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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 7h

32. Doechii – Nissan Altima (2024–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbe... There are absolutely loads of amazing rappers knocking about these days but Doechii’s got more going on than most of the rest put together… she’s got a lot of great singles but this is the one today

Doechii - NISSAN ALTIMA

YouTube video by IamdoechiiVEVO

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 1d

31. Katy J Pearson – Alligator (2022–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EUS... I had to listen to this about 10 times in a row when I first heard it. Dan Carey’s bass & production are great but the sugar rush is Katy’s voice, even if she is singing about anxiety & dissociation

Katy J Pearson - Alligator (Official Video)

YouTube video by Katy J Pearson

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 2d

I do dig the bassline!

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 2d

30. Magdalena Bay – Chaeri (2021–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ben9... clearly a PPP thing. I really like loads of their music but this is the first one I heard, and the bass gets me every time

Magdalena Bay - Chaeri (Official Video)

YouTube video by Magdalena Bay

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 2d

I must confirm that I wouldn’t do anything for love but I probably will do that

j-e-l 🎄🪇🎄 @jelbugle.bsky.social · 2d

I must confirm that my name is *not* Prince and I am *not* funky

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

I must confirm that I am *not* coming, so you can stop holding on

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 3d

29. The Orielles – Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme) (2020–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7V... I do like a band that’s very comfortable ignoring everything else and doing their own thing - you can hear how much they love playing together on this one

Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)

YouTube video by The Orielles - Topic

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 3d

Still sounds utterly mesmerising - happy birthday Mr. Goddard youtu.be/8KNT3NHrCR8?...

Adam And The Ants - Ants Invasion

YouTube video by krokofant67

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 4d

28. Rubber Oh – Hyperdrive Fantasy (2022–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4i... I thought there’d be more Rocket Recordings things on my list but Goat, Pigsx7, GNOD and a few more all fell leaving this as the label’s sole survivor. Good riff though innit

Rubber Oh - Hyperdrive Fantasy

YouTube video by Rocket Recordings

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 5d

27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Burning (2022-USA ) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSff... if you’re gonna rip off Frank Valli this is the way to do it. Karen O’s vocal is amazing and the guitar sound is pretty special

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Burning (Official Video)

YouTube video by YeahYeahYeahsVEVO

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 5d

26. Kim Deal – Crystal Breath (2024–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=prso... There is no bloody dance element to this record :) It’s Kim Deal innit… she couldn’t write a bad riff if she tried

Kim Deal - Crystal Breath (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by Kim Deal

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 8d

I’m in Istanbul. It’s a stunning place. Especially for some mad old cars, the like of which you don’t see on UK roads much anymore… (obvs the architecture here is the stunning stuff)

A 1970s baby pink VW Beetle on an Istanbul
Street

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 8d

If you have any interest in words and how English is evolving and other good cultural things you might like @tonythorne007.bsky.social give him a follow

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 10d

Prunella Scales as Elizabeth Mapp hamming it up with Geraldine McEwan is one of the best bits of 80s telly. What an amazing actress

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, the new Factory Floor stuff sounds very exciting (to me at least) looking forward to hearing a new album

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 13d

25. Gabe Gurnsey – You Remind Me (2022–UK) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Vz... I liked a lot of Factory Floor, so kept an eye on Gabe’s solo stuff. His first album was OK but Diablo, from which this is taken, is really great. Obvs I like the bass

You Remind Me

YouTube video by Gabe Gurnsey - Topic

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

24. The Paranoyds – Rita Lynn (2023– USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGX_... It’s basically just a good old bit of electroclash innit, but I’m a sucker for an insouciant vocal and the chorus riff loops unexpectedly which adds something else kinda pleasing to it

Rita Lynn

YouTube video by The Paranoyds - Topic

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah, The Grid were superb. Richard Norris’s myriad musical projects are worth a long look, too

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

Nemone and Timmy Mallet

A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

I was massively into Adam & the Ants in 1981 but Soft Cell won that year & that made a long lasting impression on me. Obvs Marc was the focus but none of it was possible without Dave Ball. A lot of what is our music world, he created

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

Ahhh this is extremely upsetting… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66

The musician, best known for Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, died in his sleep at home.

www.bbc.co.uk

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 14d

Afternoon drinking curtails thinking…

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 15d

23. Lael Neale - I Am The River (2023–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUA4... A sweet bit of hippie folk beautifully refracted through the lens of the Velvets or maybe Suicide

Lael Neale - I Am The River (Official Video)

YouTube video by Lael Neale

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 16d

22. deBasement - F.F.F.T.DJ (2024-USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkBi... I liked Special Interest a lot & this offshoot seems to turn that whole thing up to 11. It’s probably just a novelty dance banger but it sounds amazing very loud, & “drugs work, I don’t” is my kinda lyric

F.F.F.T.DJ

YouTube video by deBasement - Topic

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 17d

21. Channel Tres – Acid in My Blood (2022–USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIax... He’s really called Sheldon Young, which makes him almost impossible to google and he is very good at writing earworm basslines

Channel Tres - Acid in My Blood (Official Audio)

YouTube video by GODMODE

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 18d

20. Psychic Graveyard – I’m Blacking Out (2022– USA) #THETWEN2IE5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeay... I think I found these through Osees, who are oddly absent from this list. There’s not enough frenetic synthy punk about IMO. Sounds good dead loud

Psychic Graveyard - I Am Blacking Out

YouTube video by Soulspazm

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