On this day 40 years ago, I was at the huge Artists Against Apartheid concert on Clapham Common. Here are some of my pics of Gil Scott-Heron, Sade, Billy Bragg and Sir Coxsone Outernational Sound System (THREAD 1 of 6)

The latest long player from Spearmint, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes Get it here spearmint.bandcamp.com/album/chase-...

I think this weather calls for very relaxed trombone led VU ska, and nothing else will do www.roughtrade.com/product/the-...

Thanks to Nick @precrecs.bsky.social and John @wiaiwya.bsky.social for another wonderful edition of indie pop ramblings ✨️

For week 24/2026 my #sotw is the new Spearmint single „1986“. The new album „Chase Me“ is out on @wiaiwya.bsky.social in July 🎧👇🏼 open.spotify.com/track/2Xufhv...

'How Can You Find Someone To Love / Bridges' came out 10 years ago on @wiaiwya.bsky.social!

Jun 6 menu on @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social @shelfliferecords.bandcamp.com @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social @antirecords.bsky.social @barsukrecords.bsky.social @oglioentertainment.bsky.social @wiaiwya.bsky.social @mergerecords.bsky.social #Cheersquad @wickedcoolrecords.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social

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Come, come, come to the indie label market!

This Saturday, at the Indie Label Market, you will want to get one of these… it’s exactly what you imagined the Velvet Underground and Rico would be

Not every LP comes with a sticker of Ronnie Hazlehurst (but it should). Thanks @panchoballard.bsky.social + @wiaiwya.bsky.social

I’m off out now, so won’t be able to constantly refresh the @bandcamp.com app checking for sales Hope you’ll be happy shopping without me - there are new zines, records (think Francoise Hardy fronting the Modern Lovers, and Ronnie Hazlehurst doing what he does best) wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/music

To celebrate the perfect storm of Bandcamp Friday and MayDay, we have a few deluxe handmade sleeves for Chants for Socialists by @darrenhayman.bsky.social wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/chants...

The always magnificent @themartialarts.bsky.social have released their Gorky’s cover - you can find it wherever you find music you love / it was also the b side here themartialarts.bandcamp.com/album/no-vic...

Now playing on A-POP! on NOISEBOX RADIO: les Sardines - Paranoia wiaiwya.bandcamp.com || @wiaiwya.bsky.social || instagram.com/wiaiwya noiseboxradio.com

Music for today: Action Biker - La Congugaison Pour Tous wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/track/la-con... wiaiwaya

I found some Action Biker 7”es in the lockup Make them yours by shopping here wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/wiaiwy...

Happy Easter #easter wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/track/sounds...

Happy birthday to Brinsley Schwarz. Here's the guitarist with his eponymous band starring a young Nick Lowe, filmed for German TV in 1975. The short but sweet set includes Country Girl and (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding youtu.be/a_8c60JUlgI

Hello spring, and hello 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 - released today by @fikarecordings.com on LP/CD/DL. Album four from us, six years in the making, possibly the best thing we've done - we really hope you enjoy it!

Test pressings for wia126lp are here, and oh my they are sounding great @panchoballard.bsky.social ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

In the interests of striking while the iron's hot .. last night's Club Precious #5 was fabulous ... and Club Precious #6 is just around the corner with @cultfigures.bsky.social Silver Biplanes and @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social ... tickets here ! wegottickets.com/event/695330/

British telly music legends on a badge. Get yours when you pre-order Library Music from @wiaiwya.bsky.social ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

OUT TODAY! Catch Up, Isobel is the next single from our new album, After The Rain, Strange Seeds, out next month on @fikarecordings.com. This one's a jangly super hit and you can watch the Michael Wood-directed video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBp... (or stream in most of the usual places)

New sticker coming soon. My top tier subscribers on Patreon will be getting this and maybe a couple more this month. patreon.com/adarrenrileypainting

LAST CHANCE these come off sale in an hour wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Shoppers! Last call for t-shirts… I’m taking them off sale tomorrow morning wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Just 24 hours left for you to order your “life is hell, but at least there are records” t shirts wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

You know what? T-shirts, that’s what… and records, and life being hell and all… wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Anticipating all your T-shirts being in the wash in a couple of weeks? Be prepared, and order on of these now! wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Just six more days to order your Life Is Hell But At Least There Are Records t-shirts wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

All the cool kids are doing their shopping now wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Want to look COOL like these bespectacled hipsters? Of COURSE you do! wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

The first 30 copies of Library Music by @panchoballard.bsky.social come with a sticker of a library music great - just 8 to go! ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

Welcome to #bandcampfriday and a few t-shirts that will be available to order for ONE WEEK ONLY… (If these prove popular there might be other designs / colours available later in the year (ie - when it’s t-shirt weather) wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/merch/life-i...

Hey - who wants to see the greatest thing ever? ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

Tomorrow, and for one week only life is hell

Get yer yéyés out – indie style – on Bandcamp Friday! PRENEW 11: The English Want Coup Dur – ten-inch vinyl EP … available for pre-order … you’re gonna love it. The International Pop Underground is alive and well and living at Precious Recordings of London

Toying with doing these - do you kids still dig t-shirts?

I’ve got a groovy new album coming out on vinyl this Easter. It’ll be released on @wiaiwya.bsky.social (catalogue number wia126lp) and sounds like an audio version of Look-in! magazine. My favourite track is often Explodes!!! Pre-order now and tell your friends!

Corr! The new edition of ‘the zine in between’ is packed full of Spinout Nuggets stars, including Nervous Twitch, Jetstream Pony and The Penrose Web’s Ian Button. Order your copy now via @precrecs.bsky.social or @wiaiwya.bsky.social, now!

Getting ready for the second night of the Winter Sprinter

There are a number of the latest Zine in Between on the merch table at the Winter Sprinter - they are there for you to buy and enjoy, and include lyrics to some classy pop tunes

Why yes, that is a sheet of stickers featuring Ronnie Hazelhurst, Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield. Get in early if you want one of these three designs by pre-ordering Library Music on vinyl via @wiaiwya.bsky.social ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

Less than three weeks now to the next Club Precious ... indie-pop triple header with the splendid Autocamper @slumberlandrecords.com @safesuburban.bsky.social the splendid 14 Iced Bears @robertsekula.bsky.social and the splendid Sassyhiya @skepwax.bsky.social ... dice.fm/event/ryanrv...

NEWS! @panchoballard.bsky.social has a new record coming out on wiaiwya - imagine a soundtrack to your favourite issue of Look-In - initial copies come with a print and sticker Get shopping! Tell your chums! Thanks in this matter! ballardpop.bandcamp.com/album/librar...

There is a magnificent new lp available to preorder on wiaiwya - picture the soundtrack to your favourite well thumbed copy of Look-In!

Here we go - at the merch market

It’s a bit like an expertly planned version of Convoy en route to the Tim Burgess merch market … first convergence is Nick @precrecs.bsky.social , to be followed by @darrenhayman.bsky.social then Tom @fikarecordings.com and Needle Mythology and finally Sean ex-fortune Pop!…