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Episodes
SF0214 Manchester Part 2 1984 – 2026
The second of our two-part series on Manchester, this one covering the “post post-punk era”
- Discussing music by:
- The Smiths
- 808 State
- The Stone Roses
- The Inspiral Carpets
- Happy Mondays
- Audioweb
- Badly Drawn Boy
- The Fall
- LoneLady
- AFRODEUTSCHE
- Freak Slug
- Loose Articles
- Cruush
- TTSSFU
- House of all
SF0213 Manchester (Part One) 1978-83
Part one of a two-part series surveying the legendary Manchester scene. This episode puts the post-punk era under the miscoscope.
- Discussing music by:
- Magazine
- Buzzcocks
- The Passage
- Ludus
- Diagram Brothers
- John Cooper Clarke
- The Fall
- Section 25
- New Order
- A Certain Ratio
- The Durutti Column
- Blue Orchid
- Tools You Can Trust
- The Chameleons
SF0212 Synth Punk Today
Synthpunk has a glorious heritage, but these are the synthpunk artists who are bringing it today
- Discussing music by:
- Automatic
- Ausmuteants
- Nightbus
- Water From Your Eyes
- The Units
- Lean Low
- Jaydonclover
- Snapped Ankles
- Hierophants
- Parsnip
- Black bug
- S. Product
- Molchat Doma
- Chinese American Bear
SF02011 New Beginnings
After 200 episodes, our Readers’ Poll episodes and the sad demise of the podcast spaniel Toby, it’s time to start al over again.
- Discussing music by:
- The Delgados
- Lael Neale
- Automatic
- Tanukichan
- CMAT
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
- PVA
- Caroline Rose
- Liz Cooper
- Jeffrey Lewis
- This Is Lorelei
SF0210 Slide Guitar Special with Dave Kelly
Interviewing the legendary Dave Kelly, ex The Blues Band, who’s played with all the blues greats. Special focus on the slide guitar.
- Discussing music by:
- Robert Johnston
- Beck
- Son House
- The White Stripes
- Muddy Waters
- Neil Young
- Elmore James
- Wednesday
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Pavement
SF0209 The Digital Age
We live in the Digital Age – and here are some tracks about what’s that like.
- Discussing music by:
- Alvvays
- Ninajirachi
- Highschool
- PACKS
- Joy Division
- The Pauses
- Whatever, Dad
- Sufjan Stevens
- Kraftwerk
- M83
- Girlfriends
- Looper
- Grandaddy
SF0208 Songs from our poll that got one vote
A shout-out to some of our generous patrons, friends and sponsors with their choice of tracks that didn’t make our Bicentennial Poll.
- Discussing music by:
- Deerhunter
- Love of Diagrams
- The Fountains of Wayne
- St Vincent
- Gillian Welch
- Harpans Kraft
- Kynsy
- PP Arnold
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- Throbbing Gristle
- The Breeders
- Augustus Pablo
- King Tubby
- The Scientist
- Arab Strap
SF0207 The Bicentenary Poll Ep7 #10-1
At last! The Top Ten Songs of All-Time, as voted by you, the podcast listener.
- Discussing music by:
- M J Lenderman
- Horsegirl
- Dry Cleaning
- The Clash
- Television
- New Order
- LCD Soundsystem
- Joy Division
- The Cure
- The Fall
SF0207 The Bicentenary Poll Ep6 #25-11
The penultimate tranche of songs in our Listeners’ Poll 2026.
- Discussing music by:
- Smog
- Pulp
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Kraftwerk
- The Lemonheads
- Belle and Sebastian
- David Byrne and Brian Eno
- Pavement
- Richard Dawson
- The Go-Betweens
- The Strokes
- Nick Drake
- The Pogues
- Talking Heads
- St Etienne
SF0206 The Bicentenary Poll Ep5 #40-26
Into the Top 40 we go on our All-Time Listeners Poll.
- Discussing music by:
- Mogwai
- Beck
- Sparks
- The Kinks
- Robert Wyatt
- Donna Summer
- Eddie and the Hot Rods
- Nico
- Bonne Prince Billy
- Yard Act
- Magazine
- Wire
- Let’s Eat Grandma
- English Teacher
- Beach House
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