Assistant
@assistant.bandcamp.com
Jonathan tweeting. Assistant make lovely jangle pop from Brighton: Felt/Yo La Tengo/Stereolab etc. CERTAIN MEMORIES is our masterpiece; our new single is FLOWERS. Fanzines available; radio show Sundays 7pm on Untidy Radio.
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IN THE APRIL SUN is now in stock and available from @monorailmusic.bsky.social! If you didn't grab one from me, get one here! All your DIY heroes are represented.
monorailmusic.com/product/in-t...
monorailmusic.com/product/in-t...
Episode 12 of Fresh Ingredients is now up on Mixcloud! Click click click! Songs from some of the finest, smartest, saddest, sweetest indie popstrels in the business. Includes some lovely, doleful, jangly treats
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Episode 12 of Fresh Ingredients is now up on Mixcloud! Click click click! Songs from some of the finest, smartest, saddest, sweetest indie popstrels in the business. Includes some lovely, doleful, jangly treats
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
I hope you've all had a nice Sunday. This last track was suggested by my friend @luetgewatz.bsky.social a couple of weeks ago and it took me a while to track it down! It's great - The Red Balloon by Crockett and Jones. Not the shoemaker.
Thanks for listening x x x
www.discogs.com/fr/release/7...
Thanks for listening x x x
www.discogs.com/fr/release/7...
Crockett and Jones - Red Balloon
YouTube video by Perfect Pop Songs
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I hope you've all had a nice Sunday. This last track was suggested by my friend @luetgewatz.bsky.social a couple of weeks ago and it took me a while to track it down! It's great - The Red Balloon by Crockett and Jones. Not the shoemaker.
Thanks for listening x x x
www.discogs.com/fr/release/7...
Thanks for listening x x x
www.discogs.com/fr/release/7...
I watched @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social play a super show in Brighton on Friday. This track was the highlight. From their recent LP Imaginary Reflections, this is 'Dancing To Your Favourite Song'.
dreamcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...
dreamcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...
Imaginary Reflections, by dreamcoaster
12 track album
dreamcoaster.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I watched @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social play a super show in Brighton on Friday. This track was the highlight. From their recent LP Imaginary Reflections, this is 'Dancing To Your Favourite Song'.
dreamcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...
dreamcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...
A nice acoustic take on Ballboy's 'Sex Is Boring' follows, from 2001.
"Take me back to your room
Tie me up and strip me naked
And lie me on your floor
And then you'll see that sex is boring with me"
Great song!
"Take me back to your room
Tie me up and strip me naked
And lie me on your floor
And then you'll see that sex is boring with me"
Great song!
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A nice acoustic take on Ballboy's 'Sex Is Boring' follows, from 2001.
"Take me back to your room
Tie me up and strip me naked
And lie me on your floor
And then you'll see that sex is boring with me"
Great song!
"Take me back to your room
Tie me up and strip me naked
And lie me on your floor
And then you'll see that sex is boring with me"
Great song!
If you blinked you might have missed it, but Love, Burns uploaded a mini-LP on Friday. It was available for a day & accordingly they've made it private now. A shame as it's lovely. Currently playing a track, Northern Line, which oviously I can't link to!
But this show will be up on Mixcloud tomoz.
But this show will be up on Mixcloud tomoz.
February 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
If you blinked you might have missed it, but Love, Burns uploaded a mini-LP on Friday. It was available for a day & accordingly they've made it private now. A shame as it's lovely. Currently playing a track, Northern Line, which oviously I can't link to!
But this show will be up on Mixcloud tomoz.
But this show will be up on Mixcloud tomoz.
Next up, this lovely track by Victoria is a long-standing favourite. Somewhere in the sweet spot between The Go Betweens and The Auteurs.
Which is a very sweet spot indeed (though arguably that's The Servants, thinking about it)
victoriatheband.bandcamp.com/album/treats...
Which is a very sweet spot indeed (though arguably that's The Servants, thinking about it)
victoriatheband.bandcamp.com/album/treats...
Treats LP, by Victoria
11 track album
victoriatheband.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Next up, this lovely track by Victoria is a long-standing favourite. Somewhere in the sweet spot between The Go Betweens and The Auteurs.
Which is a very sweet spot indeed (though arguably that's The Servants, thinking about it)
victoriatheband.bandcamp.com/album/treats...
Which is a very sweet spot indeed (though arguably that's The Servants, thinking about it)
victoriatheband.bandcamp.com/album/treats...
This is a really great new track by @genevadrive3.bsky.social
Such a perfectly judged piece; those keyboard sounds! That loping beat. Perfect perfect.
genevadrive.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa
Such a perfectly judged piece; those keyboard sounds! That loping beat. Perfect perfect.
genevadrive.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa
Sub Rosa, by Geneva Drive
1 track album
genevadrive.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This is a really great new track by @genevadrive3.bsky.social
Such a perfectly judged piece; those keyboard sounds! That loping beat. Perfect perfect.
genevadrive.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa
Such a perfectly judged piece; those keyboard sounds! That loping beat. Perfect perfect.
genevadrive.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa
I'd be pretty happy if someone ever said that Assistant sound a bit like an English version on Lewberg. It has crossed my mind, occasionally.
lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-an...
lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-an...
Out And About, by Lewsberg
11 track album
lewsberg.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I'd be pretty happy if someone ever said that Assistant sound a bit like an English version on Lewberg. It has crossed my mind, occasionally.
lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-an...
lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-an...
That light, dubby beauty is from the new @slowcountry.bsky.social mini-LP, which is lovely as ever. Here's what I said about their previous LP in my fanzine, In The April Sun.
thisisslowcountry.bandcamp.com/album/differ...
thisisslowcountry.bandcamp.com/album/differ...
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
That light, dubby beauty is from the new @slowcountry.bsky.social mini-LP, which is lovely as ever. Here's what I said about their previous LP in my fanzine, In The April Sun.
thisisslowcountry.bandcamp.com/album/differ...
thisisslowcountry.bandcamp.com/album/differ...
The flood of releases from Hurry Up, Gregory has, alas, come to an end with the most recent & final release on Bandcamp. Not sure what that means for other things on the Back To Somerset "label". I am deeply appreciative of what they've shared. This, currently playing on my radio show, is a beauty.
The Daydream Years, by Just Johnny and his Guitar
1 track album
backtosomerset.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The flood of releases from Hurry Up, Gregory has, alas, come to an end with the most recent & final release on Bandcamp. Not sure what that means for other things on the Back To Somerset "label". I am deeply appreciative of what they've shared. This, currently playing on my radio show, is a beauty.
Quite a fews songs this week that could pass for Belle & Sebastian through a thick wall. I love the new LP by Queen Midas, from which this is drawn. It seems oddly below the radar on Bandcamp - can I humbly recommend it?
The Spell of Habit, by Queen Midas
6 track album
queenmidas1.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Quite a fews songs this week that could pass for Belle & Sebastian through a thick wall. I love the new LP by Queen Midas, from which this is drawn. It seems oddly below the radar on Bandcamp - can I humbly recommend it?
Currently playing my own band with no apologies! When I played Anne-Sophie this song - Sean from The Photocopies' mix of her song Overwhelming - she gasped and said "finally we have a proper upbeat song!"
And we do! Thanks @thephotocopies.bsky.social!
assistant.bandcamp.com/album/assist...
And we do! Thanks @thephotocopies.bsky.social!
assistant.bandcamp.com/album/assist...
Assistant / The Photocopies (split single for Cancer Research UK), by Assistant
4 track album
assistant.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Currently playing my own band with no apologies! When I played Anne-Sophie this song - Sean from The Photocopies' mix of her song Overwhelming - she gasped and said "finally we have a proper upbeat song!"
And we do! Thanks @thephotocopies.bsky.social!
assistant.bandcamp.com/album/assist...
And we do! Thanks @thephotocopies.bsky.social!
assistant.bandcamp.com/album/assist...
A song by Beat Happening now!
"Coral breathing tiger
Seaweed in a spiral
Starfish titled spider"
How do you mix deep vocals like this, team? Calvin always sounds so good.
#freshingredients
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiY...
"Coral breathing tiger
Seaweed in a spiral
Starfish titled spider"
How do you mix deep vocals like this, team? Calvin always sounds so good.
#freshingredients
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiY...
Sea Hunt
YouTube video by Beat Happening - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A song by Beat Happening now!
"Coral breathing tiger
Seaweed in a spiral
Starfish titled spider"
How do you mix deep vocals like this, team? Calvin always sounds so good.
#freshingredients
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiY...
"Coral breathing tiger
Seaweed in a spiral
Starfish titled spider"
How do you mix deep vocals like this, team? Calvin always sounds so good.
#freshingredients
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyiY...
Currenty playing the fantastic new single by @would-be-goods.bsky.social on untidyradio.com. A nymph meets a god in disguise in a garage-band take on a Greek myth. A v v good album by the band is on the way...
Tears Before Bedtime, by Would-Be-Goods
14 track album
would-be-goods.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Currenty playing the fantastic new single by @would-be-goods.bsky.social on untidyradio.com. A nymph meets a god in disguise in a garage-band take on a Greek myth. A v v good album by the band is on the way...
That last track - a beauty from The Westfield Mining Disaster - is from their LP, 'Big Ideas From Small Places'. Only a quick listen with prompt the immediate question: er, why weren't this lot huge? From 2010.
thewestfieldminingdisaster.bandcamp.com/album/big-id...
thewestfieldminingdisaster.bandcamp.com/album/big-id...
February 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
That last track - a beauty from The Westfield Mining Disaster - is from their LP, 'Big Ideas From Small Places'. Only a quick listen with prompt the immediate question: er, why weren't this lot huge? From 2010.
thewestfieldminingdisaster.bandcamp.com/album/big-id...
thewestfieldminingdisaster.bandcamp.com/album/big-id...
Fun fact: original Assistant drummer and fab person Ali Gavan was in an eary version of Electric Soft Parade, two of whom play in Brakes (and tons of other bands).
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Fun fact: original Assistant drummer and fab person Ali Gavan was in an eary version of Electric Soft Parade, two of whom play in Brakes (and tons of other bands).
You'll note there's no talking on my show this week. Sorry!
As things stand, I'm not planning to go to End of The Road this year, but I have noted that Brakes are playing & am hoping there'll be more dates announced. If it's a one off, then I guess I probably am going to EOTR this year.
As things stand, I'm not planning to go to End of The Road this year, but I have noted that Brakes are playing & am hoping there'll be more dates announced. If it's a one off, then I guess I probably am going to EOTR this year.
Worry About It Later, by Brakes
from the album Touchdown
brakes.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
You'll note there's no talking on my show this week. Sorry!
As things stand, I'm not planning to go to End of The Road this year, but I have noted that Brakes are playing & am hoping there'll be more dates announced. If it's a one off, then I guess I probably am going to EOTR this year.
As things stand, I'm not planning to go to End of The Road this year, but I have noted that Brakes are playing & am hoping there'll be more dates announced. If it's a one off, then I guess I probably am going to EOTR this year.
This lovely track is 'Lemonade', by Fell. Fell is Nicolas Burrows, an artist, illustrator and musician living in London, with band members Jon Rulton (Bear Driver, Dream Giant), Dav Shiel (Beth Jeans-Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny) and Matt Giraudeau (Dogtanion). This is just out & so great.
Futility Rites, by FELL
16 track album
fellsongs.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This lovely track is 'Lemonade', by Fell. Fell is Nicolas Burrows, an artist, illustrator and musician living in London, with band members Jon Rulton (Bear Driver, Dream Giant), Dav Shiel (Beth Jeans-Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny) and Matt Giraudeau (Dogtanion). This is just out & so great.
This song is from the forthcoming LP by Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, which I discovered via my pal @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social. Here's the LP - some great Scott Walker / Lee Hazelwood vibes. Except it was recorded in Margate.
maxwellfarringtonlesuperhomard.bandcamp.com/album/window...
maxwellfarringtonlesuperhomard.bandcamp.com/album/window...
Window Tax, by Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard
12 track album
maxwellfarringtonlesuperhomard.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This song is from the forthcoming LP by Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, which I discovered via my pal @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social. Here's the LP - some great Scott Walker / Lee Hazelwood vibes. Except it was recorded in Margate.
maxwellfarringtonlesuperhomard.bandcamp.com/album/window...
maxwellfarringtonlesuperhomard.bandcamp.com/album/window...
After the show I'll be uploading some stems from the Assistant song 'Fresh Ingredients' and inviting anyone out there who wants to make a jingle for me! Be nice if I had a few #freshingredients
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
After the show I'll be uploading some stems from the Assistant song 'Fresh Ingredients' and inviting anyone out there who wants to make a jingle for me! Be nice if I had a few #freshingredients
This week's Fresh Ingredients is on air now! And twelve shows in, there is a tiny opening jingle! Will be better by next week.
Opening with Lost by Meat Puppets. I think maybe there aren't that many great bands from Arizona? Anyone else? I like early Alice Cooper, weirdly. He's from there too.
Opening with Lost by Meat Puppets. I think maybe there aren't that many great bands from Arizona? Anyone else? I like early Alice Cooper, weirdly. He's from there too.
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This week's Fresh Ingredients is on air now! And twelve shows in, there is a tiny opening jingle! Will be better by next week.
Opening with Lost by Meat Puppets. I think maybe there aren't that many great bands from Arizona? Anyone else? I like early Alice Cooper, weirdly. He's from there too.
Opening with Lost by Meat Puppets. I think maybe there aren't that many great bands from Arizona? Anyone else? I like early Alice Cooper, weirdly. He's from there too.
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Alert!🚨 #RedPlanet 🎶📡📻 @wsum.bsky.social LIVE ON AIR top o the hour +
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Softjaw
@assistant.bandcamp.com
@pefkin.bsky.social
@andrewpelletier.bsky.social
Rocketship
@glenndonaldson.bsky.social
Subtle Body
Vic Velvet
&&&
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Tunein 91.7fm Madisn wsum.org +
2hrs #indienouvelle ft~
Softjaw
@assistant.bandcamp.com
@pefkin.bsky.social
@andrewpelletier.bsky.social
Rocketship
@glenndonaldson.bsky.social
Subtle Body
Vic Velvet
&&&
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Alert!🚨 #RedPlanet 🎶📡📻 @wsum.bsky.social LIVE ON AIR top o the hour +
NoonCT 10aPT🇺🇸 6p🇬🇧 1900🇩🇪 +
Tunein 91.7fm Madisn wsum.org +
2hrs #indienouvelle ft~
Softjaw
@assistant.bandcamp.com
@pefkin.bsky.social
@andrewpelletier.bsky.social
Rocketship
@glenndonaldson.bsky.social
Subtle Body
Vic Velvet
&&&
NoonCT 10aPT🇺🇸 6p🇬🇧 1900🇩🇪 +
Tunein 91.7fm Madisn wsum.org +
2hrs #indienouvelle ft~
Softjaw
@assistant.bandcamp.com
@pefkin.bsky.social
@andrewpelletier.bsky.social
Rocketship
@glenndonaldson.bsky.social
Subtle Body
Vic Velvet
&&&
Songs from 7pm by The Meat Puppets, Maxwell Farringdon & Le SuperHomard, Fells, Brakes, The Westfield Mining Disaster, Would-Be-Goods, Beat Happening, Queen Midas, Just Johnny & His Guitar, Slow Country, Geneva Drive, Lewsberg, Love Burns, Victoria, Ballboy, Dreamcoaster & Crocket & Jones.
February 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Songs from 7pm by The Meat Puppets, Maxwell Farringdon & Le SuperHomard, Fells, Brakes, The Westfield Mining Disaster, Would-Be-Goods, Beat Happening, Queen Midas, Just Johnny & His Guitar, Slow Country, Geneva Drive, Lewsberg, Love Burns, Victoria, Ballboy, Dreamcoaster & Crocket & Jones.
Half an hour ‘til this terrific show from @jodiewood.bsky.social - expect beautiful, strange, tender and unsettling textures and echoes from the edges of pop. Tune in at 5pm
Sunday at 5pm on Noisebox Radio:
'The Periphery'
Jodie Wood explores the edges of popular music, encompassing the experimental, electronic, hauntological, and avant-garde along the way.
www.noiseboxradio.com
'The Periphery'
Jodie Wood explores the edges of popular music, encompassing the experimental, electronic, hauntological, and avant-garde along the way.
www.noiseboxradio.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Half an hour ‘til this terrific show from @jodiewood.bsky.social - expect beautiful, strange, tender and unsettling textures and echoes from the edges of pop. Tune in at 5pm
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Me looking vainly moody and bruised on this 117th attempt to play Remember Me through without making any hilarious mistakes.
February 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Me looking vainly moody and bruised on this 117th attempt to play Remember Me through without making any hilarious mistakes.