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Episodes
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
SF0112 – Bonus Episode: Bands Listeners Are In
The conch is handed to listeners of the podcast who feature here in the bands they play in.
- Discussing music by:
- J D Meatyard
- Fragrant Circus
- Sairie
- Bobbins
- Chinatown Lights
- Marphex
- The Nightingale Experience
- The Mad Planets
- Beauchamp’s Tenth Horse
- The Marble Tea
- Soup Review
- The Humdrum Express
- Fuzzrays
- The Convenience Store
SF0111 Songs about Actors and Movies
Songs about actors, songs about movies, songs about actors in movies.
- Discussing music by:
- Madness
- The Auteurs
- Been Stellar
- K-OS, Saukrates, Nelly Furtado
- The Postal Service
- Cherry Glazerr
- Steven Malkmus
- Scarling
- The White Stripes
- Weyes Blood
- Let’s Eat Grandma
SF0110 Great Songs on TV Shows
Great tracks from TV shows, good, bad and indifferent.
- Discussing music by:
- No Age
- Hüsker Dü
- The Pack A.D.
- Delta 5
- Ini Kamoze
- Band of Horses
- The Decemberists
- Phoebe Bridgers
- The New Pornographers
- The Sonics
- Japanther
- Lykke Li
- Real Estate
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
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