Toppermost
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Music site, all genres: blues, rock, indie, country, jazz, folk ... Top 10s galore, passionate writing, new contributors welcome. Rock 'n' roll. It will stand. https://www.toppermost.co.uk/
Thank you for keeping the Zine Things Happen packaging department busy this weekend. I'm now sold out of Heavenly fanzines BUT there are still some copies of issues 1 and 3 to pick up for a song. Just visit the link in my bio to go to my shop. Thank you 🙏🏻
NEW post. 'Sometimes' - one of the highlights on Recurrring - I’ve lost count of the times I’ve lain on the floor with this on full blast letting it wash over me. We pick 10 top tracks from #Spacemen3. Check out the brilliant S3 website at @spacemenp.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/spacemen-3/
Spacemen 3 - Toppermost
John Peel had played Spacemen 3’s Hypnotized where waves of sound washed up beneath gloriously otherworldly vocals.
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NEW post: "Feel So Good from 'The Perfect Prescription' is still one of my all-time favourite records - both a lullaby and a song about blissed-out ecstasy." 10 of the best from #Spacemen3 www.toppermost.co.uk/spacemen-3/
NEW post: “Pick of the tracks on 'Sound of Confusion' is Losing Touch With My Mind which to an impressionable 15-year-old felt suitably wrecked and degenerate.” 10 of the best from #Spacemen3 www.toppermost.co.uk/spacemen-3/
NEW post: Spacemen 3 - "the frisson of anticipation as the song builds, lots of drones, lots of effects, lots of repeated riffs..." Johanna Breen picks 10 of the best from #Spacemen3 www.toppermost.co.uk/spacemen-3/
A thing about the band and what Peter Coyle did next www.toppermost.co.uk/lotus-eaters...
The Lotus Eaters - Toppermost
The Lotus Eaters' 'No Sense Of Sin' album followed the release of The First Picture Of You and it’s a remarkable thing in its own way, as soft and sweet as a bowl of butterscotch Angel Delight.
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With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning. We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time. . Photo by Mikolaj Rotowski
I did (finally) manage to do a bit of writing during my recent time off work My latest contribution to the excellent @toppermost.bsky.social site 🎵
Toppermost@toppermost.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW post: MJ Lenderman “The opening lines to She's Leaving You, my first introduction, those lyrics, a big sing-along chorus, alt-country twang, I listened to it on repeat.” @justineharvey.bsky.social picks 10 of the best from #MJLenderman (Photo Charlie Boss) www.toppermost.co.uk/lenderman-mj/
NEW POST "You Don’t Know The Shape I’m In (from 2024’s 'Manning Fireworks') - the strain of a long-distance romance coming to an end, it has a musical maturity with slide guitar & clarinet" @justineharvey.bsky.social picks a top 10 #MJLenderman www.toppermost.co.uk/lenderman-mj/
NEW POST "Inappropriate (on the 2nd album 'Ghost Of Your Guitar Solo') - a short sharp shock, narrative ill-ease that would give Hemingway a run for his money" @justineharvey.bsky.social picks a top 10 #MJLenderman www.toppermost.co.uk/lenderman-mj/
NEW post: MJ Lenderman “The opening lines to She's Leaving You, my first introduction, those lyrics, a big sing-along chorus, alt-country twang, I listened to it on repeat.” @justineharvey.bsky.social picks 10 of the best from #MJLenderman (Photo Charlie Boss) www.toppermost.co.uk/lenderman-mj/
The Grandaddy Toppermost - from @fourfoot.bsky.social #Grandaddy www.toppermost.co.uk/grandaddy/
Grandaddy - Toppermost
How best to describe Grandaddy? They’re the band you wanted to hear when you heard that Neil Young had made a synthesiser record. They’re the diplomats in a war between Pavement and Super Furry Animal...
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The Leatherface Toppermost - from @sequinworld.bsky.social #Leatherface #FrankieStubbs #DickieHammond www.toppermost.co.uk/leatherface/
Leatherface - Toppermost
Leatherface were a punk band from Sunderland, formed in August 1988 by Frankie Stubbs and Dickie Hammond - they released four full-length albums before their initial split in 1993.
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heaps of praise for Trumans Water, en terecht. Een band waarmee ik geobsedeerd was. Vele malen live gezien (elke keer dat ze in Nederland waren). Hun eerste concert in Nederland was in september 1993 in het Patronaat, waar ik bij was. www.toppermost.co.uk/trumans-water/
Trumans Water - Toppermost
Formed in San Diego in 1991 by brothers Kevin and Kirk Branstetter, Jeff Jones and Glen Galloway, they forever altered the cultural landscape of middle England when Peel played their debut album, Of T...
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When I wrote my Toppermost about them I did it as a musical; but the idea came from this album which would be perfect fodder for a musical in its own right.
I keep reading about Nolan's Odyssey so of course all I think of is this... www.toppermost.co.uk/nolans-the/
The Nolans - Toppermost
There’s something about sibling harmonies and when the Nolans sing it’s a lovely thing.
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Hi Darren, I feel everything you say. You probably know about Marvin Welch and Farrar. If you don't prepare to have your mind blown www.toppermost.co.uk/marvin-welch...
Marvin, Welch & Farrar - Toppermost
10 songs from Marvin, Welch & Farrar on two incredible, mind-blowing, transcendental albums...
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This week's Book Choice: Steve Mason's memoir "Failure is always an Option". Glorious adventures on the Beta Band front line and other tales. Full review at: www.toppermost.co.uk
NEW post. The most recent release - 2025’s ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ - is arguably the Beths best yet, new spins on traditional hook-filled power pop. @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top 10 #thebeths tracks … @thebeths.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
The 'Expert In A Dying Field' title track is downright remarkable - the Beths slow things down a bit - gentler mid-tempo pop that gives Stokes’ thoughtful lyrics more room to shine… @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top 10 #thebeths tracks … www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
I decided it was overdue to write about my 10 favorite Beths songs for Toppermost. Check it out! www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
The Beths - Toppermost
The Beths most comfortably slot in as pop-punk, an old-fashioned two-guitar-bass-and-drums act...
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Toppermost@toppermost.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW post: The Beths - one of the more exciting indie bands of the past decade … @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top 10 @thebeths.bsky.social tracks … #thebeths photo: Frances Carter www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
The ‘Future Me Hates Me’ title track immediately illustrates the Beths strengths, an unexpectedly infectious guitar hook coupled with wonderfully clever lyrics … @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top 10 #thebeths tracks … www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
NEW post: The Beths - one of the more exciting indie bands of the past decade … @marcfagel.bsky.social picks his top 10 @thebeths.bsky.social tracks … #thebeths photo: Frances Carter www.toppermost.co.uk/beths-the/
2000 Great Songs #1379: All Tomorrow's Parties. Nico croons the original goth anthem, six minutes of dark intensity on the Velvet Underground's debut that is still wondrously pretty for all its musical chaos, weaponized piano and slashes of guitar.
2000 Great Songs #1379: All Tomorrow's Parties
Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.
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NEW post/ chosen track: Cosmic Surfer (on 1972's 'Self') - the first album recorded away from Island Records, this remains the one Quintessence track a casual listener is most likely to already half-know. (Love this song ... Ed.) www.toppermost.co.uk/quintessence/
NEW post ... all these incredible 70s gigs - and no they didn't all happen in the same week! Quintessence also played the first 2 Glastonbury fests. Don't think that's in this composite pic. Oh and the Royal Albert Hall supporting Creedence. What! www.toppermost.co.uk/quintessence/
NEW post/chosen track: Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga (from the eponymous 'Quintessence' LP - this is Quintessence at their most directly liturgical - chant as rock song, rock song as chant. www.toppermost.co.uk/quintessence/
NEW post/chosen track: Notting Hill Gate (on 'In Blissful Company' 1969) - a useful Quintessence entry point for anyone whose idea of Indian-influenced British rock begins and ends with a sitar solo bolted onto an otherwise conventional pop song. www.toppermost.co.uk/quintessence/
