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Episodes
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
SF0109 Cameras and Photos
More songs about cameras and photography.
- Discussing music by:
- Spoon
- Metric
- Ultravox
- The Natural Ites and The Realistics
- the Tragically Hip
- Beach House
- Loudon Wainwright III
- I Am Kloot
- Weezer
- The Lucksmiths
- Belle and Sebastian
- 10cc
- Alex Cameron
- Blondie
SF0108 Jowe Head (Swell Maps), Guest Host
Guest host this episode is Jowe Head, veteran of many groups and especially beloved by post-punk aficionados for his time in the legendary Swell Maps.
- Discussing music by:
- David Bowie
- Soft Machine
- Broadcast and the Focus Group
- Faust
- Can
- PJ Harvey
- Peter Hammill
- The Sex Pistols
- Buffy Saint Marie
- Swell Maps
SF0107 Two Tone and its Jamaican Origins
Now there’s a Two Tone museum in Coventry, here’s a celebration of the label and the original ska sound from Jamaica in the ’60s that inspired it.
- Discussing music by:
- The Specials
- Prince Buster
- Madness
- The Ethiopians
- The Beat
- The Skatalites
- The Selecter
- Hopeton Lewis
- Rico
- The Bodysnatchers
- Don Drummond
- Bobby Aitken
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