What makes a punk rock band decide to make a concept album? This is the central question that Tim and Ollie explore in this episode on Green Day's phenomenal seventh album "American Idiot", released in 2004. Up to that point, Green Day were one

Episode 15 - Arctic Monkeys' "The Car" (2022)

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 58m

Recorded during the Christmas holidays, Tim and Ollie broke from tradition and looked instead at a recent release from 2022, Arctic Monkeys' "The Car". Initially formed at school by Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Andy Nicholson and Jamie Cook in 20

Episode 14 - Queens of the Stone Age's "Rated R" (2000)

Nov 8th, 2022 1h 44m

Formed by frontman Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age became the most commercially successful band to emerge from the Palm Desert Scene in California in the 1990s. Homme previously served as the guitarist in Kyuss, the most notable of the "sto

Episode 13 - Paul Weller's "Paul Weller" (1992)

Jun 11th, 2022 1h 25m

1989 was not a good year for Paul "The Modfather" Weller. Having split up his second band The Style Council after being dropped from the label Polydor, he was found himself in the musical wilderness and had to restart all over again from scratc

Episode 12 - Razorlight's "Up All Night" (2004)

Jun 2nd, 2022 1h 41m

Ask anyone to name the first song that comes to mind when they think of Razorlight and they will probably say "America", their 2006 smash hit from their eponymous second album, released the same year. Not only would this prove to be both their

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Episode 11 - What's so special about the Third Album?

Nov 2nd, 2021 43m 20s

Eagle-eyed listeners of the podcast may have noticed by now that most of the albums reviewed to date are also the third albums of each of the respective bands! While this might seem by design (and therefore the podcast should be renamed to the

Episode 10 - Kings of Leon's "Because of the Times" (2007)

Aug 8th, 2021 1h 12m

Perhaps for most Kings of Leons fans, their world conquering fourth album "Only by the Night" (2008) was their first introduction to the band's music. Fuelled by hit singles such as "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody", this Nashville-based act sou

Episode 9 - Latest News on Oasis, Kasabian and New Album Releases

Jun 20th, 2021 1h 9m

Tim and Ollie dig into the latest news about the Gallagher brothers' production company working on a documentary about the famous Oasis concert at Knebworth in 1996, as well as Kasabian's recent announcement of their first gig dates without for

Episode 8 - Kasabian's "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum" (2009)

May 16th, 2021 1h 49m

During his research, Tim discovered that in 2014, Leicester-based lad rockers Kasabian played a gig in Glasgow where an apparent "production error" led to the statement "London is full of c*****" being displayed as a backdrop, providing a hilar

Episode 7 - The Libertines' "Anthems for Doomed Youth" (2015)

Apr 7th, 2021 1h 33m

The Libertines packaged punk with poetry into a distinctly British version of the garage rock sound made popular by The Strokes in the early 2000s. Fronted by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, whose love-hate relationship was as unstable as their cr

Episode 6 - The Jam's "All Mod Cons" (1978)

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 31m

Tim and Ollie take a time machine back to 1978 to look at The Jam's third album "All Mod Cons". Fronted by the "angry young man" Paul Weller, The Jam fused Mod style, 60s rock influences and politically charged lyrics into an explosive sound th

Episode 5 - The Coral's "Butterfly House" (2010)

Feb 20th, 2021 1h 6m

Tim and Ollie return to university memory lane by exploring the story behind The Coral's fifth album "Butterfly House", released in 2010. Known for their quirky sea shanty-inspired hits and initially achieving commercial success by riding the i

Episode 4 - Noel Gallagher Re-recording Old Oasis Material!?

Jan 31st, 2021 42m 21s

In Episode 4, hosts Tim and Ollie take a more present-day approach as they discuss the recent announcement that Noel Gallagher plans to re-record 14 old Oasis tracks that didn't make the final cut on previous albums without any involvement from

Episode 3 - The Black Keys' "El Camino" (2011)

Jan 2nd, 2021 1h 5m

Few people outside the US had heard of a two-piece blues-garage rock band from Ohio called The Black Keys up until 2010, which saw their first commercial breakthrough with their sixth album "Brothers", but it was their seventh album "El Camino"

Episode 2 - Oasis's "Be Here Now" (1997)

Dec 10th, 2020 1h 12m

On Episode 2, Tim and Ollie give their take on Oasis's infamous third album "Be Here Now", released in 1997. An over-hyped, bloated and cocaine-fuelled effort, it is often cited as the moment the Britpop party officially ended and Oasis themsel

Episode 1 - Arctic Monkeys' "Humbug" (2009)

Dec 5th, 2020 53m 57s

Tim and Ollie start off this new music podcast by taking a walk down university memory lane with Arctic Monkeys' third album "Humbug", released in 2009. Controversial at the time for its darker and heavier sound, this episode explores what fact

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