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Episodes
SF0152 The Enduring Legacy of The Kinks
Hundreds of groups have been influenced by The Kinks. Here’s a few of them plus some original tracks…
- Discussing music by:
- The Kinks
- Wednesday
- The Fountains of Wayne
- Wire
- Yo La Tengo
- Buzzcocks
- Temples
- The Auteurs
- Blur
SF0151 – Money: Too much or not enough
An episode about the perils of either striving after too much money or not having enough of it.
- Discussing music by:
- Fugazi
- Yard Act
- Private Banking
- Sprints
- The Toads
- Gillian Welch
- King Tubby
- The Slits
- Las Kellies
- The Cool Greenhouse
- The Jam
- Blood
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Horace Andy
SF0150 – 150th Retrospective Episode
A cherry picking exercise from the archives on the occasion of the podcast’s 150th episode.
- Discussing music by:
- Camera Obscura
- The Fall
- Broken Social Scene
- Gang of Four
- Tiny Ruins
- Jonathan Coulton
- Dry Cleaning
- Half Man Half Biscuit
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Brian Eno
- The Associates
- Pavement
- The Strokes
- Horsegirl
- Television
- Standard Fare
SF0149 Music about music
An episode about music itself – the songs, the singers, the radio, the ballroom, the dances.
- Discussing music by:
- Clinic
- Ibibio Sound Machine
- Crocodiles
- Ballboy
- Sons and Daughters
- Horsegirl
- Standard Fare
- King Tubby
- Swansea Sound
- Mr Teenage
- All Ashore!
- Caroline Martin
- Mogwai
- Joy Division
SF0148 Those we lost in 2023
We lost some fine musicians in 2023. Here’s an episode paying tribute.
- Discussing music by:
- The Pogues
- Television
- The Associates
- The Pop Group
- Pulp
- The Smiths
- Pavement
- The White Stripes
- The Byrds
- Sinead O’Connor
- Killing Joke
- Ryuichi Sakomoto
- Belle and Sebastian
SF0147 Festive Forthy 2023, #14-1
The final countdown of the best tracks in 2023, according to Sombrero Fallout.
- Discussing music by:
- NNAMDI
- Mandy, Indiana
- bar italia
- Sweeping Promises
- Lifeguard
- Lana Del Rey
- M J Lenderman
- Nabihah Iqbal
- Glittering Insects
- Free Range
- Cusp
- Wednesday
- Kara Jackson
- Squirrel Flower
SF0146 Festive Forthy 2023, #27-15
The second of three shows rounding up some of the best alternative tracks from 2023.
- Discussing music by:
- Sparks
- Wombo
- Fairlies, Grian Chatten
- Duster
- Models/Actriz
- Winter
- Daughter
- Water From Your Eyes
- Vanishing Twin
- Yune Pinku
- Jana Horn
- Cola
- Beach House
SF0145 Festive Forthy 2023, #40-28
The first of 3 episodes dedicated to the best tracks of 2023. Well, some of them.
- Discussing music by:
- Jellyskin
- Snooper
- Deeper
- JFDR
- Witch
- Kate Davis
- Hotline TNT
- Rozi Plain
- Drop Nineteens
- Deerhoof
- Slow Pulp
- Lael Neale
- Yo La Tengo
SF0144 – Neutral Milk Hotel 25 years later
It’s a quarter of a century since Neutral Milk Hotel effectively stopped. Here’s a celebration plus some bands…
- Discussing music by:
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- The Decemberists
- Beirut
- Amanda Palmer
- The Microphones
- Carissa’s Wierd
SF0143 Same band, same song, different version
What happens when artists first demo a familiar song or re-imagine it years later.
- Discussing music by:
- Arab Strap
- Modest Mouse
- Julie Doiron
- Frank Black
- St Vincent
- The Strokes
- The Cure
- Red House Painters
- Afghan Whigs
- Pavement
- Lou Reed
- Blondie
- Grandaddy
- Nick Drake
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