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Linktr.ee/TheMartialArts Paul Kelly I collab with / am alumni of Carla J Easton / BMX Bandits / Raveloe / The Primary 5 / TeenCanteen (and I make pop music as THE Martial Arts)

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I have a Molly Nilsson ticket to sell for tonightโ€™s gig at Beech Ave Social Club in Glasgow. If anyone would like to go, it would be a small favour if you bought my single ticket from here. www.seetickets.com/rd/event/mol...
@nightschoolrecords.bsky.social

13.10.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have a Molly Nilsson ticket to sell for tonightโ€™s gig at Beech Ave Social Club in Glasgow. If anyone would like to go, it would be a small favour if you bought my single ticket from here. www.seetickets.com/rd/event/mol...
@nightschoolrecords.bsky.social

13.10.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Student Loan Forgiveness is everyoneโ€™s least favourite Mike Love song

27.09.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've just checked and it looks like we've lost that feature, as the 2nd album is hosted from the label's BC page... sorry!

05.09.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Martial Arts Paul Kelly has been making pop music as The Martial Arts, and releasing it under that name since 2003. The WIAIWYA label are on board.

And as itโ€™s @bandcamp.com Friday, itโ€™s would be a fine day to simply pick up a vinyl copy of our IN THERE LIKE SWIMWEAR album or indeed the entire digital output, for not very much at allโ€ฆ.

themartialarts.bandcamp.com

linktr.ee/themartialarts

05.09.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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this weekโ€™s @indieshopradio.bsky.social show is a bit of a The Martial Arts special! Thank you very much to them, itโ€™s always fine show, donโ€™t you knowโ€ฆ

www.mixcloud.com/indieshop/in...

Show info & playlists at www.indieshop.diagoro.net

05.09.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TMA special show on @indieshopradio.bsky.social!
Most wonderful!

02.09.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'The Jello Fund' paved the way for Andre 3000's current album

18.08.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Missed a trick by not asking Anne Freddo for her opinion

11.08.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

....and live 'turns' from the likes of Sweeney Straddles The Sun, Freya Benteaux, Rowan Hackett, Luna Licious, Bobbo Roberts and more!
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—” ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜… ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/gla...

04.08.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐‹๐€๐’๐“ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐”๐“๐„ ๐“๐Œ๐€ ๐’๐Ž๐‹๐Ž ๐†๐ˆ๐†!
8๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ - ๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜Œ ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜”๐˜Œ๐˜•๐˜›๐˜ก 4 ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Š๐˜’๐˜Œ๐˜›๐˜ก
Yes, tonight, in Glasgow! For those Southsiders who don't mind a bracing walk to The Rum Shack in Glasgow, the seemingly uncancellable Spangled Cabaret remains standing and will be the place to hear some NEW TMA SONGS!

04.08.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐Š๐„ ๐’๐–๐ˆ๐Œ๐–๐„๐€๐‘ is more like a phoenix from the flames, than a salmon swimming upstream" - ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‚ (๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ-๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ)

01.08.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐๐”๐˜ ๐“๐Œ๐€ ๐Ž๐ ๐๐€๐๐ƒ๐‚๐€๐Œ๐ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜:
๐’€๐‘ถ๐‘ผ'๐‘ณ๐‘ณ ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘ถ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘พ.

Not bought anything from the ever-growing TMA catalog? Well, why not do it on St. Bandcamp's day? It's a beautiful thing.

themartialarts.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

01.08.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had this with Funeral For A Friend and Lostprophets. Was easier to notice the difference eventually though

25.07.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nearly sold out

24.07.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ticket update for @darrenhayman.bsky.social + @themartialarts.bsky.social this Sunday!

1 return available for the sold out evening show, and 4 tickets available for the matinee, all from wegottickets.com/fikarecordings if you're quick...

23.07.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Excellent

06.07.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would love to press fast forward and see what kind of hole he's in in five years time

05.07.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hated him since day 1, which would be the unwatchably shit โ€˜Meet Ricky Gervaisโ€™

05.07.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@thebooradleys.bsky.social

04.07.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wiaiwya.bsky.social

04.07.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Single version w/ MASSIVE CROSSFADE removed, therefore ideal for playlists + pleasant times in general.

Feat. guests Sice โ€ช@thebooradleys.bsky.socialโ€ฌ, @carlajeaston.bsky.social, @raveloe.bsky.social
@joemontaguedrums.bsky.social + guitar from Sean Biggerstaff.

Enjoy?
album.link/s/7kFO0DR3Pn...

04.07.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Martial Arts - Exploding Crushing Inevitable
YouTube video by The Martial Arts The Martial Arts - Exploding Crushing Inevitable

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUJe...

04.07.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐„๐—๐๐‹๐Ž๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐‘๐”๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐๐„๐•๐ˆ๐“๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ!
A song that dates all the way back to '07 + was the 3rd single from
๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐— ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ! See below for the video in full.
Shot with thanks to @thegladcafe.bsky.social and Gregor of @howtoswimband.bsky.social who made it.

linktr.ee/themartialarts

04.07.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Neil's killing it isn't he

28.06.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They've stuck up a disclaimer on their website to announce they are actually NOT bigots. Cos that's what every label needs to do, obvz

28.06.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mad that a "fair ethical and balanced" (according to themselves) record label are on there isn't it

28.06.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Three upcoming gigs, kicking off with a matinee and evening show from Darren Hayman at Green Note next month. Last tickets for the matinee available from TicketWeb.
Then we're onto Fortitude Valley at New River Studios, and then Allo Darlin' at EartH Hall.
Ticket links for all in bio.

22.06.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐๐Ž๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐Ž๐–๐ is 1 year old!
โ€œShould have been a number 1โ€ - Simon Shaw
Video & backing vocals by Gregor Barclay
More BVs: Nicola West & Gus Wemyss
Drums: Ben Robb / Mixed: Sam Smith
From the HIT @wiaiwya.bsky.social
ALBUM โ€˜๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐— ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅโ€™!

linktr.ee/themartialarts

02.06.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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July 27th at Green Note Camden:
@darrenhayman.bsky.social performs his 2010 album Essex Arms. Support comes from @themartialarts.bsky.social.
The evening show is sold out, but tickets are still available for the matinee. All ages welcome.
wegottickets.com/fikarecordings

01.06.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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