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European. Music fan. Maker of Top Fives. Still dancing badly & losing my specs in mosh pits. Play ukulele, bass & kazoo.
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submitted 12 hours ago • 10 comments

#topfive April 2025 The Moonlandingz - No Rocket Required Scrounge - Almost Like You Could Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla PainKiller - The Great God Pan The Scaramanga Six - Glut

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

April 2025: Albums of the Month Emma-Jean Thackray - Weirdo Julien Baker & Torres - Send A Prayer My Way Samia - Bloodless Sault - 10 Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Chops Fives: April 2025 Albums of the Month ▪️The Nightingales - The Awful Truth ▪️Penfriend - House of Stories ▪️Brown Horse - All The Right Weaknesses ▪️Scrounge - Almost Like You Could ▪️BCNR - Forever Howlong ‪#chopsfives #topfive reply or QT‬ to share yours

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

♫ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: ESG (28), Greentea Peng (14), Penfriend (14), Prima Queen (12), Self Esteem (12) & The Golden Dregs (12) #chopsfm

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

Another fun evening with Francis Rossi at Epsom Playhouse. More tunes than last time we saw him here I think including a couple of deep cuts I don’t think I’d ever heard live before #chopsgigs #statusquo #francisrossi

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

This week's top 5 - I've scored no 5/5 this week 😮 5. William Tyler - Ambient Americana - Time Intimate 4. Rialto - Synth Pop - Neon and Ghost Signs 3. Floral Image - Psych Pop - Gone Down Medowland 2. Maria Somerville - Dream Pop - Luster 1. Cloth - Dream Pop - Pink Silence

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Book 9. My reading pace has dropped in the last couple of weeks but I really enjoyed Cheri Percy’s treatise on the album Come Away With ESG. They were a band I knew very little about and I’ve loved listening to their back catalogue whilst reading #chopsbooks

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

A lovely evening with Rich(ard) Dawson at the Clapham Grand last night. Support from Quinie who sang unaccompanied and mainly in Scots #chopsgigs #richarddawson #quinie #upsettherhythm

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

♫ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Sweet Williams (45), Julien Baker & Torres (24), Beirut (18), TV Sundaze (18) & Benefits (14) #chopsfm

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Hang Linton opened the night with a lively and energetic set. Really good stuff #chopsgigs #hanglinton @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Benefits at the Lexington on Friday night. Playing mainly new songs in their streamlined two piece form but just as impactful. A cool mashed up cover to end the night too #chopsgigs #benefitsuk @benefitstheband.bsky.social @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

🟥CONTRA2025-5 19042025 (-ALL NEW-) The FIFTH playlist of the year! LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/c...

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Following the incredible Bug vs Big Brave show at The Garage this week we are happy to welcome Big Brave back for a show at the ICA on November 2nd. Co-presented with the ICA Tickets on sale now via Dice dice.fm/event/680a11...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I forgot to post about the incredible soundsystem clash between Big|Brave and The Bug. A really unique experience as each artist alternated between gradually shorter sets with the audience between before culminating in a joint close out #chopsgigs #bigbrave #thebug @babayagashut.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I’m sure if you follow me you’ll be aware of Laura’s music both as Penfriend & previously as She Makes War. If you’ve enjoyed what you heard her latest album could be up your street and now would be a great time to buy a copy #newmusic #independentmusic #chopsfives #chopsgigs

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

This week's top 5 👌 5. Scrounge - Almost LLike You Could - Indie Punk 4. Beirut - A Study of Losses - Chamber Pop 3. Cumulus - We've Got It All - Indie Singer-Songwriter 2. Bill Fox - Resonance - Singer Songwriter/Jangle Pop 1. TV Sundaze - Plastic Bags / Packing Tapes - Garage Rock

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments