The Black Metal Streisand effect
In today's episode I consider the Streisand effect, how responding to critics and attention can create more noise, how I once gave a lecture in Black Metal once upon a time, would that work now? and h...
14 Nov 202533min
Winning and losing at the music industry game
In today's episode I discuss taking on the music industry at it's own game, using the parameters, platforms and apps to your advantage through the rise of the band Castle Rat, how it works for some an...
7 Nov 202531min
When an album comes along and shows you exactly what you were missing.....
My 'I listened to 50 bands' podcast a week ago raised some eyebrows and caused in equal measures mirth and annoyance but over the last week an album has come along that showed me clearly what was miss...
31 Okt 202530min
Am I my brothers keeper? should artists be responsible for the beliefs of others?
Today's podcast is a tongue in cheek look at writing songs and lyrics as a young man, trying to fill them with pathos and gravity, that only makes any sense decades and decades later. A cynical take o...
24 Okt 202528min
Shirley Mansons vital and viral music industry plea
Recently a group of musicians started a campaign under the name 'Death to Spotify', snappy name and many articles were written and so many people sent them to me I mull this one over, same with Shirle...
17 Okt 202536min
I listened to 50 new bands this week....
Last week I listened to 50 new bands, how did that go? find out.....can any of them stand up to the old classics? What does it take to carve your space in the scene now as a new band and what seems to...
10 Okt 202529min
The Irish Alex Jones is in the house
Am I the Irish Alex Jones? who wants to agree with all the artists they like? what a boring world that would be. Digital ID's, is it just a conspiracy theory to be worried about the authoritarian impl...
3 Okt 202532min
THRASH METAL REVIEW 2025 w / Joe from GAMA BOMB
This one does what it says on the tin, myself and Joe from Gama Bomb mull over some of the new thrash metal releases, Coroner, Testament, Forbidden. Destruction, Dark Angel plus loads more.....it almo...
26 Sep 20251h 16min
