Andy P
@arcticreviews.bsky.social
Music writer, football fan. Ranked by Feedspot in the Top 10 UK Indie Music Blogs of 2025. It's arcticreviews.co.uk if you want to read some stuff.
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Andy P
@arcticreviews.bsky.social
· Apr 17
40 Best UK Indie Music Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2025
40 Best UK Indie Music Blogs ⋅ 1. IT'S ALL INDIE ⋅ 2. God Is In The TV ⋅ 3. IndieCentralMusic ⋅ 4. Indie Dock Music Blog ⋅ 5. Nordic Music Review ⋅ 6. Indie Music ⋅ 7. Is This Music
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So, I erm..appear to have been voted 10th best UK Indie Music Blog for 2025 by Feedspot.
Which is nice, obviously.
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Which is nice, obviously.
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And finally..if you can't have a little brag.. arcticreviews.co.uk/2023/08/01/v...
Various Artists – Where Were You: Independent Music From Leeds (1978-1989) review
For the longest time the only way to get an American to understand where you were from if you said Leeds was to add something about The Who, particularly their album Live At Leeds, a record which a…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
And finally..if you can't have a little brag.. arcticreviews.co.uk/2023/08/01/v...
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Bomb the Bass’s Megablast was originally Carpenter’s theme to Assault on Precinct 13 (beloved by Xenon II and ice cream fans alike).
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bomb the Bass’s Megablast was originally Carpenter’s theme to Assault on Precinct 13 (beloved by Xenon II and ice cream fans alike).
Gonna dig out a couple of pieces from off the breaten track 'cos well, it's Saturday and since google turned me over, I need the traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Gonna dig out a couple of pieces from off the breaten track 'cos well, it's Saturday and since google turned me over, I need the traffic.
Maybe if I posted the link 😒 arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/03/06/1...
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Maybe if I posted the link 😒 arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/03/06/1...
Ian Paisley Jr. when he sees the band walking up the Garvaghy Road.
Yes come on Sash!
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ian Paisley Jr. when he sees the band walking up the Garvaghy Road.
Released on this date in 1993, Incunabula by Autechre, a complilation, it would become a touchstone for the IDM movement. #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2021/04/04/1...
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #74 Autechre – 444
Released : 1993 Like many of their contemporaries, Rob Brown and Sean Booth started out in the northern graffiti and B-Boy scenes of the mid to late 80’s. Part of a loose movement of like min…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Released on this date in 1993, Incunabula by Autechre, a complilation, it would become a touchstone for the IDM movement. #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2021/04/04/1...
Always fascinated by how many people don't know the story of (I'm) Stranded, very arguably the first punk rock single ever written and done so by a band who'd never heard any punk rock. #musicskyhttps://arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/03/06/100-greatest-songs-of-the-70s-85-the-saints-im-stranded/
Remembering Chris Bailey on his birthday
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The Saints (I'm) Stranded HQ
YouTube video by Ed Kuepper
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November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Always fascinated by how many people don't know the story of (I'm) Stranded, very arguably the first punk rock single ever written and done so by a band who'd never heard any punk rock. #musicskyhttps://arcticreviews.co.uk/2022/03/06/100-greatest-songs-of-the-70s-85-the-saints-im-stranded/
I didn't even know Everton were playing and by the looks of the score, neither did they.
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I didn't even know Everton were playing and by the looks of the score, neither did they.
Wanker
75 - Silva clearly dived. So it'll be a City corner. The Etihad has an atmosphere. Who knew?
2-2
#lufc
2-2
#lufc
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Wanker
Joff *again* @matthebat92.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Joff *again* @matthebat92.bsky.social
Any better signings in the Championship than Sorba Thomas? Think not.
Then again, I fully acknowledge that nobody wants a succesful Stoke City.
Then again, I fully acknowledge that nobody wants a succesful Stoke City.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Any better signings in the Championship than Sorba Thomas? Think not.
Then again, I fully acknowledge that nobody wants a succesful Stoke City.
Then again, I fully acknowledge that nobody wants a succesful Stoke City.
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You'd recognise that guitar tone anywhere. Mary Lattimore with Neil Halstead.
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
You'd recognise that guitar tone anywhere. Mary Lattimore with Neil Halstead.
100 Greatest Songs of the 20's So Far #22 Alex G - Runner
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #22 Alex G – Runner
Released: 2022 In the twenties one thing always holds up as the truth: fandom is your friend, until it isn't. For Alex Giannascoli a career arc began making the sort of lo-fi indie which felt incredibly important at the time, despite the obvious niche effect. Then he added in the (Silent) (Sandy) to his handle in 2017 to avoid confusion and in the process confused a whole bunch of people.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
100 Greatest Songs of the 20's So Far #22 Alex G - Runner
👌🏻
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
My Economics background doesn't extend beyond O level (Although I did get an A), but..I dunno, I can see maybe a few challenges with this?
Zarah Sultana: "We need a wealth tax, but we also need to nationalise the entire economy."
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My Economics background doesn't extend beyond O level (Although I did get an A), but..I dunno, I can see maybe a few challenges with this?
Not part of this #Raveyardshift thing but my god, this was fantastic live last night www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VGP...
Sabres Of Paradise - Wilmot
YouTube video by Balkan Hotsteppers
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November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Not part of this #Raveyardshift thing but my god, this was fantastic live last night www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VGP...
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Indiepop Chronicles #27
1/2/86
Reviews of @weddingpresent.bsky.social's Once More.
A "little peach of punky power pop" thinks @dannykellywords.bsky.social (NME), "refreshingly raucous" says Mike Gardner (RM), and "like eating a tin of nails" for Richard Cook (Sounds).
youtu.be/nNNsjHSacok?...
1/2/86
Reviews of @weddingpresent.bsky.social's Once More.
A "little peach of punky power pop" thinks @dannykellywords.bsky.social (NME), "refreshingly raucous" says Mike Gardner (RM), and "like eating a tin of nails" for Richard Cook (Sounds).
youtu.be/nNNsjHSacok?...
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Indiepop Chronicles #27
1/2/86
Reviews of @weddingpresent.bsky.social's Once More.
A "little peach of punky power pop" thinks @dannykellywords.bsky.social (NME), "refreshingly raucous" says Mike Gardner (RM), and "like eating a tin of nails" for Richard Cook (Sounds).
youtu.be/nNNsjHSacok?...
1/2/86
Reviews of @weddingpresent.bsky.social's Once More.
A "little peach of punky power pop" thinks @dannykellywords.bsky.social (NME), "refreshingly raucous" says Mike Gardner (RM), and "like eating a tin of nails" for Richard Cook (Sounds).
youtu.be/nNNsjHSacok?...
