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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 18h

Yup. I find it quite distressing the extent to which they don’t get the credit they merit! But I guess if you know, you know!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 18h

Me too! It’s right up there with my very faves from that era! And my tape still sounds great!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 18h

Ace. Hits all the right notes!

Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 18h

Noisy/nice evening listens

EVENING LISTENS
A photograph of four cassette tapes laid out in a 2x2 grid on a wooden surface.
Top left: XYZ by Moose, featuring a floral, collage-style cover.
Top right: Trailer by Ash, showing an overturned truck against a dusty backdrop.
Bottom left: Honey’s Dead by The Jesus and Mary Chain, with a pale, ghostly portrait.
Bottom right: See You on the Other Side by Mercury Rev, featuring a surreal circular design with a floating object at its centre.

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 18h

This is really lovely!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 19h

Close!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 19h

Very few bands ever get to write a song as pure and perfect as this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUv4...

Capo

YouTube video by The Sweetest Ache - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 19h

In a sane world you'd be headlining it

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 20h

TWO SCENES By John Ashbery

I

We see us as we truly behave:
From every corner comes a distinctive offering.
The train comes bearing joy;
The sparks it strikes illuminate the table.
Destiny guides the water-pilot, and it is destiny.
For long we hadn't heard so much news, such noise.
The day was warm and pleasant.
"We see you in your hair,
Air resting around the tips of mountains."

II
A fine rain anoints the canal machinery.
This is perhaps a day of general honesty Without example in the world's history
Though the fumes are not of a singular authority And indeed are dry as poverty.
Terrific units are on an old man
In the blue shadow of some paint cans
As laughing cadets say, "In the evening
Everything has a schedule, if you can find out what it is."

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 20h

"Everything has a schedule, if you can work out what it is" - JOHN ASHBERY

YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 1d

24.10.25

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Goodbye Wudaokou @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social · 1d

#janglepop #lofi #diysky #musicsky #singles #vinyl

YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 1d

24.10.25

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 21h

Oh, fantastic!!!!

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for another incredible evening York! Perennial Loves You ❤️

Chad from Perennial in front of the Fulford Arms in York

A poster for the Beatles’ second feature film, Help!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

Oh wow, that’s brilliant. It’s an absolutely staggering performance. Of course, also one of the greatest songs of all time.

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

The definition of you could hear a pin drop. So moving. Held my breath every time.

youtu.be/i76J4kO8eCA?...

Jimmy Little - Cattle & Cane live (Go-Betweens cover version)

YouTube video by musicmadinoz

youtu.be

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

Terry ♥️

youtu.be/bNQ_ptZFCJM?...

"Friday Night Saturday Morning 2008 " -TERRY HALL

YouTube video by paulska67

youtu.be

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

It’s a delightful film, agree!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

REM learned an awful lot from them!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

17. Steve Barton - Time Hard Won (2024)
SB's 9th solo LP since his days in Transistor. Slow, sombre mood-pieces somewhere between a street-tough NY Mike Bones & the atmosphere of late-The Church or Robyn Hitchcock. P Buck is a friend. A definite grower.
stevebarton.bandcamp.com/album/time-hard-won

Time Hard Won, by Steve Barton

10 track album

stevebarton.bandcamp.com

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

And Donovan's son, if I recall correctly!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

Had totally forgotten this song! The brief period when it felt like Britpop was actually inspiring American bands as well as British ones!

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 1d

17. Steve Barton - Time Hard Won (2024)
SB's 9th solo LP since his days in Transistor. Slow, sombre mood-pieces somewhere between a street-tough NY Mike Bones & the atmosphere of late-The Church or Robyn Hitchcock. P Buck is a friend. A definite grower.
stevebarton.bandcamp.com/album/time-hard-won

Time Hard Won, by Steve Barton

10 track album

stevebarton.bandcamp.com

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Goodbye Wudaokou @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social · 1d

#NowPlaying Hood - Structured Disasters, in all its crackly lo-fi glory variously exploding throughout.

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 2d

16. Edward Rogers: Astor Place
Based in NYC, born in the Midlands, this late-career-marvel by Astor is a real charmer; can hear everything from Luke Haines to Colin Moulding to John Cale in these elaborate clever songs. Produced by Don Fleming. Terrific!
edwardrogers.bandcamp.com/album/astor-...

Astor Place, by Edward Rogers

10 track album

edwardrogers.bandcamp.com

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 2d

16. Edward Rogers: Astor Place
Based in NYC, born in the Midlands, this late-career-marvel by Astor is a real charmer; can hear everything from Luke Haines to Colin Moulding to John Cale in these elaborate clever songs. Produced by Don Fleming. Terrific!
edwardrogers.bandcamp.com/album/astor-...

Astor Place, by Edward Rogers

10 track album

edwardrogers.bandcamp.com

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