jim’s twenty-one

A humdinger of a review for 'Nadine' at @popintherealworld.bsky.social. Absolutely spot on, eloquent and passionate. A big thanks to Chris for setting it all out, arguably better than we could do ourselves.

What a great write-up... thank you very much, Jonathan. It was a deliberate choice to go instrumental specifically to allow some breathing space for the imagination... Glad it evoked some cinematic imagery for you. It'll soon be time for more Slow Country adventures...

The time of year when I realise there are so many great records I haven’t yet listened to. Thank goodness for @rosyoverdrive.com

Still waiting for the Japan tour dates 😉

This is a favourite of mine @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social

UK folk, there’s a re-run at 2pm Saturday your time if you’re free. One of the things about putting this album out has been hearing all this great music in whose company we loiter. Rewarding and inspiring. Toll! @goldenglades.bsky.social

Herzlichen Dank, Sandra! This is the bee’s knees — not just one, but two jims songs including a global first (I think) for ‘Out of Reach’. We hadn’t thought of it sounding vaguely like @theloftuk.bsky.social, but it was written in 1986, our second song I think. Anyway, the whole show is great…

Loved this playlist from @aishamcnamara.bsky.social and was really struck by the gorgeous vocal on 'Always' by @swissportrait.bsky.social 🎶

when's day zablast - Volume, Contrast, Brilliance - 2025-12-10 Featured Concrete Blonde, The Rheostatics (feat. Tanya Tagaq), Papernut Cambridge, Slow Train Still, The Rosslyns, Southpacific, The NoMen, High Vis.

Great to see @therosslyns.bsky.social get a spin on @ckcufm.bsky.social this afternoon 👌👍👏

cod.ckcufm.com/programs/134...

Fine way to round out an impressive year, Mat, I think I did pick up a welcome smidgeon of Peter Buck in there.

Spare Year (single), by Goodbye Wudaokou 2 track album

Hi friends, ending 2025 with the final Goodbye Wudaokou release for a while. Spare Year is a chiming, wistful, wintry affair, gently arranged w faint hints of jangly Americana:
#musicsky #diysky #lofi #janglepop #americana #winter #manchester #indiepop

goodbyewudaokou.bandcamp.com/album/spare-...

Lush excellence... A belter of a single, a classic A and B side pairing.

Available tomorrow from Bandcamp. The new single 'We Could Fall Apart' with additional instrumental 'Always In The Wrong Place'.
Released to celebrate two years of SHOPFIRES ✨️

A pal in the band I was in at school had a Copicat - mesmerising at the time and probably still would be now.

You got the Cleveland bases covered for us, Ed, we appreciate.

That’s a record and a half, Jason.

Thanks, Ed, much appreciated, and honoured to be in such great company. Some brilliant music in there.

my WRUW playlist with @magicfig.bsky.social @sydneysprague.bsky.social @lapecheband.bsky.social @kayhanley.bsky.social @bonesshredder.bsky.social @weakenedfriends.bsky.social @ratboysband.bsky.social @hihatchie.bsky.social @jimstwentyone.bsky.social @illuminatihotties.bsky.social + more!

Thanks for the play, Matt, much appreciated. And thanks for introducing me to a bunch of stuff I never heard before, always interesting.

This is insane validation from someone who's released our most-listened to record of 2025!

As for our CD: it's a curate's egg and I can take or leave half of it, but it was all from the heart & I'm really very fond of most of the rest

Thank you 💛

None needed 😉

An arresting cover image, Neil, do we know this lad?

Well this has absolutely made our week 😺

Occult Character Naive anti-folk electro-punk. "apocalyptic amateurism" - Graham Duff, GRAHAM DUFF'S MIXTAPE "...sounds like nothing much else out there in music land these days." - Bob Osborne, DIFFERENT NOISES "M...

If it's still Bandcamp Friday where you are, you should buy the Occult Character and/or Legless Crabs discography for yourself or a loved one you secretly hate:

occultcharacter.bandcamp.com/music

theleglesscrabs.bandcamp.com/music

If it's not Bandcamp Friday, you should still buy them.

Thanks very much, Matt, hope you enjoy rest of the album…

You’re onto something there, Mat.

Nadine, by Jim's Twenty-one 18 track album

On Bandcamp Friday, ‘I Want To’ is one of the most direct songs on debut album ‘Nadine’: ‘Sick of hearing empty tales of who did what to whom, I want to and I want you’. This from a Mornington Crescent session, might have been a mini-album in another world harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nadine...

Thank you, Mat, just in time for a noisy weekend…

Timely arrival… thanks for your support as always, Neil. As a long-term fan I hope this fits the bill…

A pleasure to contribute in a very small way to impressive new album from @neverthebridle.bsky.social Maybe not the last time we do a vocal collaboration…