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SF0126 Folktronica
Where folk meets electronics, that’s folktronica, folks.
Ian Forth
Communications strategist, podcaster (www.sombrerofallout.com and www.vinylmaelstrom.com), novelist.
SF0125 Those We Lost In 2022
A commemoration of the alternative music artists we lost in 2022.
SF0124 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 3, #14-#1
So, here it is: the best tracks of 2022. And it’s the best year for music ever, as always, with all these songs to add to all the ones from every other year.
SF0123 Festive Forthy 2022 , Pt 2, #27-#15
Part Two in our trilogy of episodes celebrating the best tracks of 2022.
SF0122 Festive Forthy 2022, Pt 1, #40-#28
Part One of three episodes rounding up the best in alternative listening for 2022. Not definitive, not meant to be.
SF0121 Before they found their sound
The sounds before the sounds. What successful bands sounded like before they sold out stadiums. Often better.
SF0120 RIP Mimi Parker (Low) and Keith Levene (PIL)
A tribute to Mimi Parker of Low and Keith Levene of early PIL and founder member of The Clash.
SF0119 John Cale at 80
John Cale is 80: no second invitation needed to celebrate the Velvets, his solo work, his musical contributions and his production as well.
SF0118 Don’t let our youth go to waste
Braces, tire swings, then love and other catastrophes. Songs about the indignities and thrills of being young.
SF0117 Perth
Perth, a thousand miles from anywhere else, and West Australia more broadly have always had their unique thing going on. Here’s their unique musical thing.
SF0116 25 years of Mogwai (plus their influences)
25 Years of living under the reign of Mogwai. Interlaced with some influences on the band themselves.
SF0115 Tributes, Odes and Homages
Tributes, hymns, odes to. Songs for, Homages about. Not people though. Binoculars, divorce and androids amongst others.