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Steve Parker

@spanky808.bsky.social

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Indiepop / electronic music, photography, Leicester City, Raith Rovers, comics etc Insta: therebelliousjukebox808 New profile picture as I seem to have mislaid the one from Tw*tter. I’m the one on the left… Don’t suck, don’t die.

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Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · Feb 17

Here’s my Favourite “Indie” Songs Of The Year playlist if you’re stuck for something to listen to.

Constantly evolving and capped to 100 tracks to keep it focused, so it usually goes to one-in-one out sometime towards the end of the summer.

#nowplaying

open.spotify.com/playlist/3X3...

Playlist · Steve Parker · 51 items

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Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5h

Support from The Orchids and The Cords in Glasgow? Yes, I’ll have a ticket for that I think :-)

Skep Wax Records @skepwax.bsky.social · 7h

Heavenly are going on tour next year!

Reposted by Steve Parker

SLIME CITY @slimecitymusic.bsky.social · 9h

🎵 NEW SLIMES BOP ALERT 🚨

'Trigger The Dads' from our upcoming album NATIONAL RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT is now available to stream on Bandcamp ➡️ slime-city.bandcamp.com

💰 Pre-order the album, due for release 21 Nov.

⚠️ No dads were harmed in the making of this banger.

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 12h

14
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song by a band with an animal in their name

DAVID ICKEARUMBA
The St Pierre Snake Invasion

youtu.be/p0sW41FxAdk?...

David Ickearumba

YouTube video by The St Pierre Snake Invasion - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 12h

Day 14
#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

GET A KNIFE BETWEEN YOUR TEETH (1989)
McCarthy

Raise your voice, and raise your fist.

youtu.be/VIaf9D3rWVE?...

Get A Knife Between Your Teeth

YouTube video by McCarthy - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 12h

Day 14
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

IT’S WHAT YOU HIDE (2024)
(from ACTIVE AGENTS & HOUSE BOYS)
British Murder Boys (UK)

A relentlessly percussive techno onslaught from genre pioneers Regis & Surgeon, who’ve been collaborating as BMB since c.2012.

youtu.be/Pe9iGj8HYwM?...

British Murder Boys - It's What You Hide [DNSBMB10]

YouTube video by Acidalia

Reposted by Steve Parker

Elefant Records @elefantrecords1.bsky.social · 1d

#Preorder LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR "Colours Yet To Be Named" Double-LP [Orange Colour Vinyl · Limited Edition] / CD Digisleeve [Release date: *21-11-2025*]

Third album release by the latest project of Bobby Wratten.

PRE-ORDER HERE: elefant.com/shop/album/1...

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 1d

Mentions of Combat18 always trigger flashbacks to this, and the opening sample taken from an answerphone message left by one of them.

youtu.be/NJtUlxzy9ms?...

Fun-Da-Mental - Dog Tribe (Uncensored)

YouTube video by Devin Acker

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

ONLY UNTIL IT’S OVER (2020)
Fragile Animals (Australia)

Swirly dreampop from Brisbane.

Reminds me a bit of Sneaker Pimps and Lush in places.

Fun video too.

youtu.be/Mk-aN3NZGpo?...

Fragile Animals - Only Until It's Over [Official Video]

YouTube video by Fragile Animals

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13
#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

JOSEF’S GONE (1985)
The June Brides

youtu.be/XJcrck7ymFE?...

The June Brides - Josef's Gone

YouTube video by cpunctn

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song from the last album you bought

YOU’RE CLOUDS
(from MOONLIGHT CONCESSIONS)
Throwing Muses

youtu.be/GK3-n_Ko2HM?...

YouTube video by Throwing Muses - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 2d

They’re quite something aren’t they? ;-)

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12
#TheTwen2ie5 11pts
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

THE COLLINE GATE (2023)
(THE NOISE OF A FIRING GUN ep)
Hallan (UK)

Probably the most danceable piece of post-punk art-pop on the subject of vestal virgins buried alive in Ancient Rome that you’ll hear today.

youtu.be/aZn8xquFcaQ?...

Hallan - The Colline Gate (Visualiser)

YouTube video by HALLAN

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song with how/why/which in the title

HOW THE WEST WAS WON & WHERE IT GOT US
REM

youtu.be/9BC07l2_zKU?...

R.E.M. - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by remhq

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12
#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

THE ALBUMS OF JACK (1987)
The Bachelor Pad

Psych-influenced Scottish indie, self-described as a “head on collision between Buzzcocks & Syd Barrett”.

youtu.be/weLMmX2ucIg?...

The Bachelor Pad - The Albums of Jack (1987)

YouTube video by hairybreath

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

YOU’RE JUST JEALOUS (2024)
(from the album of the same name)
Crumbs (UK)

DIY post-punk / indiepop combo from the North of England, on the ever reliable Skep Wax label.

youtu.be/5EfQMrpVyvI?...

You're Just Jealous

YouTube video by Crumbs - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11
#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

FREE WORLD (1989)
Kirsty MacColl

Just seen that yesterday would’ve been her 66th birthday, so - slightly belatedly - let’s have this smart high-velocity blast of socially conscious guitar pop.

youtu.be/46gRoPQ8i9A?...

Kirsty MacColl - Free World (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by DemonMusicGroup

Reposted by Steve Parker

James Tansley @tansleyjames.bsky.social · 3d

#StandaloneSingles
Starts 1st February 2026.

Throughout February choose your 28 favourite standalone singles. Singles that don’t appear on a parent studio album.

Singles recorded for Best Of collections can be included as most standalone singles end up on a compilation album as some stage.

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 3d

Day 11
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song with a non-primary colour in the title

TURQUOISE BOY
Sonic Youth

youtu.be/fppTL4xfcJY?...

YouTube video by Sonic Youth - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 10
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

THERAPY (2023)
(from ATTACHMENT STYLES)
M(h)aol (Ireland)

Abrasive post-punk aggression, all clattering drums, jagged guitars & smart confrontational lyrics. A key track from my favourite album of that year.

youtu.be/8PVOEK-HZ9k?...

YouTube video by Mhaol - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 10
#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

EVERY CHILD IN HEAVEN (1987)
The Passmore Sisters

youtu.be/MrV4KoNsq5Y?...

THE Passmore Sisters - Every Child In Heaven (Longer)(1987)

YouTube video by TheJesbel

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 10
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

An album title track

DISINTEGRATION
The Cure

youtu.be/__EVr7CF3Hw?...

Disintegration (Remastered)

YouTube video by The Cure - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 9
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

WISE SAYING (feat Sara Clarke) (2022)
(from the ALTERNATION EP)
Rødhåd (Germany)

Trademark thunderous dystopian Techno from the Berghain mainstay.

youtu.be/59M7NUxHY6c?...

YouTube video by Rødhåd - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 9
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song by a fictional / virtual band

SHAPESHIFTER
Josie and the Pussycats

Vocals actually by Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo, with Jane Wiedlin & others also on the soundtrack.

If you think that’s cool, whatever dude…

youtu.be/9rIx72NRZbo?...

YouTube video by Josie and the Pussycats - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 9 #80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

UP THE HILL AND DOWN THE SLOPE (1985)
The Loft

youtu.be/VbiB4TlKyGU?...

The Loft 'Up The Hill And Down The Slope' 1985

YouTube video by Ani del Rio

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 6d

Spectacular isn’t it?

Definitely not a conventional love song.