Jon Hicks

The one I’ve been waiting for. Colly always puts so much effort in to his end of year roundups, and there’s loads here I’ve not listened to, but will be

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Simon Collison (@colly@mastodon.social)

Here’s my 22nd annual music roundup — bigger and more ridiculously obsessive than ever. https://colly.com/journal/twenty-twentyfive-in-music

I've just posted my Annual Report, highlighting my favourite albums, gigs and books of 2025. I decided on no links to streaming services, or reviews this year. I spend ages working out different ways of saying "I love this album!”, describing the music and gathering links to Spotify/Apple Music. This year, you're just getting a grid of album covers with links to Bandcamp! Ho ho ho!

Hicks.design 2025 Annual Report - Hicks.design

A roundup of my favourite albums, gigs and books from 2025

“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more.” Los Campesinos! break down streaming royalties. In other news, Fuck Spotify.

Los Campesinos!

Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!

Wordpress folks: I have a client that is steadfastly WP, and currently uses Elementor, which for someone who loves the cascade, minimal scripting and clean code is absolute torture. Is there a better process that I can get them to use? In the past I've experienced Gutenberg being painfully slow with very long text pages. Maybe it’s better now? Not looking for a 'no code' solution, but control over code with good page preview. No shit-tonne of injected scripts, divs and styles to override.