Max Pilley

**NEWS** My book is out now! Available via @penswordbooks at the link below (20% off!). It is an honest dive into the entire lifespan of @remhq, focusing as much as possible on what made them the most unlikely megastars in music history. Spread the word! pen-and-sword.co.uk/REM-Album-by-A…

@LewisWiltshire Ah thank you Lewis, absolutely delighted to hear this.

@alex_rigatoni @NME ah amazing news Alex, you're gonna be great!

As of today, I’m incredibly excited to say I’m a contributing editor for Radar at @NME! There’s some big shoes to fill and it’s a huge responsibility, but I’m really excited to embrace this opportunity and spotlight all the amazing new acts out there - bring it on!! 👊✨

Starmer is likely to be a frustrating prime minister, but I refuse to feel anything other than boundless, vindictive joy at what happens tomorrow. "That fluttering you hear is the sound of chickens coming home to roost." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

John Oliver, "The Conservatives have had 5 different prime ministers over the past 14 years.. It's worth briefly revisiting all of them" 1⃣"David Cameron.. Austerity.. Brexit" 2⃣"Theresa May.. More austerity, two child cap" 3⃣"Boris Johnson.. His time in office was a shambles.. Britain left the EU on the same day of the first case of the corona virus was announced.. His handling of covid was an unmitigated disaster" "For the record there is only one actual f*ckpig in Downing Street.. David Cameron.. As a student at Oxford he once put his d*ck in a dead pig's mouth" 4⃣"Liz Truss who had the shortest tenure of any British prime minister in history.. Her budget full of tax cuts for the rich which caused a mini economic crisis" 5⃣"Sunak the wet.. A man who literally does not have the sense to get in from the rain" "Brexit created red tape that has grown exponentially.. Trading goods with the EU is now so onerous that many businesses have chosen to relocate into mainland Europe which is not good news for the UK" "Brexit is estimated to be costing the economy about £100 billion a year" "While Brexit makes the news, austerity is the legacy of Cameron and his successors because it has in so many ways obliterated public services" "Take the NHS, years of under investment have left it gutted and understaffed.. Wait lists for NHS treatment have exploded.. More than 7.5 million waiting for non emergency treatment, that's over 2.5 million when the Conservatives came in in 2010"

Another gob-smacking moment. Who knew they had a director of campaigning?

Here’s some footage of @remhq - Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe - playing “Losing My Religion” together tonight at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction. Just wow. instagram.com/reel/C8Lei5LOk…

Times read: ‘Dire’ atmosphere in CCHQ as Tories hit ‘break glass moment’ with warnings of Labour ‘supermajority’ * Fears Tory voters who have gone to Reform aren’t coming back. * ‘It is depressing. It’s not going well at all and people just sound beaten. The strategy had been to hope that the polls narrowed and then warn voters of the danger of a hung parliament. But that’s just not credible any more’ * Tories hope that warning of ‘socialist state’ will help galvanise disaffected voters * But others including John Curtice think it is unlikely to work - the Tories are appealing to voters on basis of weakness & implicit acknowledgement they are heading for defeat * Lee Cain, Boris Johnson’s former director of comms, says it’s a ‘high-risk’ strategy that could depress Tory vote. ‘Telling your voters they are on the losing team will usually depress turnout’ thetimes.co.uk/article/53ae07…

'It's as if the wheels are turning but the cogs aren't biting.' 'Rishi Sunak makes David Cameron look like Pudsey, the Children in Need bear', says ＠mrjamesob in reaction to a video of the PM's visit to a homeless shelter.

For example, I never spent four billion pounds on unusable PPE.

Here's a slightly longer version of the Holden interview and it's even worse!!! It seems we are living in an alternate reality where a question about his selection is actually about Emily Thornberry and Labour's education policy (?!?!). Car crash interview.

. @WeLoveGreen review: Paris' big summer kicks off with hometown heroes Justice, @Imperatrice__ and more As the city prepares to host the Summer Olympic games, the French festival hosts an array of medal-winning performances from faces old and new nme.com/reviews/live/w…

On the way home from a heady weekend in Paris reviewing @WeLoveGreen for @NME. Review here!

@lauralouise_m Laura this is excellent

reviewed an album nme.com/reviews/album/…

@kermodeandmayo Really poor stuff. Either you arrange stand ins, you give a good explanation or you reduce subscriptions, a lot of loyal people expect better than this

With Simon and Mark off this week, tune in for a special highlights episode, featuring all the best interviews and all the best takes (and takedowns) of the past few months💥

Thom telling people to Shut the fuck up in Birmingham

This with The @MaryWallopers for @NME is one of the most colourful interviews I've ever done. Nobody is safe from these guys.

Any political cartoonist that isn’t currently working on Lee Anderson singing I’m Just Ken isn’t doing their job

This is going on again, so please don't respond to anyone pretending to be me on Instagram, and definitely think twice before sending journalists money for coverage

@amazonesafrique @Bandcamp Ah thank you, my pleasure x

@max_pilley @Bandcamp Thank you Max, we love it 🙏🏾❤️

I've been doing some of that writing about music again. Like this @Bandcamp feature on @amazonesafrique, whose disruptive, cross-generational new album 'Musow Danse' is essential listening daily.bandcamp.com/features/les-a…