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Ben

@didnotchart.bsky.social

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Blog about pop’s greatest should have beens just about limping along. More active on https://www.instagram.com/didnotchart/profilecard/?igsh=MWgxeTEzNnFyamNubg== Here for music and chat and fun. https://didnotchart.blogspot.com/

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · 21d

New guitar hero: Peter Morén elevated Robert Forster. Time to go back to those old Peter Bjorn and John records.
#robertforster
#peterbjornandjohn

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Oct 3

Cane Trash by People Mover is the dolewave revival or slacker rock greatness or simply one of 2025's best records. Because it's Bandcamp Friday: didnotchart.blogspot.com/2025/10/peop...

People Mover - Cane Trash

Baby-I’m-bored vocals, slacker rock simplicity and druggy bliss. Are Brisbane’s People Mover spearheading a dolewave revival? Because this i...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Oct 2

"You can't hide that love forever." You could modify that lyric slightly and get a classic album title. @edwyncollins.bsky.social
youtu.be/N1efJLqrnU0?...

YouTube video by Jonathan Richman - Topic

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Sep 23

Michael Rother being excellent on Saturday
#michaelrother

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Sep 17

I followed the advice and bought a Redken comb. A bit silly because I never comb my hair. I wash it in punk rock shampoo and let satan have his way.

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Sep 17

Robert Forster eulogises Robert Redford’s hair. “He has access to clear, clean mountain water. This helps hair.”
#robertredford
#robertforster

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Sleater-Kinney! Great shout

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Like your style (mostly) but out of contention. Surprised you didn’t say Sportique . Or Spearmint who are in the running

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Side note: the Guardian’s headline when Steven Norris MP had an affair with: Mr Norris Changes Dames

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you! We’re taking remain undecided to the point of moving on to ‘B’ which we thought would be easier. Just more intense discussion…

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 9

Music fans: settle a pub argument that’s been going too long today. Best 3 bands beginning with ‘S’. No singer songwriters. Bands only. Thanks!

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

I have a really busy job so that's that for now.

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

They used to call this alt country. It's magnificent. Touring the UK this month. Don't miss out. didnotchart.blogspot.com/2025/08/ryan...
@toughloverecords.bsky.social

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats from the Soul

Honky-tonk heartbreak and punch-drunk pop. The sound of summer 2025 (if you drink a lot and are emotionally unstable). If you liked Dancing ...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

Old Master by Publicity Department is my most played British album this year. File next to the Silver Jews.
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@safesuburban.bsky.social

Publicity Department - Old Master

Did you want an English Silver Jews? Good luck! You’re in with this immediate maudlin classic. What was that? “Like the workings of a jumbo ...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

Rhymies debut on the ever reliable @dandyboyrecords.bsky.social
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Rhymies - I Dream Watching

The sound of a northern English bedsit in 1981 with a cheap keyboard. Actually, no. The sound of San Francisco, 2025. Lauren Matsui of Seabl...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Pennys - this would have sold 20,000 copies in 1989. It sounds like a classic. didnotchart.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-... @mtstmt.bsky.social

There’s an idea that every indie band is a mediation of some variant of the Velvet Underground (I just made up that idea @me if you want). T...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

Want shoegaze with big tunes? Rose Skin by mariin k meets your needs. didnotchart.blogspot.com/2025/08/mari... @mariink.bsky.social

mariin k. - Rose Skin

In which mariin k. makes a correction to the idea that the Estonian shoegaze scene is insular by finding fresh ways to create an immediate c...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's bandcamp Friday so I've dusted down the blog for some 5 minute reviews. First up, Sharp Pins with Radio DDR (album of the year maybe) didnotchart.blogspot.com/2025/08/shar...

Sharp Pins - Radio DDR

There’s an idea that every record in the DIY genre is really in the Guided By Voices genre. I get that, and I especially get it when Radio D...

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Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 27

Like Primal Scream if they were good

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 26

Some highlights of @glasgoespop.bsky.social so far:
1. V-Twin
2. Stuart Murdoch’s violin compilation tape
3. The Cords filming TikTok dances to @thepastels.bsky.social
4. @thebrogues.bsky.social bringing his milkshake to the yard (don’t ask, you had to be there)
5. A new James Kirk single.

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 14

Damn straight. Extra £500 (used banknotes) and I’ll chuck in the ep. Glas goes pop can get expensive.

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 14

I’ll do you mates rates. £3k and I’ll hand deliver it to you in Glasgow next week

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 10

Relax, he left on time and is ready. Left me with a record so I can have my own listening party later.

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 10

Waiting for the @allodarlin.bsky.social listening party? Label boss @fikarecordings.com is in the pub so may be an unreliable commentator. Trust in Mike @slumberlandrecords.com for words of wisdom tonight

Ben @didnotchart.bsky.social · Jul 4

Subway Sect promo poster for Nobody’s Scared from the John Peel collection now at auction tinyurl.com/5bjnuz87