G12 #prolapse on Thursday evening at the hare and hounds ran through all their best known tracks, pleased to hear songs from "The Italian Flag" album again. I brought the merch stall as normal

G11 Last weekend Rock City Nottingham had #fitforaking #MemphisMayFire and #acres unfortunately we missed #156/silence which was a shame, really wanted to see them. Such a hot gig 🤟

G10 Went to see jim Bob at the Castle and Falcon a few weeks ago, it's the best set list I've seen Jim perform, new albums sounding great live, heard all my favourites from them. Supported by #interrobang looking forward to their second album arriving after that set #jimbob

G9 Lime garden last night at Rough Trade supported by "Goodbye" it was a lively gig, the crowd were up for a dance, new tunes sounding great #limegarden

G8 Great night at the Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, watching PVA with support from Poison Anna who gave an hypnotic performance #pva #poisionanna

G6 Tuesday night at #Castle&falcon the brilliant #coachparty performed a great set of old and new tracks and stayed to sign everything we asked with support from #lizzieesau and #memedetroit

G5 Monday night #RoughTrade Nottingham, live set from #dreamnails of the new album #youwish then they were kind enough to sign copies, it's a brilliant record

G4 Thousand Yard Stare at Dead Wax Digbeth was a very sweaty gig last night, the crowd were up for it, the band were in great form as usual and it's a great little venue, met a couple of the guys, had a chat and got my vinyl signed
#thousandyardstare #deadwax

G3 Went to see The Beats home town show at @hareandhounds.bsky.social on Friday, that was a sweaty night, an hour and half of skanking can do that. I'm lucky to own the final two albums by Ranking Roger, both signed before his untimely death #thebeat #ska

G2 #independentvenueweek at the #Sunflowerlounge and three great bands, in a brilliant location. Joint headliners #aintband & #thistle. It was a brilliant night, the bands lit up the stage.

G1 #rockawaybeach 16 of the finest bands out there at the moment #y #humour #idlewild #softplay #vokagentle #antonyszmierek #wehateyoupleasedie #gans #lowharness #drycleaning #publicimageltd #swallowtail #chest #themembers #inspiralcarpets #EnglishTeacher

Last weekend was the final of 39 gigs I went to in 2025, what a way to finish watching the #stereomcs

Last night at the O2 Institute were the fantastic Inspiral Carpets playing the classics but also dropping a new track, they have so many brilliant tunes. Great crowd, everyone was so friendly #inspiralcarpets

Saturday night and watched Wolf Alice and #SunflowerBean both bands put on a fantastic show, #wolfalice were playing #theclearing which for me is the best looking #bloodrecords releases this year with the flowers imbedded into the vinyl

Last night at the tin arts centre in Coventry, The Primitives did a hometown show, 40 years of hits, wonderful night with support from The Cords another great group, managed to pick up a signed CD as well #theprimitives #thecords

Went to see #kingblues and #sogood at the #CastleandFalcon in #Brum Friday Night, both bands really put on a great show, first Christmas Song I have heard this year So Goods "Give me my presents"

Watched As Everything Unfolds on Thursday night at the Asylum #brum it was just a band having fun, no records to promote, so they could play tracks that we voted for, 3rd time i've seen them and this was the best yet, supported by #eville who are well worth a listen #aseverythingunfolds

Went to see White Lies at @hmvempire.bsky.social on Sunday to celebrate the bands 7th Album #nightlight, they looked to be having a great time together, I certainly did, a few new songs but some strong favourites to satisfy everyone #whitelies

Went to see #cloth and #zoegraham at #bodega on Wednesday night, both gave wonderful performances and were kind enough to sign some vinyl afterwards for me

Went to see @prolapseband.bsky.social at the International in Leicester, brilliant gig although the problem with playing new songs is you need to memorise the lyrics first. Supported by #thepeopleassembly and the wonderful @glitchmagnet.bsky.social

Went to see @senserband.bsky.social at the Castle and Falcon B'ham on Friday night, sold out gig and no wonder,still a powerful band that got the crowd going, their new album is brilliant, they were supported by @collapsedlung.bsky.social who ripped it up #senser #collapsedlung

Last weekend #futuredays festival in #bham had some amazing acts as per video, standout for me was #honeyglaze #manwomanchainsaw and #ttssfu both #monoxidebrothers and PISS! The show openers tore it up

Managed to catch th da freak and @nojoy.bsky.social at @justdroppedin.bsky.social _ on Sunday, both did blistering sets, really enjoyed it, also managed to get my #bugland album signed

Finally got to see #Rialto and they didn't disappoint, could have listened to Louis singing all night, what a voice. They were supporting the magnificent #Sleeper I've seen them on many occasions, even more since the 2017 #starshaped reunion show

Had a great time @roughtraderecords.bsky.social Nottingham on Monday, watching Coach Party perform their new album "Caramel" which sounded brilliant, good job as I had already brought 5 different versions, also snuck in @bloodrecs.bsky.social 3D design of "Killjoy" to be signed. #coachparty

4th time in as many months i've seen #gans this time at the wonderful just dropped in record store in Coventry. Lads were on top form and nice that they got a chart entry, number 25 in the physical (the only one that really counts) #newmusic

3rd time seeing #gans in the last two months, another night of madness 🤟

Gans paid and performed a free gig in their hometown, Stourbridge Town Hall, for 100 fans on their mailing list, didn't use it to try out new material, although a few off the album were dropped in, they just wanted everyone to have a great time #class #gans

Went to @roughtraderecords.bsky.social in Nottingham to see Panic Shack performing their Number 1 album in the Rock and Official download chart and got to meet the guys for a signing afterwards #panicshack #roughtrade

Wonderful night at the Birmingham Town Hall, in tribute to Black Sabbath Radio WM put on four local bands, Cherrydead, Meatdripper, Gans and Defects, met the lads from Gans on the merch stall straight after their performance, really nice guys, all bands covered one Sabbath track #blacksabbath