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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Hey there, what time is it? Time for another Indiepop Hall of Fame inductee, that's what time it is. Indiepop Hall Of Fame inductee #92 🎤 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Polytechnic 🎵 Won't You Come Around? 📅 2006 🏷️ Transgressive @transgressive.bsky.social You are very welcome! youtu.be/ZJXrUJltQHQ?...

Polytechnic - Won't You Come Around?

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

40 years ago today, Shop Assistants played at London's ULU youtu.be/dfL946ooBMc

Shop Assistants - Something To Do - U.L.U. London - 3rd Oct 1986

YouTube video by Soundsville International

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Polytechnic - Won't You Come Around?

YouTube video by esti99

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

An Indiepop Hall of Fame double bill - ticket bought!

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Filmed 40 years ago today - The Primitives performing Through The Flowers at The Cricketers in London youtu.be/Fr0UkzHWRPk

The Primitives - Thru The Flowers - Kennington Cricketers, London, 11th Sept 1986

YouTube video by Soundsville International

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 10/09/2026

JUST IN! 'Early Music' by Voxtrot Two-in-one EP set of The Smiths-esque indie and jangle pop from the recently reformed group, featuring the early classics ‘Raised By Wolves’ and ‘Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives’. www.normanrecords.com/records/2166...

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The Rosslyns @therosslyns.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

still our best selling release. technically it made £100 which is more than an aeon of streaming might now

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Clare Wadd @clarewadd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve made a playlist of bands / artists I’ve seen - and, in one case, am about to see - so far this year. 2026 has been another great year for live music for me open.spotify.com/playlist/6iq... - and plenty more to go, including Malaga Popfest! Enjoy x

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Sarah Records Clare - live in 2026

Playlist · Clare Wadd · 35 items

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The Darling Buds @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Hey Buds, check out our next single and video “Lost Time” from the new album coming on July 31st on @cherryredrecords.bsky.social youtu.be/-qNBcQQX-vw?...

The Darling Buds - Lost Time (Official Video)

YouTube video by Cherry Red Records

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Mickeyundertone @mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is maybe the best compilation of the year so far. Songs about pets, played by great indiepop bands. What more do you need to hear? Well, Swansea Sound's 'I Don't Like Men In Uniform', maybe. buff.ly/rKgHI2P

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Indiepop Hall Of Fame inductee #90 nominated by @bainard.bsky.social 🎤 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Vaselines @thevaselines.bsky.social 🎵 Son Of A Gun 📅 1987 🏷️ 53rd & 3rd

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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

hello everyone i am working on a big piece for guardian about the CURRENT STATE OF MUSIC ZINES!!!! i have many already but i want to get as many as poss from FAR AND WIDE in uk so pls either fill out the form here or email me directly (email on my website in bio) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

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Sniffin’ Glue at 50! Do you make a music zine? If so, we want to see it

To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine scene

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Mighty Mighty @mightymighty86.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yes, 40 years ago the NME actually liked us very briefly!

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #161 40 years ago 7/6/86 NME It's clear-eyed, ambitious & realistic @mightymighty86.bsky.social talking about distribution, money, major labels, the limits of the indie scene, and writing a theme tune for Holiday'86.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #160 40 years ago 7/6/86 RM Jim Reid puts the boot in to The Weather Prophet's "Almost Prayed" (an IPHOF inductee as well!! tut tut). "flatly sung, West Coast strummed sliver of short hair 'n' leather pants indie pop" "purest affectation"

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #159 40 years ago MayJun86 The Woodentops live. 👍"Very much leading contenders in the New Pop stakes" (RM) 👎"When you strip away these emperor's new clothes, you are perhaps astonished to find no genitals, just a navel with a daisy sticking out of it" (Sounds)

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #158 40 years ago MayJun86 Yeah Yeah Noh's "Fun On The Lawn Lawn Lawn" "Being the perfect pop group their demise was inevitable" NME "If only YYN hadn't been content to squat in the trickling light of their morose productions instead of breaking some solid sweat, who knows?" MM

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #157 40 years ago 31/5/86 NME Chart time! Fuzzbox finish the month where they started it, on top of the pile - despite pressure from Colourbox and The Smiths.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #156 40 years ago 31/5/86 Assorted gigs 🎤Dentists - "punchy start to finish" (NME) 🎤 @thejunebrides.bsky.social - "sharp rather than just shambling" (NME) 🎤Pale Fountains - "a half realised performance" (Sounds) 🎤Pulp - "have to decide between the charts and the asylum" (Sounds)

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Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 15/06/2026

SF Bay Popfest tickets are going fast - weekend passes are sold out as are single day tickets for the Friday show. August 20th-23rd at SF's legendary Bottom Of The Hill. This is going to be an unforgettable weekend, hope to see you there! sfbaypopfest.com

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SF Bay Popfest August 20-23: Tickets are on sale now!

See full lineups and buy tickets for the SF Bay Popfest.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #155 40 years ago 31/5/86 Assorted singles 🎤VeeVV - Boom Slump, "Age of Chance with a more fluid bass line (NME) & "slippery"(MM) 🎤BMX Bandits - E102/Sad?, "Indigestibly sickly sweet" (S) 🎤The Housemartins - Happy Hour, "Like Bob's Full House or Blue Peter set to music" (RM)

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Duglas BMX Bandits @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Extra tickets now available for our intimate stripped down set in Leeds.

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The Crazy World of Arthur Brownlow @wazzock.eurosky.social · 14/06/2026

House band of the Revolutionary Communist Party IIRC. A very hard listen. ISTR only about 70 or so turned up for them on the Leeds leg of the tour and about a third of that audience were the local Arseys. At least they had a little more about them than their support The Shrubs, a tuneless racket.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #154 40 years ago 31/5/86 MM Bobby G on tailor-made clothes, pop glamour and being "seen as a really brilliant pop group that looks good as well as sounds good." As per Chronicles #138 these interviews are as much about external recognition and perception as the music itself.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #153 40 years ago 31/5/86 A tricky week for Easterhouse. "Inspiration" EP (unsurprisingly) banned from Radio 1 - "one of the reasons Easterhouse exist is to comment on the ills of society, and this is one of them" and a gig characterised by "depressive emptiness"

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #152 40 years ago May/Jun86 Feedback sandwich for The Brilliant Corners' Fruit Machine EP 👍RM "nail-bitingly fresh" (E.Levy), "the young Brit sound" (A.Strickland) 👎MM "innocuous" (T.Mico) 👍NME "arguably the most brilliant band Bristol has ever created" (C.Long) sptfy.in/q5sa

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #151 40 years ago 31/5/86 NME The Decemberists having recorded James Is (lovely song) for £50, on having to work harder coming from Liverpool and starting a venue "to put on bands we like" such as Vee VV and The Bodines @mamtoruk.bsky.social youtu.be/if4S_5wH-L0?...

SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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The only decent band to come from West Bromwich barring SHOPFIRES of course 😉

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #150 40 years ago 31/5/86 NME "If you are looking for the ultimate in bedroom credibility watch out for The Sea Urchins" 17 years old and "heavily into anoraks, chocolate bars, Korky the Kat, & hazelnut yoghurt" And they need a drummer - there's a number to ring if interested!

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #149 40 years ago 31/5/86 NME It's The High Five. Like The Wolfhounds, the band's concerns about inequality, and belief that socialism isn't about "instructing people how to lead their lives" inspire songs drawn from everyday observation rather than Red Wedge-style tub-thumping.

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David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Not sure I entirely agree with these sentiments anymore, but the hamster cage of internet life keeps giving up its linings ...

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #148 40 years ago 31/5/86 Sounds An interview with @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social and The Wolfhounds, taking aim at materialism, consumerism, self-absorption, and the hypocrisy of Red Wedge. "All cool music is concerned with is the price of your jeans, not living."

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #147 40 years ago 17&31/5/86 The Chesterf!elds "A Guitar In Your Bath" reviewed. "From that softee pop direction" (D.Kelly NME), "flawed pop genius" (R.Holland, Sounds) "lightweight... promising" (future band member A.Strickland, RM). sptfy.in/b9yb

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 08/06/2026

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Last nights radio show is up on Mixcloud now if you wanna check out a bit of it. Lots of nice songs! www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...

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The Primitives @theprimitives.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

First time a pic of the Prims appeared in the music press. The writer has stated he has two regrets in life, one of which was giving us one of our ‘first big breaks’. As you can imagine this amuses us no end.

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #146 40 years ago 24/5/86 NME Chart time! Felt straight in at #20 with the wonderful Ballad of the Band sptfy.in/f73h ... and who could forget "The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme" outrageously not selected by the BBC for their coverage of Mexico '86 sptfy.in/lev6

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #145 40 years ago 24/5/86 Sounds Roger Holland's review The Jasmine Minks "Cold Heart" - The JMs "empty their bladders upon all those who would be Buzzcocks"

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #144 40 years ago 24/5/86 MM "Obsessively romantic" David Westlake of The Servants gives away the mystery of the meaning of his song "Transparent" and explains his indifference to playing live "maybe I don't think enough about people dancing, but I'd rather people listened."

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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Indiepop Chronicles #143 40 years ago 24/5/86 NME The Legend! discusses @theprimitives.bsky.social who "met on a bus attracted by each others' haircuts", are "exhilarating listening" and are aiming to "reach the stage where they can afford to buy their own instruments" - I wonder if they made it?

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #142 40 years ago 24/5/86 RM Andy Strickland has heard rumours of @thejunebrides.bsky.social's demise and urges the band to "hang in there" they could still become "the new Madness".

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Indiepop Chronicles #141 40 years ago 24/5/86 Gigs! 🔥His Latest Flame "sloppy amateurs who play pop that smudges rather than glistens"(S) 🦷The Dentists "a hazy Buzzcocks influence mixed with some folkie REM strains"(MM) ⛓️JAMC "the band's official promotion to the league of top rock bands"(RM)