Staggered & delighted that Scarlett Cunningham span all 10 minutes of "Warhol" on her PBS Melbourne show this week. Just after midnight, of course. Another woozily eclectic radio playlist. Thank you so much!

A true story at my kitchen table (plus some bum notes)

Now with the right link, sorry... Спасибо to KURS Radio and the lads from OTO for playing our 87-sec slide guitar ballad, “Kirsty etc” in the Moscow shop. From an hour of mellow, rewarding music we’d otherwise never have tripped across ❤️

34 years ago, give or take. We never got many fanzine mentions, so even your mate’s homemade 'zine counts... Thanks, Ben, wherever you are - still blush at this now!

Have mentioned Lavender Faction, Hobbes Fanclub etc in relation to Goodbye Wudaokou before, but Mat’s noisier songs really are part of a grand tradition of undersung, sweetly feral indie pop

Who do you love? (As best I remember it) Dsus2 Cmaj7 Em7 C6/9 Fmaj7 Em D7sus4 D7

If you have missed any of my shows you can re-listen on my mixcloud profile www.mixcloud.com/KenickieSlee...

Demo of a noisy work in progress:

Seems an appropriate t-shirt for the parade

An alternative version. No acoustic guitar. Which do you prefer? on.soundcloud.com/i3it1UYLPlgT...

Some Velvet Sidewalk, "Rabbits Running" !!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDh...

ICYMI, here’s a chapter-and-verse/warts-and-all account of the jims story as told to Roque of Cloudberry Records fame earlier this year… www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=3455

We're camping this weekend & I made my radio show in a tent at 7am. Felt obscene to break the silence of our coffee-scented field so just music this week. Songs from @sunnyintervals.bsky.social, @redcavalry.bsky.social, @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social, Matching Outfits, Fall Breaks, Pete Atkin & more.

Filmed at Loe Bar, Kynance Cove and Maenporth, Cornwall, February 2025, here’s the new video for Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky). Download: francarlyon.bandcamp.com/album/someti... Streaming: open.spotify.com/album/4VrZHY...

If you couldn't listen last night, episode 22 of my radio show, Fresh Ingredients, is here: this week we have the usual introverted & wordy indie pop, but also clarifying beams of light cast by alternatively tropical/pastoral despatches of folk, tropicalia & strings www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...

Yikes. Now 36 years ago (we are yet to organise our second gig) 🐢

Our small (but perfectly formed 😉) catalogue is 50% off today for Bandcamp Friday. We’d love it if you gave em a listen: beautiful releases from @francarlyon.bandcamp.com @assistant.bandcamp.com and @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social yyzrecords.bandcamp.com

For no real reason, I'm reposting the video for Oh Winston. The only filming I've done thus far for one of my tunes. If you call running around with your mobile phone filming that is 🤷‍♂️ youtu.be/-OUl_9CFzow?...

It was so lovely to hear “things are different now” on @untidyradio.com earlier! Pretty sure it’s our first ever ‘UK’ play (only took 36 years) 😊 Huge thanks to Aisha @aishamcnamara.bsky.social

This song!!!

some 2026 product in heavy rotation #newmusic #nowplaying

On this song we tell it like it is, like it was, like it could be. A crow harasses a hawk (true), a band tussles with a promoter (it has happened) & starts to wonder: if a Beatle is not a Beat(nik) and a Monkee is not (necessarily) a monk then what kind of beast are we anyway?

OK, it's official, my new album We Live In Hope will be out 8/5/26 😃 Pre-order on Bandcamp from 1/5/26 and get exclusive early access to 2 new tracks, Hustle and Progress. Digital download, limited edition CD or streaming.

I have that Vaselines/Rosslyns result down as a firm moral win for the principle that our beloved genre runs gloriously deep. Rosslyns forever!

These two are all the proof you need of the life affirming qualities of jangly lofi indie. Still a 2 for me for the mighty @therosslyns.bsky.social

One is I think just a little but over-rated, the other criminally under-rated… i’ll go @therosslyns.bsky.social

I’m voting for The Rosslyns please (although of course love both songs) 😃

A classic song from The Vaselines makes this an exceptionally tough round for The Rosslyns but I am voting with my heart. Number 2 from the Assistant groop.

It’s one year since I released my album Swept Away! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to and shared these songs 😀 It’s now being issued on limited digipack CD from @subjangle.bsky.social, as well as still on all the usual digital places: sunnyintervals.bandcamp.com/album/swept-...

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Obviously since I saw Evan As We Speak play an utterly euphoric 'Drown' at @walesgoespop.bsky.social I'm forced to go back to the drawing board with all my demos for the next Assistant record and try adding in drum loops on.soundcloud.com/fPqiykAOKHei...

new single! "Don't Fuck With Your Luck" Perennial/K somevelvetsidewalk.bandcamp.com/album/critte...

Pink Opaque PRODUCT ahoy! 🩷🪩 Our manically accelerated cover of Overload, complete with Mario Kart bleeps and Casio SK1 drumbeat, is out now for download on Bandcamp and from Friday 3 April for streaming ⬇️ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #synthpop #sheffieldmusicscene #indiepop #futurepop #sugababes

We’re Doing It For The Kids by @therosslyns.bsky.social

London!

Just a reminder that to keep costs down, Asia orders of ‘Nadine’ ship from Tokyo; Americas orders ship from NYC; and Europe orders including UK ship from Yorkshire.

Spring sunshine x noise pop- a rare moment for a quick demo of a new song #demo #noisepop #spring #sunshine #indelible #wudaokou #jangle #pop

Little sneak preview of 'Late July Rainfall' - an updated version of which might well be on the next Assistant LP soundcloud.com/assistantbri...

This is a heartwarmingly honest record. And not the only recent release worth picking up on this label!

this was a big moment for Some Velvet Sidewalk - to be included with these other artists. No Galaxie 500 - but the X-tal songs are very cool - !

This - had a splendid eventide in E17 watching Down For You Is Up & E’Spaniel

Thanks to all who have supported 'Different Beliefs' with a listen or a download, much appreciated. 'Resurrection Country' is one of the most played tunes on the mini-album, must admit I have a soft spot for it myself... thisisslowcountry.bandcamp.com/track/resurr...

I’m delighted to say that my album Swept Away is now available on limited digipack CD from Subjangle Records! 😀 sunnyintervals.bandcamp.com/album/swept-... #indiepop @subjangle.bsky.social

this CD is exceptional. Essex forever 💛

Thanks so much to @tristesunset.bsky.social for inviting me to make a mixtape and write some words about some of my favourite songs! Please pop over and have a listen here: tristesunset.com/2026/02/12/m...

What an excellent radio show by Gerard @tocdequeda.bsky.social with so many favorites like Cleaners From Venus, BMX Bandits @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social Television Personalities, The Times, TVP covers & new favorite The Rosslyns @therosslyns.bsky.social lanovaradiodereus.cat/toc-de-queda...

Our first radio play in Europe since, gulp, 1990 👊 Infinite thanks to @tocdequeda.bsky.social for spinning a brace of our old songs (very bold track selection there 😉) See if you can guess which photo is of us!

I've a new song on Bandcamp, it's up there for free or you can pay if you like. I tried a few different things on this one although it's still very much fueled by sleeplessness and a lo-fi set-up. Cheers. #shoegaze #dreampop #ambient #lo-fi #BandcampFriday genevadrive.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa

New from us and new from our pals @thephotocopies.bsky.social! All proceeds to Cancer Research! assistant.bandcamp.com/album/assist...