We are Falling through the halfway mark... MARK?... there's a joke in there somewhere.Despite Nick constantly banging on about how The Fall have a pretty solid line up, I'm going to refer to our Fall-esque constantly revolving line up.Back on

The Fall: Part 6 2010- 2017

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 19m

If it's me and your granny on bongos (and the 66 other guitarists, drummers, bass players, keyboardists, flutists, and more)It doesn't feel like it's over. We have spent weeks listening to, digesting, dissecting, and discussing over three deca

The Fall: Part 5 2001- 2008

1 Mar 25th, 2021 1h 13m

Mark E Smith as Doctor Who? The Eleni Period Begins.Do The Fall suffer a post millennial slump, or is it all guns blazing into the new century? Does MES revamp the line up again to ruin Nick's argument that the line up was relatively stable? H

The Fall: Part 4 1995 - 2000

2 Mar 18th, 2021 59m 44s

Tony Blair, Elton John, and Mark E Smith as a pre cog?And we are back with the late 90s. As Cool Britannia reigned and Brit Pop peaked and died how did this impact one of music's great acts?The line up remains the same as last time with TempF

The Fall: Part 2 1983 - 1988

Mar 4th, 2021 1h 21m

Yup, it's gonna take a while. Let's continue with the discography of one of music's great acts: THE FALLNick and Ewan are re-joined by our very special guests, John Henderson of Tiny Global Productions, Fliss Kitson of The Nightingales, and p

The Fall: Part 1 1979 - 1982

Feb 24th, 2021 1h 25m

Join us for the foreseeable future as we tackle the discography of one of music's great acts: THE FALLNick and Ewan start this journey with the help of some very special guests. They are joined by John Henderson, of Tiny Global Productions, Fl

Love: Part 1 1966 - 1968

Apr 8th, 2021 1h

If you have ever wanted to know what makes music "Baroque" then listen on...Putting The Fall behind us, kind of, we head back to the 60s and take in the West Coast sound of Love. The Band that could have had Jimi Hendrix in, that could have pl

The Queens of the Stone Age (Feat: Kyuss)

Jan 23rd, 2021 2h 20m

We decided to kick off 2021 with some no nonsense Stoner Rock.Joining Nick and Ewan to go through the career of Josh Homme are Scott Donald and Si Sharp. It's a long one, in fact it might be the longest we have done so far. As usual, take you

Can Part 1: 1968-1973

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 20m

Can we follow the exceptional pair of Yo La Tengo episodes? Yes we Can!Nothing says future podcast success than a dive though the discography of a 1970s experimental German rock (ish) band.We have a look a one of the most influential bands ev

Can Part 2: 1974 - 1989

Dec 23rd, 2020 1h 11m

We left our German pioneers at the peak of their creativity, surely it's all up from here...Continuing our look at German experimental rock/reggae/psych/afro beats band Can we wonder...will Ewan come round to everyone else's way of thinking? W

LCD Soundsystem: The podcast version

Feb 1st, 2022 1h 54m

For the first Temporary Fandoms of 2022 we invited Aaron Troye-White back to take us through the discography of James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem. We are also joined by the always insightful Chris Whitby.As usual we look at, and listened to, all

ESG

Apr 29th, 2021 1h 33m

We have finally done ESG justice!!!So, back in the early days of Temporary Fandoms we put out a half-finished pilot looking at the output of criminally underrated band ESG. Finally, after a year of churning out episodes we are able to present

Yo La Tengo Part 2: 2000 - 2018

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 52m

It's a long one, so buckle upNick and Ewan are joined again by Ben Zimmer, Jesse Jarnow, and Jeffrey Lewis to talk through the work of Yo La Tengo this century.We get side-tracked a little by Ewan getting excited about Slade.As you know Ben

David Bowie Part 3: 1993 - 2016

Nov 10th, 2020 1h 29m

After ignoring Tin Machine we walk through Bowie's work and life from the early 90s through to his sad death and swansong with Blackstar. We take a brief detour through the Buddha of Suburbia, talk about Reeves Gabrels and one of us just didn'

David Bowie Part 2: 1977 - 1987

Nov 1st, 2020 1h 30m

So, we were really happy with the last episode and worried that we could carry on with what we think was a pretty damn fine piece of podcasting.Here, we take an in depth look at the Berlin period, and then try to make it through the Eighties w

David Bowie Part 1: 1967 - 1976

Oct 14th, 2020 1h 47m

Ok, I admit it, we've got a little cocky. After the dive into the surreal world of The Butthole Surfers we decided to tackle something big. Something big and precious to a lot of people. We've gone full Bowie.Obviously this is a big undertakin

Spoon

Feb 14th, 2021 1h 59m

Join us as we take a look at one of the most critically lauded US Indie rock bands of the past twenty years.Nick and Ewan discuss the career of Austin Indie-Rockers Spoon by welcoming back to the pod Emily Baldoni and welcoming for the first t

80's Pop Nuggets, With The Giddy Carousel Of Pop: Movements, Scenes, and Genres

1 Jun 6th, 2022 1h 27m

I am joined by not one but two guests, co-hosts of the excellent Smash Hits podcast, "The Giddy Carousel Of Pop" Gavin Hogg, and Simon Galloway. As 80's pop aficionados they chose to take me through some of the 80's unsung pop belters (though I

Disco, with Dr Liam Maloney: Movements, Scenes, and Genres

1 Apr 29th, 2022 1h

We are joined by Doctor of Music, Liam Maloney, to talk about the rise and possible fall of Disco. We look at how Disco began in a New York loft, the Stonewall uprising, the destruction of dangerous disco records, how disco continues to this da

Buzzcocks: 1993-2017

Apr 6th, 2022 45m 27s

This month, Temporary Fandoms looks at the discography of Manchester's finest pop-punksters Buzzcocks.This is the second part, so go listen to the other one first!!!We are joined by Paul Hanley, author of "Leave the Capital" and ex drummer o

Buzzcocks: 1977-1981

Apr 6th, 2022 1h 18m

This month, Temporary Fandoms looks at the discography of Manchester's finest pop-punksters Buzzcocks. We are joined by Paul Hanley, author of "Leave the Capital" and ex drummer of The Fall, and John Henderson head of the awesome music label T

Protest, with Chris Thorpe-Tracey: Movements, Scenes, and Genres

Apr 6th, 2022 1h 8m

In this episode of MSG10, we are joined by musician, radio presenter, and activist Chris Thorpe-Tracey for a freewheeling look at Protest songs through the early 20th Century. And if you go to our website at infrequency.co.uk, or our Mixcloud a

Noise Rock, with JR Moores : Movements, Scenes, and Genres

Feb 7th, 2022 52m 31s

For this episode of MSG10 , a TEMPFANS production.we invited author of "Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present" JR Moores onto the show.he takes us through ten songs that cover one of the chapters of his book, NOISE R

The Hoboken Sound, With Ben Zimmer: Movements, Scenes, and Genres

Sep 21st, 2021 55m 10s

Welcome to Movements, Scenes, and GenresIn this, the first ever episode, we are joined by linguist, columnist and host of the Slate Podcast "Spectacular Vernacular", it's Ben Zimmer.Ben came on to talk with me about the Hoboken Sound, a hugel

Bjork Part 2: 2004- 2017

Aug 25th, 2021 1h 17m

"I'd pay money to hear her fart down a Walkie-Talkie"So we find ourselves in the latter half of the solo work of Icelandic legend Björk. First of all we had major tech-issues with this one. Hopefully it's not too distracting and we promise nev