Episode 49 - The Fallout 50, Part Two, 1987-2003

A celebration of the 1987-2003 era in alternative music, with a track lovingly curated for each year. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

A track a year from 1987-2003 to symbolise what was going on in alternative music in the second of three episodes covering the last 50 years.

Episode 48 - The Fallout 50, Part One, 1970-1986

The first of 3 episodes with a track a year from the last 50 years. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

The first of 3 episodes with a track from each of the last 50 years.

Episode 47 - Remembering Joy Division 40 Years On

In this episode, we celebrate the phenomenal career of Joy Division on the fortieth anniversary of their demise. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

In this episode, we and other artists pay tribute to Joy Division, 40 years on from their demise.

Episode 46 - New York We Love You

An episode dedicated to all our friends - and family - in the Big Apple, from Andy Warhol’s Factory via CBGBs to the music of today. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with all our friends in New York with this tribute episode to the city's great music.

Episode 45 - Soundtrack to a Future Covid-19 Indie Movie

First opportunity to hear the soundtrack to an imminent movie about the current situation and its profound effect on one starry-eyed young couple. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

A unique opportunity to hear this soundtrack to a yet-to-be-written movie about the effect of the coronavirus on the hopes and dreams of one young couple.

Episode 44 - Songs inspired by authors

In this episode, we take a listen to songs inspired by authors. Mostly cult ones (the bands and the writers). For a tracklist, please divert here.

In this episode, we have have a listen to songs inspired by authors, from Camus and Dostoievsky to Lovecraft and Kafka.

Episode 43 - Female songs, male covers

Can men improve on women’s songs? They can certainly reinterpret them, as we find in this episode. For a tracklist, please divert here.

In which we hear varied interpretations by men of women's songs. For the companion piece, dig out the earlier episode where roles are reversed.

Episode 42 - International WFH Dance Party

Tired of being cooped up? Need to let off steam? I have some fantastic news - it’s a global dance party right now at the Sombrero House. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

Roll back the rugs. Push the sofa to one side. It's alternative at-home dance time with Sombrero Fallout..

Episode 41 - Home Recordings, Third and Final Part

In the final part of our trilogy we have a varied genre-spanning episode. From dub to lo-fi, dream pop to freak-folk. For the full tracklist, please divert here.

In the third and final part of our Home Recordings series, we bring it home with a genre-spanning episode, from The Streets to Neutral Milk Hotel, from Pavement to Augustus Pablo.

Episode 40 - Songs Recorded At Home, Part Two

The second of three episodes dedicated to songs recorded at home, in hotel rooms, in the garage, in the basement. For a full tracklist, please divert here.

In Sombrero Fallout Episode 40, we continue with Part 2 of songs recorded at home. Appropriate for these times.