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November 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM

Indie Sam

@indiesam.bsky.social

Latest adds to my #IndieSounds #MusicSky playlist by @theweatherstation.bsky.social @tribeseurope.bsky.social @jerkcurb.bsky.social @loudhailer.bsky.social #DogRace #WetLeg #SportsTeam #TheSarandons #JetsOverhead & more!

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November 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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Tom Robinson

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This Saturday night from 9 pm to midnight the new Tom Robinson show launches on @amazingradio.com. For full tracklist see Alt Text on image...

OLIVER ANDERSON - The Ballad of Syd and Waz
YAZMIN LACEY - Two Steps
THE MICRO BAND - Magical Animals
HARBOTTLE AND JONAS - Loki
GUERILLA TOSS - Psychosis Is Just A Number
THE INTERN, RAEDY, NOBODY's FACE - Gucci Adlib
BENEFITS - Blame
ZKELETONZ - Re-unite
PAPA TOPO - Jácara, Zarabanda, Pavana
BIG SPECIAL - God Save The Pony
ARLO PARKS - Caroline
THOMAS TRUAX - The Future is Leisure
BILLY NOMATES - Plans
TRUOMEGA - WDYLM?
JAMES DEY - The Answering Stone
ALICE OFFLEY - Don't You Mess With Me
FALLE NIOKE - Say Say Say
ADRIAN QUESADA - Primos ft. HERMANOS GUITIERREZ
SQUID - The Hearth And Circle Round Fire
GEMMA HAYES - Another Love
WHITEHORSE - Red Riptide
TOM A SMITH - I Don’t Want You To Have To Remember…
GHOSTPOET - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
KOKOROKO - Just Can't Wait
D. SCOBIE - Supermarket Raceway
DOMINIQUE ADAMS - Wood Eye
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Towards The Dawn
TAURA LAMB - Cravings
THOSE FUCKING SNOWFLAKES - Straight Pride Month
RIZ AHMED - Where You From
SLOW FICTION - When
LUVCAT - Vicious Delicious
ROXY GIRLS - Like A Buoy
PATAWAWA - Strange
THE GASLIGHT TROUBADOURS/THE MIRORIM - Choosing An Illusion
KAMILEON - Karate Dojo
METRONOMY - Contact High [Ft MIKI & FAUX REAL]
NGEZI KA MASANGANA - Tjhagala Rodo
JULIA HOLTER - In The Green Wild
ONE WORLD ORCHESTRA - Sin Frontera
SCALER - Broken Entry (Radio Edit)
SALOMEA - Twirl Up
TOM HOUSTON - Jimmy and the Mammoth
THE NEW EVES - Cow Song
BRIAN BILSTON - Alexa, What is There to Know About Love?
MARRY WATERSON & DAVID A. JAYCOCK - Sing Me Into Your Tune
SALIF KEITA - Chérie
PEGGY SEEGER - Sit Down
CHRIS WOOD - Spitfires
ANNA MEREDITH - Sawbones
TAKEDA - Sugar Mountain

September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Indie Sam

@indiesam.bsky.social

Cool new adds to my #IndieSounds2025 playlist by @thebugclubband.bsky.social, Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding, Billy Nomates, @laelneale.bsky.social, Nell Smith, @thrillhouseband.bsky.social, Sorry & more!

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June 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Indie Sam

@indiesam.bsky.social

My brand new #IndieSounds2025 playlist has ace new noise by Sports Team, Wet Leg, Slow Fiction, @narcotichearts.bsky.social, @blondshell.bsky.social, @bccamplight.bsky.social, @menantollondon.bsky.social & more!

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When by Slow Fiction Single Review When is New York five-piece Slow Fiction’s new single, and it’s a belter. Three minutes of urgent, motoric, fuzzy post-punk see vocalist Julia Vassall…

May 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

Three minutes of urgent, motoric, fuzzy post-punk.

When by Slow Fiction out now via Speedy Wunderground [single review]

#musicsky #newmusic #musicreview

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When by Slow Fiction

June 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM

Indie Sam

@indiesam.bsky.social

Cool new adds to my #IndieSounds2025 playlist by @thebugclubband.bsky.social, Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding, Billy Nomates, @laelneale.bsky.social, Nell Smith, @thrillhouseband.bsky.social, Sorry & more!

Listen/share/follow on Spotify at ...
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Playlist · Indie Sam · 20 items · 6 saves

June 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Indie Sam

@indiesam.bsky.social

My brand new #IndieSounds2025 playlist has ace new noise by Sports Team, Wet Leg, Slow Fiction, @narcotichearts.bsky.social, @blondshell.bsky.social, @bccamplight.bsky.social, @menantollondon.bsky.social & more!

Listen/share/follow on Spotify at ...
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Thrillhouse · Single · 2025 · 3 songs

May 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM

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Thrillhouse

@thrillhouseband.bsky.social

Had a listen yet?

Couldn’t give it a share could ya?

Thanks x

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Ready For Whats Coming

MUSICLOVEMUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE. NARCOTIC HEARTS: Three-minute heroes for the modern world

April 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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MusicLoveMusic

@musiclovemusic.bsky.social

MUSICLOVEMUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE EXCLUSIVE.

NARCOTIC HEARTS:
Three-minute heroes for the modern world

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UNVEILED today by St Albans four-piece NARCOTIC HEARTS, the new single ‘Dream Boy Doin’ Well’ released via Perfect Pop Co-Op, available both digitally and on limited-edition, lathe-cut vinyl. The t...

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May 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM

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Old Indie Kid ⚛️🍄

@oldindiekid.bsky.social

🍎 Friday New Apple Music Playlist 🍏
Featuring
#cominguproses #KEELEY @dictator.bsky.social #Revivalry @freyabeer.bsky.social #TheClause #Straytones #TheOutcharms #MovingIntoTucson #Parcels #JetBlackTulips #PGCiarletta #SpaceyJane @redcavalry.bsky.social

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2025 Old Indie Kid by Old Indie Kid on Apple Music

Playlist · 300 Songs

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May 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM

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THE LINE of BEST FIT

@thelineofbestfit.com

Aussie duo Royel Otis return with new track, "Moody" buff.ly/Rg4hCNf

May 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

Today's old but still ace #bigtuneinmyroom is Winter Lady by Leonard Cohen

#leonardcohen

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Winter Lady

Leonard Cohen · Songs Of Leonard Cohen · Song · 1967

Everything Everything back Manchester event aimed at inspiring the next generation of artists and creators

April 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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DRL PROMOTIONS

@awaydayshq.bsky.social

March 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM

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THE LINE of BEST FIT

@thelineofbestfit.com

Everything Everything among speakers for Manchester event aimed at inspiring the next generation of artists and creators.

Everything Everything, OneDa, Phoebe Green and more will deliver talks, workshops and networking for Manchester’s next generation of sound, music and game talent at dBs Institute of Sound & Digital…

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February 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM

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Fresh On The Net

@freshonthenetblog.bsky.social

freshonthenet.co.uk/2025/01/batc... The Listening Post is up! Come and check out 25 tracks and vote for your favourite 5!

Listening Post: Batch 556

Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure - listed here in alphabetical order. Now it’s over to you. Why not take a li...

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January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM

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Bittersweet Relief

@bittersweetrelief.bsky.social

Indie Music makers are pretty easy to find, hell they’ll find you! But Indie Music Supporters are a little tougher to find, but no longer! Check out this starter pack of some awesome supporters. Still a growing list if you or someone you know is a supporter of indie music.

go.bsky.app/HoYAp9w

December 26, 2024 at 4:51 PM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

Big Tune Albums of the Year!

Check out my fave LPs from '24 including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sprints, Adrianne Lenker, Lena Anderssen, @samanthawhates.bsky.social & Ida Wenøe here ...

#albumsoftheyear #albumoftheyear #newmusic #albumreview

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Albums of the Year 2024

Once again there’s been some fantastic music this year from new and established artists alike. It’s all wholly subjective but these are the 5 new albums that have excited me most this year. 1. Nick…

Loopy & Esther by Samantha Whates and Ida Wenøe

December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

An intimate glimpse into the musical world of this Scottish/Danish folk pairing.

Loopy & Esther by Samantha Whates and Ida Wenøe out now [album review]

#musicsky #newmusic #musicreview #folkmusic

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Loopy & Esther by Samantha Whates and Ida Wenøe (Album Review) Whether this collection of 9 “songs and vignettes” is a mini-album or, as BBC 6 Music’s Guv’nor Gideon Coe…

TV Star by Du Blonde Single Review Beth Jeans Houghton now releases as Du Blonde, a perfect moniker for their hook-laden grunge-pop with acerbic lyrics, angular guitars and seething cheerleader har…

November 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

Slacker-indie swagger with an infectious, carefree, grunge singalong.

TV Star by Du Blonde #dublonde out now [single review]

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TV Star by Du Blonde

November 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM

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Music Venue Trust

@musicvenuetrust.bsky.social

We want to build a Starter Pack of Blue Sky accounts for all the fantastic Grassroots Music Venues in the UK. If you're a venue, or you know of a venue, please drop your account details below.

November 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM

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Tim Burgess

@tim-burgess.bsky.social

We’ve been having a think and we always had lots of spare t shirts / records etc after a tour.
What if we did a Help Us Help Bands Merch Market (all stalls free of charge with zero commission). I sort a venue (Manchester to start with), get some DJs n’that and we see how it goes

November 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM

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Big Tune In My Room

@bigtune.bsky.social

Latest lovely adds to the #AcousticJoy playlist by @sugarransom.bsky.social, Lucy Rose, Ida Wenøe, Samantha Whates, Vance Joy, Brooke Bentham, Ailbhe Reddy & more right here ...

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Acoustic Joy