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Episodes
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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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
SF0046 New York We Love You
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with all our friends in New York with this tribute episode to the city’s great music.
- Discussing music by:
- Sonic Youth
- Sleigh Bells
- Beach Fossils
- The Strokes
- Blondie
- Parquet Courts
- Talking Heads
- De La Soul
- The Velvet Underground
- Big Thief
- The Ramones
- Interpol
- Fiery Furnaces
- Television
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- LCD Soundsystem
SF0045, Soundtrack to a Future Covid-19 Indie Movie
A unique opportunity to hear this soundtrack to a yet-to-be-written movie about the effect of the coronavirus on…
- Discussing music by:
- The Mountain Goats
- Tiny Ruins
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Tubeway Army
- Camera Obscura
- Path of Least Resistance
- Joy Division
- Florist
- The Silver Jews
- Divide and Dissolve, feat Chelsea Wolfe
- The Boo Radleys
- Fennesz (feat. David Sylvian)
- Pixies
SF0044 Songs inspired by authors
In this episode, we have have a listen to songs inspired by authors, from Camus and Dostoievsky to…
- Discussing music by:
- Mercury Rev
- The Go-Betweens
- The Noisettes
- Josef K
- Isaac Hayes
- Magazine
- Joy Division
- The Strokes
- Phantom
- The Fall
- PJ Harvey
- Morrissey
- The Smiths
SF0043, Female Songs, Male Covers
In which we hear varied interpretations by men of women’s songs. For the companion piece, dig out the…
- Discussing music by:
- The Stranglers
- Iron and Wine
- The Smiths
- Sonic Youth
- A Certain Ratio
- Cake
- The Czars
- The White Stripes
- The Flaming Lips
- Placebo
- The Fall
- Sons of Navarone
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