BOB - Toppermost I came to love British indie heroes BOB through the sound of a Peel Session played against the metronomic background of the second hand on my Argos alarm clock. After a while I stopped noticing the ti...

Here’s something I wrote for @toppermost.bsky.social a while back. In fact, 10 years ago 😯

www.toppermost.co.uk/bob/

ICYMI ... this fabulous assessment of the music of British jazz great Mike Westbrook (1936-2026)

Ian Penman · I’m just a sound: Back to the Beach Boys To an extent rivalled only by the Beatles, the Beach Boys have become the tales told about them, the ever expanding...

A fabulous piece by Ian Penman in the @lrb.co.uk on the transcendent genius that was the music of Brian Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

MIKE WESTBROOK I wasted most of Sunday afternoon attempting to write an obituary for Mike Westbrook but quickly tired myself out, or was tired out by t...

Some words on Mike Westbrook:
warmrationalism.blogspot.com/2026/04/mike...

The Strange World Of... Spacemen 3 | The Quietus Ten points of entry to the medicated, transcendent minimal haze of Spacemen 3 with deep playlist for subscribers

The Quietus have a chunky item out today on Spacemen 3

thequietus.com/interviews/s...

The Nice - Five Bridges album cover

NEW post: The Five Bridges Suite ... "5-part composition originally commissioned for the Newcastle Arts Festival, a blend of classical and rock with jazz leanings, the whole thing is the Nice in microcosm really"

@handronicus.bsky.social picks his #TheNice top 10

www.toppermost.co.uk/nice-the/

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack album cover

NEW post:  The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack - "The title track and first single from the debut album. My favourite version is the longer performance on the ‘Autumn 67-Spring 68’ compilation"

@handronicus.bsky.social picks 10 top tracks from #TheNice

www.toppermost.co.uk/nice-the/

Fab article, great work, @handronicus.bsky.social!

The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack album cover image

NEW post:  The Nice … "When these great musicians were in full flight they were simply breathtaking"

@handronicus.bsky.social picks 10 top tracks from #TheNice … #KeithEmerson #LeeJackson #BrianDavison #DavidOlist

www.toppermost.co.uk/nice-the/

Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (1968) YouTube video by Pedro8190

RIP Patrick Campbell-Lyons. Carrying a copy of All Of Us nearly got me beat up by skinheads on Stevenage station in 1971 but that wasn't your fault. Rainbow Chaser was my gateway drug to everything. All dressed up and laughing loud. Rest in phasing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcf1...

Whispering Jack album cover

NEW post: John Farnham's 12th studio album in 1986 - Whispering Jack - the highest-selling Australian album ever …

@dlew919.bsky.social picks his top 10 #JohnFarnham tracks

www.toppermost.co.uk/farnham-john/

John Farnham photo by Jimmy Pozarik

NEW post: John Farnham … "the quintessential Aussie battler who conquered ... talent plus grit equals legend, he’s not just a singer he’s the voice."

@dlew919.bsky.social picks his top 10 #JohnFarnham tracks (photo Jimmy Pozarik)

www.toppermost.co.uk/farnham-john/

- Tony Rivers - The Strange Brew Tony Rivers is the singer Cliff Richard called ‘The Miracle Man of Harmonies’ and in this podcast Tony

Farewell to Tony Rivers, the singer Cliff Richard called ‘The Miracle Man of Harmonies.’ In this 2019 podcast Tony talked about his pivotal role as the go-to British harmony singer of the last 60 years thestrangebrew.co.uk/tony-rivers/

NEW post: "From his 2nd album 'Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night' the closing track - (In The) Black Room/The Tower - is just a Gothic tour de force, one of the best things he ever did."

@handronicus.bsky.social picks 10 tracks by #PeterHammill …

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

Nadir’s Big Chance album cover

NEW post: "The first Peter Hammill album I came across was 'Nadir’s Big Chance', while it's all great, no doubt which song absolutely stood out, Been Alone So Long spoke very loudly to this 19-year-old"

@handronicus.bsky.social picks 10 top #PeterHammill tracks

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

En zijn er dan ook nog PH-fans in de zaal?

The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage album cover

NEW post: Peter Hammill … "There’s so much in his catalogue but these selections represent that period when I was most intensely interested in his work."

@handronicus.bsky.social pick 10 tracks from the ‘solo’ albums of #PeterHammill … #VanderGraafGenerator

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

Come along and watch me play a gig, with my old band mate Jacques Cachecarte also doing a set as Old Strings.

On Track: The Doors - Tony Thompson Writer

now reading: On Track: The Doors
by Tony Thompson

www.tonythompson.com.au/on-track-the...

Brilliant! We sure missed that one. Thanks!

Mr McKilowatts Dances album cover

NEW post: Judge Smith (founder member #VanderGraafGenerator) – “this terribly English musical artist is engaging, silly, inventive, odd, clever, unique. Can't think of a comparison anywhere in the British music scene.”

We pick a (Chris) Judge Smith top 10 …

www.toppermost.co.uk/smith-judge/

Annie Dressner photo

Toppermost recommends:

The new single Dumb Boy by @anniedressner.bsky.social - further details + video on our home page - an anthem for all who have ever had to deal with someone who’s messed them around...

“Annie is a breath of fresh air. LOVE HER WORK!” – Marc Riley

www.toppermost.co.uk

The Lucy Story - unreleased & rare tracks from Lucy Kaplansky

The Lucy Story - unreleased & rare tracks from Lucy Kaplansky

NEW Post ...

Lucy Kaplansky - a top 10 from @pangurdubh3.bsky.social

"THE LUCY STORY" - unreleased & rare tracks, 1976-2023 (only available at the artist's website)

"Utterly beautiful & affecting, Lucy sings songs from her life that have resonance in ours"

www.toppermost.co.uk/kaplansky-lu...

Thanks for this Chris and both are in Andrew's 10.

The Red Thread album cover- Lucy Kaplansky

NEW post: Lucy Kaplansky - “literate, intelligent, finely crafted melodic folk/country music - a songwriter of a very high calibre”

@pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks 10 tracks from the albums of @lucykaplansky.bsky.social

www.toppermost.co.uk/kaplansky-lu...

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!