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JJ's Album Club

Welcome to JJ's Album Club. A music discussion podcast featuring reviews of the latest alternative music releases and special guests talking about the record they hold dearest to their heart. Join your hosts – journalist Jimi Famurewa (ShortList, The London Evening Standard, The Guardian, Q) and his childhood friend, comedian and radio presenter Joey Page (Nevermind the Buzzcocks) – as they agree, disagree and agree to disagree on the month's most interesting albums.

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S3 E7 Baxter Dury series finale from 2021-03-11T10:31:29

What a way to end the series, personal musical favourite of Joey's and all round sartorial musical maestro. Son of Ian and king of Miami Baxter Dury  joins the pod for a hilarious chat and ...

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S3 E6 Lady Blackbird from 2021-03-03T12:43:11

What a great chat with an absolute superstar. Come listen to Lady Blackbird talk Tom Waits, Donny Hathaway, Singing in Shopping centers and popping her podcast cherry with us. We were absolutley...

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S3 E5 EDDIE PILLER from 2021-02-22T19:21:46

The king of the mods. Eddie Piller, founder of Acid Jazz records, the notorious Blue Note nightclub and the amazing Totally Wired radio station joins us for some incredible tales about Paul Well...

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S3 E4 Everything Everything from 2021-02-15T19:28:04

Jeremy the perfect haired bassist of Everything Everything, and Foals joins us to talk about among other things Seeing Michael Jackson live, growing up in Tonbridge wells  & Everything ...

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S3 E3 Pan Amsterdam from 2021-02-08T16:16:09

This week we are joined by Pan Amsterdam a brilliantly inventive and super cool rapper with history steeped in Jazz as he talks to us about growing up in New York, working with Iggy Pop and maki...

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S3 Ep2. Sports team. from 2021-02-01T11:18:33

Welcome to another Episode of JJ's Album club. Huge heavyweight upstarts Sports Team join us for a chat about an album that was hugely important to their sound. They also lift the lid on what it...

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S3 Ep 1. Sleaford Mods from 2021-01-25T10:31:37

Welcome back everyone to the new series of JJ's Album club. Each week comedian and new music presenter Joey Page teams up with best mate and top Journalist Jimi Famurewa (Evening Standard, Guard...

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s2 ep 15 Killers, Nas, Bully and Lemon Twigs from 2020-08-27T22:27

We are back in the same (cavernous)  Trying to work out if Nas has gout? Why it's impossible to like the Killers and are Lemon Twigs OK? All this and lots mote. 

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s2 e14 WHITE DENIM talking Clues By Robert Palmer. from 2020-08-19T22:40:05

You know what? Joey has pulled out an absolute dream guest this week. Join the boys as they chat to James Petralli about being prolific, having a sporting attitude to music. How White Denim get ...

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S2 E13 ALBUM reviews for Fontaines DC, Vintage Crop and Washed Out. from 2020-08-12T21:42:01

We are back with another mighty fine edition of the Album reviews pod, Plus a new competition- What's Jimi singing and Joey does a massive U-Turn. 

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S2 Ep12 Comedy superstar Rob Beckett talks Arctic Monkeys from 2020-08-06T18:37:38

What a great show! 3 South London lads on one podcast!  Rob talks about a classic Monkeys album and talks about why he always favoured comedy over music. Joey has his stand up special out n...

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s2 Ep11 Album reviews for Lianne La Havas, Jarv is and Courtney Marie Andrews. Plus Mercury chat. from 2020-07-30T10:51:39

For the first time in this series we are under the same roof. Also for the first time ever we were live on Twitch.  If you want to see future recordings live and get involved in real time t...

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S2 Ep 10 Playwright Inua Ellams talks Soweto Kinch from 2020-07-23T10:35:01

This week we are super lucky to talk to the best Playwright and poet in Britain about a gem of an album somewhat unknown to us but boy is it amazing. It's not even on Spotify!  Inua talks i...

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S2 E9 Paul Weller, Holy Wave and The Streets. from 2020-07-16T22:09:38

Album reviews for 3 really interesting and highly diverse albums. Plus Liam Gallagher on a combine harvester and Joey  talks about the phone in his bathroom. 

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Ep 10. John Grant on his Favourite Devo record, his new album and Roller coasters. from 2020-07-08T16:04:51

In this riveting chat John Grant pops into JJ's Album club to talk about growing up in a strict household and his love of Roller coasters.  Listen to music's most interesting and charming man wax L...

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Ep 9. Bob Dylan, Haim, Nadine Shah and Khruangbin from 2020-07-01T16:43:48

Possibly the most professional and entertaining episode yet. Some cracking albums and maybe for the first time ever Jimi is in a horrible mood. 

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Series 2 Episode 8 Josie Long talks Joanna Newsom from 2020-06-24T10:44:54

Josie Long is one Britain's most groundbreaking and  original comics listen to her bring her unbridled and infectious enthusiasm to this weeks pod as she talks about her love for Joanna New...

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Series 2 Ep 7 Run the Jewels, Sports Team, Rolling Blackout C.F. and Hinds from 2020-06-17T12:26:13

All the tech has failed, Joey is recording in the garden in the rain. Jimi is holding the show together. There are some cracking album reviews, Joey reveals so secrets about the Heinz factory an...

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Series 2- Episode 6. Steve Gunn on Brian Eno's Discreet Music. from 2020-06-08T19:26:05

Holed up in New York the stupidly good Steve Gunn  (who's brilliant album The Unseen In Between is one of Joey's favourite of the last year) joins Jimi and Joey who are having some Friday n...

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Season 2 Episode 5 Little Simz, The 1975, Sleaford Mods and Bishop Nehru from 2020-05-26T08:17:39

It's album review week and comedian and radio DJ Joey Page and Journalist and author Jimi Famurewa  are reviewing a couple of the longest albums on the planet to be released this month. Joi...

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Season 2 ep 4 James Righton talks about Kid A from 2020-05-18T22:35:01

It’s all kicking off on this weeks show. Jimi and Joey interview the super stylish and crazy talented James Righton, who once he has finished smashing glasses and ordering a Deliveroo joins the boy...

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Season 2 Episode 3- Reviews of Drake, Car Seat Headrest, Ghostpoet and White Denim. from 2020-05-11T18:33:41

Come on down to JJ's Album Club and hear the considered and not at all reactionary opinions of two old friends reviewing some of the hottest records released over the last couple of weeks. Plus ...

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Season 2 Episode 2 with special guest Phill Jupitus from 2020-05-06T15:27:52

Joey Page and Jimi Famurewa are back with a special episode and an extra special guest. Join the lads as they quiz Phill Jupitus about one of his favourite albums of all time; Sandinista! by the...

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Season 2 Episode 1 Dont call it a comeback. Featuring The Strokes, Laura Marling, Hollow ship and Thundercat from 2020-05-01T07:55:33

After months of trying to tempt Jimi away from writing a book, being a Masterchef judge and a dad we are back and more professional than ever. Reviewing some of April's more interesting album relea...

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7: Tis the Season to trash the 1975, Plus Anderson .Paak, B.E.D and the Album of the Year. from 2018-12-22T22:18:52

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6: The Good the Bad and the Kurt Vile – with Vince Staples, TVAM, The Good the Bad and the Queen and, yes, Kurt Vile (E06) from 2018-11-16T14:13:05

This time Joey and Jimi convene in Joey's fancy new kitchen to lob some thoughts at four fascinating albums from the previous month. There's the new Brexit-flavoured record from Damon Albarn's refo...

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5: Not OK Computer – with Christine and the Queens, Idles, Lil Wayne, Teleman & Joey's ruined laptop from 2018-10-24T16:17:58

Joey and Jimi return with an episode delayed by the failure of Joey's second-hand laptop. Never mind! Features Christine and the Queens MJ-infused pop, Lil Wayne's blockbuster return, Idles second ...

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4: Breakfast of Champions – with Lemon Twigs, White Denim, Blood Orange, Mitski & Pete Doherty's massive fry up (E04) from 2018-08-31T13:21:16

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3: Mystic Mercury Prize Special – with Bodega, Let's Eat Grandma & Mattiel (E03) from 2018-07-27T23:04:22

This month, Joey and Jimi run their eyes and ears over the shortlisted acts for the Mercury Prize 2018 and make some wild predictions. Plus they discuss Bodega's pleasing brand of wry post-punk, Le...

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2: King Push It Real Good – with Father John Misty, CHVRCHES, Pusha T and special guest Dolly Alderton (E02) from 2018-06-24T10:49:07

JJ's is back! Slightly later than we initially thought! This month, Joey and Jimi discuss the latest winner from Father John Misty's one-man sadness-factory, Pusha T's Kanye-produced instant classi...

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1: Tranquility Base Hotel + Podcast - with Arctic Monkeys, Parquet Courts, Courtney Barnett and more (E01) from 2018-05-21T22:44:57

After a long break, Jimi and Joey return for a new season of squabbling over what ratings to give recently released albums. This episode features a lengthy breakdown of ARCTIC MONKEYS surprising si...

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8: E08 – with Shame, N.E.R.D. and Tune-Yards from 2018-02-01T04:41:20

It's a delayed 2018 kick-off for Jimi and Joey as they return to the rattly confines of the pod-kitchen. This month they discuss Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's leather-jacketed stasis, Shame's thril...

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7: E07 – Festive Special! With Morrissey, Noel Gallagher, Eminem and Albums of 2017 from 2017-12-17T01:28

Pour yourselves a massive Snowball and join Joey and Jimi as they discuss the latest vehicle for Morrissey’s Bad Opinions, Noel Gallagher’s dad-psych odyssey and Eminem’s continued struggle for rel...

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6: Episode 6 – with Beck, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, and Baxter Dury plus special guest Daniel Lawrence Taylor from 2017-11-09T15:45:01

Joey and Jimi return to chew over the efficient excellence of Beck's new album, Baxter Dury's dazzlingly weird mid-life crisis and Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile's decidedly laid-back love-in. They...

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5: Episode 5 – with special guests Cabbage, and albums by Liam Gallagher, Benjamin Clementine, LCD Soundsystem and Wolf Alice from 2017-10-09T16:25:26

Jimi and Joey return with an interview with Lee Broadbent, frontman of politically-charged Mancunian agitators Cabbage. They also discuss Liam Gallagher's solo attempt to overcome his lyrical limit...

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Episode 4 – Ghostpoet, The War On Drugs, Everything Everything and Arcade Fire from 2017-09-08T06:13:11

Joey is back from the Edinburgh festival and so are we! This month we dive into new albums from Ghostpoet, Everything Everything, The War On Drugs and Juanita Stein. Plus there's lively debate abou...

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Episode 3 – Folk me special! Featuring reviews of JAY-Z, Fleet Foxes, Childhood and more from 2017-07-24T14:35:05

After a festival-induced hiatus, comedian Joey Page and journalist Jimi Famurewa return to chew over JAY-Z's confessional 4:44, Fleet Foxes long-awaited third record, Childhood's second album curve...

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Episode 2 – with Smoke Fairies (Kasabian, Weller, Gorillaz and Pirate Pauls) from 2017-05-31T23:14:46

Journalist Jimi Famurewa and idiot new music radio host Joey Page review some of the month's biggest new albums. Plus an interview with Smoke Fairies about Jack White, stalking Sheryl Crow and of c...

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Episode 1 – with Mat Horne (Father John Misty, Joey Bada$$, Future Islands) from 2017-04-21T14:37:19

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