The live album is always a gutsy endevaour. So few bands do them these days. On this episode we talk about the history and different kinds of live album, then talk about some of our favourites.
Read MoreWe finally get down to talking about Lubomyr Melnyk’s eighteenth album, Corollaries. For all his some what dubious opinion, there’s no question that the guy can play. He’s unsung, but does he deserve a place in our canon? You decide.
Read MoreThis week we discuss the life and character of one the world’s fastest piano player, the only practitioner of ‘continuous music’, Lubomyr Melnyk. Chris has been dying to talk about this guy for ages so buckle up.
Read MoreWe finally get down to talking about J Dilla’s influential final album Donuts, and along the way we discuss all the technical ins and outs of it too. Including some of the samples used and the message behind it.
Read MoreProper hip hop nerds are probably all too familiar with J Dilla, his influence and his legacy. In this episode we talk extensively about that, and how productive he was throughout his tragically short life.
Read MoreAnyone with a social media account is no doubt very aware of the barrage of solo artists that are doing bedroom acoustic live streams at this time. We though we’d take advantage of this current trend to talk about our favourite singer-songwriters…recorded from the comfort of our bedrooms. Because irony.
Read MoreAlright party people, here we go. It’s time to vote on which album you think should go into our discography - Calculating Infinity, Miss Machine or One of Us is the Killer. In this episode each of us passionately makes a case as to why their choice is the one.
Read MoreOur idea for a Dillinger Escape Plan threesome ended up turning into two episodes. So in this one we talk about the band’s history and the records we didn’t pick.
Read MoreIt’s part two of our PJ Harvey episode and on this episode we discuss Is This Desire? itself and get our nexus selections out of the way too. Is this her unsung classic?
Read MoreThis week we welcome special guest Vicki Henry to talk about an artist Chris has been dying to do since before this podcast began. Then it got out of hand and turned into a two parter. This week: the history of PJ Harvey and a run down of her records.
Read MoreCan a band this big even have an unsung classic album? Well, possibly! This week we talk about Daft Punk, house music and much more.
Read MoreWe welcome back Anna Goldthorp this week as we discuss the importance of The Distillers to early 00s punk music, and how influential Brody Dalle, regardless of genre. We go deep into the band’s history too, so buckle up!
Read More16 albums in just over 1 hour and 30 minutes? Aye, why not. This week we deep dive Waits’ discography, from piano bar blues to weird beatboxing and everything in between. Is his 12th album Mule Variations his unsung classic though?
Read MoreYa bois are back together again. Well, we’re back together in a socially distant way. This week, Dave brings us some titanic French post-metal in the form of Year of No Light.
Read MoreIn a change to our regularly scheduled programming (and lives, really), Chris and Mark got together to remotely record this mixtape about some of our favourite dystopian tracks. We hope you enjoy this. Please stay in touch, stay in doors and wash yer hands.
Read MoreRecorded in 1978 and released in 1996, Static Age is the Misfits’ first album, and yet it almost didn’t see the light of day at all. Is this record an important punk album? Is it even unsung? We’re joined this week by Anna Goldthorp!
Read MoreFormed after Kim Deal decided to go her own way after The Pixies went on hiatus, Pod is a huge statement of intent from what began ostensibly as something of a supergroup before blossoming into a band whose sound still influences artists to this day.
Read MoreWe get as far away as possible from dance music on this episode. We also cover one of the shortest albums we’ve ever had on this podcast. If you like angry music you’ve probably heard of Nails. If you read Pitchfork, you’ve probably heard of them too. It’s a paradox, really. We talk about that and more as we discuss their debut album ‘Unsilent Death’.
Read MoreIt’s been a while since we did a dance record, so Weaver wheels out one of the big guns with Orbital’s fifth album ‘The Middle of Nowhere’. We cover the band, the scene they came from, their contemporaries and much more.
Read MoreWe get down to the business of talking about three Britpop(ish) records and make a case for why the whole thing was a bit of nonsense.
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