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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…
- Discussing music by:
- Momma
- Empath
- Katie Bejsiuk
- fanclubwallet
- Carla Geneve
- Public Body
- Black Midi
- The Unthanks
- Working Men’s Club
- Panic Shack
- The Beths
- Nina Nastassia
- Half Man Half Biscuit
SF0121 Before they found their sound
The sounds before the sounds. What successful bands sounded like before they sold out stadiums. Often better.
- Discussing music by:
- R.E.M.
- T Rex
- Blondie
- M83
- Guided by Voices
- Primal Scream
- The Flaming Lips
- Pink Floyd
- Status Quo
- The Cure
- Adam and the Ants
- New Order
- UB40
- Simple Minds
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…
- Discussing music by:
- PIL (Public Image Limited)
- Low
SF0119 John Cale at 80
John Cale is 80: no second invitation needed to celebrate the Velvets, his solo work, his musical contributions…
- Discussing music by:
- The Velvet Underground
- John Cale
- John Cale and Brian Eno
- Nick Drake
- Nico
- The Stooges
- Patti Smith
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.
- Discussing music by:
- Mallrat
- Camera Obscura
- Smog
- Vancougar
- Adrian Lux
- Goofy18
- Best Coast
- bis
- Kimya Dawson
- Japandroids
- The Cambodian Space Project
- St Vincent
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
- Galaxie 500
SF0117 Perth
Perth, a thousand miles from anywhere else, and West Australia more broadly have always had their unique thing…
- Discussing music by:
- Dennis Cometti
- Alex Lahey
- Pond
- Scientists
- Stella Donnelly
- The Drones
- Abbe May
- The Triffids
- Carla Geneve
- Jack Davies and the Bush Chooks
- The Bank Holidays
- Tame Impala
- The Victims
- Apricot Rail
- Tanaya Harper
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.
- Discussing music by:
- Mogwai
- The God Machine
- Codeine
- Rodan
- My Bloody Valentine
- Philip Glass
- Slint
SF0115 Tributes, Odes and Homages
Tributes, hymns, odes to. Songs for, Homages about. Not people though. Binoculars, divorce and androids amongst others.
- Discussing music by:
- Horsegirl
- Terry
- The Strokes
- Spirental
- Regina Spektor
- Infrared Krypto
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Hefner
- Destroyer
- The Durutti Column
- Hydroplane
- Tim Buckley
SF0114 Class and Inequality
Songs about the class system, about the bourgeoisie, about unfairness, about inequality. But with humour too.
- Discussing music by:
- Sports Team
- The Jam
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Jeffrey Lewis
- McCarthy
- The Dead Kennedys
- Black Box Recorder
- The National
- Okkervil River
- Scott Walker
- Scavengers
- Home Counties
- Gang of Four
- Willie Williams
- Slow Pulp
SF0113 Neo-Psychedelia
The inheritors of the ’60s psychedelic bands are the latter-day Neo-Psychedelia practitioners. Here’s an episode featuring them.
- Discussing music by:
- The Lazy Eyes
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
- Sparklehorse
- Nice Biscuit
- The Flaming Lips
- Tim Burgess
- Hookworms
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- The Essex Green
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
- The Olivia Tremor Control
- Mercury Rev
- Black Moth Super Rainbow
- Pond
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