In our 19th episode, we celebrate female versions of tracks originally popularised by male singers. Neil Young ends up on the dance floor, Motown and The Beatles meet post-punk, while Public Enemy get the trip-hop filter, amongst many intriguing sonic adventures. For the blog and tracklist please divert here.
Episode 18 - The Legacy of The Fall
This episode puts the spotlight on the legacy of Mark E Smith and The Fall from American lo-fi bands through MES's British collaborations and influence, all the way up to date with tracks from Ought, Parquet Courts and Protomartyr. For a blog and tracklist, please deflect here.
Episode 17 - A Tribute to Mark E Smith (5/3/57-24/1/18)
If you can't dedicate an episode to the most important British band of the last 40 years on the death of their lead singer, then I don't know what. For a blog and tracklist, please divert here.
Episode 16, Best of 2017, Tracks 10-1
Are these the ten best songs of 2017? No two people would ever agree. But on this occasion what Sombrero Fallout says goes, democracy be damned. A blog and tracklist will appear in a few days' time.
Episode 15 - Best of 2017, Tracks 20-11
The Festive 20, Tracks 20-11. As curated by the team at Sombrero Fallout. The tracklist will appear in a few days, so as not to spoil the surprise.
Episode 14 - A Merry Little Alternative Christmas
From all of us at Sombrero Fallout, we wish you a merry little alternative Christmas. And a happy alternative New Year too. For a full tracklist, please go to the blog page.
Episode 13 - LA and Hollywood
In our 13th episode, we listen to the soundtrack of LA and Hollywood. Motel, money, murder, madness - but gentler tributes to Jimmy Dean, Steve McQueen and Martin Sheen as well. For a full tracklist, please go to the blog page.
Episode 12 - The Alternative Ashes
In our twelfth episode, we celebrate the launch of the 2017 Ashes and cricket's unwitting love affair with alternative music: from 'Australians In Europe' by The Fall to 'I Just Get Caught Out' by The Go Betweens and many many more. Does not need any appreciation of cricket to enjoy (or very little). For a tracklist, please go to the blog page.
Episode 11 - Long Songs, Volume One
in Episode 11, it's time to slip on our headphones and lose ourselves in some 10-minute alt-epics. Mmm, nice. Various artists with their idiosyncratic take on the longer form of song. For a tracklist, please go to the blog page.
Episode Ten - Regrets, I've Heard a Few (Songs on the Subject)
They say you only regret what you didn't do. That is palpably untrue, obviously, and this set of songs is here to prove it. Not just romantic regrets either. For a setlist, please go to the blog page.