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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 · 9h

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

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

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 · 14h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

#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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

Spectacular isn’t it?

Definitely not a conventional love song.

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Heh. Funny how these things work out!

To be honest I’m winging this one a bit, picking whichever Indiepop tune pops into my head that morning, and hadn’t seen your post until just now :-)

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 8 #80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

PLEASE DON’T SANDBLAST MY HOUSE (1986)
One Thousand Violins

Oh how I need the world
But do you really need me at all?

youtu.be/1-6W86TvE7w?...

Please Don't Sandblast My House

YouTube video by One Thousand Violins - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 8
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

JOYRIDER (2021)
(from JOYRIDER)
Petite League (USA)

LoFi slackerpop from Syracuse.

Starting fights no one thought we could win
Setting cop cars on fire in Brooklyn
This might be our last summer…

youtu.be/rEMGNiEtz0w?...

YouTube video by Petite League - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 4d

Day 8
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A love song without “love” in the title

THE ONE I LOATHE THE LEAST
The Just Joans

When everyone’s sub-human scum
It’s hard to find some peace.
Thank heaven I found you
The one I loathe the least.

youtu.be/wno0X0Bt3J8?...

The One I Loathe the Least

YouTube video by The Just Joans - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 7
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

NIGHT SCULPTURE (2023)
(from BOLTED)
Forest Swords (UK)

A hauntingly atmospheric & immersive electronic soundscape underpinned by a thread of skeletal mechanical clatter.

youtu.be/BZ23ghVDaJs?...

Forest Swords - Night Sculpture (Official Visualiser)

YouTube video by Forest Swords

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 7 #80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

JULIE CHRISTIE (1988)
The Driscolls

How could I argue with someone who’s probably right?

youtu.be/jlCVt21SnIw?...

YouTube video by The Driscolls - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 5d

Day 7
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song related to outer space or the ocean

SEA WITHIN A SEA
The Horrors

youtu.be/v7WAHnZPIX0?...

The Horrors - 'Sea Within A Sea'

YouTube video by XL Recordings

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 6d

Day 6
#TheTwen2ie5
#MusicChallenge
#BestSongHeardToday

VIOLENCE FOR FREE (2023)
(from JBAL RRSAS)
Deena Abdelwahed (Tunisia)

Experimental Arabic techno, melding dark synthetic bass with traditional percussive rhythms into a constantly warping pulsing hypnobeat.

youtu.be/scJa238cShk?...

Violence for Free

YouTube video by Deena Abdelwahed - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 6d

Day 6
#DavidsMonthofMusic
#MusicChallenge

A song with a pronoun in the title

SHE RIDES THE WAVES
Pale Saints

youtu.be/WF1SUA4sL9E?...

She Rides the Waves

YouTube video by Pale Saints - Topic

Steve Parker @spanky808.bsky.social · 6d

Day 6 #80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

SIGN ON THE LINE (1987)
The Fizzbombs

Seeing Angus McPake on stage at the weekend as part of Maison D’Etre was one of many highlights from the Edinburgh Indiepop All-dayer, so here’s a buzzy fuzzy highlight from a previous band of his.

youtu.be/IOTvIiDI3TA?...

The Fizzbombs - sign on the line

YouTube video by thomas carpentier