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Lucinda / Shiny Things / Bone Chain, Orphans, Tom Waits [347/348/349]
A positive start and slight decline for Hannah, Sam and Martin, with Waits in murder ballad mode, a simple banjo-led song of yearning and the first instrumental of the album. The 'who' of our Brawler,...
2 Nov 202236min
Bottom of The World / Little Drop of Poison / Books of Moses, Orphans, Tom Waits [344/345/346]
Martin and Sam welcome Hannah McGregor for another trio of Waits's abandoned children: a hobo lullabye, his contribution to the Shrek-niverse and a tribute to one of 1969's most unusual solo projects....
26 Okt 202232min
Fish In The Jailhouse / Widow's Grove / Army Ants, Orphans, Tom Waits [341/342/343]
Returning for another eclectic selection of tracks, Amanda, Martin and Sam listen to a pescatarian jailbreak tune, an unusually conversational murder ballad, and Waits-does-Attenborough. We consider t...
19 Okt 202233min
2:19 / Long Way Home / Heigh Ho, Orphans, Tom Waits [338/339/340]
Martin and Sam welcome actor-musician Amanda Gordon to the show, getting into the groove of 2:19, the history of Long Way Home, and the strange dark texture of Heigh Ho. We discuss the value of grim i...
12 Okt 202232min
Low Down / You Can Never Hold Back Spring / Children's Story, Orphans, Tom Waits [335/336/337]
There's both delights and disappointments this week, as Martin, Sam and Jeu Jeu la Foille find a disappointingly straightforward Brawler with LowDown, a delightful and layered Bawler in You Can Never ...
5 Okt 202235min
Lie To Me / Bend Down The Branches / What Keeps Mankind Alive, Orphans, Tom Waits [332/333/334]
Aaaaand… we're off! Guest host Jeu Jeu La Foille rejoins Martin and Sam to tackle the first tracks from our monumental Orphans season, digging into the first tracks of Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. ...
28 Sep 202230min
Orphans introduction [331a]
Next week begins season 22, the behemoth that is Orphans. And so we're all on the same page, Sam and Martin explain how they (and we) will approach these three albums without breaking all our brains. ...
21 Sep 20223min
Over/Underrated: New York Art Rock (rebroadcast special)
While Sam and Martin prepare for Orphans, please enjoy a guest-podcast from our friends Fran and Babs of the Over/Underrated Music Podcast, featuring your regular SbS hosts as guests talking about som...
7 Sep 20221h 40min
