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The 50 Best Songs of 2025 So Far Get these songs on a playlist here. 50. Panda Bear - Ferry Lady 49. Biig Piig - Cynical 48. Adult DVD - Dogs In The Sun 47. Moss Side Sauna Club - My Weird Appetite 46. Ken Ishii - Giant Killer 45. The Cafe - Good Health Good Wealth 44. Snapped Ankles - Raoul 43.…

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Jaka Bijol is undergoing a medical at Leeds United's Thorp Arch training ground. #lufc www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Essential equipment

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Leeds United, unsurprisingly, will be live on TV at the first opportunity. Everton visit on Monday, August 18. #lufc Opening five: Aug 18 - Everton (h) - 8pm Aug 23 - Arsenal (a) - 3pm Aug 30 - Newcastle (h) - 3pm Sep 13 - Fulham (a) - 3pm Sep 20 - Wolves (a) - 3pm

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Arsenal away next

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On a Monday

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The Ev at home.

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Released on this date in 1966, Making Time by The Creation #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2024/01/09/1...

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Released on this date in 1991, Chicken Rhythms by Northside #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2024/04/20/n...

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Released on this date in 1979, Stay With Me 'Til Dawn by Judie Tzuke - quite the character #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/03/18/1...

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Released on this date in 2022, My Other People by TV Priest #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/06/13/t...

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To wade into the latest AI discourse' LLM chatbots are actually genuinely really useful tools. The problem is that their loudest advocates (and indeed creators) are mostly idiots using them for the dumbest things. And all of the crap created is understandably polarising people against it

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WE DID IT!! Over £50,000 for #AndysManclub !! Thank you to everyone who generously donated. If you still want to, you can at garyspeedwalk.com #LUFC #NUFC @thesquareball.net

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Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn review It's easy to get weary of the music industry's hype cycle in a "Which fresh set of cheekbones is this" vein, but whilst ok, so now impress me can feel like a necessary default mode to protect the self, occasionally the juice is worth the squeeze. Lifeguard come…

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Released on this date in 1997, Spiritualized’s Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2021/05/11/1...

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Is it “24 cans of Ace Lager for £6?”

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I have pairs of socks older than this LA club.

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Released on this date in 1986, The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2020/12/26/1...

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Wow. This looks like a real coup.

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You don’t mess with Leeds.

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On this day in 2016, Jo Cox was murdered in an act of cowardice and hate. The words below speak for themselves. RIP Jo. Thinking her and her family today.

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Ah..a bit clearer.

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100 Greatest songs of the 20’s So Far #58 Chat Pile – Wicked Puppet Dance Released: 2022 As mission statements for a record go, confronting your audience and the outside world doesn't get much more direct than when Chat Pile's bassist said of their 2022 debut album God's Country that "More than…

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Released on this date in 1977, Uptown Top Ranking by Althea & Donna #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/01/07/1...

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Released on this date in 2017, Crack Up by Fleet Foxes #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2017/12/11/b...

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Released on this date in 1979, Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/11/18/1...

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What’s your sign?

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Released on this date in 1979, Three Imaginary Boys by The Cure arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/05/08/1...

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Hope this is squad padding.

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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

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It’s just a perfect day

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“What’s wrong babe? You’ve not worn your Pretty Green John Squire Jackson Pollock shorts”

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100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #59 Burial – Dreamfear Released: 2024 When a musician effectively declares themselves as uninterested in the process of recognition it usually prompts their existing audience to gather round protectively. History tells us however that William Bevan - the…

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No time to do some sort of cool theme today so here’s yer #weekendsingles

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The Killing Time is open… how nice to welcome the early visitors yesterday for a quiet preview. Everyone wanted to talk about the stories. 🙏🏼 Open 12-4pm today, the 4pm book launch event is now sold out with a waiting list. Exhibition runs until July 19th - hope to see some of you there!

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Anyone know if the Hot Tug ever got an engine, or was it a by hand job?

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