Huge palate-cleansing doom metal show at @continentalpreston.bsky.social this evening. Doors open 6pm, Deathbloom 6.15pm, Pleb 7.15pm, Thraa 8.15pm, Omo 9.15pm. Tickets on the door. Should finish around 10pm

Set times tonight @continentalpreston.bsky.social Doors open 7:30pm. Uhr 7.45pm, Ginnel 8.40pm, Prolapse 9.30pm Tickets will be available on the door, come on down! @prolapseband.bsky.social @ginnels.bsky.social

Don't forget, first 50 people thru the door @continentalpreston.bsky.social for day 3 of Preston Pop Fest today get a free raffle ticket. Prize clue : I have a lot of excellent Stuart Murdoch novels left from yesterday. There may be more than one winner!

Anyone in Preston today for the Pop Fest might want to nip to @actionrecords.bsky.social before heading over to @continentalpreston.bsky.social. Action is opening up between 11am and 3pm on Sunday especially to cater for your indie-pop needs!

Preston Pop Fest T shirts available all weekend @newcontinental and The Ferret until they run out. Photo hasn't come out well, but they are a fetching powder pink colour.

Preston Pop Fest 2025 is finally getting real now the wristbands have arrived!

Pop Fest solidarity! Still some tickets left for Preston Pop Fest this weekend @glasgoespop.bsky.social @colognepopfest.bsky.social @parispopfest.bsky.social @madridpopfest.bsky.social #bristolgoespop #athenspopunderground, #malagapopfest @slumberlandrecords.com @skepwax.bsky.social

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

@marcrileydj.bsky.social Heard 'Evil Hoodoo' by The Seeds on yesterday's show. Didn't know that particular one, but sounds like it was a favourite of someone else! youtu.be/HLNT6GtUbe8?...

Timings for tonight's show @continentalpreston.bsky.social Doors open 7.30, @patrickfitz1.bsky.social 7.45 to 8.45, johatsu 9.05 to 9.25, Daily Toll 9.45 to end

Still time to pick up tickets from @actionrecords.bsky.social for tonight's garage rock special at The Ferret in Preston featuring The Lotts and an extended set from maestros The Primevals whose storied career dates back to the mid 80s sharing stages with The Cramps and The Gun Club. 7.30pm start.

O2 Ritz Manchester. O Sees were good, but you were crap. Flyers confiscated on the door. £23.85 for a round of three pints. Stupid rule about no bags bigger than A4 size. Not even the prospect of Stereolab or Half Man Half Biscuit could tempt me back over your rancid threshold again.

Very pleased to secure a date for @continentalpreston.bsky.social from @prolapseband.bsky.social. If you're wondering when they're going to destroy your face, it will be Friday Aug 15th. Huge support from @ginnel.bsky.social and Uhr. Tix with no booking fee available from @actionrecords.bsky.social

British Birds fans spotted fighting over a pair of Preston Pop Fest tickets outside the Bus Station today. They obviously don't know there are still some £55 early bird weekend passes left at @actionrecords.bsky.social . They are flying out though, so probably none left by the end of the week!

Anyone who saw @draggedup's great set at The Ferret last year will surely be making a date for the Sunday of Preston Pop Fest 2025! when they appear @thecontinentalpreston for the first time! This week they start a European tour with Steve Malkmus's new band Hard Quartet! youtu.be/-kvQBy3TUzc?...

New Show! Second in the DE*PRESTON series of Sunday all-dayers @continentalpreston.bsky.social , this one's a garage/psych/beat edition, stacked line-up 12th October inc Imperial Wax, Gloin, The Thanes, Ahmed & the Romans. Any chance you will make it over @marcrileydj.bsky.social ?

Well if you'd let me get a word in edgeways.....I'd be delighted to announce that @prolapseband.bsky.social will be playing Preston @continentalpreston.bsky.social on Friday August 15th! Tickets on sale on this link now or from Action Records later in the week. wegottickets.com/event/661872

Coco,'s a bit non-plussed (she's an indie-pop fan), but the physical tix for DE*PRESTON doom/drone/Noise all-dayer @thecontinental.bsky.social are now available from @actionrecords.bsky.social with no booking fee. With OMO, Deathbloom, Thraa, Pound Land and more to be announced!

Exciting developments yesterday! I've now got a big door-stopper of a show to announce on Monday which wasn't even a twinkle in my eye in the morning. Italian connection too! Definitely keep 15th August free!

Pop Fest solidarity! @glasgoespop.bsky.social @madridpopfest.bsky.social , @parispopfest.bsky.social , @colognepopfest.bsky.social , @leicesterindiepopall-dayer , @manchesterpopfest , @edinburghindie-popalldayer, @walesgoespop, @malagapopfest @athensunderground. @skepwax.bsky.social

New show! First edition of De*Preston, a new series of Sunday all-dayers @thecontinental.bsky.social in Preston. Sunday Aug 17th DOOM/DRONE/NOISE inc OMO, Thraa, Deathbloom, Pound Land. How about a share? @mogwai.scot

Set times for tonight @thecontinental.bsky.social Doors open 7.30pm, The Room 7.45pm, @trupatrupa.bsky.social 9.05pm. Finish about 10.05pm

I've got a very heavy show to 'drop' (as I've heard all the cool promoters say now) on Monday. So heavy it will make a dent in your floor!

If you missed @trupatrupa.bsky.social 's @bbc6music.bsky.social session last night, catch up on this link. 4 new tracks, one at the start and the others 38 mins in. They're playing @thecontinental.bsky.social in Preston this Sunday with Liverpool legends The Room www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@marcrileydj.bsky.social Check these out. GLOIN - fierce new (to me), Canadian garage/psych band who destroyed Meltchester all-dayer in Mcr last Saturday (which was terrific btw) Back in the UK in October, gap in their touring schedule ideal for a Salford sesh youtu.be/euESPtTtn_Y?...

I had a great time at Meltchester #4 in Mcr yesterday, congrats to Sour Grapes Records for pulling it off. Discovered at least 3 good acts who were to me inc these Canadian tech-noise garage fiends GLOIN who I enjoyed the most! youtu.be/aHW4VlgfoCA?...

Took a rest at Meltchester fest in Projekts Skatepark Manchester and spotted the trainer lost property

Proper tickets for the Daily Toll (Aussie indie-pop on @toughloverecords.bsky.social ) and Patrick Fitzgerald @kitchensod.bsky.social on Thurs July 3rd @thecontinental.bsky.social Preston now available to pick up from @actionrecords.bsky.social in Preston with no booking fee!

Post-punk legends The Room are playing their new folk-horror concept LP 'The Telling' in full @continentalpreston.bsky.social on Sunday 25th May in a double-header with Poland's @trupatrupa.bsky.social. There will be a lyric handout so you can follow the story! youtu.be/Tix5zkAXX-o?...

@djdebgrant.bsky.social Heard you talking about songs called Deborah on 6 Music yesterday, but you didn't mention the best one, by bIG fLAME. Their Peel sessions (inc this one) have just been released on LP by @precrecs.bsky.social youtu.be/hTW5TvWt9Gs?...

Cannot overstate how much I am looking forward to @moderaterebels.bsky.social set at Preston Pop Fest in August. Check this timely version of Masters of War which went up today. Their aesthetic reminds me of peak period Chumbawamba circa 'Never Gave Up' modrebels.bandcamp.com/track/master...

Tickets for @theloftuk.bsky.social and 14 Iced Bears @continentalpreston.bsky.social on 10th October are now available from @actionrecords.bsky.social in Preston as of this afternoon! More info about the show here: newcontinental.net/events-list/...

Love this new band, Daily Toll, with LP out soon on @toughloverecords.bsky.social. l much prefer to consume the sprechgesang style from an Aussie female voice over Clean/Bats tunes instead of Yorkshire/Midlands gruffallos with generic 'indie' backing. Preston gig soon! youtu.be/aTq8s0GPKlM?...

Check this interview with @trupatrupa.bsky.social publushed today ahead of their small run of UK dates, including one at @continentalpreston.bsky.social with post-punk legends The Room on Sunday May 25th! www.silentradio.co.uk/04/26/interv...

New show! So pleased to have @theloftuk.bsky.social back in Preston after 14 years! Anyone who saw their March tour will know this is an unmissable gig. Sarah Records legends 14 Iced Bears too! Friday Oct 10th. @continentalpreston.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social

Oh Blimey! The holy grail of bIG fLAME Peel sessions is available for pre-order next Friday. Top marks to @precrecs.bsky.social for putting this out. Easily Champions League qualifiers in my Premier League of great bands. Hope you will be playing this @marcrileydj.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social

BIG Preston Pop Fest 2025 posters are out and about!

High praise for the Preston Pop Fest line up from Spanish friends. We hope to see some visitors from abroad this year like we did at the last one in 2021!

Nice to see the queue for early bird tickets for Preston Pop Fest snaking back into the centre of town from Action Records. It's not really a queue for free jacket potatoes, honestly.

Big coup for Preston, critically acclaimed Polish post-punk act @trupatrupa.bsky.social are playing a handful of dates in the UK next month and one of them is @continentalpreston.bsky.social. No Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Glasgow. Liverpool legends The Room also on the bill. Don't miss it!

It's good when no one else likes what you want to buy on Record Store Day and you can turn up 2 days later, avoiding the queue!

@thepastels.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing you in Glasgow in July. Please make sure @johnhogarty.bsky.social is still match fit for this one

I've finally made it on here with the cool people, to tell you about this cool weekender happening in Preston in August! @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social @nightingalesuk.bsky.social @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social @themanfromdelmonte.bsky.social