Darren157
@darren157.bsky.social
Host of The 157 Show: Outsider Music: Music for people that don't quite fit Indie/alternative music lover. #MDANT
https://www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/
https://www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/
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Here’s Episode 122 of The 157 Show!
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
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Some reading for you! Many thanks to Steven Keevil and Medway’s Local Authority for spending some time, and asking all about our little, independent, DIY record label. Find out more via the link below: -
www.localauthority.news/p/success-is...
www.localauthority.news/p/success-is...
"Success is doing it in the first place"
What Steven asked Lee Grimshaw, owner of record label Spinout Nuggets
www.localauthority.news
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Some reading for you! Many thanks to Steven Keevil and Medway’s Local Authority for spending some time, and asking all about our little, independent, DIY record label. Find out more via the link below: -
www.localauthority.news/p/success-is...
www.localauthority.news/p/success-is...
Here’s my latest Themed Edition Mixtape version of The 157 Show.
Enjoy Responsibly!!😎😎
Enjoy Responsibly!!😎😎
New show.
@darren157.bsky.social is back with another brilliant themed 157 show.
This one is Word R.
www.mixcloud.com/inyourearsmu...
@darren157.bsky.social is back with another brilliant themed 157 show.
This one is Word R.
www.mixcloud.com/inyourearsmu...
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here’s my latest Themed Edition Mixtape version of The 157 Show.
Enjoy Responsibly!!😎😎
Enjoy Responsibly!!😎😎
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🔴 Contra2025-15 19112025 (-all new-)
The 15th playlist of the year!!
LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
The 15th playlist of the year!!
LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🔴 Contra2025-15 19112025 (-all new-)
The 15th playlist of the year!!
LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
The 15th playlist of the year!!
LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
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Reminder that we'll be opening the vote for the 2025 Festive 50 on Friday 28th for those of you lovely lovely people who like to get their votes in early.
Voting will be open for two weeks and the final day of voting will be Sunday 14th December, for those of you sadists who like to make me sweat.
Voting will be open for two weeks and the final day of voting will be Sunday 14th December, for those of you sadists who like to make me sweat.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Reminder that we'll be opening the vote for the 2025 Festive 50 on Friday 28th for those of you lovely lovely people who like to get their votes in early.
Voting will be open for two weeks and the final day of voting will be Sunday 14th December, for those of you sadists who like to make me sweat.
Voting will be open for two weeks and the final day of voting will be Sunday 14th December, for those of you sadists who like to make me sweat.
Sign the Petition
Moth Club Faces Second Building Planning Application
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November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This article features The Cords, Autocamper and several other very good indie bands, with added quotes and wisdom from Heavenly's Rob Pursey!
This is super cool! Autocamper in @bandcamp.com ‘Indie Pop’s Big Year Out’ article. Thanks @haydenmerrick.bsky.social!
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Indie Pop’s Big Year Out
And now it is over.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This article features The Cords, Autocamper and several other very good indie bands, with added quotes and wisdom from Heavenly's Rob Pursey!
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This is super cool! Autocamper in @bandcamp.com ‘Indie Pop’s Big Year Out’ article. Thanks @haydenmerrick.bsky.social!
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Indie Pop’s Big Year Out
And now it is over.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is super cool! Autocamper in @bandcamp.com ‘Indie Pop’s Big Year Out’ article. Thanks @haydenmerrick.bsky.social!
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Cc: @slumberlandrecords.com
daily.bandcamp.com/features/ind...
Here’s Episode 122 of The 157 Show!
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here’s Episode 122 of The 157 Show!
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Portugal, France, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
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🧡LISTENING PARTY FROM 7PM🧡
The @indieover40.bsky.social radio show with Steve Williamson
👂Link goes live at 6:55pm: mixcloud.com/live/vpraudioclub
Cruising towards the end of 2025 - lock in for another healthy dose of indie fun with Steve Williamson and the Everything Indie Over 40 community!
The @indieover40.bsky.social radio show with Steve Williamson
👂Link goes live at 6:55pm: mixcloud.com/live/vpraudioclub
Cruising towards the end of 2025 - lock in for another healthy dose of indie fun with Steve Williamson and the Everything Indie Over 40 community!
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🧡LISTENING PARTY FROM 7PM🧡
The @indieover40.bsky.social radio show with Steve Williamson
👂Link goes live at 6:55pm: mixcloud.com/live/vpraudioclub
Cruising towards the end of 2025 - lock in for another healthy dose of indie fun with Steve Williamson and the Everything Indie Over 40 community!
The @indieover40.bsky.social radio show with Steve Williamson
👂Link goes live at 6:55pm: mixcloud.com/live/vpraudioclub
Cruising towards the end of 2025 - lock in for another healthy dose of indie fun with Steve Williamson and the Everything Indie Over 40 community!
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A reminder it’s the best Thursday of the month 👇
NEW SHOW ALERT 🚨
Tomorrow (Thur) is the November edition of the #eio40vprshow broadcast on @vpraudioclub.bsky.social
It’s the usual journey through the songs that have caught my attention since the last show, with loads of shout outs
Join me on Mixcloud at 7pm GMT
www.mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub/
Tomorrow (Thur) is the November edition of the #eio40vprshow broadcast on @vpraudioclub.bsky.social
It’s the usual journey through the songs that have caught my attention since the last show, with loads of shout outs
Join me on Mixcloud at 7pm GMT
www.mixcloud.com/vpraudioclub/
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A reminder it’s the best Thursday of the month 👇
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I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics
When Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath invented the visual language of Isotypes, it was to democratise education. As a new exhibition shows, it ended up influencing pop art, graphic design and electro...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wrote this for the Guardian about the Otto Neurath / Isotype exhibition at Wien Museum.
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
(feat. Neurath fan Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Great piece in @thequietus.com today featuring a video of our mate Stewart Lee interviewing his mate @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about his memoir that Stew has just narrated for a soon to be released audiobook! The watch is less exhausting than this post! 💥 #thefall
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
Watch Stewart Lee Interview The Fall's Steve Hanley Ahead of New Audiobook | The Quietus
First published in 2015, Steve Hanley’s memoir The Big Midweek (co-written with Olivia Piekarski) details his 19 years as the ‘backbone’ of The Fall. Perhaps second only to Mark E. Smith himself when ...
thequietus.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great piece in @thequietus.com today featuring a video of our mate Stewart Lee interviewing his mate @stephenhanley6.bsky.social about his memoir that Stew has just narrated for a soon to be released audiobook! The watch is less exhausting than this post! 💥 #thefall
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
thequietus.com/news/watch-s...
I'd never quite realised just how many of the good folks that I follow on here were from North of the border! As a football person myself I couldn't help but be enthralled by what unfolded in the latter stages of last night's game. Congrats to all of you!
Even as an Englishman wow! #3Worldies
Even as an Englishman wow! #3Worldies
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'd never quite realised just how many of the good folks that I follow on here were from North of the border! As a football person myself I couldn't help but be enthralled by what unfolded in the latter stages of last night's game. Congrats to all of you!
Even as an Englishman wow! #3Worldies
Even as an Englishman wow! #3Worldies
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Two records for £30, bargain!!
Shapes Like People - 'Ticking Haze' (2025) & The Shop WIndow - 'Daysdream' (2024)
#vinylsky #musicsky #janglepop #indiepop #dreampop #shoegaze #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
⬇️
shapeslikepeople.bandcamp.com/album/tickin...
Shapes Like People - 'Ticking Haze' (2025) & The Shop WIndow - 'Daysdream' (2024)
#vinylsky #musicsky #janglepop #indiepop #dreampop #shoegaze #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
⬇️
shapeslikepeople.bandcamp.com/album/tickin...
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Two records for £30, bargain!!
Shapes Like People - 'Ticking Haze' (2025) & The Shop WIndow - 'Daysdream' (2024)
#vinylsky #musicsky #janglepop #indiepop #dreampop #shoegaze #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
⬇️
shapeslikepeople.bandcamp.com/album/tickin...
Shapes Like People - 'Ticking Haze' (2025) & The Shop WIndow - 'Daysdream' (2024)
#vinylsky #musicsky #janglepop #indiepop #dreampop #shoegaze #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity
⬇️
shapeslikepeople.bandcamp.com/album/tickin...
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They do, yes - they were just rebadged. I actually did a whole blog about these years ago and Chet Selwood, who set up the series with his sister Bee, got in touch and gave me a bunch of information:
indietop20.blogspot.com/2021/01/indi...
indietop20.blogspot.com/2021/01/indi...
Indie Top 20 Life, Remembered
Indie Top 20, eighties, nineties, alternative
indietop20.blogspot.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They do, yes - they were just rebadged. I actually did a whole blog about these years ago and Chet Selwood, who set up the series with his sister Bee, got in touch and gave me a bunch of information:
indietop20.blogspot.com/2021/01/indi...
indietop20.blogspot.com/2021/01/indi...
Whether you're a fan of The Fall or not The Big Midweek by @stephenhanley6.bsky.social is quite possibly one of the best music biographies ever written.
It's now available for the first time as an audiobook!
Add it to your Xmas list😎
Details in @marcrileydj.bsky.social post below⬇️
It's now available for the first time as an audiobook!
Add it to your Xmas list😎
Details in @marcrileydj.bsky.social post below⬇️
Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows @stephenhanley6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Whether you're a fan of The Fall or not The Big Midweek by @stephenhanley6.bsky.social is quite possibly one of the best music biographies ever written.
It's now available for the first time as an audiobook!
Add it to your Xmas list😎
Details in @marcrileydj.bsky.social post below⬇️
It's now available for the first time as an audiobook!
Add it to your Xmas list😎
Details in @marcrileydj.bsky.social post below⬇️
Reposted by Darren157
Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows @stephenhanley6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows @stephenhanley6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!
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🔴 Contra2025 - NEW YORK
Bands/Artists from New York & songs about or mentioning New York
Listen🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
#mixcloud #200th #playlist #newyork
Bands/Artists from New York & songs about or mentioning New York
Listen🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
#mixcloud #200th #playlist #newyork
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🔴 Contra2025 - NEW YORK
Bands/Artists from New York & songs about or mentioning New York
Listen🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
#mixcloud #200th #playlist #newyork
Bands/Artists from New York & songs about or mentioning New York
Listen🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...
#mixcloud #200th #playlist #newyork
Here’s Episode 121 of The 157 Show!
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Here’s Episode 121 of The 157 Show!
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
Packed with almost 2 hours of new music, live gig reviews and The Hanley Hoedown too!!
Featuring Tunes from US, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, UK and the Peoples’ Republic of Medway!
Enjoy Responsibly!!
www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/th...
I rarely do politics on social media but this is an outstanding piece of journalism from a team at Sky News on the way that algorithms on "X" affect what you receive in your feed.
Have a (10 min) read and make your own mind up
NB
I deactivated my X account 2 years ago after 14 years on Twitter/X
Have a (10 min) read and make your own mind up
NB
I deactivated my X account 2 years ago after 14 years on Twitter/X
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I rarely do politics on social media but this is an outstanding piece of journalism from a team at Sky News on the way that algorithms on "X" affect what you receive in your feed.
Have a (10 min) read and make your own mind up
NB
I deactivated my X account 2 years ago after 14 years on Twitter/X
Have a (10 min) read and make your own mind up
NB
I deactivated my X account 2 years ago after 14 years on Twitter/X
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Here’s a new h.i. Art On The Edge Surprise Cast featuring The Cords
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Surprise Cast #210 The Cords
Podcast Episode · Surprise Cast · 30/10/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Here’s a new h.i. Art On The Edge Surprise Cast featuring The Cords
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
This is a brilliant thread of Horror Comic Book covers based on a fantastic selection of songs (which may as well have been based on my own record collection!)
Scroll through and marvel at the talent shown by Mark. Time well spent indeed😎
Personal favourite (unsurprisingly) is New Face In Hell.
Scroll through and marvel at the talent shown by Mark. Time well spent indeed😎
Personal favourite (unsurprisingly) is New Face In Hell.
A 🧵 of the various ‘songs as horror comics’ I’ve drawn over the years…
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a brilliant thread of Horror Comic Book covers based on a fantastic selection of songs (which may as well have been based on my own record collection!)
Scroll through and marvel at the talent shown by Mark. Time well spent indeed😎
Personal favourite (unsurprisingly) is New Face In Hell.
Scroll through and marvel at the talent shown by Mark. Time well spent indeed😎
Personal favourite (unsurprisingly) is New Face In Hell.
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Supergirl - Out today and here’s a handy Apple Music link.
Our jangly SLP take on The Clique’s 1969 Classic, Superman!
Note - we got clearance and blessings from all relevant parties for our adaptation.
music.apple.com/gb/album/sup...
#musicsky #janglepop #indierock
Our jangly SLP take on The Clique’s 1969 Classic, Superman!
Note - we got clearance and blessings from all relevant parties for our adaptation.
music.apple.com/gb/album/sup...
#musicsky #janglepop #indierock
Supergirl by Shapes Like People on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:44
music.apple.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Supergirl - Out today and here’s a handy Apple Music link.
Our jangly SLP take on The Clique’s 1969 Classic, Superman!
Note - we got clearance and blessings from all relevant parties for our adaptation.
music.apple.com/gb/album/sup...
#musicsky #janglepop #indierock
Our jangly SLP take on The Clique’s 1969 Classic, Superman!
Note - we got clearance and blessings from all relevant parties for our adaptation.
music.apple.com/gb/album/sup...
#musicsky #janglepop #indierock