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Episodes
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 who owe a debt to their unique sound.
- 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.
The demos, the reimaginings, the minimalisms, the maximalisms.
- 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
SF0142 Lanes, Ways and Automobiles
The thrill of the open road. An episode about cars, roads and motorways.
The art of driving.
- Discussing music by:
- Protomartyr
- M J Lenderman
- D J Shadow
- Squarepusher
- St Etienne
- fanclubwallet
- Black Box Recorder
- Flasher
- Elastica
- The Fountains of Wayne
- Bas Jan
- Madder Rose
- Buffalo Tom
- Portishead
SF0141 Sibling Bands
Ending up in the same band as your sibling. Here’s some of the best tracks that combination can produce.
This is what feels like to never escape your childhood: an episode about bands containing siblings.
- Discussing music by:
- Supergrass
- The Cribs
- Fiery Furnaces
- The Kinks
- Half Japanese
- The Breeders
- Meat Puppets
- Belly
- Boards of Canada
- Lymbic System
- Wombo
- And Also The Trees
- Title Fight
- Jesus and Mary Chain
- Sparks
- Minimal Schlager
- Parquet Courts
- The National
- The Unthanks
SF0140 Talking Heads 40 Years On
As ‘Stop Making Sense’, the Talking Heads live concert film is re-released and given the IMAX treatment, we look back on the group and their legacy.
- Discussing music by:
- Talking Heads
- The Rapture
- Josef K
- Clay Your Hands Say Yeah!
- LCD Soundsystem
- Squid
- Ought
SF0139 Lovers of Today
An outstanding selection of alternative love songs from the 2020s.
- Discussing music by:
- Mandy, Indiana
- Snapped Ankles
- Astro-B
- M J Lenderman
- Bodega
- The Pink Tiles
- Julia Jacklin
- Big Thief
- Soccer Mommy
- Opus Kink
- Sons and Daughters
- Occult X
- Sorry
SF0138 Guest Host, Gideon Haigh
I was stoked when Gideon Haigh, one of the world’s pre-eminent cricket journalists, joined me to share his love for alternative music. A brilliant on-brand tracklist inevitably resulted.
- Discussing music by:
- The Fall
- Gang of Four
- Graham Parker
- PJ Harvey
- Wire
- Pere Ubu
- Big Black
- Beck
- Slint
- The Clean
SF0137 False Endings
Tracks with false endings, codas and late changes of direction from a variety of genres.
- Discussing music by:
- MX-80
- Sebadoh
- Jockstrap
- Seamus Fogarty
- Nice Biscuit
- The Field Mice
- The Clash
- Fugazi
- Pavement
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
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