Thanks again @edzeitz.bsky.social , another cracking list to be on.

🎧 popintherealworld.co.uk/l/pop-in-the-real-world-obituaries-2025/ A quiet set of one paragraph obituaries to celebrate some of those we loved and lost in 2025. There's also a playlist with the music from all featured, and from others who sadly passed too - there's a link in the blog.

How hard can it be?

Our new album has been completed! Stay tuned more for info & enjoy this photograph of Jeff & Matt

Spot the difference... Adverts from Incite! issues 11 & 12 for the "Harmony in your head" cassette that became the genesis of Harriet Records. Between summer and fall 1988, Galaxie 500 got too famous/signed, so X-Tal stepped in. We loved this tape: harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/harmon...

Thanks for including us in a great list of also notables, pleasure to be in this company. And thanks in general for all the great work you do, it’s appreciated.

In the December sun… These arrived a while ago but forgot to post. Both excellent and both sold out now… @assistant.bandcamp.com @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social

There are 8 zines left for sale on my Bandcamp! I have only heard lovely things about this from people who bought copies, so who knows? Maybe worth getting! Lots of nice writing about indie pop for £6. assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...

My Albums of the year post is now up Featuring @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com @assistant.bandcamp.com Gwenno The Divine Comedy Suede Pulp And Saint Etienne inbetweenersblog19932021.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/g...

Thanks once again, Jim, some fine company to be in!

Very happy to have contributed, not something that was on the 2025 bingo card...

Thank you, Neil, a privilege to be included.

UK band @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social announces it's been "A Wild Christmas, We Broke Santa", so if you want to know why Santa's not coming, there you go. All proceeds benefit Stars Appeal/Salisbury District Hospital, all the more reason to pick this up now at @bandcamp.com!

🎧 popintherealworld.co.uk/l/little-stars-of-unsilent-nights/ Thanks to all who read or clicked the blog in 2025. And thanks this week to : Slow Country, @emmaspollock.bsky.social, Pendulum, Nightbus, Chris Stamey, Wallace, Maud Anyways, Sonia Khadia, Castlebeat, Fatboy Slim & the Rolling Stones.

Four weeks since ‘Nadine’ came out, thanks to all for the very positive reception. Some CDs still available, and just to be clear, to minimise shipping costs, UK/Europe orders will ship from the UK, Americas orders from New York, and Asia orders from Tokyo. harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine

This is true - all the other bands only go up to 10… (Though for ‘noisy Harriet’ more generally I strongly recommend High Risk Group)

A massive Merci! to Philippe of the Lollypop show on Radio Curieuse in Rennes for playing 'Throwaway Friend'... Impeccable, m'sieur. Again, lots of great new music, highly recommended show. canalb.fr/lollypop/8677 Some up and coming outfit called @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social in there, too.

Phenomenal, Wally, a big thanks from us and I’m sure all the others you supported would be happy to buy you a drink. Might take you some time to get through them all…

the end of year episode of The Bugle is now up! find out who all my favorites were in 2025 thefaceradio.com/the-bugle/th...

This year has been tough, but I reissued three albums to bring my total to five. While it may not sound like a lot, that's me on my own, all self-funded. Huge thanks to the bands/artists who let me bring their albums to vinyl. A huger thanks to anyone who bought an LP or took time to review it.

The good old days 🔥 #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #oldschoolpunk #history #punkrockhistory

Oh yes, that does look good (😂 thanks @thefamilygrave.bsky.social for posting)

Thanks again, Ed, very much appreciated. I think that's a world first for 'Something's Going Wrong'... Again, great company to be in.

Out almost a week and with a cover photo taken last Saturday by my 9yo. A surprise release even to me - the beauty of being able to do it all yourself: goodbyewudaokou.bandcamp.com/album/spare-...

Not mine

Here is Assistant's new song, from the excellent A Polaroid for Christmas 2025 compilation album by @polaroidblog.bsky.social. This cheery number is called 'Thank God We're Alive' and today your Assistant lead vocalist is Pete. polaroidblog.bandcamp.com/track/thank-...

Sunday's FRESH INGREDIENTS (7pm on Untidy Radio) features @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social, @thephotocopies.bsky.social, @vernonsfuture.bsky.social, @lovejoy-official.bsky.social, The Goon Sax, The Lemonheads and 3 tracks from a featured (festive) compilation. And some scenic chat, of course.

A humdinger of a review for 'Nadine' at @popintherealworld.bsky.social. Absolutely spot on, eloquent and passionate. A big thanks to Chris for setting it all out, arguably better than we could do ourselves.

What a great write-up... thank you very much, Jonathan. It was a deliberate choice to go instrumental specifically to allow some breathing space for the imagination... Glad it evoked some cinematic imagery for you. It'll soon be time for more Slow Country adventures...

The time of year when I realise there are so many great records I haven’t yet listened to. Thank goodness for @rosyoverdrive.com

UK folk, there’s a re-run at 2pm Saturday your time if you’re free. One of the things about putting this album out has been hearing all this great music in whose company we loiter. Rewarding and inspiring. Toll! @goldenglades.bsky.social

Herzlichen Dank, Sandra! This is the bee’s knees — not just one, but two jims songs including a global first (I think) for ‘Out of Reach’. We hadn’t thought of it sounding vaguely like @theloftuk.bsky.social, but it was written in 1986, our second song I think. Anyway, the whole show is great…

Loved this playlist from @aishamcnamara.bsky.social and was really struck by the gorgeous vocal on 'Always' by @swissportrait.bsky.social 🎶

Great to see @therosslyns.bsky.social get a spin on @ckcufm.bsky.social this afternoon 👌👍👏 cod.ckcufm.com/programs/134...

Fine way to round out an impressive year, Mat, I think I did pick up a welcome smidgeon of Peter Buck in there.

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-...

Lush excellence... A belter of a single, a classic A and B side pairing.

Available tomorrow from Bandcamp. The new single 'We Could Fall Apart' with additional instrumental 'Always In The Wrong Place'. Released to celebrate two years of SHOPFIRES ✨️

my WRUW playlist with @magicfig.bsky.social @sydneysprague.bsky.social @lapecheband.bsky.social @kayhanley.bsky.social @bonesshredder.bsky.social @weakenedfriends.bsky.social @ratboysband.bsky.social @hihatchie.bsky.social @jimstwentyone.bsky.social @illuminatihotties.bsky.social + more!

This is insane validation from someone who's released our most-listened to record of 2025! As for our CD: it's a curate's egg and I can take or leave half of it, but it was all from the heart & I'm really very fond of most of the rest Thank you 💛

Well this has absolutely made our week 😺

If it's still Bandcamp Friday where you are, you should buy the Occult Character and/or Legless Crabs discography for yourself or a loved one you secretly hate: occultcharacter.bandcamp.com/music theleglesscrabs.bandcamp.com/music If it's not Bandcamp Friday, you should still buy them.

On Bandcamp Friday, ‘I Want To’ is one of the most direct songs on debut album ‘Nadine’: ‘Sick of hearing empty tales of who did what to whom, I want to and I want you’. This from a Mornington Crescent session, might have been a mini-album in another world harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine...

Thanks to: - @johnwesnicholson.bsky.social for the extra backing vocals on ‘Strings’ - Kenny Maxwell from @jimstwentyone.bsky.social for the extra backing vocals on ‘Bounce’ - Darcie Chazen (Instagram: buttty_station) for taking my idea and creating the ace album art

Good morning everyone. The 3rd issue of my IN THE APRIL SUN indie pop fanzine is now on sale. I have stock in hand so will be posting out right away. It's a beautiful issue, so do share/grab one. It has some lovely stuff in it; Heavenly, the Lemonheads, Chime School, The Felt Tips & much more.

Big thanks to @frankiebugle.bsky.social at @thefaceradio.bsky.social in Brooklyn for giving 'I Want To' a spin. Really enjoyed the whole show, lots of good new stuff, and believe it's the first time we've been on the same show as Lawrence and Jarvis... thefaceradio.com/the-bugle/th...

Sunday at 7pm, untidyradio.com

youtu.be/MLv3-cxylAE?... All the fun of the jims fair…

A belated thanks very much to Chris Berry and KFAI in Minneapolis for playing 'Throwaway Friend' on kfai.org/episode/11-2... Nice segue from Loop, to us, to Field Mice...