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Episodes
SF 0004: Short Story Songs
For our fourth episode we celebrate short stories in songs. The set starts with ‘Up the Junction’ by Squeeze and ends with ‘Frank’s Wild Years’ by Tom Waits, with an intriguingly varied literary journey in between.
- Discussing music by:
- Squeeze
- The Jam
- Arab Strap
- Belle and Sebastian
- The Dismemberment Plan
- The Streets
- The Decemberists
- Bright Eyes
- Fiery Furnaces
- The Magnetic Fields
- The Mountain Goats
- Sun Kil Moon
- Harry Chapin
- Tom Waits
SF 0005 A Short History of Paranoia
In our fifth episode, we start to feel extremely unsettled.
- Discussing music by:
- Talking Heads
- Magazine
- Joy Division
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 23 Skidoo
- Sonic Youth
- Pixies
- Massive Attack
- The Fall
- Modest Mouse
- The National
- Andrew Jackson Jihad
- Hellsongs
SF 0001: British Post – Punk Women Icons
The first episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates the female icons of the British punk and post-punk movement. Topically more relevant than ever, the music itself has aged surprisingly well.
- Discussing music by:
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Bow Wow Wow
- Girls At Our Best
- X-Ray Spex
- The Au Pairs
- The Slits
- The Passions
- Delta 5
- The Selecter
- The Raincoats
- Young Marble Giants
- This Mortal Coil
- A Certain Ratio
- Altered Images
SF 0002: Sci Fi
The second episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates science fiction, from Roswell to infinity and beyond. A familiar topic for books and films, but a surprisingly varied track list, assembled for you to enjoy.
- Discussing music by:
- Pixies
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Spizz Energi
- Modest Mouse
- Gorillaz
- The Carpenters
- Sufjan Stevens
- Sun Kil Moon
- Smog
- Ash
- The Fall
- Ron Granger
- David Bowie
SF 0003: The Kraftwerk Legacy
The third episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates the influence of the German group Kraftwerk, who have been described as more influential than The Beatles: a huge influence on hip-hop, ambient, electronica, disco and techno. But the band’s output from the last 70s and early 80s also featured some brilliant tunes in their own right.
- Discussing music by:
- Kraftwerk
- Simple Minds
- Gary Numan
- The Associates
- Joy Division
- The Human League
- New Order
- Afrika Bamabataa
- Aphex Twin
- Boards of Canada
- Daft Punk
- LCD Soundsystem
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