Ready and waiting for all your Lofty merchandising business at the Garage in Glasgow on tour with @weddingpresent.bsky.social @theloftuk.bsky.social

Another great bill here if you're in Sheffield

It's Bandcamp Friday tomorrow when we get all the dosh (hurrah!) ... and it's also release day for @thelovelybasement.bsky.social Cornstalk Girl on seven-inch ! Use the code 'FLAMEON' at checkout for a 20% discount on everything on the Precious page ... thelovelybasement.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...

THIS IS TONIGHT ! Some tickets on the door but it would make me happy if you purchased in advance wegottickets.com/event/674297/ ... we've got special large commemorative postcards and a date stamp and everything ... plus THREE (three!) top bands

September 27, 2025 show on @mixcloud.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/ChipSaam/ind...

Sep 27 menu on @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social @mergerecords.bsky.social @bigstirrecords.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social @wearebusybodies.bsky.social @ghostlyint.bsky.social @secretlycanadian.bsky.social @norulespr.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @chemunderground.bsky.social

Don't miss Club Precious #1 on Tuesday in London with @thisistheloves.bsky.social Silver Biplanes and Josie ... details and tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/674297... ... and here's some prime indiepop from Josie, who will be making their UK debut ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cacs55mlUZg

There are hardly any radio stations left that look like the radio stations you imagine in your brain, with actual turntables and moody lighting, but Soho Radio is one of them. And I'll be using them EXTENSIVELY between 6pm and 8pm. Join me, why don't you?!

...it's only @theloftuk.bsky.social sounding magnificent right now at the @parispopfest.bsky.social soundcheck ... all this and Blueboy too. My cup runneth over

Have I mentioned that the very wonderful Silver Biplanes are playing a show as part of the opening night of Club Precious on Tuesday week (Sept 30) ? Ticket link below ... also don't miss their new EP 'Coming Up For Air' - silverbiplanes.bandcamp.com/album/prenew... wegottickets.com/event/674297/

Here ya go ...

Big thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social for playing @thisistheloves.bsky.social and plugging the gig ! wegottickets.com/precious/ theloves.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Don't miss this good thing ! (nb - takes a bit of unpacking...)

Yeeey for @gidcoe.bsky.social

Three cheers? Four cheers? Lots of cheers ! Get those tickets ... wegottickets.com/event/674297/

Go on, have a listen ...

Thanks to @acloudtotheback.bsky.social and @freqzine.bsky.social for having a listen to @simonloverules.bsky.social ! (In good company here with The Cords @skepwax.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com and The Last of the Lovely Days on Gare du Nord

Hey pop kids! Pretty sure this is the best shop in the world but for some reason not active here. Everyone should follow @myvinylunderground.bsky.social Tell all your friends!

This will also see the first sighting of Josie's debut album on K (the single's not on there btw) ... indie pop classics !

Don't miss the first-ever UK show by Precious indie-pop hitmakers JOSIE ... Sept 30th. It's their only London outing -- and they are in the UK for only a few days ... tickets selling fast at wegottickets.com/event/674297/

Big thanks to the wonderful @gidcoe.bsky.social for playing the new (and really rather lovely, which is appropriate) single by the @thelovelybasement.bsky.social .. buy it here btw - thelovelybasement.bandcamp.com/album/prenew... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This be true indeed ...

Have we mentioned recently that we've got an album launch show for The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social coming up ? Also featuring Silver Biplanes and Josie ? Not sure we have ... please buy tickets so I can stop worrying ... wegottickets.com/event/674297/

Get on the good stuff @davidc86.bsky.social

ALL the money. I want it all.

Bandcamp Friday today ! Please use the code 'primelovely' for 10% discount at checkout on all goodies -- including new releases from @thelovelybasement.bsky.social and THE PRIMEVALS !

Please come ! 7pm doors, first band due 7.45 ... but probably closer to 8pm !! We might play some records if there is time between the bands.

AT LAST … the details can be revealed: Club Precious #1 – 30.09.25 New River Studios, London .. featuring a triple-header of Precious recording artistes. First-ever UK show from JOSIE, only London shows for @thisistheloves.bsky.social and SILVER BIPLANES. wegottickets.com/precious

This is brill from @thisistheloves.bsky.social ... and yes, it is indeed on the LP !

Club Precious #1 - 30.09.25 ... details soon

CLUB PRECIOUS #1 – Tuesday September 30 somewhere in London. Keep it free. It might be historic. Details to follow.

Get on this very good thing now !

So, here's the new book of the week. Any work which features the genius of Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes AND Shop Assistants needs to be bought and read and raved about. In the meantime, let's hear All That Ever Mattered, with the voice of the late Alex Taylor buff.ly/Gz7sEmP

A thing of beauty is a joy forever #johnpeel @marcrileydj.bsky.social @precrecs.bsky.social Order YOURS now! theloves.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-... #thelovesliveatthebbc

We are moving to a bigger shop but not far ! www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Great gig tomorrow (Friday) in Brighton featuring The Loves @simonloverules.bsky.social and Withered Hand ... (The Loves new 'live at the BBC' LP up for pre-order at Bandcamp as well ... ) theloves.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-...

Big thanks to @shadowonthewall1.bsky.social for including us on their new playlist via the wondrous Silver Biplanes !

I'm on Soho Radio in exactly... well.. um, now actually.

The set times for Preston Pop Fest this weekend are out! Check the Facebook event pages to plan your route around the stacked Fri/Sat/Sun line-up @continentalpreston.bsky.social @blogpreston.co.uk @lancashirepost.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social @djdebgrant.bsky.social

This be true 👇

I’ll send you all another reminder about this on Bandcamp Friday @thisistheloves.bsky.social LIVE AT THE BBC One side John Peel sessions One side @marcrileydj.bsky.social sessions #bandcampfriday #johnpeel #marcriley #liveatthebbc @precrecs.bsky.social

Here comes the advert: PRELP 5 is The Loves @simonloverules.bsky.social – Live at the BBC on glorious 12-inch vinyl with unseen images and sleeve notes from Simon... 16 songs (all the hits plus a couple of covers). 300 copies worldwide. Get 'em for pre-order at yr Bandcamp Friday Aug 1 ...

Thanks to everyone for everything @glasgoespop.bsky.social x

Come and get the new Heavenly @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social single 'Portland Town' (and indeed Swansea Sound 'Oasis or Blur' - the answer is Pulp) at @glasgoespop.bsky.social coloured vinyl, kids ! I'll probably be wearing a Soup Dragons t-shirt standing behind new Silver Biplanes ten-inch !

Both of these are wonderful. I mean the records (thought the people are OK as well ...)

'Tilting into more kaleidoscopic shapes rather than straight-ahead jangles … a propulsive balminess' - thanks @acloudtotheback.bsky.social @freqzine.bsky.social for reviewing our new Silver Biplanes EP -- out at 4pm today !! (also thanks for nice Motorcycle Boy review - this one's selling fast)

SILVER BIPLANES – new ten-inch EP released at 4pm tomorrow on Bandcamp -- and LIVE at @glasgoespop.bsky.social Please come EARLY (but not during The Cords) if you'd like to buy on merch stand at GGP ... will have new Heavenly 7-inch @skepwax.bsky.social and Swansea Sound. Plus Motorcycle Boy !

Good ole @darren157.bsky.social has come up trumps yet again with an entire show of nourishing goodness ... thank you !

Get your orders in! 🤩

Heading north for my favourite place soon @glasgoespop.bsky.social ... please let me know any specific items you'd like because I can't carry too much ! THANK YOU ... PS - 10% discount at Bandcamp with code GGP2025