This week, we’re talking about Julie Christmas – a woman whose voice could peel paint off the walls one moment and tuck you into bed the next.
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This week we're going high brow as we look into the life and work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. We talk about his early work, period in the wilderness, clashes with Soviet censors, his rise to prominence in the late 70s, tintinnabuli and much more.
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Our pal Joe returns to talk about technical death metal, Cryptopsy and share some of his own stories about being in a touring death metal band.
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In part two of our exploration into the world of The Wildhearts, we explore the band's most chaotic years, from lineup changes and legal battles to some of their strangest and most controversial moments. We break down Fishing for Luckies, Endless Nameless, and the Download Festival riot, while asking why a band this good never quite made it mainstream.
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The Wildhearts are probably a good example of unsung, so we're dedicating this week and next to looking more closely at the band, their music and their legacy.
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This week we take a journey into the chaotic world of Ink & Dagger. Perhaps the most influential post hardcore band you've never heard of it.
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In second and final part of our deep dive into this song, we chronicle into the chaotic, coke-fuelled recording session of We Are the World, one of the most ambitious charity singles ever attempted. What happens when you put 47 of the biggest musicians in a room and ask them to sing in unison? Chaos. Absolute chaos.
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In part one of our We Are The World deep dive, we explore how this massive charity single came together in record time. We break down the chaotic recording session, the artists who secretly hated it, and why Michael Jackson’s home studio included a chimp, a talking bird, and a giant snake. Plus, we answer the big question: did this song actually help anyone?
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Friend of the pod Grant Donaldson joins us to talk about his early musical influences. Including on of the biggest albums ever...
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Our Black Sabbath two parter becomes a three parter, as we get down to the business of tackling their huge back catalogue with guest Richard Bruce.
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Our Black Sabbath two parter becomes a three parter, as we get down to the business of tackling their huge back catalogue with guest Richard Bruce.
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We're back and as ever, we're starting the year with a big artist. And there's few bigger than Black Sabbath. In part one of our two parter, we're chatting to Aron Ward, musician and son of Bill Ward.
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We conclude our look at Finnish metal by tackling the discography or Oranssi Pazuzu, before focusing on their fifth album Mestarin kynsi.
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This week and next we'll be looking at metal music in Finland. In what initially was supposed to be a single episode on Oranssi Pazuzu, we soon realised we actually had a good episode on metal in Finland two. So here's part one!
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This week we journey into the world of jazzcore pioneers Karate.
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This week we're joined once again by the wonderful Jan Alkema from The Drum and Compulsion. Last time, we spoke about his time in The Drum but before he was in The Drum, he played for Compulsion. This episode is all about that mad, mad ride.
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We go back to the 80s to explore the one off album 22b3 by the band Device. And along the way we reckon with the legacy of mega hit, multimillion selling songwriter Holly Knight.
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In this episode we dive into the 1996 charity compilation 'After the Storm', which runs the whole musical gamut from 80s power ballads to corny white boy rapping and everything in between (except, curiously, metal).
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Two albums from the 2010s in a row? What on earth is going on here... this week we chat about the music of Vessel.
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We conclude our frankly EPIC look into the world of Los Campesinos! with our good friend David Scott from Moni Jitchell. We start by finishing our run down of their discography before diving headlong into Romance is Boring.
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