Aug 30, 2016
Comedian, author, actor, Spicks and Specks team captain - Alan Brough's favorite album found him years before any of those careers, when he was a self-described 'crazy' teenager. This is the story of how an obscure Scottish post-punk band helped him find a new way of being a man and get through...
Aug 24, 2016
#RoadToAmericanaFest
Journalist and singer-songwriter Peter Cooper of the Country Music Hall of Fame joins me to talk about Jim Lauderdale's classic 'Pretty Close to the Truth' album and how the changes in country music in the 90s created the need for the Americana music genre, the migration of people like Jim and Buddy...
Aug 23, 2016
Hedge Fund's Will Colvin and I dissect Katy Perry's (sort of) debut album 'One of the Boys' and look at how it encompasses feminism, the different types of androgyny represented by Katy here and on 'Teenage Dream', how it defines the 2008 pop era, why it's her most personal album, the beauty of specificity...
Aug 18, 2016
My guest today describes herself as ‘creepy observer’, which perhaps explains her lyrical knack for crafting couplets like an emotional sieve - particular and memorable turns of phrase with just enough space for a listener to sift their own lives through. Whether turning heir inimitable sonorous voice to her own...
Aug 10, 2016
Teenage wunderkind songwriter, producer and artist Japanese Wallpaper and I dig into Tame Imapala’s Currents, Kevin Parker’s introspective disco gem which just turned one year old.
How did Parker construct songs that were equal parts emotionally devastating and danceable banger? What are the key influences...