh.comAni DiFranco @ Royal Albert Hall, LondonAt the start of her European tour, the consummate musician/feminist icon brings together musical numbers with songs old and new 022
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 05/06/2025Festival Review: Mighty Hoopla 2025 | Unique, pitch-perfect and vital, the 2025 edition had nostalgia, politics, contemporary edge - and community to the foremusicomh.comFestival Review: Mighty Hoopla 2025Unique, pitch-perfect and vital, the 2025 edition had nostalgia, politics, contemporary edge - and community to the fore 011
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 03/06/2025Pulp - More | So THIS is what they do for an encoremusicomh.comPulp – MoreSo THIS is what they do for an encore 011
Reposted by Michael HubbardIan Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I went to see ABBA Voyage again and wrote about it www.musicomh.com/features/spo...musicomh.comAbba Voyage, three years on: "Pop at its most powerful and life-changing" | Music Features, Spotlights | musicOMHMusic Features, Spotlights: Abba Voyage, three years on: "Pop at its most powerful and life-changing" 4163
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 30/05/2025Field Day 2025 and the Battle of Brockwell Park - start of a new era overcomes the odds | The opening of London’s 2025 music festival season has been fraught, with obstacles in nature both local and global thrown in its path musicomh.comField Day 2025 and the Battle of Brockwell Park – start of a new era overcomes the oddsThe opening of London’s 2025 music festival season has been fraught, with obstacles in nature both local and global thrown in its path 031
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Imagine if there were enough 37s. There’d not be half-hours between buses. There’d not be gridlocked Dulwich roads. People in south London could travel, without buying a car. What a world #tfl #tfl37 @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 23/05/2025AMMAR 808 - Club Tounsi | Sofyann Ben Youssef's third album marries his Tunisian identity with wall-shaking bass futurismmusicomh.comAMMAR 808 – Club TounsiSofyann Ben Youssef's third album marries his Tunisian identity with wall-shaking bass futurism 011
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 14/05/2025As Rialto play the Scala tonight, a little push for my interview with Louis Eliot about the journey to their first album in 24 years, Neon & Ghost Signs www.musicomh.com/features/int...musicomh.comRialto's Louis Eliot interviewed: "Suddenly I realised there was still love for the band" | Music Interviews | musicOMHMusic Interviews: Rialto's Louis Eliot interviewed: "Suddenly I realised there was still love for the band" 031
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 04/05/2025Rialto's Louis Eliot interviewed: "Suddenly I realised there was still love for the band" | With the release of Neon & Ghost Signs, their first album in over 20 years, Louis Eliot's band is back and better than ever. But what took them so long?musicomh.comRialto’s Louis Eliot interviewed: “Suddenly I realised there was still love for the band”With the release of Neon & Ghost Signs, their first album in over 20 years, Louis Eliot's band is back and better than ever. But what took them so long? 011
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 22/04/2025Rialto - Neon & Ghost Signs | More than two decades since their last album, Louis Eliot and co return older, wiser and with intentmusicomh.comRialto – Neon & Ghost SignsMore than two decades since their last album, Louis Eliot and co return older, wiser and with intent 011
Reposted by Michael HubbardmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 18/04/2025Salif Keita - So Kono | Seven years after his retirement from recording, the Malian superstar releases an acoustic album recorded in a hotel room in Japanmusicomh.comSalif Keita – So KonoSeven years after his retirement from recording, the Malian superstar releases an acoustic album recorded in a hotel room in Japan 011
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Today is New Pulp Song Day. Herewith, Spike Island. New James Ford-produced album, More, out through Rough Trade on 6th June. #pulp www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27a...youtube.comPulp - Spike Island (Official Video)YouTube video by Pulp 010
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 09/04/2025That cover: Kevin's outdone himself with the pictures here - and a book with more from Abbey Road Studios is part of the release. Excellent. Tour in October includes two nights at the Barbican. First single is Achilles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YIF... 020
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Love the cover of The Divine Comedy’s new album Rainy Sunday Afternoon, picture by Kevin Westenberg 140
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 01/04/2025And sometimes I just have to stop and listen to things properly, and shut the world out. Which means I don't hear 20 other things. Yann. Man makes me want to buy a boat/move to an island/have a drinkie/5 with him in a cellar bar. Further sigh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZX...youtube.comYann Tiersen - Rathlin from a Distance (Official Audio)YouTube video by Yann Tiersen 130
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I've not properly updated The Spreadsheet Of All Knowledge in too long, but already 25/4 is over 30? I bet it's over 50 really (not including reissues/EPs/lives/&cs.). We're doing ok to over five; exceptional to wrap our lugholes round 10. Sigh. 110
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Easy for you to say, luvvie; you've got enough writers! (At least two of these I'd write myself if it wasn't for having to do a day job, and why don't the gods understand) 110
Michael Hubbard @yeoldemother.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I will always love Yann Tiersen. Want to float away on a piano? Half of his new double LP Rathlin From A Distance | The Liquid Hour is your medication The first half is piano | The second half is not It's all completely gorgeous @yanntiersenmusic.bsky.social ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZX...youtube.comYann Tiersen - Rathlin from a Distance (Official Audio)YouTube video by Yann Tiersen 040