Shall we write a new editorial? Oh the endless demand and who needs a damn editorial? No time for editorials, let the actual music do the actual walking and the actual talking. Exact same thing again, another five (or so) slices of musical things that have passed our way recently and however you like to slice it and of course it was the price of lemons and here comes the intro, Don’t be flippant she said, how could it ever be flippant? I can’t remember why she said that now, in one ear, out the other, we have a bad attitude here apparently, no respect for those who work in the music industry, well no poop Sherlock, have you only just worked that one out? We’ve been showing (and getting) zero respect since the last century, zero flips given, let me circle around one more time and give you the heads up on that one..

Five? There’s something rather compelling about five. Cross-pollination? Five more? Is there another way? A better way? A cure for pulling flying rabbits out of the clouds? Is there a rhyme? Is there a reason? Was there ever a reason? What do reasons make? Five more? Snake oil? Everything must go and no, we never do and the proof of the pudding is in that proof reading. When we started this thing, oh never mind, it doesn’t matter why we started this damn thing and like we asked last time, does anyone bother reading the editorial? Does anyone ever actually look down the rabbit hole or is it all just method acting? We do really try to listen to everything that comes in, we do it so you don’t have to, we are very (very) very very picky about what we actually post on these fractured pages or about what gets played on the radio or indeed what we hang in a gallery. Cut to the chase, never mind the editorial, skip this bit, there’s loads of music further down the page, well five or so pieces of music that have come our way in the last few days and what’s Wordsworth? Just the basic facts and links and those sounds (and visuals), that’s surely all you need from us?

Here we go, five more slices of music that have recently come our way, this time we start somewhere in Dublin

1: M(h)aol have something new, something new from M(h)aol is always a good thing. A single, a b-side, two sides of that thing they do so so well, the shoes, the thought, is it you, is it you, is it you? – “Snare is about countless conversations I’ve had since my first drum lesson on my ninth birthday about how bizarre it is that I play that instrument, or how I should be doing it differently,” recalls M(h)aol’s lead vocalist and drummer Constance Keane. “The idea of society gendering an inanimate object like a drum kit, when it’s something that brings me so much joy and release, has always frustrated me hugely, and I thought it was time to sing about it.”

Previously – ORGAN: More album catch ups – The rich beauty of Silver Moth, the angry post-punk defiance of Gina Birch, the wired up feminist attitude of M(h)aol…

ORGAN: Our best 43 albums of a very musically busy 2023. Who did we rate?

2: Papangu – This bit of news just passed our way, “A great band that somebody in here might enjoy have had most of their stuff stolen at gunpoint. Have a listen to them below and please consider buying a digital release from them” so said somebody on a Cardiacs forum, they would have had us curious at “might enjoy”, never heard of them before, they sound rather good to us. No, hang on, this is really really (really) good! No, hang on, this is seriously good…. more in a bit

3: The Happy Couple – Lullaby Of Broadland is the new album from the rather unique instrumental duo The Happy Couple who write and play original music inspired by the beautiful Broadland environment they inhabit. Find more on Bandcamp

4: Tristwch Y Fenywod have just added a second London date so say Upset The Rhythm, “Popular demand has summoned a second appearance of Tristwch Y Fenywod in London next January! Tickets now on sale. They already sold out the date on the 31st, so Thursday 30 January, St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, King’s Cross, NW1 1UL. Tickets

“Tristwch Y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic rock power-coven. Conjured from the experimental underground of darkest Leeds, the group channels songs of bog bodies, flickering landscapes and queer enchantment for dual-zither, bass and electronic drums. Tristwch y Fenywod (The Sadness of Women) are Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, Petronn Sphene), Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) and Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys). Formed in 2022, the music sounds like it could have been excavated from a haul of mouldering reel-to-reel tapes from the early 80s – like some recently rediscovered unholy grail of edgy, atmospheric, occult feminist goth. The dual-zither which leads their music is Gwretsien’s innovation, giving them a unique Celtic darkwave sound, but comparisons have also been drawn with The Cure circa Pornography and early Virgin Prunes. Their first record was released this summer by Night School Records”.

5: Iggy Pop – Five Foot One (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023) is the first single from Iggy Pop Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 to be released January 24th

Here’s the press release hype and our lazy cut ‘n paste of said press release, hey, we’ve got places to be today, this is a lazy thing and anyway “Iggy Pop’s Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 is an essential Iggy Pop live album, celebrating a career, a catalogue and a performer that only gather more raw power throughout the years.  On July 6th, 2023 Iggy Pop returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival backed by a seven-piece band and thrilled a capacity Stravinski Auditorium crowd with a career-spanning set including tracks from his time with The Stooges, his Idiot and Lust for Life albums, New Values leading up to his recent release Every Loser/ It marked Iggy’s third appearance at the festival and his monumental performance was recorded and filmed by the Montreux Jazz Festival team. The concert will be available on January 24th 2025 worldwide via earMUSIC.

“I give something extra every time I do Montreux Jazz. In ’23 it was deep cuts like Mass Production, Endless Sea, Five Foot One and a hell of a lot of sweat.” – Iggy Pop

There has never been an artist onstage quite like Iggy Pop and here he has never been better. With a band as versatile and acrobatic as the artist himself, there is everything from the glorious primitivism of Stooges-era ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ and ‘T.V. Eye’, the swagger of ‘Lust for Life’, the precise metronomic drone of ‘Nightclubbing’, and the full-on unleashed rock fury of the recent ‘Modern Day Ripoff’ and ‘Frenzy’.  This most comprehensive live collection catches up with Iggy as he continues to win over generations of new fans and perform at the highest level his lifelong devotees have come to expect”.

And while we’re here, we’ll just park this…

And October is almost done with…