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Episodes
SF0195 Merge Record Label
Tracks from bands signed to the doyen of US indie labels, Merge
- Discussing music by:
- Swearin’
- Eleanor Friedberger
- Hospitality
- Spent
- Hollie Cook
- Beatnik Filmstars
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- The Extra Lens
- Caribou
- Richard Buckner
- Imperial Teen
- Spoon
- Let’s Wrestle
- SACRED PAWS
- Tracyanne & Danny
SF0194 Beauty lies in the eye
All eyes on this collection of tracks about watching, looking and seeing
- Discussing music by:
- Magazine
- Water From Your Eyes
- Sink Ya Teeth
- The Drin
- The Klittens
- Jetstream Pony
- Florist
- Broadcast
- Kode9
- IST IST
- Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice
- Lilli Furfaro
- The Velvet Underground
SF0193 The Cure- The First Ten Years
Olivia Rodrigo inviting Robert Smith on stage at Glastonbury seems the perfect excuse to revisit the first 10 golden years of The Cure.
- Discussing music by:
- The Cure
- Cranes
- DIIV
- Molchat Doma
SF0192 The Mythology of England
England, more than any other country arguably, has attracted a boatload of myths about its history and how it affects the country and its people today. Here are some songs on that theme.
- Discussing music by:
- Badly Drawn Boy
- The Kinks
- Luke Haines
- Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern
- Nerina Pallot
- Mark Stewart
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- The Fall
- The Young’uns
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- The Long Blondes
- PJ Harvey
- Black Box Recorder
- The Clientele
- The Sex Pistols
SF0191 Non Human Narrators
An episode in which the tracks are sung by non-humans. Animals, insects, computers, guitars, aeroplanes, zombies, lasagne and lightning rods.
- Discussing music by:
- The Cramps
- They Might Be Giants
- The Weakerthans
- Jagged Baptist Club
- Neko Case
- The Magnetic Fields
- ldle Ray
- Modest Mouse
- Radiohead
- Jackson C. Frank
- Grandaddy
- Guided by Voices
- Jonathan Coulton
- Guster
- A Formal Horse
- The Mountain Goats
- Sparks
SF0190 Promises, Pacts and Pledges
Songs of promises, songs of pacts and songs of pledges. Pretty well as described.
- Discussing music by:
- Arrested Development
- Buzzcocks
- The Teardrop Explodes
- The Congos
- Aerial Salad
- Gang of Four
- Headless Heroes
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- Bnny
- Pere Ubu
- The Abyssinians
- semiwestern
- New Order
- Codeine
SF0189 Horses
Tracks by horse-related bands (of whom there have been a recent flurry) and tracks about horses. A surprisingly productive paddock.
- Discussing music by:
- Horsegirl
- Horse Jumper of Love
- Feeble Little Horse
- Omni
- Horse Show
- I Break Horses
- Sparklehorse
- deathcrash
- An Horse
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- The New Cut
- Fenne Lily
- Black Country, New Road
SF0188 Pre Brexit, Pre Trump, Pre Covid, Pre Podcast – It’s 2015
A world before all the weird things happened. Top tracks from 2015.
- Discussing music by:
- Sauna Youth
- FFS
- Franz Ferdinand
- Sparks
- Rodney Cromwell
- U.S. Girls
- Beach House
- Deerhunter
- Belle and Sebastian
- Manhattan Love Suicides
- Personal Best
- Florist
- The Fall
- Preoccupations
- Bjork
- Jessica Pratt
- Mammoth Penguins
SF0187 He’s on the phone
From dial tones to iPhones via payphones, a short history of great phone-related tracks.
- Discussing music by:
- Robber Robber
- Blondie
- Department S
- Artificial Go
- The Notwist
- R.E.M.
- The Empty Threats
- OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
- Honeyglaze
- Saint Etienne
- Hot Garbage
- The Fall
- Pink Floyd
- Sonic Youth
- Burial
- 10cc
SF0186 In the city
City life can be thrilling or alienating. Here are some tracks about city life to suit every mood.
- Discussing music by:
- The Pogues
- Ducks Ltd
- Camera Obscura
- The Dismemberment Plan
- Tindersticks
- Real farmer
- Jockstrap
- Joy Division
- MAUGER
- DEAFDEAFDEAF
- Talking Heads
- Nick Drake
- Saint Etienne
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