Hi all. Last blogpost of the year today and it’s a few words about LA shoegaze quintet @modottiband.bsky.social’s seismic show at The Shacklewell Arms, London. Having these guys in the UK has been EVERYTHING…

Thank you so much @trevlad.bsky.social for including Living Your Last Chance in his latest journey into sound 🤍🙏

🎛️Trevors Virtual Cassette Library 154🎛️ Drop a comment on the timeline of the Mixcloud show (if you have an account) 🎧 www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tr... 🎨 Ranga Augen @@kilmarth.bsky.social @fernlodge.bsky.social Lord Cernunnos Christian Fiesel Mark Barrott, Norma Winstone, Leo Taylor ...

Oh man it has been SO good having @modottiband.bsky.social here in the UK. The band were on incredible form at The Shacklewell Arms, London tonight, truly one of THE best live bands out there doing it.

I can always count on @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social to decimate my heart in all the best ways. Spare Year glistens with melodic wonder, whilst Escher evokes the spirit of early Durutti Column with its evocative, brooding beauty. Essential listening.

Hi friends, ending 2025 with the final Goodbye Wudaokou release for a while. Spare Year is a chiming, wistful, wintry affair, gently arranged w faint hints of jangly Americana: #musicsky #diysky #lofi #janglepop #americana #winter #manchester #indiepop goodbyewudaokou.bandcamp.com/album/spare-...

Good morning from parky AF Essex and happy @bandcamp.com Friday to all who celebrate. If you’d like to listen to a few songs I wrote this year you can do so at the link. Much love to you all: francarlyon.bandcamp.com

Lovely to see the Anything Of Us CDs out in the real world. Thank you to the kind people that have ordered one 💜 you can check out Fran’s sweet words about the album below:

Had the BEST time in Bristol catching my LA shoegaze faves @modottiband.bsky.social on the first night of their UK run. You NEED to see them when they hit your town, and bring your £££ because their merch game is STRONG ❤️‍🔥 Best people best jams.

Perfect post day 🩷 ALL the love for the beautiful second album by @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social (@subjangle.bsky.social). I wrote some words about Anything Of Us earlier this year which you can check out here: heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/08/26/g...

Bit of the TTP on the very excellent Jangle Pop mix. I also spot a number from band friend @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social too!

The biggest thank you to @janglepophub.bsky.social for including Living Your Last Chance in this mega playlist 🤍🙏

Mo Dotti @modottiband.bsky.social kick off their first UK/EU tour this week. Read Fran's interview with them below on his @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social blog and buy a ticket for a show. Indie noise pop FFO #MBV #DinosaurJnr

My Bloody Valentine, Wembley Arena, 25/11/25. The absolute best 🩷

Hello indie Bluesky, I hope you’re good. Hit the link below to read about Falling Window EP, the latest and greatest from Bay Area lofi dreamers April Magazine. Be sure to hit up @worldofechomusic.bsky.social for last remaining tapes…

We're pretty sad that Seablite are calling it a day too. Read what our man @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social has to say! heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...

#NowPlaying mesmerised while cooking lunch. I’m 9 years late to this but I guess that’s the beauty of music. From heartfelt alt folk to glistening synth pop. A lot to fall in love with: thirdkindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hattie... @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social

Lovely to be so extensively featured on the excellent Rosy Overdrive yesterday, wherein there's a comprehensive rundown of my releases from this year, alongside some other hot tips.

This week's FRESH INGREDIENTS (7pm Sunday 23rd Nov on @untidyradio.bsky.social) includes songs from @spanishamandauk.bsky.social, The Slugs, The Silk Cuts, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, David Christian of Comet Gain, Cruise Control, Orlando and more!

I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more

Thank you @100popespanol.bsky.social for the sweet little feature for Always Looking Backwards and Sky Lantern. pop100.es/2025/11/10/g...

Absolutely delighted to be in the company of this fine 7” from two of the very best out there doing it. All the love to @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social and @assistant.bandcamp.com 🤍

The first episode of my radio show is on untidyradio.com at 7pm. It's just 45mins & is a bit of a road test for future episodes. I'm playing some indie pop, a bit of post-punk, and trying out an Evan Dando joke. I wrongly claim something happened in 1859 when it happened in 1849. Post-truth radio.

Detail of the insert from the Assistant/Goodbye Wudaokou split-7”. So glad it has started landing - copies are winging their way to Germany, Japan, America and Canada too.

Quick request; I am finished with my zine and just tidying up and proofreading - if you know about any contemporary indie pop zines for me to flag, let me know? I have Zine Things Happen, the @precrecs.bsky.social zines and Here’s Where You Belong by @brensweeney.bsky.social. What is missing?

From this Sunday at 7pm onwards I'll be hosting a regular show on @untidyradio.bsky.social. I'll be playing indie pop & adjacent stuff & am, as always, here to help if you have jangly stuff to share. The first show features The Felt Tips, Hazelene, The Lovely Basement, Armstrong, R.M.F.C & others x

Streaming every Sunday (all being well) and will be streams on Mixcloud a day or two later. Top of my list for guests/contributors: you, @djcalc.bsky.social, @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social, @garyrjames.bsky.social, @joshmeadows.bsky.social, @aliceonthewaves.bsky.social, @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social etc

Mission Dolores Park memories ❤️ Just want to move everybody I care about to San Francisco and stay there forever, is that too much to ask? Wishing the indie Bluesky family a beautiful weekend x

4 of my albums not on streaming dealies: • PINKO • • DUM DUM • • FUCKITLIST • • THE BRIDEGROOM • only on bandcamp thetumbledryerbabies.bandcamp.com

The biggest thank you to everyone who has supported my music this year. These songs exist simply because they have to, the fact a few of you seem to enjoy what I do means the absolute world. Home Truths coming early 2026, this year’s four digital singles available here: francarlyon.bandcamp.com

Cheers Fran. Thanks for the great music.

One year ago SHOPFIRES released this EP of songs which narrowly missed inclusion on the Holding on to Let Go album. I was a little dubious at first but Darrin @subjangle.bsky.social convinced me that it would sell. Thankfully he was right 🙂 shopfires.bandcamp.com/album/surplu...

Really excited to be included in this sampler from @iheartnoise.bsky.social! Check it out. Lots of great stuff on there! iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/2025-s...

A privilege to have Sky Lantern in among some absolute greats on @djcalc.bsky.social ‘s awesome show (James McNew’s Dump project being a case in point! 💜)

The next issue of my In The April Sun zine is v. v. nearly done. I think it's gonna run to 56 pages this time, and 51 pages are finished, bar a gargantuan proof-read. As a teaser, here is one page of the six-page review of @glasgoespop.bsky.social

The biggest thank you to Trevlad for including A Place To Land on this absolute dream of a playlist…

Ahead of their farewell show, @seablite.bsky.social, share their happy memories with Fran on his @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social blog.

Oh no...farewell? 🫤

Via an IG post last week, @seablite.bsky.social announced they were no more. Farewell show is in San Francisco on 5 December. The legend @heavymetalkidsuk.bsky.social reached out to the band and has just published this piece. heavymetalkids.music.blog/2025/11/03/f...

🎶When you see me next time here it won’t be me🎶

Hi all 💛💚 it’s a HUGE deal to cover the mighty @seablite.bsky.social’s forthcoming farewell show at the blog today. Hit the link to learn the band’s thoughts as this beautiful creative chapter closes…

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spin it or stream it ⬇️

The biggest thank you to @tristesunset.bsky.social for writing such beautiful words about my new single Living Your Last Chance. If you’d like to check out Francesco’s article you can do so below…

Be sure to take a look/listen to the latest mixtape offering from @tristesunset.bsky.social featuring the wonderful @assistant.bandcamp.com & @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social tristesunset.com/2025/10/28/m...

With many thanks to the awesome @tristesunset.bsky.social, we (@assistant.bandcamp.com and me) have put together a mixtape covering some of the influences behind our split single. You can check it out here: tristesunset.com/2025/10/28/m...

Hugely grateful to @austintownhall.bsky.social for the very kind words about my new single Living Your Last Chance: austintownhall.com/2025/10/23/f... I’m retreating into winter to finish recording a mini-album, due for release in the spring. Much love to you all 🧡🙏

If anyone knows what they’re talking about, it’s Fran. No better way to start the weekend 💙🙏💙

My second single is available today, 24 October 2025. Entitled "Something Positive" it's mixed by Ian Flynn/Werkhouse Productions (Whitelands, Cheerless) and mastered by Mark Gardener (Ride) at OX4 Sound. Listen/order here: linktr.ee/hazelenemusic Thread starts here: 1/5

My second single is out in the world. ✨️💛