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Country Joe & The Fish - Toppermost Country Joe & The Fish emerged in 1965 from two groups that Joe had formed: The Berkeley String Quartet and the Instant Action Jug Band. The back story is fascinating, Joe being one of the very few mu...

The Country Joe & The Fish Toppermost- RIP Joe and thank you for your utterly unique, mind blowing music ... www.toppermost.co.uk/country-joe-...

Unquestionably unarguably one of the greats RIP Joe and give me an F

2000 Great Songs #1261: Jenny Ondioline Music-obsessed retired lawyer, sharing a few thoughts on some choice cuts from my obscenely oversized music collection each day.

2000 Great Songs #1261: Jenny Ondioline. Blazing hot Stereolab jam takes droning Krautrock & shoegaze and perks it up with shimmering, exuberant electropop. Crank it up and feel it crawl up and down your spine!

Looks great. We have an impassioned post on Michael Marra by a fellow Dundonian at the site.

Various Artists - The Tree etc… (1991).
A rather fine snapshot of the Glasgow music scene of the time all for a good cause. Standouts are the Blue Nile b-side, Love & Money and Hue & Cry’s version of Mother Glasgow, which was written my Mick Marra who was from Dundee

Book cover of David Toop's "Two-Headed Doctor"

This week's Book Choice:

Tony Thompson (author of The Doors On Track) reviews Two-Headed Doctor: Listening To Ghosts in Dr John’s Gris-Gris

"Much more than a book about the making of an album ... this is the most satisfying book on music I’ve read in years."

Full review at
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Trypnotyx album cover

NEW post: "The ‘Trypnotyx’ album (from Wooten, Chambers, Franceschini) embraces modern funk with distorted bass, electronic textures, punchy drums. It’s dancefloor-ready!"

@dlew919.bsky.social picks his 10 best #jazzfunk tracks from #VictorWooten

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Victor Wooten Yin-yang album cover

NEW post: Victor Wooten … "his solo output truly reveals his genius, blending funk, jazz, soul and spiritual depth - dive in and rethink what a #bassguitar can do"

@dlew919.bsky.social picks 10 top #VictorWooten #jazzfunk tracks

www.toppermost.co.uk/wooten-victor/

Heavy friends (as they used to say)

From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career

From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal New Book and book tour

Guest blog on milestones that happened later in life, as well as "punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal" - the themes of my new book. www.advantagesofage.com/p/atypical-g...

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross YouTube video by TOP 40 1973

English record producer Mike Vernon has died at 81. He was one of the top producers of British blues, helming albums by artists such as Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall. He even produced David Bowie’s s/t debut LP. 1968 song “Albatross” by Fleetwood Mac. #RIPMikeVernon m.youtube.com/watch?v=E7an...

The Afghan Whigs - Toppermost Cutting through the torpor of post-Nirvana grunge ... powered by Greg Dulli, the Afghan Whigs charged headlong through the 90s, burning bright, and without apology, and there was no way it could last.

The Afghan Whigs Toppermost from @waj.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/afghan-whigs...

Mudhoney - Toppermost Mudhoney's time line begins in 1980 when teenaged Mark Arm formed the band Mr. Epp and the Calculations with high-school friends from the Seattle suburb of Bellevue...

The Mudhoney Toppermost from @sequinworld.bsky.social ... www.toppermost.co.uk/mudhoney/

Teenage Fanclub - Toppermost The Songs From Northern Britain period could be seen as the high point in their career - a top twenty single, a well-regarded album - but it was only because the world had turned towards Teenage Fancl...

The Teenage Fanclub Toppermost from @durutti74.bsky.social and @riverboatcapt.bsky.social www.toppermost.co.uk/teenage-fanc...

We’re huge fans of Honeybus and Pete Dello here so we were so sad to hear the news of his recent passing…Thank you for the magic Pete and thanks to the wonderful @hankypankyrecords.bsky.social for making such beautiful music available with such love and passion 🙏❤️

A great @toppermost.bsky.social

Cedar Room is an all time favourite of mine

My first piece for @toppermost.bsky.social - an overview of Doves in 10 songs. They've created some great music and never been afraid to share their feelings over the past 25 years. If you're a big fan or new to them I hope you'll find something here.

Doves The Last Broadcast album cover

NEW post:

“A lot of Doves songs are about trying to be grounded in a world that’s speeding past, where people and places are left behind or out of reach.”

@chrisbutcher.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of #Doves

www.toppermost.co.uk/doves/

Haven't thought about Doves in years. First heard them in one of those magical late night radio moments, was walking home from the uni all-night library in the dark and The Cedar Room came on. It's an all-timer

Doves Lost Souls album cover

NEW post:

“The Cedar Room from the first album ‘Lost Souls’ is perhaps their best song of all”

@chrisbutcher.bsky.social picks his top 10 #Doves

www.toppermost.co.uk/doves/

Doves Some Cities album cover

NEW post:  Doves … "a quarter of a century of epic landscapes and introspection, pounding beats and soul-searching questions"

@chrisbutcher.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of #Doves

www.toppermost.co.uk/doves/

What does Brit Funk mean to you? I’m writing a piece on this often forgotten genre. All quick reflections, memories and thoughts gratefully received.

🔴 Random Access Memory 5

LISTEN🎧: www.mixcloud.com/Contraflow/r...

#playlist #mixcloud #oldies

#NowReading Mixing Pop And Politics: A Marxist History Of Popular Music by Toby Manning. Can't say I absolutely go along with all of it so far - some of his musical examples are completely wrongheaded - but his analysis of Elvis' "Hound Dog" really is top-notch music writing.

The Secret Public by Jon Savage Book cover

This week's Book Choice:

@mikepress.bsky.social reviews “The Secret Public: A Queer History of Pop” by @jonsavage.bsky.social

"A masterclass in writing about music ... pulling the reader into stories of queer creativity that pulse with life."

Full review at:
www.toppermost.co.uk

Peter Case UK tour poster

NEW post: The songs of Peter Case ... a top 10 selected by @pangurdubh3.bsky.social

Peter is currently on tour in the UK - Leeds, Newcastle, Stockport, Glasgow, Bristol etc.

www.toppermost.co.uk/case-peter/

Peter Case The Case Files album cover

NEW post: "Peter Case (ex-The Nerves, The Plimsouls) is deserving of his place among the finest songwriters of recent times."

@pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of #PeterCase who is currently on tour in the UK with @sidthesquid.bsky.social

www.toppermost.co.uk/case-peter/

Tonight Peter Case and Sid Griffin had a great, great, great gig at @TheJerichoTav in Oxford. Tonight we’ve sold out Birmingham but Hebden Bridge not sold out yet m. Tickets available via sidgriffin.com/tour-dates/ And we have our newest albums for sale at the gigs! Just sayin’…

Split Enz - Poor Boy (1980) YouTube video by dubtropic

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Split Enz - Poor Boy 💔🩵

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