All episodes of the Unsung Podcast can be found below. It's a grand old time.
We return to more navigable territory this week as Chris puts forward Sharon Van Etten’s latest album for inclusion in our discography. Can a record that was released in the same year we review it be called Unsung? All this and more in this week’s episode.
Read MoreIt’s 80s Japanese pop music. There’s not much else to say about it. But we do get a history lesson on the weird genre of city pop and Japanese popular music as whole.
Read MoreWe continue our run of picking intense, sad music by giving old Elliott Smith’s second last album a good once over. We talk about his career, tragic life, deep dive into his discography and then put it to you to decide if Figure 8 is his unsung classic.
Read MoreCool. Interesting. Dynamic. Influential. All of these words have been used to describe Interpol. There have also been other words used to describe them, and they are all said in this episode. Good and bad. Is Interpol’s debut album worthy of a place in our discography though? Well, it depends who you ask…
Read MoreIt all comes down to this. Weaver tells us why he loves this album so much and Chris talks about where this places in fan rankings and much more. Is this their definitive moment? Does it deserve a place in our discography? Listen and vote!
Read MoreHailing from the DIY music hotspot that is Umea, Sweden, Cult of Luna have slowly risen over the years to become of the most influential post-metal bands since Isis. On this episode we cover the band’s history and discography, and get to the bottom of why this band are just so damn good.
Read MoreIn 1993 four men formed a band in Gainesville, Florida and decided to literally sing themselves hoarse every night. The result? Emo tinged punk rock music that has led them to become one of the most influential punk bands. This week we talk about Hot Water Music’s fifth album, ‘Caution’. Is it their classic? Is it even their unsung classic? The debate begins now.
Read MoreThe Knife were a band whose message was always completely synchronized with their music. Whether their politics was catchy, like in their earlier, more electro-pop stuff, or in this, their final, hugely experimental artistic statement. Chris reckons this is their true classic, not just an unsung classic.
Read MoreSo, now you've listened to our run down of left wing music, we get down to the buisness of picking our albums. One punk, one hip hop, one metal. Which is best? Well, you know what to do.
Read MoreCommies! They destroy everything! But do they make good music? Well, this week, in part one of a two part special, we discuss some radical left wing tunes. We also discuss what our mixtape is NOT about…
Read MoreYorkshire is a dark place, and Hood do nothing to dispel that myth with their skittish combination of post-rock, trip hop, electronica and indie. As a band who were indie press darlings at the time of Cold House’s release, they all but seem to have been forgotten. Until today. Weaver explains all.
Read MoreThis week we delve into the crazy funk of Parliament’s, frankly insane, mythology. An acid soaked, psychedelic sci-fi odyssey that takes place over 10 bonkers records. Mothership Connect is the magnum opus, so is it worth inclusion in our discography?
Read MoreSo here we are. The gloves are off. Chris gets torn in to the album whilst also reckoning with his own deep seated disdain for the band. We also ponder how they became so important, and then we put it to you to decide if this record is worthy of inclusion in our discography.
Read MoreOne of our biggest donors came all the way over from Oz to talk about his favourite Biffy Clyro album, The Vertigo of Bliss. In part one Crag explains why he picked this record, we get some cool Biffy stories, we dive deep into the band’s back catalogue and more.
Read MoreIt has come to our attention that we haven’t covered anything in the industrial rock/metal category for a good long time. This week, Chris rectifies that, by bringing one of his favourite albums to the table by a band who we feel might just have been overlooked.
Read MoreAfter our extensive discussion around what “cool” means in our Sonic Youth episode, Weaver decided to see if records by bands once considered “cool” by “hip” publications have stood the test of time. This week we cover the debut album by “witch house” act Salem.
Read MoreWe haven’t tackled a hardcore record in quite some time. So true to form, Mark picks a sincere melodic hardcore album which you either love or hate, by a band whose influence is, in his view, Unsung.
Read MoreEpisode 80. We’re so close to 100 it’s frightening. Anyway, we pick up where the last episode left off by talking about what “cool” is, some of Sonic Youth’s highlights, Rather Ripped and why it should be included in our discography. You can vote in the usual place. Do it.
Read MoreWe return to our regular schedule this week, but swiftly deviate from that schedule as we ended up having an epic chat about Sonic Youth’s music and their place in culture as a whole, all spurned on by Chris’ decision to nominate their 14th album Rather Ripped for inclusion in our discography. This is part one of that two part discussion.
Read MoreWith Mark on holiday, winding his way across the Deep South on a monster road trip, Chris and David decided to take this as inspiration to talk about the songs and memories of their own past roadtrips.
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