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Ben

@didnotchart.bsky.social
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Blog about pop’s greatest should have beens just about limping along. More active on www.instagram.com/didnotchart/profi… Here for music and chat and fun. didnotchart.blogspot.com

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Hobknobs; “We’re named after a documentary about the biscuit. We’re very boring.” They’re not though. Slow burning, enigmatic and quietly charming. Helmets Off is a terrific album. #thehobknobs #upsettherhythm
A tall man singing, woman in the middle  with a microphone, a woman in the right playing guitar
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Got into Euston from Glasgow FIVE HOURS ago but am being held hostage by an alcoholic crisp eating fiend @wiaiwya.bsky.social Send help. I just want to go home.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Then have a pint because we have no other interests and I enable @wiaiwya.bsky.social
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What to do before @glasgoespop.bsky.social opens? Buy records @monorailmusic.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com
New real numbers album and No fun at all album by Mesh
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No one ever asks me - god knows why - what the best Sarah Records band was but it’s always The Orchids #sarahrecords #theorchids
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Packing for @glasgoespop.bsky.social Nah, wearing the t-shirt of the headline band is a bit too much.
The Bats 4 song t shirt modelled by a man who rightly has cropped his face out.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rocky #internationalcatday
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s The Neutrals on the daft stuff. Girls were dancing singing I *think* that makes them the next Franz Ferdinand @slumberlandrecords.com
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The excellent Field Commander Ali last night. Also: great shoes. Also: if you haven’t got the album, have a word fieldcommander.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Doing our best
Two ageing indie fans trying to impress the OG Mike slumberland after several hours of drinking. Relax, ladi, they’re taken.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
John’s hair isn’t that bad, just got a mullet @wiaiwya.bsky.social
John Jervis with a mullet. Or Brad Pitt. You decide
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I’m in Folkestone with fellow non football fan @wiaiwya.bsky.social We’re trying a 10-hour hydration break to get into football. John’s having a very bad hair day so no faces in the photo.
Hands around pints on a beer garden table. No bad hair shown.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Gabys finding space between JAMC and Cocteau Twins. Superb as per. If they’re not your favourite band it just means you haven’t heard them. #thegabys #manchesterpopfest
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A glorious racket by Good Flying Birds. The nuances of Talulah’s Tape are lost but live this is equally thrilling #goodflyingbirds #manchesterpopfest
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A highlight of #manchesterpopfest Olivia Is A Ghost oliviaisaghost.bandcamp.com/album/bees-a...
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
All timer! I’ve just lined up this to improve the day
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Stuart Murdoch’s let himself go
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson on stage with a backdrop of a slide saying “left the town with the circus boy”
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
@clarewadd.bsky.social on this most auspicious of days, your birthday, can you spot anything wrong in Bandcamp’s recent assessment of Sarah Records?
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I’m playing the long game. Diabetes 3 eventually.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
New guitar hero: Peter Morén elevated Robert Forster. Time to go back to those old Peter Bjorn and John records. #robertforster #peterbjornandjohn
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Michael Rother being excellent on Saturday #michaelrother
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Robert Forster eulogises Robert Redford’s hair. “He has access to clear, clean mountain water. This helps hair.” #robertredford #robertforster
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Damn straight. Extra £500 (used banknotes) and I’ll chuck in the ep. Glas goes pop can get expensive.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Relax, he left on time and is ready. Left me with a record so I can have my own listening party later.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Waiting for the @allodarlin.bsky.social listening party? Label boss @fikarecordings.com is in the pub so may be an unreliable commentator. Trust in Mike @slumberlandrecords.com for words of wisdom tonight
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Subway Sect promo poster for Nobody’s Scared from the John Peel collection now at auction tinyurl.com/5bjnuz87
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It’s only the greatest fucking rock’n’roll band in the world (or one of them). Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band. New album coming on @toughloverecords.bsky.social
Ryan davis and the roadhouse band live at the ICA
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Shack at London’s cathedral of sound, the Union Chapel. #michaelhead #shackband
Shack live at the Union chapel
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Route one jangle punk played fast and to the point. They may only know the Shop Assistants and Talulah Gosh but that’s enough. Magnificent. @madridpopfest.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social
The Cords at Madrid popfest
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
@fikarecordings.com I hope you have your copyright lawyer on speed dial
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Bob Mould on fire last night launching excellent new album Here We Go Crazy. I accidentally pressed the ‘heavy metal rock star’ filter. @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social
Bob mould on stage
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Signed set list which Debsey reckons is “worth about 2 quid”. Message me or donate straight to www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
Birdie set list for LA fire fundraiser gig at the betsey trotwood
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Birdie, who do a lot of good work for charity, @betseytrotwood.bsky.social raising money for LA fire support
Paul Kelly and Debsey Wykes at the betsey trotwood LA fire benefit gig
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
For those without an insta account:
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
No months are ever dry when you have an @edwyncollins.bsky.social beer mat.
Edwyn Collins promotional beer mat
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
2024 in 20 songs by 20 new acts. An amazing year, naturally. didnotchart.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024...
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Flashback to 1992 when @theclientele.bsky.social were 18yo, had Maurice Deebank emblazoned on their exercise books and had just got into the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. Time cannot wither them or their songs obvs.
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Two sets. 33 songs. The hardest working band in show business. @theclientele.bsky.social
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It was a 1989 compilation featuring releases from 86-88. The Clean hadn’t released new material since 82. Press release from the FNE issue:
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Myriam Gendron, the world’s greatest musical artiste (I counted the votes), bringing it to the adoring masses.
Myriam gendron live on stage
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Fog Pop superstars Cindy killing it softly in Paris. I’ve seen them in the UK, the USA and France. Can any readers beat that?
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