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Music blog besotted with psych, 80s indie, Ye Ye Girls, Quirky Brit Pop, Scott Walker and a whole load more

London Town
Joined March 2009
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The first ever Popjunkie podcast - let's call it Folkpunkadelia - is now live with inane ramblings, technical issues, but many sublime tunes from @TheLilacTime @mwillsonpiper @nevcottee and others anchor.fm/ashley-norris4/epi…
I played this album every day for the best part of a year. Still sounds incredible IMO
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The fantastic @whytehorses at the RFH live review. Jangle pop, Yé-yé and a brilliant and totally unexpected revival of a forgotten Bee Gees song popjunkielondon.wordpress.co…
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Today's soundtrack. Phenomenal psych album youtube.com/watch?v=SX9aNtg9…
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Worth the cash for the title track alone. First heard on the legendary Perfumed Garden collection
The @CherryRedGroup #psych boxed sets have now hit 1969. Try A Little Sunshine arrived today and is every bit as fab as the 67/68 collections cherryred.co.uk/product/try-…
If you like a bit of Nancy & Lee, Morricone, Love and early Gram, check this interview out
Great interview with @MagicCityTrio by @sayitwithgf The band has made one of the year's best albums sayitwithgarageflowers.com/2…
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Shout out to @papernut_c @theleftoutsides #TaraMilton @vinnypeculiar and @RwHedges whose fantastic albums are dominating my music listening at the moment. Blog post coming v soon youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
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Interview with author @djtaylorwriter about his excellent new novel Rock and Roll is Life. Like a literary Spinal Tap wordpress.com/post/popjunkie…
Very much enjoyed this book, One for @shindigmagazine @MOJOmagazine and anyone who loves music from #rock's golden age teapawt.net/StrongWordsMag/status/…
Really excited to publish a review of @djtaylorwriter fantastic 'Spinal Tap of Fiction' Rock And Roll Is Life, along with a great interview with the author. If you love 60s/70s rock music, you will love this novel strong-words.co.uk/rock-and-…
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Hunters In The Snow by @RwHedges sounds like it should be a classic 1920s US novel. It is rather a fantastic new folky/country pop album. Cheers to @MonkeyPicks for the tip. open.spotify.com/album/5sUkq…
Please have a look at this amazing new project. teapawt.net/Ashley_Norris/status/9…
Love books? Course you do. There's a fantastic new book magazine and website called @StrongWordsMag Please follow on Twitter and check out the website to find out more strong-words.co.uk/
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Return of the native tracks @vinnypeculiar 's move back to his home county of Worcestershire. It also has some corking tunes. Here's his interview with @seanhannam sayitwithgarageflowers.com/2…
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French power pop legend Tommy Lorente talks gallic psych pop, Tom Petty and more popjunkielondon.wordpress.co…
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One of my favourite albums of the year so far from @Alfa9_Official Here they talk Morricone, Byrds and more with @sayitwithgf @seanhannam sayitwithgarageflowers.com/2…
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Loved this. Great listen and fascinating insight on an amazing album teapawt.net/augstone/status/967435…
Introducing The Counterforce Podcast! First episode is up. An interview with Martin Newell about making 'The Greatest Living Englishman' with Andy Partridge & his new indie-musical 'Star Café', + Martin's entertaining thoughts on the state of music today. thecounterforce.net/
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Fellow #psych heads. The unreleased 1969 album from The Choir has hit Spotify, and it is wonderful open.spotify.com/album/1YkbY…
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The wonderful new album from @whytehorses gets a rave review from me popjunkielondon.wordpress.co…
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Pop Junkie retweeted
Available today on CD/Digital from @futuremanrecs, Altered Sweet- A Tribute To Matthew Sweet, featuring our version of "Quiet Her" which can be streamed here @iammatthewsweet #matthewsweet #powerpop futuremanrecords.bandcamp.co…
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