Is music the backdrop to a brand.....not the soundtrack to a life?

WASP.....one of the greatest ever metal bands right? maybe one of the greatest ever opening songs...statements of intent, but what does it represent in a cultural context? genuinely rebellious? why we...

17 Mai 202443min

Seeing as Primordial is coming to the US later this month for the first time in over a decade to play some club shows I take a look at the costs involved in getting there, petitions, visas, rising fli...

10 Mai 202435min

With every intention of starting this episode off with a striking AI created Depeche Mode track I discovered...it's gone from the internet. How and why and what are the implications? should artists be...

3 Mai 202433min

Episode 202 is a long and winding chat with Norwegian artist Kim Holm, if you have the live Primordial album 'Gods to the Godless' you can see his incredible live action portraits of the band in the i...

26 Apr 20241h 47min

Has your city turned into an endless procession of cranes building high rises and skyscrapers with unnamed and unseen tenants? all the interesting and curious places in the city razed to the ground to...

19 Apr 202437min

As promised todays podcast is a spicey meatball, a sideways, darkly humorous but relatively serious look at Scotlands new Hate Speech legislation, Irelands own version waiting in the wings, why a vari...

12 Apr 202436min

This weeks podcast is a statistical indulgence, I love maths and numbers so this is manna from hell! heavy metal hell.....an article came out publishing the most popular metal band from each country v...

5 Apr 202444min

The return of the legendary Steve Hughes, comedian, drummer.....social commentator and all round force of nature! The video will be up eventually on his channel, listed below, subscribe. We discuss im...

29 Mar 20241h 31min