In this episode we cover the latter half of Green Day's career from American Idiot to the present day, before doing a proper run down of Insomniac, as Chris makes a case for if it's an unsung classic or not.
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Come on now. Green Day? Unsung? Surely it's not possible.
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This week we're joined by author, musician, artist and OG 77 punk, Stewart Home for episode where we talk about some of our favourite things - punk rock, right wing extremism and his new book Fascist Yoga.
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As we enter the gooch of the year, we talk about our favourite albums, gigs and Scottish acts of 2025.
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This week, we're joined by Anthony Sahyoun, member of the Lebanese experimental band SANAM, for a conversation that extends far beyond music and venture into the origins of their sound, touring both in the Middle East and abroad, politics and, of course, the ethics of streaming.
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In this episode we're talking about the life and times of Charles Bradley, the late in life soul sensation that burned short but bright.
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On this episode we're talking about the dark side of David Bowie's career in the 70s. Specifically we'll talk about his dalliance with fascism with the thin white duke persona, and his involvement with the "baby groupies" Lori Maddox and Sable Starr.
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This week we're talking about the 80s one album wonder (well, one hit wonder really) Scandal and taking a good look at the fascinating career of their singer Patty Smyth.
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On this episode we're taking a good hard look at why artists are leaving Spotify, why doing so is not quite as clear cut as you think it is, how technofedualism has us all enmeshed in systems that prop up the military industrial complex, and how the only real solution is simply to support the artists you love.
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This week we're looking at the life of singer of the certified banger "Goodbye Horses". A super talented musician who just never quite seemed to have the chips fall in her favour, Q Lazzarus' life was equal parts inspiring and tragic.
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This week we revisit and old episode about Rick Derringer's Real American, and explore the history of the song, its political afterlife, and its more recent uses. Before asking - is this the best wrestling song of them all?
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Panetra are due to support Metallica in what is undoubtedly the biggest tour of 2026. But given his dubious past, should he really be given a platform so large? Why have people seemingly forgotten all about his questionable history? In this week, we lay out the facts of his past.
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In this episode we continue our fine tradition of discussion topics that meet in the overlap between tech and music, as we discuss AI band The Velvet Sundown. We talk about how they fooled Spotify, stand to potentially make £35k+ annually, and what this means for the future of music.
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This week we conclude our anti-rock trilogy by finally discussing the whole reason we decided to go down this rabbit hole in the first place - the bizarre American (anti)rock act, US Maple.
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Part two of our anti-rock series takes into 1970s New York, where Brian Eno stumbles upon No Wave, puts together a compilation and inadvertently brings a whole new genre to prominence. One that is still hugely influential to this day.
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What is anti-rock? And why can't Google give you the answer? Is it even a genre? Over the course of the next few weeks we'll be talking about this weird, experimental form of rock music written by musicians who decided to throw out the rule book. This week we get down to what anti-rock actually means.
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This week we're talking about the music of Emma Ruth Rundle, before circling back to her third album Marked for Death. We also pose an important question: is she gothic rock?
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This week we're talking about how one post rock band traded in their guitars (sorta) for synthesisers and how the results were remarkable.
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This week we dissect the legendary Kerrang! cover-mount CD curated by Amen's Casey Chaos in 2002 - a proper education in underground extremity that introduced a generation to new, mostly obscure music.
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This week our pal Joe McGlynn takes us into the world of Immortal Technique.
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