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SF0217 50 Years On – Punk Rock 76-77
It’s 50 years since the first explosion of punk rock. Here’s a selection of tracks from 1976 and 1977.
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SF0213 Manchester (Part One) 1978-83
Part one of a two-part series surveying the legendary Manchester scene. This episode puts the post-punk era under…
SF0212 Synth Punk Today
Synthpunk has a glorious heritage, but these are the synthpunk artists who are bringing it today
SF0195 Merge Record Label
Tracks from bands signed to the doyen of US indie labels, Merge
SF0194 Beauty lies in the eye
All eyes on this collection of tracks about watching, looking and seeing
SF0107 Two Tone and its Jamaican Origins
Now there’s a Two Tone museum in Coventry, here’s a celebration of the label and the original ska…
SF0080 50 Years of Music’s Most Influential Riff
For half a century, one propulsive descending riff has provided not just covers but a framework for any…
SF0069 Ireland (honouring St Patrick’s Day)
A tour through the byways of Irish alternative music over the last half century. From Stiff Little Fingers…
SF0068 Wales (honouring St David’s Day)
From John Cale to the Manics, Anhrefn via the Darling Buds, Colossal Youth through Gorky’s to Derrero and…
SF0065 Proto-punk
Punk before punk – how punk is that. AKA garage rock or, as this episode’s title has it,…
SF0041, Home Recordings, Third and Final Part
In the third and final part of our Home Recordings series, we bring it home with a genre-spanning…
SF 0021 Sheffield
There’s more to Sheffield than Pulp and the Arctic Monkeys – though you can hear them too, on…
SF 0007 1978: The Year Post-Punk Broke
In our seventh episode we go back to the first year after punk rock, when music got really…
SF 0003: The Kraftwerk Legacy
The third episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates…
SF 0002: Sci Fi
The second episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates…
SF 0001: British Post – Punk Women Icons
The first episode of the Sombrero Fallout podcast, which gives you alternative music, intriguingly themed. Today’s theme celebrates…