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Episodes
SF0169 Broadcast And Their Influence
A celebration of the music of experimental pop artists Broadcast and some of the band they influenced.
- Discussing music by:
- Broadcast
- Gwenno
- Still Corners
- Lake Ruth
- Beach House
- Plone
- Le Superhomard
- Honeyglaze
- Jane Weaver
- Virginia Wing
- Jockstrap
SF0168 Deep Waters
Songs about water – murky, deep, still, treading, tables, coolers, edges and living adjacent to.
- Discussing music by:
- De La Soul
- Cola
- The Bevis Frond
- Harpans Kraft
- Grandaddy
- Honeyglaze
- The Go-Betweens
- Real Estate
- Gilla Band
- PJ Harvey
- The Unthanks
- Francoise Hardy
- Florist
SF0167 – Steve Pringle Unleashed
Steve Pringle, author of the definitive Fall chronicle “You Must Get Them All” takes us through his life…
- Discussing music by:
- The Velvet Underground
- Cinerama
- Teenage Fanclub
- Dinosaur Jr
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Tom Waits
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Rod Stewart
- Bruce Springsteen
- Marillion
SF0166 History and Some People Who Made It
Whether you believe individuals make a difference to history or not, here are some songs about history and…
- Discussing music by:
- Mdou Mocktar
- Prince Buster
- Dexys Midnight Runners
- Battles
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Burning Spear
- Sufjan Stevens
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- The Magnetic Fields
- The Men they Couldn’t Hang
- Alastair Galbraith
- The Durutti Column
- Kate Bush
SF0165 Britpop: An Alternative History
The tentpole hits of Britpop are well established, but in this episode we take a trip down some…
- Discussing music by:
- Kenickie
- Lou Reed
- Super Furry Animals
- St Etienne
- Cornershop
- Salad
- Black Box Recorder
- Placebo
- Ash
- The Boo Radleys
- Denim
- Sleeper
- Hefner
- The Auteurs
- Pulp
- Elastica
- Blur
- Supergrass
SF0164 Insecurity
A selection of tracks on the subject of feeling like an impostor, inadequate or out of our depth.
- Discussing music by:
- Winksy
- Pip Blom
- Lime Garden
- Charli XCX
- Comet Gain
- Slow Pulp
- Faye Webster
- Violent Femmes
- Honeyglaze
- Emma Kupa
- Jockstrap
- The Cure
- Low
- Portishead
- Armlock
- Ezra Williams
SF0163 Angels and Ghosts
The subject is angels and ghosts but the mood ranges from visceral to joyous to reflective on these…
- Discussing music by:
- Amyl and the Sniffers
- Princess Thailand
- The Chills
- The Decemberists
- Newdad
- Meat Puppets
- Mary in the Junkyard
- Four Tet
- Burial
- Slow Club
- Euterpe
- Thee More Shallows
- Japan
- The Microphones
SF0162 50 Years On: 1974 Revisited
A reassessment of 1974, 50 years on. An almost themeless era as music wondered where to go next…
- Discussing music by:
- Kraftwerk
- David Essex
- Keith Hudson
- Sparks
- Brian Eno
- Roxy Music
- John Cale
- Neil Young
- Bridget St John
- Nick Drake
- Can
- Augustus Pablo
- Richard and Linda Thompson
- 10cc
- David Bowie
SF0161 Boredom
An uplifting episode – though ironically the tracks are about boredom.
- Discussing music by:
- Codeine
- The Adverts
- Buzzcocks
- Clairo
- Spread Joy
- Vitalic
- Beirut
- Public Interest
- Crime
- Blonde Redhead
- English Teacher
- Dry Cleaning
- Pavement
- Malcolm Middleton
- Porcupine Tree
- Talking Heads
SF0160 Song for Europe, or Sombr-Euro Fallout – The Return
Alternative songs about Europe and European cities to celebrate Euros 2024.
- Discussing music by:
- Scott Walker
- Ace Bushy Striptease
- Yo La Tengo
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
- Mdou Mocktar
- Sudan Archives
- Jockstrap
- Fennesz (feat. David Sylvian)
- Of Montreal
- Radio Free Alice
- Glyders
- Jens Lekman
- Gavin Osborn, The Comment Section
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