ICYMI - Five gems from mid-to-late May

ICYMI - Five gems from mid-to-late May

Oh baby. @brosaleigh.bsky.social

An honor! Thank you for including The Witness here 🥲

These are #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 22/05 Ft. @haddabeband.bsky.social @brosaleigh.bsky.social @modestmouseoffical.bsky.social #Marsy & #Ismay fortherabbits.net/2026/05/22/f...

Some great albums out today - starting with @thebugclubband.bsky.social which as always is silly and life affirming and noisy and sad and everything thebugclub.bandcamp.com/album/every-...

Feeling both seen and judged by Wordpress today.

A week of welcome returns, reinventions and brilliant pop songs made up #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 15/05 Ft. @firestations.bsky.social, Alexis Taylor (@hotchipofficial.bsky.social) & Mike Simonetti, A Box Of Stars, @happyjusttoseeyou.bsky.social & Neil Brogan fortherabbits.net/2026/05/15/f...

My dad was a West Ham fan if he could see the state of the club now he’d be turning over…to watch some cricket or golf - because that man knew that any sport is just a game

ICYMI there were some really excellent tracks out back at the start of the month

Winding back to some fabulous tracks with #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 08/05 Ft. The Hobknobs, Atta Boy, Hannah Cohen, @wojtekthebearband.bsky.social and Haylie Davis fortherabbits.net/2026/05/08/f...

Kicking off the always excellent musical month of May, with #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 01/05 Ft. @franklloydwleft.bsky.social, Arborist, Charlie Franklin, @aleladiane.bsky.social & Spouses fortherabbits.net/2026/05/01/f...

ICYMI - Frog took us on a track-by-track journey through their ace new album

TRACK-BY-TRACK: 'Frog for Sale' Longtime UK-based Frog supporter @fortherabbits.bsky.social shares Daniel Bateman's album commentary for the acclaimed new album. 🐸🐰

New York underground institution Frog are back with their new album Frog For Sale out now via @audioantihero.bandcamp.com / Tapewormies. Today songwriter Daniel Bateman takes us for a look around the place with his track-by-track guide fortherabbits.net/2026/05/06/f...

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek features some real gems from Natalie Wildgoose, Hunter Morris / Mountains Of Youth, Kevin Morby, Massive Attack / Tom Waits & A Box Of Stars fortherabbits.net/2026/04/24/f...

My discography so far on #BandcampFriday 🎧 Click the link for #Alternative #SynthPop #NewWave #DarkWave #Electronica ♾️

isitbandcampfriday.com It sure is - as usual bands/labels let me know what you’re promoting and I’ll give it a share

Sad to hear @whitelands.bsky.social are calling it a day - been incredible watching them grow from scratchy early singles shared on my site to internationally acclaimed shoegaze monsters and their later poppier twist on the genre whitelands.bandcamp.com/album/night-...

Really sad to hear about the passing of Taylor Kirk (Timber Timbre) His music, in particular Hot Dreams meant a lot to me. I have fond memories of the live show at The Scala in 2014 and possibly the best and most ominous use of a glitter ball ever. If you don’t know his music go give it a listen.

ICYMI - I found this week’s five particularly thought provoking and inspiring so hopefully you will too!

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek was an eclectic blast Ft. Faith Eliott, Emperor X, Mildred, Zoh Amba & @songsbyadamross.bsky.social fortherabbits.net/2026/04/17/f...

ICYMI - a cracking week’s worth of new tracks from earlier this month

Rewinding to #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 10/04 Ft. @truthpaste.bsky.social, Victoria, Cass McCombs, Hiding Places & Frog fortherabbits.net/2026/04/10/f...

ICYMI - #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 03/04

Rewinding back to #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek from 03/04 Ft. Juni Habel, Squirrel Flower, Brown Wimpenny, @thebugclubband.bsky.social & @johannasamuels.bsky.social fortherabbits.net/2026/04/03/f...

Load of great releases out today - sure I’m missing some though so let me know

After filtering out the obviously not for me submissions this is what I’m left with from last week - there’s just so much music being made it’s a brutal landscape for any band looking to get heard

“Daniel Bateman’s ability to find meaning in society’s ne’er-do-wells and seedy underbellies remains a uniquely brilliant skill, one that suggests if Frog are truly for sale, then the price is going to be out of this world.” 🐸💰

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek Ft. Modern Woman, Frog, @spencerkrug.bsky.social, Nixon Boyd & Sophia Yau-Weeks fortherabbits.net/2026/03/27/f...

House full of lurgy (sadly that’s just the norm when your house contains a toddler) so I’m running very behind on everything I’d like to be writing about for the blog. I will be back on track with the site one day soon - promising it publicly for motivation

A year without my mum today - there’s a certain pressure to be profoundly grieving on these occasions, but really it feels like just another day - no better, no worse. Love to anyone who’s grieving any loss, in whatever form that takes for you youtu.be/lc6y0BnPbDA?...

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek Ft. Widowspeak, @pictishtrail.bsky.social, Broken Social Scene, Penny Arcade & Brown Horse fortherabbits.net/2026/03/20/f...

The first duffer of my alphabetical record collection - Dedication by The Bay City Rollers. No clue why I bought it in the first place and no recollection of ever listening to it before

Revising my assertion that there are only two records out today (ours and the @bunnyhausen.bsky.social one) as I'd forgotten about Special Friend.

Relatively quiet day for the big releases so why not give a couple of cracking albums from some brilliant indie labels a listen - Special Friend & @theleaflibrary.bsky.social

ICYMI - some fantastic tunes from last week

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek Ft. Mildred, Special Friend, Thomas Dollbaum, @theloftuk.bsky.social & Sella fortherabbits.net/2026/03/13/f...

We are starting a fundraiser call for culture community centres in Slovakia as the government cut all funding for them, and they are fighting to survive. Any compilation you buy right now will support them directly.

To break the shackles of release dates I’ve decided to listen to my record collection in alphabetical order (one album per artist on each rotation in chronological order) - I’m quite intrigued to see what comes from this experiment but I probably won’t bore the world by documenting every record

Thanks for the Common Holly love, @fortherabbits.bsky.social !

UK collective-turned-label Upset The Rhythm is home to some of the best off-kilter indie and punk around. Here are some highlights from their catalog.

When humanity finally dies out, the wind will still occasionally gently whisper the music of Nick Drake over fields and mountains.

Four upcoming gigs from us: tickets for all from wegottickets.com/fikarecordings Mar 31: The Leaf Library + Lila Tristram May 13: Broken Chanter + Sassyhiya + Emma Kupa May 28: Carla J Easton Jun 3: Norman Blake + Adam Ross + Robin Ince Full details: fikarecordings.com/gigs

Last week’s #FiveThingsWeLikedThisWeek Ft. Angelo De Augustine, Rural France ( @teenagetompetties.bsky.social ), Common Holly, Greg Mendez and The Spatulas fortherabbits.net/2026/03/06/f...

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It sure is! Support your favourites and let me know what you’re selling/buying and I’ll give it a share isitbandcampfriday.com

Just released a 2nd single from my upcoming album: mythicalmotors.bandcamp.com/album/tremol...

It sure is! Support your favourites and let me know what you’re selling/buying and I’ll give it a share isitbandcampfriday.com

I think there might have been more new tracks last week than I’ve ever seen before - my “to listen” pile is crazy