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Episodes
SF 0056 Let’s all meet up in the Year 2000
Let’s do as Jarvis once asked us and meet up in the year 2000 for a look back at that year’s best music.
- Discussing music by:
- The Delgados
- Calexico
- Laura Cantrell
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
- Belle and Sebastian
- Radiohead
- Broadcast
- Clinic
- PJ Harvey
- …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Our Dead
- The Fall
- The Magnetic Fields
- Badly Drawn Boy
SF0055 Listeners Recommend
Listeners have their say on bands the podcast should feature. A couple of bands featuring listeners also feature.
- Discussing music by:
- Automatic
- The Marble Tea
- Melted Ice Cream
- Nadia Reid
- Squid
- Yelle
- Taken By Trees
- Bearsuit
- The Murder Capital
- The Convenience Store
- The Avalanches
- MGMT
- The Caretaker
- Seth Sentry
SF 0054 Tribute Songs to Musicians
Herein we take a listen to musicians paying tribute to other musicians who are their influences or who deserve especial respect. Or usually both. Plus one anti-tribute, for good measure.
- Discussing music by:
- Jonathan Richman
- fIREHOSE
- R.E.M.
- Robin Hitchcock
- Lush
- The Magnetic Fields
- The Jazz Butcher
- John Cale and Brian Eno
- The Fall
- The Mountain Goats
- Sonic Youth
- Deerhunter
SF0053 Ordinary Lives
As some of us re-enter a brutal lockdown phase, time to celebrate the ordinary lives of everyday heroes.
- Discussing music by:
- Jonathan Coulton
- Pulp
- Courtney Barnett
- The Fall
- Smog
- Richard Dawson
- Saint Etienne
- The Kinks
- Squeeze
- Bjork
- Half Man Half Biscuit
SF0052 A Kiwi Special! The Flying Nun label and the Dunedin Sound
A Kiwi celebration of the 80s music known as The Dunedin Sound, the Flying Nun label and its influence on the embryonic indie scene in the UK and US.
- Discussing music by:
- The Bats
- Look Blue Go Purple
- The House of Love
- The Verlaines
- The Clean
- Pavement
- Straitjacket Fits
- The Tall Dwarfs
- The Wedding Present
- The Chills
- 3Ds
- Pin Group
- Joy Division
- Alastair Galbraith
SF 0051, First Album, First Track
Choice cuts from first cuts on debut albums kick off our second half century of episodes.
- Discussing music by:
- Alvvays
- The Go! Team
- U-Roy
- The Field
- The Sex Pistols
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
- The Passage
- Steely Dan
- Giant Drag
- The Stone Roses
- Perfume Genius
SF0050,The Fallout Fifty Part Three, 2004-2019
A celebration of different genres of alternative music, choosing one track a year from the last 16 years. Our 50th episode!
- Discussing music by:
- Arcade Fire
- CSS
- Camera Obscura
- Burial
- Fleet Foxes
- Sleigh Bells
- Beach House
- Mogwai
- Death Grips
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Ariel Pink
- Mike Garry and Joe Duddell
- Omni
- The Luxembourg Signal
- Soccer Mommy
- William Doyle
- Brian Eno
SF0049 The Fallout Fifty Part Two, 1987-2003
A track a year from 1987-2003 to symbolise what was going on in alternative music in the second of three episodes covering the last 50 years.
- Discussing music by:
- Sonic Youth
- My Bloody Valentine
- St Etienne
- Pixies
- Evan Dando
- The Lemonheads
- Pavement
- Pulp
- DJ Shadow
- Belle and Sebastian
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Broadcast
- The Microphones
- Broken Social Scene
SF0048 The Fallout Fifty Part One, 1970-1986
The first of 3 episodes with a track from each of the last 50 years.
- Discussing music by:
- The Velvet Underground
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Nick Drake
- Iggy Pop and The Stooges
- Sparks
- Burning Spear
- The Damned
- The Clash
- PIL (Public Image Limited)
- The Slits
- Joy Division
- Kraftwerk
- The Fall
- This Mortal Coil
- The Smiths
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- The Go-Betweens
SF0047 Remembering Joy Division 40 Years On
In this episode, we and other artists pay tribute to Joy Division, 40 years on from their demise.…
- Discussing music by:
- Joy Division
- New Order
- Warsaw
- Josef K
- The Durutti Column
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