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SF0072, 50 Years of Brian Eno
Brian Eno has been inventing, making, producing and collaborating on half a century of boundary-expanding music. Let’s celebrate…
- Discussing music by:
- Roxy Music
- John Cale
- David Bowie
- Penguin Café Orchestra
- David Byrne and Brian Eno
- James Blake
- Slowdive
- Laurie Anderson
- Brian Eno
- Talking Heads
- Zvuki Mu
- Harold Budd
SF0071 Deadpan
A brisk walk through a dark, deadpan, detached setlist. A lot more fun than it sounds. To add…
- Discussing music by:
- Dry Cleaning
- Jonathan Coulton
- Jaako Eino Kalevi
- Talking Heads
- Black Box Recorder
- Lily Allen
- Camera Obscura
- Smog
- The Au Pairs
- Ivor Cutler
- Linoleum
- Florist
- Sonic Youth
- Half Man Half Biscuit
SF0070 The Long Influence of New Order’s First Year
In their first year (1980-81), before they’d identified their trademark sound, New Order still managed to influence vast…
- Discussing music by:
- New Order
- The Cure
- Makthaverskan
- The National
- Belle and Sebastian
- The Durutti Column
- Plastic Flowers
SF0069 Ireland (honouring St Patrick’s Day)
A tour through the byways of Irish alternative music over the last half century. From Stiff Little Fingers…
- Discussing music by:
- Ash
- Whipping Boy
- Newdad
- My Bloody Valentine
- Fontaines DC
- Stars of Heaven
- Stump
- Seamus Fogarty
- Rosa Nutty
- Something Happens
- AE Mak
- The Murder Capital
- Girl Band
- The Blades
- The Pogues
- The Undertones
- Stiff Little Fingers
SF0068 Wales (honouring St David’s Day)
From John Cale to the Manics, Anhrefn via the Darling Buds, Colossal Youth through Gorky’s to Derrero and…
- Discussing music by:
- Super Furry Animals
- Helen Love
- Mclusky
- Los Campesinos
- Melys
- Derrero
- Underworld
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
- Pooh Sticks
- Manic Street Preachers
- John Cale and Brian Eno
- Anhrefn
- The Darling Buds
- Steveless
- Murry the Hump
- The Young Puppies
- Young Marble Giants
SF0067 “This is The Real Indie” – The Millennial NY Scene
If you’re looking for the real indie, here’s the NY/Long Island scene that flourished at the turn of…
- Discussing music by:
- Versus
- The Aislers Set
- The Chandler Estate
- Teenage Stride
- Poconos
- My Favorite
- The Secret History
- The Reverse
- Nilla
- Bell Hollow
- Four Volts
- The Receptionists
- Garlands
- Hundred Watt Heart
- Porcupine 9
- The Mad Planets
SF0066 Remembering The Fall 3 years on
Three years ago this week we lost Mark E Smith. Here’s a tribute to the music of the…
- Discussing music by:
- The Fall
SF0065 Proto-punk
Punk before punk – how punk is that. AKA garage rock or, as this episode’s title has it,…
- Discussing music by:
- The Velvet Underground
- The Stooges
- The Kinks
- ? and The Mysterians
- The Seeds
- The Monks
- The Sonics
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
- Los Saicos
- Can
- Simply Saucer
- Richard Hell
- Death
- Patti Smith
- The Modern Lovers
- Radio Birdman
- Suicide
SF0064 Women to Watch 2021
A chance to hear some of the new female artists destined to make waves on the 2021 alternative…
- Discussing music by:
- Sweeping Promises
- Kynsy
- The Buoys
- Drug Store Romeos
- Newdad
- Jockstrap
- Celeste
- Las Kellies
- Gustaf
- Sweet Whirl, Gregor
- Anna McClellan
- Sorry
- Smoothboi Ezra
- Helena Deland
- Fleur
SF0063 Best of 2020, Part Two, 12-1
A round up of the 12 “best” alternative tracks of 2020. Sombrero Fallout bears no responsibility for the…
- Discussing music by:
- The Wants
- Sparks
- Fleet Foxes
- Helena Deland
- The Cool Greenhouse
- Bedrmmm
- Jarvis Cocker
- Lomelda
- Working Men’s Club
- Girl in Red
- The Strokes
- Dry Cleaning
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