This song has proven such an earworm for me. It reminds me of Jellyfish, which is no bad thing given the calibre of that band’s power pop. I can’t wait to hear Andy’s album; I genuinely feel he’s one of the most criminally underrated songwriters out there.

This is both fascinating, jaw-dropping at points, and really well designed.

sheets.worksThe people holding up the internetFour billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

New guide up on Soundtrack The Page. This time it’s Rob Young’s amazing Electric Eden.

Soundtrack The PageElectric Eden — Rob Young — Soundtrack The PageA listening guide to Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music, by Rob Young — every record the book names, chapter by chapter, in the order it names them.

From a Network Notes reader, in response to the last piece and the comment about agents becoming the undoing of the internet as we know it:

“I suspect you’ll have already heard of things like this, but I know someone who vibe-coded a bot that got him Glasto tickets this year.”

A taste of the future perhaps. Things like OpenAI’s Dots agents can be set to handle tasks like this, but unlike you or me they operate at insane speed, don’t get tired, and won’t stop until the job is done.

Sprite FusionDestroy Any WebsiteType an address, break everything. Any website becomes a destructible pixel-art level, solo or with friends.

Handy one. Phillip Sherburne has reposted all his articles on Nina (RIP) over on Second Floor. Dive in: firstfloor.substack.com/t/second-floor

Really good read.

Garbage DayWhy "Choosin' Texas" doesn't feel like a hitRead to the end for FlubberLover01

Paywalled if you’re not a subscriber. It touches on just how much everyone is getting locked into their digital bubbles these days.

This year’s Doc ’n Roll line-up has been announced. Highly recommend taking a look. They screen some proper gems.

docnrollfestival.comDoc'n Roll Films - Music Film DocumentariesMusic Film Documentaries Festival UK

Another fascinating read from Garbage Day. Apparently people are using AI to basically duplicate viral Reels, replacing the people in them with AI avatars. Inevitable, I guess, but still a grim insight on where things are going. Feels like the death spiral of socials into zombie internet vibes.

Garbage DayDuplicate, infiltrate, and undermineRead to the end for System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey” in the style of the B-52s

The SHFL collection on Basic Channel. Eminently worth a few hours of your time.