Steve Taylor
@stevetaylor78.bsky.social
Music Obsessive! Always looking for new music. Often at gigs. Have been writing about my love of music for over twenty years. Previously for AMP magazine, now writing is posted on Applestump Records (Nantwich) blog.
www.applestumprecords.com/blog
www.applestumprecords.com/blog
@thecoral.bsky.social @jamesskelly.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing you at Cardiff tonight.
Do you know the stage times for yourselves and Billie Martin yet?
Looking forward to seeing you at Cardiff tonight.
Do you know the stage times for yourselves and Billie Martin yet?
June 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
@thecoral.bsky.social @jamesskelly.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing you at Cardiff tonight.
Do you know the stage times for yourselves and Billie Martin yet?
Looking forward to seeing you at Cardiff tonight.
Do you know the stage times for yourselves and Billie Martin yet?
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Absolutely buzzing about this one. 😊
Tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
It’s going to be incredible (and sell out quickly) so don’t dilly. 👊
Tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
It’s going to be incredible (and sell out quickly) so don’t dilly. 👊
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Absolutely buzzing about this one. 😊
Tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
It’s going to be incredible (and sell out quickly) so don’t dilly. 👊
Tickets on sale from 10am tomorrow here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
It’s going to be incredible (and sell out quickly) so don’t dilly. 👊
Gonna Shoot through life until I hit the grave”, has there been a greater lyric on an opening track to a debut album since Oasis opened Definitely Maybe with Rock N Roll Star with “I live my life in the city There’s no easy way out”? @applestumprecords.com www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
New Music: Pastel - Souls In Motion | Applestump Records
“Gonna Shoot through life until I hit the grave”, has there been a greater lyric on an opening track to a debut album since Oasis opened ...
www.applestumprecords.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Gonna Shoot through life until I hit the grave”, has there been a greater lyric on an opening track to a debut album since Oasis opened Definitely Maybe with Rock N Roll Star with “I live my life in the city There’s no easy way out”? @applestumprecords.com www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
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Huge thanks to everyone who came out last night for our She Drew The Gun gig supporting Studio Nantwich as part of Independent Venue Week. 😊
Tomorrow (30th) we’ve The Lounge Society joining us. Tickets here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
See you there! ✊
Tomorrow (30th) we’ve The Lounge Society joining us. Tickets here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
See you there! ✊
January 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who came out last night for our She Drew The Gun gig supporting Studio Nantwich as part of Independent Venue Week. 😊
Tomorrow (30th) we’ve The Lounge Society joining us. Tickets here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
See you there! ✊
Tomorrow (30th) we’ve The Lounge Society joining us. Tickets here 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
See you there! ✊
Have a listen to and read about some new tracks to get excited about. @applestumprecords.com
www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
New Music: Must-Listen Tracks To Start 2025. | Applestump Records
As we slowly drag ourselves into the cold, grey dark January, what better way to start 2025 than falling in love with a bunch of new songs
www.applestumprecords.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Have a listen to and read about some new tracks to get excited about. @applestumprecords.com
www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
www.applestumprecords.com/post/new-mus...
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NEW ~ Introducing a brand new zine from GFP!
Curious Listening is a 54-page zine; a carefully curated guide to 2024's most enchanting music.
Available in digital form (PDF) now, and to pre-order as a physical printed artefact: ko-fi.com/goldflakepai...
Thank you for supporting. We go again ✨
Curious Listening is a 54-page zine; a carefully curated guide to 2024's most enchanting music.
Available in digital form (PDF) now, and to pre-order as a physical printed artefact: ko-fi.com/goldflakepai...
Thank you for supporting. We go again ✨
January 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
NEW ~ Introducing a brand new zine from GFP!
Curious Listening is a 54-page zine; a carefully curated guide to 2024's most enchanting music.
Available in digital form (PDF) now, and to pre-order as a physical printed artefact: ko-fi.com/goldflakepai...
Thank you for supporting. We go again ✨
Curious Listening is a 54-page zine; a carefully curated guide to 2024's most enchanting music.
Available in digital form (PDF) now, and to pre-order as a physical printed artefact: ko-fi.com/goldflakepai...
Thank you for supporting. We go again ✨
As 2024 draws to a close head over to @applestumprecords.com blog to read my thoughts on what has been another great year for music.
www.applestumprecords.com/post/feature...
www.applestumprecords.com/post/feature...
Feature: 2024 In Review | Applestump Records
It’s that time of year where our end of year lists have been compiled, submitted and shared.
www.applestumprecords.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
As 2024 draws to a close head over to @applestumprecords.com blog to read my thoughts on what has been another great year for music.
www.applestumprecords.com/post/feature...
www.applestumprecords.com/post/feature...
Came home from work to this lovely cd.
Nice hand written note showing how much bands appreciate it when you buy their music. @theeggmenwhoooooo.bsky.social
Nice hand written note showing how much bands appreciate it when you buy their music. @theeggmenwhoooooo.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Came home from work to this lovely cd.
Nice hand written note showing how much bands appreciate it when you buy their music. @theeggmenwhoooooo.bsky.social
Nice hand written note showing how much bands appreciate it when you buy their music. @theeggmenwhoooooo.bsky.social
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We are delighted to announce our second headline act for Independent Venue Week! 🎉
The incredible She Drew The Gun will be joining us in The Studio, Nantwich on Tuesday 28th January for what will no doubt be an unforgettable evening. 🎶
Tickets 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
🤯🤩✊
The incredible She Drew The Gun will be joining us in The Studio, Nantwich on Tuesday 28th January for what will no doubt be an unforgettable evening. 🎶
Tickets 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
🤯🤩✊
December 13, 2024 at 10:05 AM
We are delighted to announce our second headline act for Independent Venue Week! 🎉
The incredible She Drew The Gun will be joining us in The Studio, Nantwich on Tuesday 28th January for what will no doubt be an unforgettable evening. 🎶
Tickets 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
🤯🤩✊
The incredible She Drew The Gun will be joining us in The Studio, Nantwich on Tuesday 28th January for what will no doubt be an unforgettable evening. 🎶
Tickets 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/event-detail...
🤯🤩✊
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Friday 13th December 2024. 10am. 🤐
December 12, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Friday 13th December 2024. 10am. 🤐
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Every year, I make a Christmas/winter playlist in place of Christmas cards, and a few years ago, I came across this: one of the saddest and most beautiful winter ballads I've ever heard. It's far too sad for playlists. But have a listen here. It's incredible. open.spotify.com/track/6kMYDM...
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
Johnny Cash · The Christmas Spirit · Song · 1963
open.spotify.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Every year, I make a Christmas/winter playlist in place of Christmas cards, and a few years ago, I came across this: one of the saddest and most beautiful winter ballads I've ever heard. It's far too sad for playlists. But have a listen here. It's incredible. open.spotify.com/track/6kMYDM...
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An album to raise funds for staff who have lost their jobs at the recently closed Cardiff music venue has been released
Fundraising album released to raise money for The Moon
David Owens An album which will raise funds for those who have lost their jobs at recently closed Cardiff music venue The Moon has been released. The 10 track ‘Live At The Moon Cardiff’ album is avail...
nation.cymru
December 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
An album to raise funds for staff who have lost their jobs at the recently closed Cardiff music venue has been released
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It’s #BandcampFriday which means is a perfect time to support artists by embracing this antidote to poor streaming income for the majority of acts during Spotify Wrapped & Apple Replay season
This was one of my ideas to make the most of year-end lists from this week’s @drownedinsound.org newsletter
This was one of my ideas to make the most of year-end lists from this week’s @drownedinsound.org newsletter
December 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
It’s #BandcampFriday which means is a perfect time to support artists by embracing this antidote to poor streaming income for the majority of acts during Spotify Wrapped & Apple Replay season
This was one of my ideas to make the most of year-end lists from this week’s @drownedinsound.org newsletter
This was one of my ideas to make the most of year-end lists from this week’s @drownedinsound.org newsletter
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It’s bandcamp Friday! 🎉
If you’d like to help & support independent musicians such as ourselves then click the link below & listen, follow or even purchase our music! We will always send a free download too if you ask nicely, cheers! 😁
indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #bandcamp #newband
If you’d like to help & support independent musicians such as ourselves then click the link below & listen, follow or even purchase our music! We will always send a free download too if you ask nicely, cheers! 😁
indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #bandcamp #newband
December 6, 2024 at 9:39 AM
It’s bandcamp Friday! 🎉
If you’d like to help & support independent musicians such as ourselves then click the link below & listen, follow or even purchase our music! We will always send a free download too if you ask nicely, cheers! 😁
indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #bandcamp #newband
If you’d like to help & support independent musicians such as ourselves then click the link below & listen, follow or even purchase our music! We will always send a free download too if you ask nicely, cheers! 😁
indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #bandcamp #newband
Looking for a new band to fall in love with.
Head over to @applestumprecords.com blog and read my thoughts on @indigodreamband.bsky.social
www.applestumprecords.com/post/introdu...
Head over to @applestumprecords.com blog and read my thoughts on @indigodreamband.bsky.social
www.applestumprecords.com/post/introdu...
Introducing: Indigo Dream | Applestump Records
One of my first Bluesky interactions was with a band called Indigo Dream. They gave me a follow, sent a message and I was instantly drawn in
www.applestumprecords.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Looking for a new band to fall in love with.
Head over to @applestumprecords.com blog and read my thoughts on @indigodreamband.bsky.social
www.applestumprecords.com/post/introdu...
Head over to @applestumprecords.com blog and read my thoughts on @indigodreamband.bsky.social
www.applestumprecords.com/post/introdu...
Please take a moment to read this and subscribe if you can. So many of us would have grown up paying for our music media with our weekly / monthly music magazines.
Support the work that Drowned in Sound do and other music publications if you can.
Support the work that Drowned in Sound do and other music publications if you can.
I've never felt so stressed writing and sending out an email.
I hope if you've found my blabberings on here, and in the newsletter plus the hours & hours making starter packs helpful this year, you'll consider chipping in.
I hope if you've found my blabberings on here, and in the newsletter plus the hours & hours making starter packs helpful this year, you'll consider chipping in.
What 1% of DiSsers are doing - and how you can join them
A quick ask, an enormous impact.
www.drownedinsound.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Please take a moment to read this and subscribe if you can. So many of us would have grown up paying for our music media with our weekly / monthly music magazines.
Support the work that Drowned in Sound do and other music publications if you can.
Support the work that Drowned in Sound do and other music publications if you can.
Such a lovely article. Tracey has captured emotions that so many of us experience.
"The gig didn’t make me feel young, but it made me feel alive, and I’ll take that, thanks."
"The gig didn’t make me feel young, but it made me feel alive, and I’ll take that, thanks."
I wrote about Brat, and being in your early 30s. "I was 32 when “Missing” came out..And it is similarly fixated on that transitional life moment – a dance-floor anthem about longing for a childhood friend, while also feeling angst about being unable to “move on”. www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
Charli XCX’s victory lap
A recent London show proved Brat is the album of the year, and she is the artist of the moment. Am I too old to join in?
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Such a lovely article. Tracey has captured emotions that so many of us experience.
"The gig didn’t make me feel young, but it made me feel alive, and I’ll take that, thanks."
"The gig didn’t make me feel young, but it made me feel alive, and I’ll take that, thanks."
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A Tribute To #TheMoonCardiff by Josh Allen www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/11/29/a...
A Tribute To The Moon, Cardiff - God Is In The TV
It's no secret that in the UK, venues are being crippled by the rising costs involved with their operation. But while this pandemic of loss was felt across
www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
A Tribute To #TheMoonCardiff by Josh Allen www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/11/29/a...
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All set up ready for our M G Boulter in-store gig. ☺️
November 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
All set up ready for our M G Boulter in-store gig. ☺️
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All remaining Black Friday stock is now available on our website.
Tuck in 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/black-friday...
🛒 💨
Tuck in 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/black-friday...
🛒 💨
November 30, 2024 at 8:02 AM
All remaining Black Friday stock is now available on our website.
Tuck in 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/black-friday...
🛒 💨
Tuck in 👉 www.applestumprecords.com/black-friday...
🛒 💨
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Reflections.
Want to support independent music? Listen & follow us on #bandcamp -> indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #newband #newmusic #indigodream #altmusic
Want to support independent music? Listen & follow us on #bandcamp -> indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #newband #newmusic #indigodream #altmusic
November 30, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Reflections.
Want to support independent music? Listen & follow us on #bandcamp -> indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #newband #newmusic #indigodream #altmusic
Want to support independent music? Listen & follow us on #bandcamp -> indigodream.bandcamp.com
#shoegaze #newband #newmusic #indigodream #altmusic
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In this week’s newsletter
- Kate Nash on the cracks in the foundations of grassroots music
- Katy Perry supports the grassroots levy
- a new initiative I’ve launched for new music
- my record of the week
…and lots more!
- Kate Nash on the cracks in the foundations of grassroots music
- Katy Perry supports the grassroots levy
- a new initiative I’ve launched for new music
- my record of the week
…and lots more!
Kate Nash's ass and who's in The Class of 2025?
A peachy punk protest and a new DiS and Music Venue Trust new music award.
www.drownedinsound.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:09 AM
In this week’s newsletter
- Kate Nash on the cracks in the foundations of grassroots music
- Katy Perry supports the grassroots levy
- a new initiative I’ve launched for new music
- my record of the week
…and lots more!
- Kate Nash on the cracks in the foundations of grassroots music
- Katy Perry supports the grassroots levy
- a new initiative I’ve launched for new music
- my record of the week
…and lots more!
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Not all heroes wear capes.
🦸♀️ Kate Nash deserves every major artist and everyone who’s involved in grassroots music to back her and amplify this post: www.instagram.com/reel/DC7N2M3...
Here’s a clip:
Newsletter about this landing in @drownedinsound.org inboxes tomorrow
🦸♀️ Kate Nash deserves every major artist and everyone who’s involved in grassroots music to back her and amplify this post: www.instagram.com/reel/DC7N2M3...
Here’s a clip:
Newsletter about this landing in @drownedinsound.org inboxes tomorrow
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
🦸♀️ Kate Nash deserves every major artist and everyone who’s involved in grassroots music to back her and amplify this post: www.instagram.com/reel/DC7N2M3...
Here’s a clip:
Newsletter about this landing in @drownedinsound.org inboxes tomorrow
🦸♀️ Kate Nash deserves every major artist and everyone who’s involved in grassroots music to back her and amplify this post: www.instagram.com/reel/DC7N2M3...
Here’s a clip:
Newsletter about this landing in @drownedinsound.org inboxes tomorrow
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This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend.
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
This Black Friday you can support independent bookshops online through Bookshop.org with free shipping on orders all weekend.
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
Want to discover some great indies to follow on Bluesky? We've put together a starter pack of bookshops across the UK that you can follow now:
go.bsky.app/6UrVWsn
Have a read of this article and do what you can to support labels like @inhrecords.bsky.social we need labels like this to keep the music industry alive.
I set up my own indie label, it’s this label, INH Records, to put out music by bands I love, like the new @fightmilkband.bsky.social album No Souvenirs. It’s a beautiful work of art so I wrote about it for the Guardian with thanks to Fightmilk and @fikarecordings.com Buy it: inhrecords.bandcamp.com
I set up my own indie label. From Brexit’s brutality to the joy of DIY music, here’s what I learned
After becoming disenchanted by pricey but middling gigs, I rediscovered the underground and became determined to champion it. But the obstacles are considerable
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Have a read of this article and do what you can to support labels like @inhrecords.bsky.social we need labels like this to keep the music industry alive.