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Moon on my neck, I feel it come. I’m standing here, like a burning house.

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Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 27d

My first Toppermost!
About an artist I’ve loved and admired for a long time.
If it makes anyone listen to their great music then my job is done.
Enjoy.

Toppermost @toppermost.bsky.social · 27d

NEW post: "The East River Pipe sound – a dreamy synth wash in the background, a gentle jangle of guitar, simple yet cinematic sounding beat - and the lost souls and troubled characters that inhabit his songs"

@rusky.bsky.social picks his #EastRiverPipe 10

www.toppermost.co.uk/east-river-p...

East River Pipe album cover 'Garbageheads On Endless Stun'

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 7h

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

16 - A song with a music video you love

How We Know, by The Thermals.

youtu.be/H5SKUt5C89g?...

The Thermals - How We Know (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

YouTube video by Sub Pop

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting to hear that - I genuinely can’t really decide which one is their greatest. Engine - California - United Kingdom - Everclear - Mercury.

A 5-way tie?!

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 17h

a couple of people standing next to each other with the words " i want sweets "

ALT: a couple of people standing next to each other with the words " i want sweets "

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Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 17h

Sugar.

Wow

Reposted by Ruskus

SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 18h

Sugar is back! New music at sugarcopperblue.com PLUS May 2026 live shows in NYC and London. All the info is here!

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 19h

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
Julian Cope.

15. Sunspots

This to finish. Julian does motor car noises.
Just builds and builds - I love the long ending, which could quite happily keep going.

youtu.be/685MRw2qSe8?...

YouTube video by Julian Cope - Topic

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 22h

Try this epic loveliness from Cory…

youtu.be/oZFL8iPCruQ?...

YouTube video by Cory hanson - Topic

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 22h

a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a slight smile on his face .

media.tenor.com

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 23h

Where did you see it?

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 23h

I was going to pick this too

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

Love Night Tapes!

(also…welcome back Sita)

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge
#DavidsMonthOfMusic

15. Everybody, Everything or Everywhere in the Title...

It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody, by Weyes Blood

youtu.be/3g7BSnavHH8?...

Weyes Blood - It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Weyes Blood

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

Easy To Be Around, by DM Stith

youtu.be/4AO_2_sYxfU?...

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

Ah nice!
Yeah, the latest took a bit longer to grow on me. Bad Miracles is pretty ace.

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

Loved him since buying Wand’s Laughing Matter a few years back. His solo album Pale Horse Rider is a favourite of recent years.
I was thinking of taking a trip to see him at the Moth club in London in Feb (if tickets remain).

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

I did give this a bit of a listen a few days back - the first track (One More Dance Around The Sun) stood out.
Will revisit…

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
Julian Cope.

14. Spacehopper.

youtu.be/4FJrTjT5D78?...

Julian Cope - Spacehopper

YouTube video by AlleToop

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 2d

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

14 - a band with an animal or place in their name

I Take It That We’re Through, by The Cat’s Miaow.

youtu.be/RkNMwZYfTcs?...

I Take It That We're Through

YouTube video by The Cat's Miaow - Topic

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
Julian Cope.

13. Strasbourg.

Maximalist Julian.

“If I were France, and you were Germany,
What an alliance that would be”

youtu.be/BnYL5M87Jrg?...

YouTube video by Julian Cope - Topic

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 2d

I know they felt they had messed up, with their attempt at self-production, but I feel the songs somehow matched having a ‘dry’ sound.
Exit Only, Dear Justice Letter, Stacks and Steady Diet particularly.
Oh, and the mighty Reclamation of course.

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 3d

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

13 - Song from last album you bought

Falling From And Further, by Hannah Frances

youtu.be/Ih52jKBpJsI?...

Hannah Frances - Falling From and Further (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Hannah Frances

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:

Kidneys

The Banshees of Inisherin

American Pie, by Don McLean

(shudder)

Matt Flip Flop.. @mattflipflop.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:

Meat

Aliens

Anything by Phil Collins

TonnHELL 👿 @tonnielles.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand:

Liver

Fight Club

Horse With No Mame

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 3d

Underrated bonkersness

Album Almanac @albumalmanac.bsky.social · 3d

🗓️ 15th anniversary! (October 12, 2010)
💿 Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
🎶 When I die, I'll rot/ But when I live, I'll give it all I've got
#SufjanStevens

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 3d

#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
Julian Cope.

12. Hobby.

Not sure why I love this short ode to Krautrock quite so much, but it’s just so Julian.

youtu.be/_UKdEmOHIb8?...

Hobby (Peel Session 29/05/1984)

YouTube video by Julian Cope - Topic

Ruskus @rusky.bsky.social · 3d

Nice work from Bruce Kaphan here too