Assistant
@assistant.bandcamp.com
Jonathan tweeting. Assistant make lovely jangle pop from Brighton: Felt/Yo La Tengo/Stereolab etc. CERTAIN MEMORIES is our masterpiece; our new single is FLOWERS. Fanzines available; radio show starts 16/11/25 on Untidy Radio.
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Assistant
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· Oct 21
Releasing on Friday 24th Oct; a split-single by Assistant & @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social; Flowers & Sky Lantern sit on either side of a ltd edition 7" pressed with care by @loosehairlathecuts.bsky.social. Both songs are mastered by Ben Holton (@waysideandwoodland.bsky.social). DIY indie-pop forever!
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You can listen to my second Fresh Ingredients radio show at Mixcloud here. There’s a new Assistant/Shopfires collaboration and songs from a bunch of super cool acts like
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
Fresh Ingredients with Jonathan Shipley - Episode 2 (23/11/25)
Featuring new songs by The Slugs, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Black Watch and David Christian and beautiful old songs by Orlando and jim's twenty-one! Plus much else besides! Thanks for listening ...
www.mixcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You can listen to my second Fresh Ingredients radio show at Mixcloud here. There’s a new Assistant/Shopfires collaboration and songs from a bunch of super cool acts like
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
You can listen to my second Fresh Ingredients radio show at Mixcloud here. There’s a new Assistant/Shopfires collaboration and songs from a bunch of super cool acts like
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
Fresh Ingredients with Jonathan Shipley - Episode 2 (23/11/25)
Featuring new songs by The Slugs, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Black Watch and David Christian and beautiful old songs by Orlando and jim's twenty-one! Plus much else besides! Thanks for listening ...
www.mixcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You can listen to my second Fresh Ingredients radio show at Mixcloud here. There’s a new Assistant/Shopfires collaboration and songs from a bunch of super cool acts like
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
The Slugs, @jimstwentyone.bsky.social, Silk
Cuts, @spanishamandauk.bsky.social & David Christian from Comet Gain. Amid much chat
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@assistant.bandcamp.com Jonathan Shipley's Fresh Ingredients is now on Mixcloud.
#indie #indiepop #indierock #alternative #music #musicsky #miscloud
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
#indie #indiepop #indierock #alternative #music #musicsky #miscloud
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
Fresh Ingredients with Jonathan Shipley - Episode 2 (23/11/25)
Featuring new songs by The Slugs, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Black Watch and David Christian and beautiful old songs by Orlando and jim's twenty-one! Plus much else besides! Thanks for listening ...
www.mixcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@assistant.bandcamp.com Jonathan Shipley's Fresh Ingredients is now on Mixcloud.
#indie #indiepop #indierock #alternative #music #musicsky #miscloud
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
#indie #indiepop #indierock #alternative #music #musicsky #miscloud
www.mixcloud.com/jonathanship...
I had some generous feedback in the week on the first #freshingredients show. This episode, accordingly, is for Henry Lipputt, Enzo Baruffaldi, Simon White, Neil Hill, The Lovely Basement, Kenny Maxwell, Julian Pitt, Nick Worrall & anyone else who sent me a nice message. & of course @untidymusic.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I had some generous feedback in the week on the first #freshingredients show. This episode, accordingly, is for Henry Lipputt, Enzo Baruffaldi, Simon White, Neil Hill, The Lovely Basement, Kenny Maxwell, Julian Pitt, Nick Worrall & anyone else who sent me a nice message. & of course @untidymusic.com
Three songs to go on #freshingredients & this is what they are: 'There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem' by The Black Watch, 'Secrets' by Exeter's brill Silk Cuts and 'Hymn' by Of House. Thanks so much for joining me on Untidy Radio for my 2nd show! I hope it sounded OK!! With love - Jonathan x
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Three songs to go on #freshingredients & this is what they are: 'There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem' by The Black Watch, 'Secrets' by Exeter's brill Silk Cuts and 'Hymn' by Of House. Thanks so much for joining me on Untidy Radio for my 2nd show! I hope it sounded OK!! With love - Jonathan x
The LONG LONG LONG LONG awaited first LP by @jimstwentyone.bsky.social is out today. It is an incredible artifact - one of the top mid-80s indiepop bands captured (at the time) with all their resplendent & wayward brilliance. I'm playing their 'That Means Nothing To You' on #freshingredients now!
Nadine, by Jim's Twenty-one
18 track album
harrietrecords.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The LONG LONG LONG LONG awaited first LP by @jimstwentyone.bsky.social is out today. It is an incredible artifact - one of the top mid-80s indiepop bands captured (at the time) with all their resplendent & wayward brilliance. I'm playing their 'That Means Nothing To You' on #freshingredients now!
The last bit of the Cruise Control track I just played on #freshingredients is so splendid. Like Steve Malkmus broke into the studio and ruined their graceful fade-out. 503cruisecontrol.bandcamp.com/track/awake-...
Awake in a Dream, by Cruise Control
from the album Time Is An Angel
503cruisecontrol.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The last bit of the Cruise Control track I just played on #freshingredients is so splendid. Like Steve Malkmus broke into the studio and ruined their graceful fade-out. 503cruisecontrol.bandcamp.com/track/awake-...
I'm live on untidyradio.com right now.
Two songs new to me now on #freshingredients. I discovered Cruise Control on the peerless @goldenglades.bsky.social's radio show last week; & discovered Beaker by chance on Bandcamp. This latter is my fave new song in the show I think.
Two songs new to me now on #freshingredients. I discovered Cruise Control on the peerless @goldenglades.bsky.social's radio show last week; & discovered Beaker by chance on Bandcamp. This latter is my fave new song in the show I think.
Home Birds, by Beaker
10 track album
beaker3.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm live on untidyradio.com right now.
Two songs new to me now on #freshingredients. I discovered Cruise Control on the peerless @goldenglades.bsky.social's radio show last week; & discovered Beaker by chance on Bandcamp. This latter is my fave new song in the show I think.
Two songs new to me now on #freshingredients. I discovered Cruise Control on the peerless @goldenglades.bsky.social's radio show last week; & discovered Beaker by chance on Bandcamp. This latter is my fave new song in the show I think.
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Now playing on https://untidyradio.com Just For a Second by Orlando.
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Now playing on https://untidyradio.com Just For a Second by Orlando.
Next on #freshingredients Just For A Second by Orlando. Wonderful @dickon-edwards.bsky.social words: "But fun with you sounds too much like hard work / Love with you: too much like hard work / & the truth is unfurled, I'm not part of your world / Which is fine, cos you're not part of mine". The best
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Next on #freshingredients Just For A Second by Orlando. Wonderful @dickon-edwards.bsky.social words: "But fun with you sounds too much like hard work / Love with you: too much like hard work / & the truth is unfurled, I'm not part of your world / Which is fine, cos you're not part of mine". The best
This on #freshingredients is new from @spanishamandauk.bsky.social; thanks to @luetgewatz.bsky.social who bought me their ace new LP. Brilliant & v pleasing lyrics on this: "And I feel just like a birthday gift / The most generous on the list / Still fervently hoping / To be so childishly torn open"
Paint, Sing, Burn Down Everything, by The Spanish Amanda
10 track album
thespanishamanda.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This on #freshingredients is new from @spanishamandauk.bsky.social; thanks to @luetgewatz.bsky.social who bought me their ace new LP. Brilliant & v pleasing lyrics on this: "And I feel just like a birthday gift / The most generous on the list / Still fervently hoping / To be so childishly torn open"
This is The Slugs with 'Phone Voice' on #freshingredients. This is from their A Song For Every Feeling LP & it's just 2 min 15 seconds long (the song). Accordingly it is one of the longest on the LP. I can't wait to see this lot at @walesgoespop.bsky.social next Spring.
Yell if you're going too!
Yell if you're going too!
A Song For Every Feeling, by The Slugs
11 track album
theslugsband.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is The Slugs with 'Phone Voice' on #freshingredients. This is from their A Song For Every Feeling LP & it's just 2 min 15 seconds long (the song). Accordingly it is one of the longest on the LP. I can't wait to see this lot at @walesgoespop.bsky.social next Spring.
Yell if you're going too!
Yell if you're going too!
This is the shipwreck on the beach at Lacanau that I was just rambling about on #freshingredients. In August 1937 the Cantabria, carrying hundreds of Spanish Republican refugees, ran aground in heavy surf off Lacanau after losing its way in the night. You can walk right around it at low tide.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is the shipwreck on the beach at Lacanau that I was just rambling about on #freshingredients. In August 1937 the Cantabria, carrying hundreds of Spanish Republican refugees, ran aground in heavy surf off Lacanau after losing its way in the night. You can walk right around it at low tide.
The next songs on #freshingredients are about dementia. First, 'Mother's Tongue' by The Fisherman & His Soul (reminds me of @robertrotifer.bsky.social, this) & then my song 'Song For Jil', reimagined by Neil Hill of @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social (an exclusive). Sending love if you're in similar circs.
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The next songs on #freshingredients are about dementia. First, 'Mother's Tongue' by The Fisherman & His Soul (reminds me of @robertrotifer.bsky.social, this) & then my song 'Song For Jil', reimagined by Neil Hill of @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social (an exclusive). Sending love if you're in similar circs.
This is David Christian with 'From The Singer' on my radio show #freshingredients. It's from this EP, on Too Good To Be True - Blankets & Pillows, which is well worth buying. David lives in France now and on these songs he's accompanied by Jérôme Copentipy. David (& Comet Gain) v active lately, yay
Blankets and Pillows, by David Christian
6 track album
toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is David Christian with 'From The Singer' on my radio show #freshingredients. It's from this EP, on Too Good To Be True - Blankets & Pillows, which is well worth buying. David lives in France now and on these songs he's accompanied by Jérôme Copentipy. David (& Comet Gain) v active lately, yay
First on #freshingredients is Shangri La by The Girl With The Replaceable Head. The groop is Taffy & Sylvia Hughes, Mick Porter & @lindymorrison.bsky.social. From their wonderful hazy, cinematic 2024 LP (linked). I love the yearning, clean period sound, with hints of 60s pop, doo wop, torch songs
Sometimes she lives in the dark, sometimes she lives in the light, by the girl with the replaceable head
10 track album
thegirlwiththereplaceablehead.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
First on #freshingredients is Shangri La by The Girl With The Replaceable Head. The groop is Taffy & Sylvia Hughes, Mick Porter & @lindymorrison.bsky.social. From their wonderful hazy, cinematic 2024 LP (linked). I love the yearning, clean period sound, with hints of 60s pop, doo wop, torch songs
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In 10 minutes join Jonathan Shipley if @assistant.bandcamp.com for some top indie tunes on a Sunday evening.
#indie #music #musicsky #nowlistening
#indie #music #musicsky #nowlistening
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In 10 minutes join Jonathan Shipley if @assistant.bandcamp.com for some top indie tunes on a Sunday evening.
#indie #music #musicsky #nowlistening
#indie #music #musicsky #nowlistening
Just turned in to this and already 60% more serene!
Now on untidyradio.com
Early Sunsets Over Glasgow: Jude Kerr is an ambient musician from the Glasgow area in Scotland, On his show, you can find a mix of his favourite ambient and electronic songs that he personally picks based on recent listening.
untidyradio.com/early-sunset...
Early Sunsets Over Glasgow: Jude Kerr is an ambient musician from the Glasgow area in Scotland, On his show, you can find a mix of his favourite ambient and electronic songs that he personally picks based on recent listening.
untidyradio.com/early-sunset...
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just turned in to this and already 60% more serene!
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Debut album ‘Nadine’ goes live on Harriet Records Bandcamp at midday Eastern US time Nov 23… here’s the video for opening track ‘That Means Nothing To You’… #indiepop #indierock #indie #c87 youtu.be/MLv3-cxylAE
'That Means Nothing To You' by jim's twenty-one
YouTube video by jims twenty-one
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Debut album ‘Nadine’ goes live on Harriet Records Bandcamp at midday Eastern US time Nov 23… here’s the video for opening track ‘That Means Nothing To You’… #indiepop #indierock #indie #c87 youtu.be/MLv3-cxylAE
Been listening to this a lot today; the excellent French 90s pop group The Little Rabbits with their agreeably saturated 'Wasting Time' from their 1993 LP Dedalus.
The Little Rabbits - Wasting time
From the french band "The Little Rabbits". Extract from their album "Dedalus" released in 1993.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Been listening to this a lot today; the excellent French 90s pop group The Little Rabbits with their agreeably saturated 'Wasting Time' from their 1993 LP Dedalus.
The debut LP by @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social is being reissued today. Like everything on @subjangle.bsky.social it's worth buying.
But there's something different about it. It's one of the best albums in years. A startlingly good album with intensely moving lyrics.
Read my review, then buy!
But there's something different about it. It's one of the best albums in years. A startlingly good album with intensely moving lyrics.
Read my review, then buy!
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The debut LP by @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social is being reissued today. Like everything on @subjangle.bsky.social it's worth buying.
But there's something different about it. It's one of the best albums in years. A startlingly good album with intensely moving lyrics.
Read my review, then buy!
But there's something different about it. It's one of the best albums in years. A startlingly good album with intensely moving lyrics.
Read my review, then buy!
Is there a list anywhere of all the indie pop bands that like making sourdough bread? I bet it’s most of them, but just signalling my willingness to contribute to that community.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Is there a list anywhere of all the indie pop bands that like making sourdough bread? I bet it’s most of them, but just signalling my willingness to contribute to that community.
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Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider‘s Speedwell silver titanium bike sells at auction for $57,600 (£44038) fourteen times more than was initially estimated.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/kraftwe...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/kraftwe...
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider‘s Speedwell silver titanium bike sells at auction for $57,600 (£44038) fourteen times more than was initially estimated.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/kraftwe...
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/kraftwe...
The repeat of @aishamcnamara.bsky.social’s Friday Untidy Radio show has just gone live: untidyradio.com!
Tune in!
Tune in!
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The repeat of @aishamcnamara.bsky.social’s Friday Untidy Radio show has just gone live: untidyradio.com!
Tune in!
Tune in!
On my radio show on Sunday I'm playing a beautiful version of Assistant's 'Song For Jil' which has been remixed & re-versioned by @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social. First ever airing at 7.15pm on Untidy Radio 23/11/25. A sad song but an exciting one to share.
Here's the original: youtu.be/4h3vznMMPDg?...
Here's the original: youtu.be/4h3vznMMPDg?...
Assistant - Song For Jil (Music Video)
YouTube video by Assistant
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
On my radio show on Sunday I'm playing a beautiful version of Assistant's 'Song For Jil' which has been remixed & re-versioned by @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social. First ever airing at 7.15pm on Untidy Radio 23/11/25. A sad song but an exciting one to share.
Here's the original: youtu.be/4h3vznMMPDg?...
Here's the original: youtu.be/4h3vznMMPDg?...