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!…

Not only will you be able to pickup a mountain of new records at the Troxy on Sunday, but Nick @precrecs.bsky.social and i will have copies fof the first four editions of our zine at the @tim-burgess.bsky.social Merch Market

Remembering Scott Walker on his birthday youtu.be/gyhr9Qb7cb4

Thrilled to say @darrenhayman.bsky.social will be joining me on the wiaiwya stall with an exhibition of his paintings (all for sale)… so I’ll be a record shop, book shop,art gallery and place to worship for the day!! Oh, and Mick Jones:

Are you coming on Sunday?

On the occasion of the day of Bowie’s birth - this track from the fantabulous Spearmint lp Holland Park This won’t be the last time you hear this track this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZI...

Would you like to see a new Heavenly video? youtu.be/YdAviD0byWg?...

Have you had a light dusting? Treat yourself to Snö wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/sn

We'll be here – with our pals @wiaiwya.bsky.social and @petepaphides.bsky.social @needlemythology.bsky.social ... it's gonna be huge ! ... we'll have some Twinsets vinyl @keepingitpeel.bsky.social and @jetstreampony.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social

Are you coming to visit Nick @precrecs.bsky.social Pete @needlemythology.bsky.social and me next Sunday? Hope so! This is what it looked like last time, in Manchester

This time next week you’ll probably be queuing up at the @precrecs.bsky.social and wiaiwya stall to nab an essential record that will become a permanent fixture on your turntable

A New Year and a new event. We wanted to throw some positive musical energy into the universe to mark the beginning of 2026. We are very excited to welcome the ensemble @haikusalut.bsky.social back with a debut appearance from Meg Morley on 28.03 in Leytonstone. www.tickettailor.com/events/arcti...

Happy new year you magnificent lot - and thanks for listening, reading, buying, sharing, enthusing, rocking and generally being gnarly and groovy simultaneously

Wow! bonzer! 30% off! wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/music

Save some record tokens for this marvellous day of MERCH!…

My Christmas gift - panto for FREE 🌟♥️🌟 10 yrs ago I made Panto! for BBCStoryville. A feature doc about an am-dram group staging a panto - Puss in Boots at the Nottingham Arts Theatre. A tiny budget, a punishing schedule & a ramshackle donkey costume are just some of the challenges they face

Here are 30 ambient, electronic and acoustic recordings, all called Snow, to accompany your wrapping/not going to Christmas parties/having some time for yourself wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/sn

My Top 50 Albums of 2025 (in no particular order): Freschard – The Best (wiaiwya) wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/the-best @bandcamp.com @wiaiwya.bsky.social

Nick. Lowe, Nick Heyward, hooray for the Nicks! Yes yes yes…