Chops Top Fives
@chopstopfives.bsky.social
European. Music fan. Maker of Top Fives. Still dancing badly & losing my specs in mosh pits. Play ukulele, bass & kazoo.
Nation of Language at the Roundhouse last night. Absolutely glorious, back to back synth bangers #chopsgigs #nationoflanguage #roundhouseldn
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nation of Language at the Roundhouse last night. Absolutely glorious, back to back synth bangers #chopsgigs #nationoflanguage #roundhouseldn
On my way to Shoreditch to see Water From Your Eyes (and eat pre gig pizza). Thursdays don’t get much better #chopsgigs
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On my way to Shoreditch to see Water From Your Eyes (and eat pre gig pizza). Thursdays don’t get much better #chopsgigs
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Nervous Twitch - The Day Job Gets In The Way
Night Rites - Nine Of Swords
Radioactivity - Time Won't Bring Me Down
The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Songs Of Mass Destruction
Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble
Night Rites - Nine Of Swords
Radioactivity - Time Won't Bring Me Down
The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Songs Of Mass Destruction
Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble
October 2025 (belated) Top 5 Albums
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nervous Twitch - The Day Job Gets In The Way
Night Rites - Nine Of Swords
Radioactivity - Time Won't Bring Me Down
The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Songs Of Mass Destruction
Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble
Night Rites - Nine Of Swords
Radioactivity - Time Won't Bring Me Down
The John Denver Airport Conspiracy - Songs Of Mass Destruction
Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble
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October faves:
Snocaps
Besnard Lakes
Telephone Numbers
Flock of Dimes
Dream Syndicate (medicine show box)
#chopsfives
Snocaps
Besnard Lakes
Telephone Numbers
Flock of Dimes
Dream Syndicate (medicine show box)
#chopsfives
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
October faves:
Snocaps
Besnard Lakes
Telephone Numbers
Flock of Dimes
Dream Syndicate (medicine show box)
#chopsfives
Snocaps
Besnard Lakes
Telephone Numbers
Flock of Dimes
Dream Syndicate (medicine show box)
#chopsfives
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Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
A Lifertime Of Riding By Night - Rhett Miller
The Besnard Lakes...Are The Ghost Station
We Are Love - The Charlatans
Thick Rich And Delicious - Guided By Voices
A Lifertime Of Riding By Night - Rhett Miller
The Besnard Lakes...Are The Ghost Station
We Are Love - The Charlatans
Thick Rich And Delicious - Guided By Voices
October 2025 (belated) Top 5 Albums
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
A Lifertime Of Riding By Night - Rhett Miller
The Besnard Lakes...Are The Ghost Station
We Are Love - The Charlatans
Thick Rich And Delicious - Guided By Voices
A Lifertime Of Riding By Night - Rhett Miller
The Besnard Lakes...Are The Ghost Station
We Are Love - The Charlatans
Thick Rich And Delicious - Guided By Voices
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October 2025 #topfive
Long Fling - Long Fling
The Antlers - Blight
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save
Cubzoa - Unfold in the Sky
Hilary Woods - Night CRIU
Long Fling - Long Fling
The Antlers - Blight
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save
Cubzoa - Unfold in the Sky
Hilary Woods - Night CRIU
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
October 2025 #topfive
Long Fling - Long Fling
The Antlers - Blight
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save
Cubzoa - Unfold in the Sky
Hilary Woods - Night CRIU
Long Fling - Long Fling
The Antlers - Blight
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save
Cubzoa - Unfold in the Sky
Hilary Woods - Night CRIU
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Heartily recommend Good Flying Birds
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Heartily recommend Good Flying Birds
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Snocaps the best by far for me. Agree with you on Belair Lip Bombs and Anna Von Hausswolff. I will add Tremor by Daniel Avery and The Boy Who Played The Harp by Dave to my five...
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Snocaps the best by far for me. Agree with you on Belair Lip Bombs and Anna Von Hausswolff. I will add Tremor by Daniel Avery and The Boy Who Played The Harp by Dave to my five...
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AAA Gripper restock. The second press is exactly the same as the first press. No vinyl nerdery. Gigs in Manchester, Newcastle, Shipley, Derby in December. A couple to be announced for early 2026
aaagripper.bandcamp.com/album/we-inv...
aaagripper.bandcamp.com/album/we-inv...
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
AAA Gripper restock. The second press is exactly the same as the first press. No vinyl nerdery. Gigs in Manchester, Newcastle, Shipley, Derby in December. A couple to be announced for early 2026
aaagripper.bandcamp.com/album/we-inv...
aaagripper.bandcamp.com/album/we-inv...
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1. Telephone Numbers - Scarecrow II
2. Massage - Coaster
3. The Goods - Don't Spoil The Fun
4. Teenage Tom Petties - Rally The Tropes
5. Good Flying Birds - Talulah's Tape
#chopsfive
2. Massage - Coaster
3. The Goods - Don't Spoil The Fun
4. Teenage Tom Petties - Rally The Tropes
5. Good Flying Birds - Talulah's Tape
#chopsfive
October 2025 (belated) Top 5 Albums
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
1. Telephone Numbers - Scarecrow II
2. Massage - Coaster
3. The Goods - Don't Spoil The Fun
4. Teenage Tom Petties - Rally The Tropes
5. Good Flying Birds - Talulah's Tape
#chopsfive
2. Massage - Coaster
3. The Goods - Don't Spoil The Fun
4. Teenage Tom Petties - Rally The Tropes
5. Good Flying Birds - Talulah's Tape
#chopsfive
October 2025 (belated) Top 5 Albums
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
October 2025 (belated) Top 5 Albums
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
#topfive #albumsofthemonth #aotm
▪️Smote - Songs from the Free House
▪️Long Fling - Long Fling
▪️Lily Allen - West End Girl
▪️Snocaps - Snocaps
▪️Anna Von Hauswolff - ICONOCLASTS
#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT to share yours
A special night watching Field Music at the Islington Assembly Hall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album #chopsgigs #fieldmusic
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A special night watching Field Music at the Islington Assembly Hall to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album #chopsgigs #fieldmusic
A good afternoon at New Stompond Lane as Walton & Hersham maintain their run of wins against an organised Weymouth side #chopsfooty #nonleaguefooty #waltonandhersham
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A good afternoon at New Stompond Lane as Walton & Hersham maintain their run of wins against an organised Weymouth side #chopsfooty #nonleaguefooty #waltonandhersham
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Celebrities reading my book
#1 in a very occasional series: Davey Woodward of The Brilliant Corners
Be like an indie pop hero and get your own copy here: books2read.com/u/3nBzEP
(Signed copies here: brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/paperb...)
#1 in a very occasional series: Davey Woodward of The Brilliant Corners
Be like an indie pop hero and get your own copy here: books2read.com/u/3nBzEP
(Signed copies here: brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/paperb...)
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Celebrities reading my book
#1 in a very occasional series: Davey Woodward of The Brilliant Corners
Be like an indie pop hero and get your own copy here: books2read.com/u/3nBzEP
(Signed copies here: brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/paperb...)
#1 in a very occasional series: Davey Woodward of The Brilliant Corners
Be like an indie pop hero and get your own copy here: books2read.com/u/3nBzEP
(Signed copies here: brokendownrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/paperb...)
Song of the Week #SOTW #Chopssotw
♫ Glass Delusion - Quatermass III ♫
open.spotify.com/track/6HQXwn...
♫ Glass Delusion - Quatermass III ♫
open.spotify.com/track/6HQXwn...
Glass Delusion
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Song of the Week #SOTW #Chopssotw
♫ Glass Delusion - Quatermass III ♫
open.spotify.com/track/6HQXwn...
♫ Glass Delusion - Quatermass III ♫
open.spotify.com/track/6HQXwn...
Pretty fucking cool to finally see The Fiery Furnaces live. Stripped down piano & vocal versions of their songs still absolutely wonderful. Added bonus of a headline set from Destroyer that I also enjoyed #chopsgigs #destroyer #thefieryfurnaces #barbican
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Pretty fucking cool to finally see The Fiery Furnaces live. Stripped down piano & vocal versions of their songs still absolutely wonderful. Added bonus of a headline set from Destroyer that I also enjoyed #chopsgigs #destroyer #thefieryfurnaces #barbican
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This week's top 5 releases - Good start to the week, but went downhill quickly for me👇
5. Snocaps - Indie Rock
4. Alexa Rose - Americana
3. Creeper - Gothic Rock
3. Admiral Fallow - Chamber Folk
2. The Boojums - Garage Rock
1. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Psych
5. Snocaps - Indie Rock
4. Alexa Rose - Americana
3. Creeper - Gothic Rock
3. Admiral Fallow - Chamber Folk
2. The Boojums - Garage Rock
1. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Psych
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This week's top 5 releases - Good start to the week, but went downhill quickly for me👇
5. Snocaps - Indie Rock
4. Alexa Rose - Americana
3. Creeper - Gothic Rock
3. Admiral Fallow - Chamber Folk
2. The Boojums - Garage Rock
1. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Psych
5. Snocaps - Indie Rock
4. Alexa Rose - Americana
3. Creeper - Gothic Rock
3. Admiral Fallow - Chamber Folk
2. The Boojums - Garage Rock
1. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Psych
Book 21: Murder in the Mews - Four short stories from Agatha. All long enough to get my brain ticking over and all neatly wrapped up by Poirot #chopsbooks
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Book 21: Murder in the Mews - Four short stories from Agatha. All long enough to get my brain ticking over and all neatly wrapped up by Poirot #chopsbooks
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If you're not out at a gig tonight but you wish you were, I've got you covered:
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/deepfa...
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/deepfa...
Deepfake Detected – Online Gig October 2025, by Penfriend
18 track album
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're not out at a gig tonight but you wish you were, I've got you covered:
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/deepfa...
penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/deepfa...
I’ve not made it to Walton & Hersham last couple of home games. My eldest went last week, they won 5-1. My youngest went today, they won 6-0!
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’ve not made it to Walton & Hersham last couple of home games. My eldest went last week, they won 5-1. My youngest went today, they won 6-0!
Three support bands, all with something interesting going on. Americana vibes from My Mercury, art rock indie by Goodbye & shoegazey sound collages with Ladylike #chopsgigs #100club #mymercury #goodbye #ladylike
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Three support bands, all with something interesting going on. Americana vibes from My Mercury, art rock indie by Goodbye & shoegazey sound collages with Ladylike #chopsgigs #100club #mymercury #goodbye #ladylike
Adwaith were brilliant at the 100 Club last night. So great to hear the songs of their amazing recent album live. They’re a lot of fun too #chopsgigs #adwaith #100club
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Adwaith were brilliant at the 100 Club last night. So great to hear the songs of their amazing recent album live. They’re a lot of fun too #chopsgigs #adwaith #100club
