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SF0136 Chicago Now
There’s a brand new alt-scene in 2020s Chicago and here’s some great examples of what’s happening there.
- Discussing music by:
- OK Cool
- Dehd
- Scarlet Demore
- Horsegirl
- NNAMDI
- Kara Jackson
- Lifeguard
- CalicoLoco, Porkboii
- Post Office Winter
- Friko
- Sharp Pins
- Orisun
- Bnny
- Cusp
SF0135 On returning
Refreshed and back from its holidays, Sombrero Fallout wants to share some classic alternative tracks about returning with you.
- Discussing music by:
- R Dean Taylor
- The Murder Capital
- Wombo
- Culture
- Beach House
- Dignan Porch
- Pulp
- Bearsuit
- Martha
- Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
- The Wedding Present
- Denim
- Viv Albertine
- Wire
- Sparklehorse
SF0134 Over the Oceans
An Ocean’s Eleven of songs. Well, an Ocean’s Fourteen, to be accurate.
- Discussing music by:
- The Chantays
- Sebadoh
- The Hobbes Fanclub
- James Yorkston and the Athletes
- Pram
- Ghostface Killah
- The National
- Radiohead
- Dirty Three
- Arcade Fire
- Swans
- Modest Mouse
- Laura Veirs
- Rachel’s
SF0133 Simon Reynolds, Guest Host
Renowned music critic and author Simon Reynolds joins the podcast to choose some of his favourite tracks.
- Discussing music by:
- Ian Dury
- The Slits
- Scritti Politti
- The Byrds
- Jan Garbarek
- World Domination Enterprises
- My Bloody Valentine
- Sweet Exorcist
- Rufige Cru
- Migos
- June Tabor with Martin Simpson
- Dry Cleaning
SF0132 Remembering Tom Verlaine
Paying tribute to the great Tom Verlaine and some of the groups his band Television influenced.
- Discussing music by:
- Television
- Sleater-Kinney
- True West
- Alvvays
- Tom Verlaine
- Dump Truck
- Gun Club
- The Dream Syndicate
SF0131 Tara Emelye Needham, Guest Host
Tara Emelye Needham, an integral mover within the Millennial Long Island music scene, introduces us to some tracks which have influenced her – and some of her own bands’ tracks as well.
- Discussing music by:
- Lipps Inc
- Shelleyan Orphan
- The Go-Betweens
- Team Dresch
- The Mad Planets
- The Spinanes
- Lois
- The Helio Sequence
- The Chandler Estate
- Julie Doiron
- Ibibio Sound Machine
- Diana Ross and the Supremes
- Tara Emelye Needham
SF0130 Young Marble Giants
Young Marble Giants left a slim volume of work but a disproportionately large legacy. Here we listen to their music and its influence.
- Discussing music by:
- Young Marble Giants
- Fall of Saigon
- Keren Ann
- Portishead
- Ms John Soda
- Broadcast
- The Magnetic Fields
- Watoo Watoo
- Stereolab
- Yo La Tengo
- Frankie Cosmos
- Clairo
- Sneaks
SF0129 Liverpool and Merseyside
An open top bus tour around the best alternative tunes from Liverpool and Merseyside
- Discussing music by:
- Pete Wylie and the Mighty Wah!
- King Hannah
- Courting
- The Teardrop Explodes
- Jane Weaver
- OMD
- Beija Flo
- Kathryn Williams
- Clinic
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- The Boo Radleys
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Hannah’s Little Sister
- Shai-Li Paldi
SF0128 30 Years On – 1993 Revisited
None of the smash hits, but some of the alternative tunes from 1993.
- Discussing music by:
- Steely and Clevie, Dawn Penn
- The Posies
- Heavenly
- Saint Etienne
- The Boo Radleys
- Codeine
- Tindersticks
- The Auteurs
- Sugar
- The Lemonheads
- The Breeders
- Madder Rose
- Red House Painters
- Mazzy Star
SF0127 Friendship
Alternative songs about friends and friendship from 1968 to 2022
- Discussing music by:
- Julian Cope
- Let’s Eat Grandma
- The Minutemen
- The Libertines
- The Go-Betweens
- Bikini Kill
- The Silver Jews
- The Zombies
- Adem
- Vansire
- The Lemonheads
- The Wannadies
- The Wedding Present
- Pete Drake
- Horsegirl
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