Merry Christmas Buds! Excited for 2026…👀

Get this cracker in your ear holes!

We're kicking off this week's excellent show - go give it a listen!

You can hear these great artists+more - if you like the show, give them a follow! @sultansofping.bsky.social @bugeyemusic.bsky.social @marijnevdvlugt.bsky.social @crabbicrab.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social @stereolabgroop.bsky.social @melysmusic.bsky.social 🔗 phoenixfm.com/2025/11/01/r...

While we’re off our feet, (literally) we’re getting busy in the studio. Look out for a whole new album coming soon(ish!) and see you at the upcoming gigs x

Please Yourself? Don't mind if I do! (etc., etc...) Another top show from @pvg.co.uk on @phoenixfm.com

Rescheduled gig #2! All previously bought tickets are valid for the new date and don't forget it's an early one - doors at 5pm

Rescheduled gig! Tickets purchased will be valid for the new date - link for new purchases:https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-darling-buds/kamera-at-lloyd-and-platt/3449758

Sorry Buds

GIG! We're going to be at @bunkhouseswansea.bsky.social on Saturday 24th January 2026 - hope you can be there too! TIX here: bunkhousebar.gigantic.com/p/the-bunkho...

Cheers @pvg.co.uk

Saturday morning vibes - The Darling Buds’ classic Pop Said…

The Darling Buds klaxon is sounding across Newport as “Hit The Ground” is being played on BBC 6 Music right now! @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social

C86 Show 5pm Saturday futureradio.co.uk with Sisters of Mercy, Finitribe, Vaselines, Chesterfields, Motorcycle Boy, Darling Buds, James Dean Driving Exp, Cocteau Twins, Senseless Things, Simple Minds etc @precrecs.bsky.social @shamelesspromotion.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social

Manchester, Bristol, London, Birmingham - I am playing very rare headline shows in your city next month! Penfriend + She Makes War songs with Carol Hodge in support and on stage with me. It's going to be magical :) Tickets are running low for all dates -> shop.penfriend.rocks/collections/...

Featuring these great artists and more. If you like the show, give them a follow! @stereolabgroop.bsky.social @sultansofping.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social @mrjimbob.bsky.social @gwennosaunders.bsky.social

Get down to The Hairy Dog, Derby early on Sunday 26th October - doors open at 5pm! Support from Molly Vulpyne

Gig announcement! See you at Kamera at Lloyd and Platt in Manchester in October! Get tix here: www.seetickets.com/event/the-da...

Gig news! Announcement later today

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame playlists are now updated to include our new inductee #84: Homecomings All 84 are on YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCBz... 77/84 on Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/66u... Panels updated too!

BOOKING GIGS FOR MUSICIANS I DIG! Some tours I booked that have recently been announced 🎩🖤 Prolapse | Jackie-O Motherfucker | Immersion | Death And Vanilla’s live score of ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’

The brand new single from Murder Club released by our pals @poptypingrecds.bsky.social is in stock now ❤️ Feat none other than Ade's fiancée, Murder Club deliver 2 slices of fuzzy pop w/ songs that will be ingrained in your mind forever! These are absolute bops for sure 💃 Seriously catchy stuff 👌

My latest radio show is now online! #MusicSky #RadioSky #indie #punk #postpunk #alternative #indiemusic #alternativemusic #resurrection #communityradio www.phoenixfm.com/2025/05/16/r...

Jeanines bend indie pop into ‘60s folk winds, winding Free Design’s sunshine around the melancholy of Veronica Falls and Look Blue Go Purple. “What’s Lost” soars on September streaks, lost in bittersweet harmonies and grey-skied jangles. @slumberlandrecords.com bit.ly/4k303YU

Excellent review of last weekend's Gigantic All-dayer - cheers to Jon Kean at @louderthanwar.bsky.social louderthanwar.com/gigantic-all...

Happy Darling Buds Day! www.wickedguilty.com/search/label...

We're out on a school night for our next trip over the bridge to Bristol. Tremendous stuff with @jeanines-band.bsky.social Lightheaded and Silk Cuts at @exchangebristol.bsky.social on Tuesday 22nd July

In a big tin shed in Bristol pretending it's 1990 again

Great seeing @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social earlier today. ☮️♥️

This is today!

If you’ve been listening to Adam Walton’s show on Radio Wales and John Kennedy’s show on Radio X you’ll have heard both tracks on our new single on @poptypingrecds.bsky.social by Murder Club. And now there’s a video. This is the catchiest song you’ll hear all week. youtu.be/gqJ4ig6NqXw?...

This Sunday, April 27, Staines Arts Complex affordable art spring fayre. All £ to two local foodbanks. Thames Side Brewery, TW18. sale starts 1pm. Sallie Clark: lego jewellery Sian James: fine appliqué Helen Reeves: doggy collage Billy Reeves: 100x6x4 Dogs welcome Credit cards - 10% surcharge

Some news about the CD release of LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN - SECOND WAVE SINGLES & RARITIES 2011-2025. It’s coming out on the Japanese label Testcard Records and will be available from us and @elefantrecords1.bsky.social in a month or so. testcard.thebase.in/blog/2025/04...

C86 Show 6pm Wed futureradio.co.uk Darling Buds,Bolshoi Brothers,Husker Du,This Poison, 10000 Maniacs, Cure,Would-Bes, Danielle Dax, I Lubicrous, Sea Urchins, Cowboy Junkies etc @shamelesspromotion.bsky.social @precrecs.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social

1/5:TLDR: MY FINAL EVER PICTURE! #100: I call this '100 pictures'. For the 3rd StainesArtsComplex affordable art fayre (27 Apr, @thamessidebrewery) I've done 100 6"x4" pics once again - tenner each, all £ to 2 local foodbanks. (Sallie Clark, Helen Reeves & Sian James will also be selling)

Helen Reeves 'Misty Moon (collage made from a discarded copy of 'Uncut' magazine)' 2025 This is one of Helen's A5s on sale at StainesArtsComplex affordable art fayre, 27 Apr, @thamessidebrewery TW18 (doors 12:30, sale 1pm, all ££ to 2 local foodbanks). Also selling: me, Sallie Clark & Sian James.

STAINES ARTS COMPLEX Sale for 2 local foodbanks 27/4 Thames Side Brewery TW18 12:30 for 1

Here's some of Sallie Clark's remarkable, unique lego and upcycled jewellery. Amazing. Sallie, me, Helen and Sian are all selling, for two local foodbanks, on Sun 27 April at Thames Side Brewery TW18. We're StainesArtsComplex and this is our Spring affordable art fayre. Doors 12:30, sale starts 1pm.

First look at Sian James's fine-embroidery art for the sale. Sallie Clarke, me, Helen and Sian are all selling, for two local foodbanks, on Sun 27 April at Thames Side Brewery TW18. We are StainesArtsComplex and this is our Spring affordable art fayre. Doors 12:30, sale starts 1pm.

To celebrate the release of Welsh Coastal Towns we've made a playlist of some favorite Welsh music. We've been lucky enough to play with a couple of the artists such as @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social & Jon Langford #musicsky #welshmusic open.spotify.com/playlist/63Q...

C86 Show 6pm Wed futureradio.co.uk Chesterfields, Pogues, Anja Huwe, Very Things, Brilliant Corners, Bolshoi Brothers, Go Betweens, Easy, Darling Buds, June Brides etc @precrecs.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social @muterecords.bsky.social @rhodri.biz @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social

So it’s been too long and we’ve been too quiet. We’re v proud to announce Murder Club have agreed to join the Popty madness and so PING008 : Cave In / 4 Eva will be release on Pink 7” on May 2nd 2025 with a launch party at @lepub.bsky.social on May 3rd. Videos and pre sale to follow xx

🩷SHOW 357🩷 www.mixcloud.com/indieshop/in... Doubles from @courtingband & @ssuunnbbaatthhee.bsky.social + current/future indie classics by @thisisdeepseadiver.bsky.social @themuldoons.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social &more! #indiemusic #indiepop #c86 #shoegaze #radio #janglepop #freeukraine

Our Men of Gwent are talking about songwriting and then playing a few tunes as part of the in the Newport Festival of Words tomorrow night at the Newport Rising Hub. Get your tickets here….https://www.literaturewales.org/lw-event/the-art-of-songwriting-with-the-men-of-gwent-and-guests/

The legend has spoken. Album out April 4th nightingales.lnk.to/TheAwfulTruth

Cracking show right here

Previo a su primer Lp, los galeses @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social también publicaron este mítico flexi junto a mis queridos Bubblegum Splash. 'Spin' también aparecía en su posterior 7" 'It's all Up to you'. Grandes.

Featuring these bands + much more. If you liked the show, give them a follow! @sultansofping.bsky.social @adwaithmusic.bsky.social @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social @jetstreampony.bsky.social @tapewormsband.bsky.social @theprimitives.bsky.social @melysmusic.bsky.social @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social