Ben

A blog that nobody reads about records that nobody buys. More often found on these days

[Ben @didnotchart]

Stop being overrun by fascists and bots. You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now.
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@themartialarts Aren't they both just instances of the Bo Diddley beat?https://t.co/hrrDJJ97JA

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@CarsmileSteve Had no idea Flinch were playing! Thanks for the tip. Will check out Slime City now.

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Peter Perrett at the Moth Club. Intimate. I was repping the youth wing but then @rococo_zephyr_ turned up.

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@wrongsreversed It’s got to be Adieu Minette by Coeur a L’Index https://t.co/O4ixZwjWva

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@the_brogues Yep, that’s Amy https://t.co/FBGkT0SS0d

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I know it’s bandcamp Friday but this book, out today, was the most essential purchase

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@CarsmileSteve I was there on Wednesday funnily enough. Better beer selection than usual although some of the tap prices remain eye watering.

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@wiaiwya The common denominator is Curtis Mayfield.

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@CarsmileSteve craft beer advice, please. Just ordered a pint and a half @£7. Was charged £12.
Suggested to barmaid : £10.50 was correct.
“Halves cost more than half a pint!”
“Ok, £5 is too much for a half. Make it a pint.”
“I’ll charge you £10.50 then as you want.”
AITA?

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@steveinstates @staticshockrecs Sorry! I was thinking about Sheer Mag, not Music City.

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Music City: a pitch perfect recreation of the period when punchy powerpop met new wave smarts. So much fun.

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@steveinstates @staticshockrecs Yeah, that’s about right. New album this year. More polished but still ferocious and excellent.

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Sheer Mag: one day, soon, they’ll have Malibu beach houses lined with gold discs. Bonus points for the Royal Headache t-shirt.
#sheermag

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@the_brogues I’ve got a spare copy of the s/t 7” ep if you’re in need

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Note: after I posted this, they played a couple of new songs which you’re going to love.

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I prefer their earlier stuff. Which is just as well because that’s all they’ve got. First saw them 34 (THIRTY-FOUR) years ago. They haven’t changed. Ladies and gentlemen, the perennially unfashionable Heavenly:

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He always got my vote #martinphillipps

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@SkepWax @GlasgoesPop Sorry! I tweeted before you played those new hits.

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@kevdon80 @the_brogues @euanmccolm I know. What a legacy though