Don't (Don't) Stop Indie Pop!
by 
Jimmy Dread 
UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE TWEE-EST POP PICKS FROM 2014
A true labour of love, and a very personal selection of 86 (!!!) jingly-jangly, indie-schmindy and totally tweerific records (with a couple of essential compys thrown in) to make your heart go boooooooooooom. From Rough Trade to Postcard to Sarah to Subway to K to Damaged Goods to Fantastic Plastic to Elefant to Fortuna Pop! to Matinee to Slumberland, I've adored indie pop pretty much since The Smiths entered my life. Even when my love showed signs of flagging a little during the Br(sh)itpop years, it was soon rekindled after my mate Paul made me a cassette with the immortal 'Bobby Gillespie is a Virgin' on it. Nods to him, Jamie, twee.net, the Skatterbrain blog, my gig buddy Anna, HDIFTBL club nights, Twee as Fuck, countless indie-pop compys and of course a certain BEA member who shall remain famous. Hopefully if you're into this kinda thing you'll find something you've never heard before to fall in love with. Oh, and if anyone's around Brixton/Oxford Street and fancies a twee-rific night out, drop me a line and let's dance our legs down to the knees... Jimmy, December 2013.
- Chart updated: 01/07/2015 15:45
- (Created: 01/18/2013 00:17).
- Chart size: 86 albums.
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Don't (Don't) Stop Indie Pop! composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 19 | 22% | |
| 2000s | 29 | 34% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Happy Couple | 1 | 1% | |
| This Poison! | 1 | 1% | |
| Marine Girls | 1 | 1% | |
| The Darling Buds | 1 | 1% | |
| Golden Grrls | 1 | 1% | |
| The Pastels | 1 | 1% | |
| Close Lobsters | 1 | 1% | |
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14 | 16% | |
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Don't (Don't) Stop Indie Pop! chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 33 from 56th to 23rdThe House Of Love by The House Of Love |
| Up 28 from 40th to 12thCross Paths by The Motifs |
| Up 26 from 82nd to 56thBostin' Steve Austin by We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It |
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| Down 50 from 19th to 69thDress Up by The Spook School |
| Down 46 from 35th to 81stIn Our Space Hero Suits by Those Dancing Days |
| Down 31 from 18th to 49thHeavenly Vs. Satan by Heavenly (UK) |
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| Intro Bonito by Kero Kero Bonito |
| A Country Life by Ginnels |
| Into The Woods by The Happy Couple |
| Leavers |
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| Go With Me by Seapony |
| Dream On by Celestial |
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| 07/12/2018 20:40 |  Hayden | 32 | 100/100 | |
| 07/12/2016 07:40 |  LadyGodiva | 96 | 97/100 | |
| 04/27/2015 20:04 |  Patman360 | 73 | 100/100 | |
| 03/05/2015 06:01 |  Pavement415 | 55 | 91/100 | |
| 12/01/2014 23:21 | newjlp | 96 | 81/100 |
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From LadyGodiva 07/12/2016 07:43 | #171152
LadyGodiva 07/12/2016 07:43 | #171152
My musical soul mate and brother in twee across the sea... Cherryade and smarties for breakfast... Bestest chart EVA! xx
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SuedeSwede 02/05/2015 22:53 | #134070
SuedeSwede 02/05/2015 22:53 | #134070
Fuck me, you're twee (doo doo doo doo)
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From newjlp 12/01/2014 23:40 | #128454
Great chart! Thanks for introducing me to Fitness Forever and Popguns.
Saw your comment above about MancSoulSister - those were some of the first charts I looked at when I joined BEA - but sadly they disappeared about 2 weeks later.
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Captain_Dude 07/17/2014 07:04 | #116925
Captain_Dude 07/17/2014 07:04 | #116925
Great chart coverage of a very interesting niche! Thanks!
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From Jimmy Dread 03/25/2014 23:06 | #107528
Jimmy Dread 03/25/2014 23:06 | #107528
Cheers Suzy...! The BEA member in question is the one and only MancSoulSister, aka Magenta. She was (and still is) my sister in twee from over the sea, but alas she's moved to sunnier climbs and away from the good ship BEA. Her charts have all be taken off the site (by her I think), but she had an exquisite taste, a big love of The Cramps and told wondrous tales about gigs she'd seen and music she'd encountered along the way. Shame you can't see her charts - you'd have got on like a house on fire...
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GeevyDallas 02/21/2013 18:28 | #65747
GeevyDallas 02/21/2013 18:28 | #65747
This makes me hard,gonna try and listen to everything I aint heard in the next month or so.
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