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Adam McAuley
@adam0407.bsky.social
190 followers 210 following 300 posts
Music obsessive, Argyle supporter, craft beer drinker, nature lover, Steel City Strider, park-runner. Member of Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati. #MDANT ✊
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 4h
Never miss a chance to share a Low song…

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Low - Peanut Butter Toast And American Bandstand
YouTube video by faint hopes
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 1d
If you don’t brush you may end up with… (a nicely put together video treatment too - definitely worth 6 minutes of your time).

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth (Official Video)
YouTube video by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 2d
If I can’t have OMD, this is a pretty solid substitution.

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Genetic
YouTube video by Sonic Youth - Topic
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 2d
I was going to go for this too - my favourite track of the deeply odd Dazzleships.
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 3d
All the best jeans are made from heavy denim.

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Stereolab - Heavy Denim (Peel Session)
YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Redux
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 4d
Some albums are hugely evocative of a particular time and place; this will always be Bradford in the 1980s.

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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 4d
I really love C30-C60-C90 Go! but then I found this and it is just joyous.
Wild Billy Childish 'He's Making A Tape' (Live at EOTR 2008)
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 4d
A masterpiece!
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 5d
This seems wholly appropriate as I’m currently wearing one of their t-shirts. Sorely missed, from a cracking final album.

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Nature Hates A Vacuum
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 6d
Kate Bush, Bootsy Collins or thia from Pengin Cafe Orchestra…

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Telephone and Rubber Band - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
YouTube video by Kazumi
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 7d
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 7d
Could have been Jane’s Addicition or St. Etienne, but this wins because it’s a banger and the video is bonkers.

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Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen (Shower Scene)
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 7d
Another possible top five finisher. The Cramps’ debut album, Songs The Lord Taught Us. So many of their finest moments: TV Set, Garbageman, Sunglasses After Dark.

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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 8d
Some days, it’s an open goal. Just sublime…

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Sleeping Bag
YouTube video by This Is the Kit - Topic
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 9d
Currently reading Cathi Unsworth’s fabulous Season Of The Witch; a handy reminder of what a fantastic album Killing Joke’s eponymous debut was.

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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 9d
1981 was also pretty decent for debut albums; I’m assuming that the Birthday Party and Byrne/Eno albums both count?

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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 9d
I was tempted by Tar’s Thermos, but it’s not actually that great. This is fine though from a Dutch band who chalked up a single Festive Fifty appearance with this tune.

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Seedling Sensational Vacuum
YouTube video by gorgeousgirlygire9
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 10d
So Culver has got there first with Beefheart (and who can blame him - a mighty tune) and I’m eschewing Sonic Youth, Spiritualized and OMD (sort of) for this charming cover. youtu.be/IwztW3THvK8?...
Electricity - Hannah Peel
YouTube video by carlitopappas
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 11d
This seems fitting as I’ve recently finished a second paperback penned by their late singer. youtu.be/tnDFDP3zMcc?...
Paperback Bible
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 11d
Blimey, this is just 1980!

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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 12d
Really enjoyed this one. My #5dabutalbum0004 picks are…

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
3. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
4. Joanna Newsome - The Milk Eyed Mender
5. Rival Schools - United Bu Faye

Close - Liars, Gibbons, Peaches, Elbow, Interpol, 65dos
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 12d
I do love a wind turbine, but some regard them as an…

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Eyesore
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 13d
Listening to BRMC now, for the first time in years tbh. It’s got some very fine moments. Not sure it’ll beat Funeral or Milk-Eyed Mender to that coveted spot though.
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 13d
Still one slot up for grabs in the #5debutalbums0004 vote. Will one of this final batch of albums fill it?
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Adam McAuley @adam0407.bsky.social · 13d
One or two more late possibilities for #5debutalbums0004. First up, this beauty from 65daysofstatic.
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