Tracy Ore - Therefore I'm Not
An examination of experimental composer Tracy Ore’s Selective Playing technique and the performance series Therefore I’m Not, interrogating authorship, provocation, and musical authority. Ever since C...
14 Sep 202012min
Subtle Sam (Part 47) - Ever After Happily
After 45 chapters of non-music related information from our extensive biography of Subtle Sam, we return to music, much like Subtle Sam himself. Subtle Sam attempted to build upon his career as a film...
20 Aug 201911min
Subtle Sam (Part 1) - Hey, How Are You?
The first instalment in a long‑form profile of country actor‑turned‑singer Subtle Sam, exploring biography, performance, and cinematic self‑fiction. In Part 1, we take a glance at his first release "H...
31 Jan 20198min
HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: An Obscure Music History Christmas
Tom has a candid interview with music historian (and regular guest) George Greggenmeyer, looking at several unorthodox holiday songs whose other work we'll be hearing from over the next few episodes. ...
22 Dec 201817min
SPECIAL BROADCAST: Lenny Ziff - Is It Your Love I'm Buying?
In this special episode broadcast, we delve into the International Sound & Radio Archives and uncover a long forgotten radio program which also happens to be named "Obscure Music History". The episode...
29 Maj 201810min
The Actives - It Sucks To Be Peter Best
This week we invite back Sandy Kloystrüm from The Actives to talk about the song It Sucks To Be Peter Best, because we just really wanted to see them again. The episode explores resentment, mythologis...
29 Apr 20189min
Monster Bait - The Fart Earthquake
Looking at music from all angles is our specialty here, and this time we talk to Marc Cook - the producer of Monster Bait's pop punk extravaganza, The Fart Earthquake. What makes a producer tick? An i...
15 Apr 20189min
