NEW post: Death Cab For Cutie @marcfagel.bsky.social picks a definitive #DeathCabForCutie top 10 - including The New Year - and he's up for debate! www.toppermost.co.uk/death-cab-fo...

"Transatlanticism (2003) - a bold stride forward - album opener The New Year feels like a statement of purpose, arena-ready volume and incredibly confident presentation" @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top ten #DeathCabForCutie tracks www.toppermost.co.uk/death-cab-fo...

I took a run at naming 10 definitive Death Cab For Cutie tracks on the latest Toppermost. Plenty of room for debate, of course...

NEW post: Death Cab For Cutie ... “over the decades their music has grown increasingly sophisticated & mature - a sound that any lover of guitar-based indie rock can enjoy” @marcfagel.bsky.social picks a top 10 by @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social #DeathCabForCutie www.toppermost.co.uk/death-cab-fo...

Join us on our musical walking tour of Soho - Saturday 11th October - a tour led by your musical passions.

Coming Soon to the Music Site with a Difference ... Death Cab For Cutie, Billy Mackenzie, Stray Cats, Sandy Denny, Leo Kottke, Marcus Miller, Hot Chocolate, Nic Jones, Tuck & Patti, Cathal Coughlan, Penny & Sparrow, Chet Atkins ... "That's (not) all Folks" www.toppermost.co.uk

Beautiful words for beautiful music. "The firing room" has a special place in my heart. onehundredgoldfish.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/t...

#Top20LateNightSongs #MusicChallenge 8. Keep All Your Windows Tight Tonight, by East River Pipe. To coincide with my ERP Toppermost out today, I’m picking this fave. Read more if you want here… www.toppermost.co.uk/east-river-p... youtu.be/D9f7oiyp300?...

"In their bright frocks, chunky monkey boots and boyish haircuts, the vivacious postpunk hopefuls Dolly Mixture were hard to miss around town in late-70s Cambridge" @covers.bsky.social reviews @debseyonbass.bsky.social ... @newmodernbooks.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk

"My first pick from the 'Poor Fricky' album is Bring On The Loser, the definitive ERP song, two intertwining guitar lines slowly forming the central melody of the song ... a sub-3-minute miniature masterpiece" @rusky.bsky.social picks his #EastRiverPipe 10 www.toppermost.co.uk/east-river-p...

"In their bright frocks, chunky monkey boots and boyish haircuts, the vivacious postpunk hopefuls Dolly Mixture were hard to miss around town in late-70s Cambridge." In this week’s Book Choice on Toppermost @covers.bsky.social reviews Debsey Wykes’ memoir ‘Teenage Daydream’. www.toppermost.co.uk

“…stories of the beautiful fuck-ups and the people wanting to be elsewhere but can’t escape their fate” The first Toppermost from @rusky.bsky.social is a triumph 😍

Great story on one of my faves. "Make A Deal With The City will always make my top 10.

I've been waiting for this one! It doesn't disappoint and ends with one of my favourite songs ever.

My first Toppermost! About an artist I’ve loved and admired for a long time. If it makes anyone listen to their great music then my job is done. Enjoy.

NEW post: "The East River Pipe sound – a dreamy synth wash in the background, a gentle jangle of guitar, simple yet cinematic sounding beat - and the lost souls and troubled characters that inhabit his songs" @rusky.bsky.social picks his #EastRiverPipe 10 www.toppermost.co.uk/east-river-p...

NEW: Shawn Colvin’s fourth album 'A Few Small Repairs' (1996) provided her big breakthrough. Despite the success of the Sunny Came Home single, the song I’m choosing is track 2 Get Out Of This House. A #ShawnColvin 10 on Toppermost today. www.toppermost.co.uk/colvin-shawn/

NEW post: Shawn Colvin ... "3-time Grammy winner, her most successful album A Few Small Repairs went platinum. I bought her first album in 1993 and was instantly hooked." Here's 10 of the best by #ShawnColvin from a 35-year solo career. www.toppermost.co.uk/colvin-shawn/

Great post on an incredible talent Epic Soundtracks www.toppermost.co.uk/epic-soundtr...

I’m playing songs from my new album (brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com) live in St.Albans on Sep 25th. It’d be lovely if you could come; I don’t do this very often at all. Tickets here (discount code JNC25): www.ticketweb.uk/event/civil-...

“All Out Of Love cemented their status as heartbreak specialists, a masterclass in melodic pleading, the opening piano riff sets a melancholic tone, the vocals rising in desperation” @dlew919.bsky.social picks his #AirSupply 10 on their 50th anniv world tour www.toppermost.co.uk/air-supply/

NEW POST: Air Supply … “dismiss them at your peril; beneath the lush orchestration and heartfelt lyrics lies a craftsmanship that’s endured for five decades” @dlew919.bsky.social picks 10 top #AirSupply tracks … @AirSupplySongs www.toppermost.co.uk/air-supply/

Out Now! pay what you want! brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/loveso...

2000 Great Songs #1079: Suite Judy Blue Eyes. CSN's debut single is one of those lumbering FM dial dinosaurs I astutely avoided in my cooler youth, but have since come around on as a masterclass in harmonies and acoustic guitar dynamics.

Mark Volman of the Turtles and Flo & Eddie has died at age 78

I had a really neat Twitter chat back in 2017 with Suede’s Bernard Butler about Epic’s “Rise Above” album, “Fallen Down” in particular. His “seal of approval” meant a lot.

“Epic Soundtracks’ second album ‘Sleeping Star’ (1994) is more understated than his debut - the starker quality of its production means that the best songs on it are even more haunting” @pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10 www.toppermost.co.uk/epic-soundtr...

There is literally nothing quite the unexpectedly pretty lost-in-time pop of Epic Soundtracks. And if you haven't explored the work of this dearly missed artist, here's a Toppermost to help get you started!

NEW POST:  Epic Soundtracks "emerging from the post-punk scene, his music suffused with an air of vulnerability and melancholy centred on the pursuit of the perfect pop song” @pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10 www.toppermost.co.uk/epic-soundtr...

"Break Up The Band is my choice from the 2023 album 'The Town That Cursed Your Name' by #TheRedsPinksAndPurples with its sad repeated refrain but still a note of humour amongst the heartache." ‪@justineharvey.bsky.social picks 10 favourite tracks www.toppermost.co.uk/reds-pinks-a...

NEW post: The Reds, Pinks & Purples ... "jangly melodies, melancholic lyrics, echoes of 80s indie but very much its own thing - quickly became my favourite act" @justineharvey.bsky.social picks 10 tracks by #TheRedsPinksAndPurples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/reds-pinks-a...

Coming soon - to 'the music site with a difference' - The Reds Pinks & Purples, Epic Soundtracks, Stray Cats, Shawn Colvin, East River Pipe, Death Cab For Cutie, Sandy Denny, Vulfpeck, Hot Chocolate, Lush ... any more for any more? www.toppermost.co.uk

Television Personalities - the Toppermost from No.1 superfan @wallytbm.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/television-p...

one of my favourites, wish they'd get back in the studio, record some new stuff and then tour again! I miss them ...

The Wooden Shjips toppermost picked by @sequinworld.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/wooden-shjips/

This is how you write about Joe Meek, kids (or at least it was the way I wrote about him) - with blood and fire, not boring us all to sleep with your he-did-this-then-he-did-that-glorified-Wiki-entry clichés: cookham.blogspot.com/2002/08/joe-...

This is the thread for my album by album review of Wire LPs. Hopefully one LP per day. Feel free to share and argue amongst yourselves, I may engage if I'm around. Anyway, here it is...again ...

2000 Great Songs #1071: Bad Days. The Flaming Lips, at their pivot point from guitar-oriented indie rock to more arty experimentation, create our generation's update to Take This Job And Shove It (Slack Motherf*cker part 2, perhaps).

"Like To Get To Know You Well (from 1985's Dream Into Action) is a standout, crisp production courtesy of Rupert Hine and one of those tracks that screams ’80s in the best way." @dlew919.bsky.social picks his top 10 #HoJo tracks … #HowardJones www.toppermost.co.uk/jones-howard/

"What Is Love? (from ‘Human’s Lib’) wrapped in shimmering synths and a catchy chorus - a worldwide hit - the melody lingers, the harmonies subtle but effective" @dlew919.bsky.social picks his top 10 #HoJo tracks … #HowardJones www.toppermost.co.uk/jones-howard/

NEW post: "Howard Jones burst onto the scene in the early 1980s as one of the key figures in the synth-pop explosion, part of that Second British Invasion" @dlew919.bsky.social picks his top 10 #HoJo tracks … #HowardJones photo Simon Fowler www.toppermost.co.uk/jones-howard/

Sam Baker - Broken Fingers. For the back story to this remarkable song see the Toppermost entry on Baker by Andrew Shields @pangurdubh3.bsky.social youtu.be/NHu5ehmcGCY?...

This week's new book choice on Toppermost is Justin Currie's reflections on life as a touring musician in the shadow of his life changing Parkinson’s diagnosis, reviewed by @daveamitri.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk

New to The Bats? I wrote up my personal Bats Top 10 for @toppermost.bsky.social awhile back, check it out here: www.toppermost.co.uk/bats-the/

NEW POST ... “Broken Fingers (from the Pretty World album) is probably Sam Baker’s best song to date. It's a reflection on his experiences at the time of the explosion in Peru.” @pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his 10 top #SamBaker tracks … #Americana www.toppermost.co.uk/baker-sam/

NEW post: “Ironically, for an artist whose best work relies on subtlety and understatement, Sam Baker has one of the most dramatic backstories in recent musical history.” @pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his top 10 #SamBaker tracks … #Americana www.toppermost.co.uk/baker-sam/

Quite pleased with this one, even if I do say so myself RIP Mark Keds 💔

Senseless Things - the Toppermost - from @justineharvey.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/senseless-th...

The Soup Dragons - the Toppermost - from @johnynocash.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/soup-dragons...

Sleater-Kinney - the Toppermost - from @marcfagel.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/sleater-kinn...