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In which our hero talks nonsense about his Top 5 Movie Soundtracks

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In today's show I've picked my 5 favourite soundtrack albums and compare my choices with those of people who get paid for their opinions.

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In which our hero talks nonsense about Terrorvision's sophomore album, How to Make Friends and Influence People.

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Today we're looking at an album, and a band that are quite difficult to stick in a box...they're a very British band but definitely not Britpop, their records came out at the same time as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and all those Seattle bands but they're certainly not grunge... they've toured with Def Leppard, played Festivals alongside Metallica and Marilyn Manson and headlined some of the country's finest venues over the last 30 odd years proving that sometimes, all you need... is some massive riffs, some big hooky choruses and a bunch of lads from Bradford bouncing around like Zebedee.

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In which our hero talks nonsense about Guns 'n' Roses

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In today's show I compile my Top 5 songs by one of my favourite bands, Guns 'n' Roses, have a look at some opinions of others who actually get paid for their opinions and hear the thoughts of you, the dear listener.

Whether you're a fan of the sweaty, sleazy Appetite era, love the pomposity and grandeur of the Use Your Illusion albums and subsequent mega tours or, and I'm sure this is a minority, you love The Chinese Democracy, there's something here for you.

As mentioned in the show...

That FKing Guy

Pat Veil - Check out his Music please

Dino Corvino

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In which our hero talks nonsense about his Top 5 favourite albums*

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After running through a long list of great albums in the previous show, I play some of my favourite tracks from my favourite records. 

This ranking probably changes everyday but is a good snapshot of what gets me going at the moment.

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Oh... here's me and Planty chatting Ben Folds "On Being Frank"

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In which our hero talks nonsense about his favourite albums of all time and plays some tracks from a few of them

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Best of lists. Top 100s. Top 5 guitarists you never heard of, Greatest bands in the history of the universe and time and space and whatever....the internet is full of lists and a lot of the time it's always the same records, by the same bands and artists and I rarely listen to any of them

So I sat down to make my own list of 25 which quickly became 50, then 60 and finally after about 15 minutes I stopped on 108. You won't find many of them in the Rolling Stone Top 500 or a Kerrang Top 50 but they're a good representation of the music that gets me going.

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Cheers

Rob

In which our heroes talk nonsense about some of the records, bands and artists they've been listening to recently

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In today's show Sam from Alvin and the Angry Barrels (and my baby brother) joins me for a bit of a catch up about some of the things we've been enjoying recently as well as some of the records, CDs and cassettes I've added to my collection over the last few months.

In the show we talk about...

REM, Beebadoobee, Morgan Wade, Zach Bryan, Jamie T and a few more besides.

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In which our heroes talk nonsense about our favourite songs from Bruce Springsteen

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As Born in the USA reaches 40 this year and we look to similar big birthdays for Born to Run (50), The Ghost of Tom Joad (30) and Devils & Dust (20) next year it seemed like a good idea to grab a hold of a Springsteen superfan and make a list of our favourite tracks.

Spoiler Alert...Deep Cuts and Hipster Picks IncomingWe chat about how we came to finally get into Springsteen, touch on experiences of seeing him live and compare our selections to those from the music press.

We had a special contribution from Dino Corvino so please check out his piece on Skateboarding On Their Altar

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In which our heroes talk nonsense about Sleigher by Ben Folds

It's the second of our festive podcasts and Sam and have a chat about the new (and first) Christmas album from Ben Folds....Sleigher

There a potential for a double turn today as Sam is on record as "not a fan" of Ben Folds and Rob just a massive humbug (but huge Ben Folds fanboy)

Anyway...we look at a few other "original" Christmas albums before trying to cobble together a review of this perfectly titled album.

Don't forget Sam's Christmas singles are all available on the streaming platforms, please check them out.

You can find all of his Christmas music on the major streaming services so I'll leave a couple of links below and they'll be on the blog too

Apple Music

Spotify

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In which our heroes talk nonsense about Sams annual Christmas single

It's that time year once again when I have to swallow a massive humbug and find some enthusiasm to talk about all thing festive.

In the first of four (4) festive shows I'm joined by Sam to talk about the latest addition to his Christmas repertoire...Take To The Sky

So today we take a little run through the previous Christmas singles and get into the making of this one and we'll play the single for you as well...Merry Christmas

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In which our heroes talk nonsense about Zach Bryan

In today's show I'm joined by my partner in Country crimes, Jamie Onolfo as we discuss our favourite songs from Oklahoma's favourite son...Zach Bryan

I stumbled onto Zach Bryan when his 2023 self titled album popped up on a algorithm and it caught me a perfect time...just as I needed some sad songs about cowboys, lost loves and pick up trucks.

Over the last year he's quickly become a favourite for both me and Jamie so discuss our thoughts on his albums, look at some song rankings from around the world wide web and finally chat about our Top 5 Zach Bryan songs

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