20.03.26 – BLUEBOY ALERT ! Spectacular new single 'Stardust' released as PRENEW9 on @precrecs.bsky.social – as haunting as it is shimmering. 350 copies worldwide so don't hang about. Get thee to Bandcamp on Friday week …

We’re playing Club Precious #6 in London in April…

Club Precious #6 ALERT – @cultfigures.bsky.social album launch show @paperdress.bsky.social on Weds April 22 – with added Silver Biplanes and @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social ... tickets here wegottickets.com/event/695330

Another play for your fave indie yéyé troupe Coup Dur on @6music.bsky.social last night from @gidcoe.bsky.social THANKS Gid... and it's Bandcamp Friday tomorrow. Just sayin' ... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (plus Frans Hals, still my favourite McCarthy)

BIG NEWS – coming Friday for pre-order... PRELP 12 is Be Careful What You Wish For, a new album by The Pillars of Creation. Jim Shepherd (Jasmine Minks) and his pals (most of them @creationrecords.bsky.social stalwarts) have created a masterpiece ...

Thanks @garethdandelion.bsky.social for playing our new @helenlove1.bsky.social EP ... if you fancy buying the record, I'd get a move on – hardly any left at Bandcamp – helenlove.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...

Big thanks to @adamthomaswalton.bsky.social for playing the new @helenlove1.bsky.social !

What about this ! Big thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social and @marcrileydj.bsky.social for the FIRST-EVER play of Coup Dur on last night's @6music.bsky.social ... fifth song in after 25mins... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Ten" EP here – preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...

Thanks @louderthanwar.bsky.social and Iain Key in particular for reviewing our @helenlove1.bsky.social EP !

We’re opening for Belle and Sebastian! Royal Albert Hall in that London. 8 April - chuffed to bits to be asked.

Guess what? We're back in Record Collector thanks to singles reviewer JR Moores – for some reason I can't find their Bluesky handles but it's @jetstreampony.bsky.social and @thelovelybasement.bsky.social -- both still available at Bandcamp ..

'... life-affirming, life-preserving DIY pop with a punk heart and a believer’s soul ...' thanks to REPEAT fanzine for a fab review of our new HELEN LOVE ep ! www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/Reviews/hele...

ICYMI we released Valentine's Day special today – fittingly, it's a new seven-inch EP from the one and only Helen Love ! helenlove.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...

yeeay for Jen Matson @nstop.com stop ... quick off the mark with Coup Dur. I guarantee you're all gonna love them before the summer's here ... yéyé !

Cult Figures will be on radiopfm.com tonight at around 5.30pm we’ll be playing tracks from our new album ‘Reports of People’ on @precrecs.bsky.social & promoting our gig in Aire Sur La Lys tomorrow night. You can pre-order the album here cultfigures.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-...

Look at the example of Wally @wallytbm.bsky.social .. and not just because he's bought some of our records !

Would you look at that ? We've only got @theloftuk.bsky.social at a Club Precious on August 1 at the Water Rats ! Tickets here for what is their only London headline show – wegottickets.com/event/692368

These are great -- every home needs one

Last call for tickets for Autocamper / Sassyhiya / 14 Iced Bears @robertsekula.bsky.social tonight @paperdress.bsky.social ... tickets here plus a handful on the door – wegottickets.com/event/685511...

More thanks to the estimable @gidcoe.bsky.social for being first off the blocks with a song from the brilliant new @cultfigures.bsky.social album – pre-order tomorrow (Fri) at Bandcamp @precrecs.bsky.social

Big huge thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social for playing the fabulous Twinsets this week on @6music.bsky.social ... one song a night from @keepingitpeel.bsky.social sessions record ! We've had Zippo and Talk so far ... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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

Hey there pop pickers ... we've got a vital new album release for pre-order at Bandcamp on Friday (Feb 6): PRELP 10 is CULT FIGURES – Reports of People ... chroniclers of modern madness, welcome back ! @cultfigures.bsky.social

'One of the best albums I’ve heard in a long while, go seek them out' .. thanks @welshjb.bsky.social for reviewing @thelovelybasement.bsky.social

Come and join us ... one week to go until our big indie triple-header @paperdress.bsky.social with three headline attractions !! Tickets here -- don't dilly-dally ... dice.fm/event/ryanrv...

Great interview here from @jonsutton.bsky.social with Rachael from the @weddingpresent.bsky.social ... will also be in forthcoming issue of the excellent In The April Sun @assistant.bandcamp.com

'All killer, no filler, with both songs adding up to about five minutes of twee punk bliss' - thanks to Martin Wong at @razorcake.bsky.social for reviewing our single by the mighty JOSIE ! josieband.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...

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!

The new issue of The Zine In Between arrived today! Am very excited about the lyrics supplement, which takes me back to the glory days of lyrics printed inside Smash Hits - which was THE BEST. This issue looks great! Thanks as ever to @precrecs.bsky.social and @wiaiwya.bsky.social!

Everyone loves the Twinsets !

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...

New album! '𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴' 9 pastoral indie pop gems, produced by us and mixed by the absolute legend that is John McEntire. Out 20/03 on LP/CD/DL via @fikarecordings.com. You can pre-order + listen to the first single at: fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-...

Yes indeedy ... new album coming soon from @cultfigures.bsky.social on @precrecs.bsky.social

..and this is Club Precious on March 12 in London ... wegottickets.com/event/688981

… and the secret can now be told @jetstreampony.bsky.social @mtmiseryband.bsky.social and @heyhumdrum.bsky.social will be playing Club Precious #5 at the Waiting Room on March 12. Three bands for the price of three – all headliners ! wegottickets.com/event/688981

Guess what I'll be up to in May ? @theloftuk.bsky.social out on the road again, visiting places they missed last time out. (As long as I keep outy nose clean before then, I'll be on merchandising duties)

Stall all set up at the Troxy, alongside @wiaiwya.bsky.social and @precrecs.bsky.social come and get your bird beer mats!!

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!…

'An unbridled historical revelation and joy' - thanks to @freqzine.bsky.social and @acloudtotheback.bsky.social for a great review of our latest releases ... get 'em while they're hot tomorrow at the merch market (free entry!) or at Bandcamp ! @tim-burgess.bsky.social troxy.co.uk/event/merch-...

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

Get on this good thing ... loads of top stuff, as always, from @darren157.bsky.social

Now that’s how you cover The Shangri-Las. (Well, technically, The Goodies… no, not Bill Oddie and co.) Check out “Sophisticated Boom Boom” on the Bandcamp page below…

Tomorrow we finally release the long-awaited (since mid-80s) @keepingitpeel.bsky.social LP from The Twinsets, stars of @carlajeaston.bsky.social doc Since Yesterday ... for fans of Dolly Mixture, Sophisticated Boom Boom etc ... ltd edition here preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-...

A good judge, here ...

... and, well, this is the sweetest of videos. And not just because I'm in it (alongside many other friends past and present) ... plus it's a great song, which helps

Well this is good news with which to greet the new year …

New year, new tunes! (and some older ones)... we had to double up on @6music.bsky.social last night with the madness of the Green Telescope @dexterpoet64.bsky.social and the splendour of 'Bubblegum Nothingness' @jetstreampony.bsky.social Big thanks @gidcoe.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The 157 Show Top 30 Albums Of 2025 Number 1 Tulpa Monster Of The Week @skepwax.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th

Here's The 157 Show Top 30 Albums Of 2025 This is an end of year chart for my favourite albums of the year. No listener votes just my choices! Keep your eyes peeled on my socials for details of who sits where as there's no tracklist for this show. Enjoy Responsibly! www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...

...and here's a poster or two for Sunday's big shebang -- get thee to the Troxy ! All this ... and it's free – starts at noon @tim-burgess.bsky.social