Here is the Mayhem chart for June 2025, rather late (just like last month) I know, but better late than never right? Regular readers know the chart is based on my streaming listening habits. These are gathered over the last month by obscurify.com. My taste in music remains 99% more obscure than the rest of the UK! The chart remains contemporary-ish (but if a classic artist releases something new they might feature in the chart). However, last month’s top three “Legacy” artists were David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and Johnny Nash. Obscurify also suggests the most obscure artists I have listened to for March and they are Liz Davinci, Dead Rat Society and Kindelan. Bowie, Dead Rat Society and Kindelan have retained their positions from last month. Kindelan also appears in this months song chart with “Cigarettes”.
Party Nails the top artist for June. Bruce Springsteen and Getdown Services are the only two acts that remain in the artist chart from last month. Two artists appear both in the artist and the song chart, they are Party Nails, number one in the artist chart and number two in the song chart with “Same Old Song”. The second is Molly Rymer number eight in the artist chart and number three in the song chart with “Say The Same (Acoustic)”. HerOrangeCoat makes it to the top of the song chart with “Daytime TV”. 60% of the artist chart is female and the song chart is 100% female! So without further ado here are those charts in full! Click on the Spotify link below to listen to the famous (or infamous) five! Twenty one minutes of great music!
Mayhem Artist Chart June 2025
1 Party Nails 2 Bruce Springsteen 3 Valerie June 4 Kate Nash 5 Lorde 6 Little Simz 7 Getdown Services 8 Molly Rymer 9 Pulp 10 Tropical Fuck Storm
Mayhem Song Chart June 2025
1 Daytime TV – HerOrangeCoat 2 Same Old Song – Party Nails 3 Say The Same (Acoustic) – Molly Rymer 4 Fell In Love With Godx (She Was Really Fit) – Peach|Melba 5 Cigarettes – Kindelan
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A couple of weeks ago you will have read all about Mayhem’s Top 20 albums of 2024. Well here are our top 10 songs of 2024. What were your favourite songs this year? Some of these artists also featured in the top 20 albums list too.
1 Life’s A Fucking Miracle – James 2 Maverick – Delilah Bon 3 My Drummer’s Girlfriend – ALT BLK ERA 4 Two Years This May – Molly Rymer 5 Ipecac – Cassyette 6 Millions Of Heartbeats – Kate Nash 7 I Really Fucked It Up – girli 8 Best Junkie You Adore – Jazmin Bean 9 Age Of Stupid – Jellybricks 10 Collateral Damage – Avalanche Party
I began my With Just A Hint Of Mayhem journey in 2009. At that time, I had no idea about the future. I never expected that one day I may be writing about what is essentially a porn site. I am talking of OnlyFans. This site was created back in 2016. It was initially a social network. The purpose was to serve as a meeting point between fashion influencers and followers. Its creator, Tim Stokely (a Brit), initially conceived it as a premium content platform. Users paid to see the publications of their celebrity idols. It has grown into a, mostly, soft porn site. It caters to some fetishes and tends to focus where possible on celebrities. However, plenty of ordinary people seem to make money from it. It took off hugely during the COVID-19 pandemic. I can state categorically that I do not have an OnlyFans account and nor am I ever likely to. Not because I have high morals but because no one wants to see a fat old white blokes body. Recently, Lily Allen mentioned that she earns significantly more money selling pictures of her feet on OnlyFans. This income surpasses what she makes on streaming services like Spotify. Check out the screenshot below for more detail and click here to read Drowned In Sound’s’ take on the story.
Since then, Kate Nash has set up an OnlyFans account. This highlights the predicament many artists find themselves in. Nash has said this about her ‘Butts For Tour Buses’ campaign on OnlyFans. “I think it’s bit of a punk protest as a woman to take control of my body and sell it to be able to fund my passion project, which is actually my 18-year career. I want to highlight that, and I want people to talk about it, and I want people to know the truth about what what’s happening in the music business. The only way I could find to make a profit on the tour – you’re either going, hopefully I sell enough T-shirts to cover the debt, or you cut people’s wages, or you fire band and crew, or you travel dangerously. So that leaves me in a position where I’m not profiting from tours. So is this a job, or is it a passion project?” She later said that it was “an important time for women to take control and to feel empowered” The pictures of her derriere that she has posted on OnlyFans so far are revealing but a long way from being explicit. She has also said of the pictures that “I think the arse is the perfect combination of comedy and sexuality” and “I actually like bums. I think they’re just quite great. I think it’s funny. I enjoy taking pictures of my bum. Always been a bit of a flasher. So I’m going to enjoy doing it, and I’m already putting it online anyway.” She has stated that she expects to make more money from her backside than her music, particularly in the short term. Kate has called this protest “as punk as fuck” and I completely agree with her.
Is this right? no of course it isn’t. The music industry needs to wake up and stop being so fucking greedy. It shouldn’t be all about the money for entertainment corporations, but sadly it is. What happened to nurturing artists, supporting them and the grass roots music venues while you are at it! So many talented and upcoming artists are affected by shabby and arrogant treatment by the industry. Remember Little Simz’s lyric from her song ‘Angel’? “They don’t care if your mental is on the brink of somethin’ dark/ As long as you’re cuttin’ somebody’s payslip/ And sendin’ their kids to private school in a spaceship”. That was a sharp and brutal remark directed at music industry executives. Many of them know nothing about music, but they know a lot about ‘product’. What will it take for the industry to change? Sadly, it is likely to take a lot more than Lily Allen’s feet. Even Kate Nash’s arse won’t be enough to change everything, but it is a start. I hope it doesn’t happen, but I can see a distant future where new music never happens. What good will come of that? Well at least the corporations and the misogynist fat cats that ran them will no longer exist. I can’t imagine a life without music so we need to act, and act fast! What can we do? Here are a few thoughts from me, feel free to let me have your views.
• Spread the knowledge of how badly artists are treated and rewarded by streaming companies. • Boycott artists who don’t share a part of their ticket price to organisations like the Music Venues Trust. • Reduce your usage of streaming services. Alternatively, stop using them entirely. • Use Bandcamp more • Buy more artist merch and physical product. • Support your local music scene and grass roots venues • Never buy ridiculously overpriced tickets. Oasis and many festivals for example. • Never use Viagogo or their dark brotherhood of ticket exchange companies • Contact your MP and tell them to speak up for artists
Can we really already be on day 4 of Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas. Regular readers will know that this year, once again, the theme is the classic cumulative song “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”. What gift was presented on the fourth day of Christmas? It was of course Four Calling Birds. Todays song is another rather tenuously linked tune, “Birds” by the abundantly talented Kate Nash. The song is the fifth track from her first album ‘Made Of Bricks’ from 2007. There was one non album single released beforehand called “Caroline’s a Victim”. It was released as a limited 7″ single, double A-Side with “Birds” on Moshi Moshi Records before her biggest hit to date “Foundations”.
There will be a playlist of all twelve songs when we get to the final one? What do you think tomorrows song will be?
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Here it is, we are finally ready to reveal part 2 Mayhem’s Top 20 Albums Of 2024. Yes this is the top ten! Who is number one? Read on to find out. Have any of your favourite albums made the Mayhem cut? It was very close at the top with Mr. Cave just scraping it Check out the list below and feel free to let me know what you think via comments, socials or email. You will find a Spotify playlist below which contains one track from each album that made the top 20. If you would like to check out positions 11 to 20 click here!
1 Wild God – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – How does this man produce so many masterpieces? 2 Evil Hate Filled Female – Delilah Bon – No sophomore slump from Delilah, this is magnificent 3 9 Sad Symphonies – Kate Nash – One of the most beautifully sounding albums of 2024 4 Wake Up, Shut Up, Work – Millie Manders and the Shutup – Millie is not afraid to open her heart 5 Hot Singles In Your Area – Scene Queen – This album made me smile from start to finish 6 Yummy – James – This is one of their best and they have been around for ages 7 Songs Of A lost World – The Cure – I have never been a huge fan of the Cure, but this is sublime 8 BRAT – Charli XCX – BRAT ruled the world for a bit this year, and rightly so, this is damned good 9 The Mess We seem To Make – Crawlers – A stunning record 10 Traumatic Livelihood – Jazmin Bean – Weird, wonderful and everything in between
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Sometimes it is hard to shake off a great earworm of a song even if that song drops regular F-bombs and other profanities. Well, it certainly is hard for me at times, particularly with the first ten songs to appear in the new Mayhem’s Parental Advisory Playlist (The Tipper Gore Mix). Let me know if any songs like this get you singing along, although maybe not in the vicinity of your Nan! Click here to check it out!
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Here is the Mayhem chart for July 2024. Regular and constant readers know that the chart is based on my Spotify listening habits over the last month gathered by obscurify.com. Apparently, my tastes have fallen to 95% more obscure than the rest of the UK! A drop of 1% from last month. Blimey am I becoming mainstream? The chart remains contemporary-ish (but if a classic artist releases something new they might feature in the chart). However, the top three “Legacy” artists for last month were David Bowie, Elton John, and Alice Cooper. Obscurify also suggests the most obscure artists I have listened to and for July those were PERCY, WREX, and Tercelvoice. There is a top ten artists chart and a top 5 songs chart. There is the usual eclectic mix of artists, including three that were in the top ten last month, Kate Nash, Scene Queen, and Delilah Bon! Delilah has been in the artist charts for eight consecutive months. The only artist to appear in both lists for July is Kate Nash. Female artists and female-fronted bands make up 50% of the artist chart! The number one song is “Everyone Is A C*nt Except Me by Judy Raindrop (actually Judy doesn’t exist, the song was put together by those wonderful and funny people at Laughter Tracks). So without further ado here are those charts in full! Click here for the Spotify song playlist.
Mayhem Artist Chart July 2024
1 Eminem 2 Kate Nash 3 Eels 4 WREX 5 Tercelvoice 6 Bridge City Sinners 7 Millie Manders and the Shutup 8 Childish Gambino 9 Delilah Bon 10 Scene Queen
Mayhem Song Chart July 2024
1 Everyone Is A C*nt Except Me – Judy Raindrop (Laughter Tracks) 2 Collateral Damage – Avalanche Party 3 Typical Fantasy – Pennine Suite 4 So Naïve – Fever Dreams 5 Wasteman – Kate Nash
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Here is the Mayhem chart for June 2024, albeit a tad late. Regular and constant readers know that the chart is based on my Spotify listening habits over the last month gathered by obscurify.com. Apparently, my tastes have fallen to 96% more obscure than the rest of the UK! A drop of 2% from last month. The chart remains contemporary-ish (but if a classic artist releases something new they might feature in the chart). However, the top three “Legacy” artists for last month are David Bowie, Sparks, and R.E.M. Obscurify also suggests the most obscure artists I have listened to and for June those were Hawksley Workman, Jenny Don’t And The Spurs, and The German Art Students. There is a top ten artists chart and a top 5 songs chart. There is the usual eclectic mix of artists, including three that were in the top ten last month, Taylor Swift, Paul Weller, and Delilah Bon! Delilah is one of only two artists to feature in the artist chart and the song chart for June, with her current single “The Internet” making it to the top of the song chart and May’s number one “Evil, Hate Filled Female” falling to number 5. Delilah has been in the artist charts for seven consecutive months. The other artist to appear in both lists for June is Kate Nash, who also tops the artist chart. Female artists make up 50% of the artist chart and 80% of the song chart! So without further ado here are those charts in full! Click on the header of the song chart for the playlist on Spotify.
Mayhem Artist Chart June 2024
1 Kate Nash 2 James 3 Charli XCX 4 Scene Queen 5 The Streets 6 Delilah Bon 7 John Grant 8 Me First And The Gimme Gimmes 9 Paul Weller 10 Taylor Swift
1 The Internet – Delilah Bon 2 My Drummer’s Girlfriend – ALT BLK ERA 3 Millions Of Heartbeats – Kate Nash 4 No Calories In Cocaine – The Howl and the Hum 5 Evil, Hate Filled Female – Delilah Bon
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Here is the Mayhem chart for May 2024. Regular and constant readers know that the chart is based on my Spotify listening habits over the last month gathered together by obscurify.com. Apparently, my tastes are 98% more obscure than the rest of the UK! A drop of 1% from last month. The chart remains contemporary-ish (but if a classic artist releases something new they might feature in the chart). However, the top three “Legacy” artists are Johnny Nash, Stevie Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen. Obscurify also suggests the most obscure artists I have listened to and for May those are PERCY, The Apocalypse Disco, and Joe Solo. There is a top ten artists chart and a top 5 songs chart. There is the usual eclectic mix of artists, including two that were in the top ten last month, Frank Turner, and Delilah Bon! Delilah is the only artist to feature in the artist chart and the song chart for May, with her current single “Evil, Hate Filled Female” making it to the top of the song chart. Delilah Bon has been in the artist charts for six consecutive months. Meanwhile, a rather big artist hits the top of the artist charts. Yes, Taylor Swift has finally topped the only chart that matters! To honour that achievement she is also included in this month’s playlist! Incidentally, the longest artist name ever to reach the Mayhem Artist Chart is Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan, they are at number six! So without further ado here are those charts in full! Click on the header of the song chart for the playlist on Spotify.
MAYHEM ARTIST CHART MAY 2024
1 Taylor Swift 2 Percy 3 Paul Weller 4 Richard Hawley 5 Billie Eilish 6 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan 7 Yard Act 8 Frank Turner 9 Dea Matrona 10 Delilah Bon
1 Evil, Hate Filled Female – Delilah Bon 2 Debris – Skanger 3 Come Alive – Francesca Faye 4 Here Right Now – Jessica Wilde 5 My Bile – Kate Nash
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Kate Nash really is a wonderful human being, I met her once when she had one of my favourite bands the Tuts, who are sadly no longer together. Kate struck me then as a human with integrity, empathy, and a stack of talent. Her new single, “Wasteman” proves that she still has all three. It is a song that is typically Kate Nash and I mean that in a good way, there aren’t many people like her. It is a rolling kind of tune that shares anger, finding oneself, and ultimately realisation and redemption. The realisation part of the lyric is sublime “Took me some time to see, You’re actually shady. You fucking take the piss. I must have been crazy”. The lyrics are simple, to the point, and bloody good. With a chorus hook as good as “I’m not about it, I’m on my own shit” this song should be a huge hit, and although it probably will be big, it won’t sadly, be played on mainstream radio. “Wasteman” hangs around in your head long after the first listen and the video, starring British icon Danny Dyer is rather ace. It also stars the obscenely talented Gaby Diaz and an appearance by Danny’s daughter Sunnie. Check out the video below and get this tune in your life! The world needs Kate Nash!
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