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The Guardian's Music Podcast

The Guardian's Music podcast is our irregular but ever excellent look at music culture. Each week a special guest joined the Guardian’s Kate Hutchinson to discuss a musical theme, from Neneh Cherry on her journey from jazz to punk, to Stewart Lee’s survey of music and stand-up comedy. It’s very Guardian

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Music Weekly podcast: Damon Albarn, Dave Haslam and Lonelady at Manchester international festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Damon Albarn talks about Dr Dee: An English Opera; Dave Haslam on Manchester's musical heritage; and we speak to Julie Campbell, alias Lonelady

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury 2011 - the review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's all over, and Alexis Petridis, Rosie Swash and Tim Jonze review it and wrap it all up for 2011. Beyoncé's amazing performance is up for discussion, and we hear from Ms Dynamite on playing fest...

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury 2011 - day three from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ed from Friendly Fires shares the moment he found out the band were playing during Pulp's set, we find out why this year's festival is in search of the Spirit of '71, and Alexis Petridis, Rosie Swa...

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury 2011 – day two from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Has Glastonbury returned to its political roots? Billy Bragg discusses the power of protest at the festival. Plus Guy Garvey from Elbow tells us about Michael Eavis's denim gloves and his favourite...

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury 2011 – day one from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Our annual Glasto trip kicks off with a stroll around Strummerville. Plus, Emmy the Great performs live

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Music Weekly podcast: Simon Reynolds on Retromania; Bonjay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Simon Reynolds talks to Dorian Lynskey about his book Retromania. Why does pop constantly celebrate the past? Also, Emma Warren speaks to Canadian duo Bonjay about their dancehall, electro and R&am...

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Music Weekly podcast: Meltdown Special - looking at Ready, Steady, Go! and Dengue Fever from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis meets Vicki Wickham, producer of 60s pop TV show Ready, Steady, Go! As she is about to stage a performance at the Meltdown festival this year, Alexis asks about the programme's hist...

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Music Weekly podcast: Battles and Gwilym Gold from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The New York experimentalists discuss the departure of their vocalist, while Gwilym Gold tells us about the Bronze format – where a track is never played the same way twice

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Music Weekly: Kate Bush's Tour of Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Those involved in Kate Bush's one and only tour reveal all, plus music from John Talabot, Black Lips and Fucked Up

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Music Weekly podcast: Bob Dylan special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

As Bob Dylan's 70th birthday approaches, Emmy the Great and the Guardian's Stephen Moss join guest presenter John Harris in choosing their favourite Dylan tracks

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Music Weekly podcast: Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi discuss their Morricone-inspired album. Plus reviews of tracks from Chemical Brothers, Junior Boys, and the Joker featuring Jessie Ware

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Music Weekly podcast: DELS and Dream Beach records from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The British rapper performs live, while the team learn about the similarities between Kurdish wedding music and Metallica

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Music Weekly podcast: Beastie Boys special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's a Beastie Boys special, y'all, as hip hop aficionado Angus Batey joins us to discuss Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 and reflect on the golden age of hip hop. Plus: new music from Tom Vek, Gang Gan...

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Music Weekly podcast: Brother from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Slough's most famous musical export on how they deal with being hated, and how they're not like Oasis. Plus: reviews of Fleet Foxes, Austra and Danger Mouse's collaboration with Danielle Lupi and N...

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Music Weekly podcast: Record Store Day and Ghost Box records from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The organiser of Record Store Day UK comes into the studio and the team give their recommendations of great independent record shops. Plus the label Ghost Box records is profiled

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Music Weekly podcast: TV On the Radio and Lykke Li from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Brooklyn band go sunny side up, plus English whimsy from Chad and Jeremy, and live music from Swedish singer Lykke Li Read an interview with TV on the Radio from this week's Guide

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Music Weekly podcast: Yuck, plus we celebrate 1,000 New Bands of the Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Paul Lester on the highs and lows of writing 1,000 new band profiles. Plus, Yuck tell us they're all about the music maaaan

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Music Weekly podcast: Glasvegas return from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Glasvegas open up to Ben Beaumont-Thomas, and we look at new tracks from Britney Spears, Thomas Dolby and Actress

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Music Weekly podcast: UK rap with RoxXxan and Ghostpoet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Two new UK rap hopefuls are interviewed on the podcast this week as we look at the new wave of homegrown hip-hop

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Music Weekly: Scritti Politti's Green Gartside from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Green Gartside of Scritti Politti talks to Alexis Petridis and looks back at his musical career as a 'Best of' album is released. Also Jude Rogers and Pete Paphides review tracks by Lykke Li, Solar...

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Music Weekly podcast: Protest songs special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dorian Lynskey joins Alexis Petridis to discuss protest songs. Where is the politically motivated music of 2011? Our team have a few suggestions

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Music Weekly podcast: Wire and Clinic's Ade Blackburn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Colin Newman and Graham Lewis from Wire on their mutually antagonistic relationship with their audience, and their ever changing sound over the last 30 years. Plus Ade Blackburn from Clinic plays s...

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Music Weekly podcast: Brit awards 2011 reviewed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Grace Dent, Alexis Petridis and the podcast team find it's not a vintage year for the Brits, and that in future it should tap into the wonkiness of British pop

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Music Weekly: PJ Harvey on Let England Shake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

PJ Harvey discusses storytelling in music and how she made her 'socially apocalyptic' eighth album, Let England Shake

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Music Weekly podcast: Earth's Dylan Carlson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dylan Carlson - frontman of Seatle drone metal band Earth teaches us a little bit of theology and confesses he'll neve make an up tempo record. Plus three new releases on Domino records are discuss...

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Music Weekly podcast: Bill Brewster remembers Trax Records from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bill Brewster, DJ historian and author of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life remembers the Chicago house record label Traxx, explaining how the label came to life and why it died out. Plus tracks from R...

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Music Weekly podcast: Hercules and Love Affair and Beth Ditto from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andy Butler from Hercules comes in to tell us about new album Blue Songs and how it's time for disco's rediscovery. Plus as Beth Ditto teams up with Simian Mobile Disco, she tells us what it was li...

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Music Weekly podcast: Matt Berry and the indie professor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The IT Crowd's Matt Berry comes in to talk about Witchazel - the concept album about the countryside that he wrote, performed and recorded himself. We review tracks from Grouplove, Fixers and Gil S...

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Music Weekly: Go! Team and Kompakt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We get the lo-fi lowdown on Go! Team, sample the beautiful techno of Kompakt, and lift the lid on tracks by the Decemberists, Adele and Brother

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Music Weekly: Live tracks special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This special festive edition of Music Weekly features all the live tracks recorded exclusively for us in 2010. There are plenty of treats in store including Miike Snow, Stornoway, Broken Bells and ...

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Music Weekly podcast: Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley on our Christmas special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne comes in to tell us why the band have released so many tracks about Christmas. Plus the team pick their favourite festive tunes

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Music Weekly: John Lennon remembered from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Thirty years after his death, we look at Lennon's role in music TV and re-evaluate the work of Yoko Ono in Feature With No Name

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Music Weekly: Warpaint and the Hundred in the Hands from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

LA band Warpaint talk about the west coast, while disco-pop duo the Hundred in the Hands show off their highbrow knowledge

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Music Weekly: Nicki Minaj album review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The panel discuss Pink Friday, the long-awaited debut album by Nicki Minaj. Plus singer-songwriter Jamie Woon tells us about working with the elusive Burial

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Music Weekly podcast: Bryan Ferry and Ariel Pink from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bryan Ferry explains how art inspired his new album Olympia, plus LA psych-popper Ariel Pink on cross-dressing

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Music Weekly: Motown special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Steve Levine, producer of the Beach Boys and Culture Club among others, reveals the secrets behind the Motown sound

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Music Weekly: Bird on a Wire director Tony Palmer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

With Leonard Cohen documentary Bird on a Wire about to hit TV screens, its director tells us about working with Cohen and how the project was reborn 38 years after being made

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Music Weekly: Swans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael Gira tells us about reforming his band the Swans, plus one-woman orchestra Glasser talks about her debut album, Ring

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Music Weekly: No Age and Darkstar from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

LA noise-poppers No Age tell us about new album Everything In Between and Hyperdub's Darkstar discuss the tortuous process of putting their record together

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Music Weekly: Crystal Fighters and the Wipers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Electro-folkers Crystal Fighters tell us about their Basque country connections. Plus, the Feature With No Name is back – this time we'll be remembering Portland band the Wipers

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Music Weekly: Cee Lo Green and Vince Clarke from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We meet Cee Lo Green who deconstructs his F-rated new single. Plus, Vince Clarke talks Yazoo Warning: contains strong language

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Music Weekly: These New Puritans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jack Barnett from These New Puritans talks about their forthcoming Hidden Live tour and explains why orchestras are more rock'n'roll than most indie bands

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Music Weekly: Dave Sitek from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We hear from New York producer and TV on the Radio band member Dave Sitek about his love of landscaping and what inspired his first solo album, Maximum Balloon. Plus, Your Label's Showing returns w...

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Music Weekly: Janelle Monáe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sci-fi-influenced R&B singer Janelle Monáe tells us about working with Sean 'Diddy' Combs, plus the Feature With No Name returns to get all nostalgic over Fugazi

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Music Weekly: Underworld from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Underworld's Karl Hyde tells us about new album Barking and his love affair with Essex, plus we meet Hyperdub's Ikonika

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Music Weekly: Mercury prize 2010 special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A bumper edition of Music Weekly looks at this year's Mercury prize, with interviews from I Am Kloot, the XX, Laura Marling and Kit Downes Trio

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Innermost: episode 1 of a new series from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Guardian has launched a new series called Innermost that we think you will like. Each week, callers will tell Leah Green what’s going on behind closed doors. In the first episode, we hear how a...

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The Final Episode: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian's Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This final episode in the Brasil Music Exchange series is dedicated to the very best new music from Recife and Rio de Janeiro. What put Recife on the map was the ground-breaking Manguebeat cultural...

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Episode Nine: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

São Paulo is a megacity of over 20 million people and it’s the buzz at the heart of the independent music scene in Brazil. We feature music from the forefront of the SP new wave right now, with Met...

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Episode Eight: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This episode is dedicated to Northern Brazil with new sounds from Amazonas state, Pará, Ceará and beyond. Right now a northern influence is taking the whole country by storm. Raw tecnobrega beats, ...

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Paralympic Special: Brazil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is the Brasil Music Exchange Paralympic special, bringing you the best new music direct from Brazil! This show is powered by Brazil’s bass-heavy beats - from dub and hip hop to sci-fi ragga. W...

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The Close: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is the last episode of the Brasil Music Exchange! Over the past month we’ve brought you the best that Brasil has to offer. In this final episode Jody Gillett celebrates the women of new Brazil...

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Episode Five: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brasil Music Exchange brings you the best new music direct from Brazil! This episode features cover versions of vintage classics and long-lost gems by the new generation. Our ever diverse playlist ...

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Episode Four: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brasil Music Exchange brings you the best new music direct from Brazil. This show puts the spotlight on outstanding recent releases from across the country. The playlist features national stars Cri...

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Episode Three: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We’re continuing our trip across Brazil with great new sounds from the heart of the country. This show dedicated to the central zone focuses on music from the capital, Brasilia, rock city Goiânia a...

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Episode Two: Brasil Music Exchange - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Artists in Brazil have a secret weapon - the incredible heritage of a country that is a bonafide musical giant. Right now they are also plugged into global currents and making their own innovative,...

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Brasil Music Exchange: Olympic Special - The Guardian Music Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Fresh from Brazil, this is a great introduction into the very best new sounds from all over. You’ll hear the latest releases from Samba’s woman at the end of the world, Elza Soares, Salvador’s bril...

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Ben Beaumont-Thomas on the ultimate crate-digging labels - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Guardian’s Ben Beaumont-Thomas plays some of the best tracks from the new slew of crate-digging labels

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Stewart Lee on standup comedy and music – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stewart Lee joins us for a cruise through the alternative comedy scene in the 80s and the bands that helped soundtrack it

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John McEntire on Chicago's music scene - The Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Super producer John McEntire from Tortoise gives us a snapshot of Chicago’s alternative music scene through the ages from Howlin’ Wolf to Jim O’Rourke

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Richard Dawson on the naked voice – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Leftfield folk singer Richard Dawson takes us on a trip through the outer fringes of unaccompanied singing

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Fat White Family on outsider ballads - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Soap dodgers Saul and Lias from Fat White Family play us an hour of their favourite weird and woozy outsider ballads

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Matthew Herbert on rhythm – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Electronic musician Matthew Herbert talks about the pivotal records that helped him understand rhythm

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Bobby Gillespie on cheating songs – the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The frontman from Primal Scream hauls a bag of his favourite infidelity themed records down to the NTS studios for our latest live radio show

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Neneh Cherry on jazz and rebellion - the Guardian Radio Hour podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

From Sun Ra to the Slits, Neneh Cherry kicks off our new NTS radio series in London with a show dedicated to the spirit of punk in jazz and jazz in punk

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How to make it in the music industry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Traditional lenders often shy away from the creative industries – what can startup bands and independent musicians do to get on the road to financial success?

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Tim Dowling: Snowfall on TV from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

As part of our Christmas appeal Tim Dowling has created a Christmas song with Ed Harcourt and Kathryn Williams

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Music Weekly podcast: the Manics, Kelela – plus should Glastonbury show the World Cup? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's a bumper Singles Club, with tracks from Manic Street Preachers, Kelela, Raul Midón and Years and Years

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Music Weekly podcast: a month of noise from Necro Deathmort and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Luke Turner brings us a joyful noise as he rounds up the month in ear-bleeding music. Plus tracks from Lykke Li, Babe and Benjamin Brooker in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Coachella with Emmy the Great and Courtney Barnett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rebecca Nicholson reports from the desert storm of Coachella. Plus tracks from Courtney Barnett, Lana Del Rey and Linkin Park

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Music Weekly podcast: Pete Paphides' Parallel History of Pop and Ed Sheeran's sexy new direction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pete Paphides goes back in time to ponder David Bowie's gnomic beginnings and bad outfits from the Beatles. Plus the Roots, Ed Sheeran and Boots in Singles Club

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Music weekly podcast: Walls and the wonders of the Radiophonic Workshop from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A preview of a day celebrating the wonky electronic wonders of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, plus memories of Frankie Knuckles, and singles from Rita Ora, SZA and Chance the Rapper, and Joyce Muniz

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Music weekly podcast: Dom Lawson on Babymetal, a Dio tribute and all that is heavy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Our guru of all things heavy rounds up the latest in metal from Metallica, Babymetal and a tribute to Ronnie James Dio. Plus tracks from Mac DeMarco, le1f and Indiana in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: South By Southwest report from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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Music Weekly podcast: Colleen Murphy on Classic Album Sundays from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis hears all about the Classic Album Sundays club, plus new music from the Kooks, Jheine Aiko and OFF!

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Music Weekly podcast: Remix culture, new Haim and an Oasis redux from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Can you remaster the mastery of Oasis? Plus, what Sydney trio Movement and Jaffa Cakes have in common, Pete Paphides revisits Smash Hits, circa 1983, and a track from Haim

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Music Weekly podcast: the Horrors, the NME awards and a UFO sighting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael Hann on why he believes in UFO, plus singles from Pender Street Steppers, the Horrors and Little Dragon

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Music Weekly podcast: the Brit Awards post-mortem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hangovers at the ready as we attempt to make sense of the 2014 Brit Awards, from Bowie to Beyoncé

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Music Weekly podcast: St Vincent's musical life in five tracks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Annie Clark, aka St Vincent, spins the five defining tracks of her career. Plus tracks from Kelis, Shura and the Amazing Snakeheads get a right good listening to in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Alexis Petridis on Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Also, Alexis Petridis brings you his take on Malcolm McLaren's debut album – 1983's Duck Rock

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Music Weekly podcast: Luke Turner on Russell Haswell and the latest noise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tracks from Elbow, Meridian Dan and The War On Drugs, plus the latest ear-bleeders from Luke Turner of the Quietus

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Music Weekly podcast: Parallel History of Pop and a banger from Disclosure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pete Paphides, the Time Lord of pop, goes back to 1972. Plus music from Bibio, Holly Herndon and Disclosure

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Music Weekly podcast: Dan Hancox's pick of Soca, Afrobeat and Zouk bass from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We've got new music from Wild Beasts, Cashmere Cat and Neneh Cherry in Singles Club. Plus, Dan Hancox gives us a kick up the parochial backside with his pick of world beats

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Music Weekly podcast: reasons to be cheerful in 2014 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

And they are … FKA Twigs, Dornik, Rainy Milo, Teleman, East India Youth and Courtney Barnett

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Music Weekly: The podcast team's year in pop from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Christmas is coming, and it's time for the pod team to cast their ears across the past year and select their musical hightlights of 2013

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Music Weekly podcast: Pete Paphides' Parallel History of Pop...1965 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Take a trip back to December 1965 with Pete Paphides, plus new music from Sky Ferreira, Tensnake and Busy Signal

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Music Weekly podcast: James Ferraro on his 9/11 reverie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Electronic music maker James Ferraro talks about his album that reflects on the Twin Towers attacks, plus Alexis Petridis on Elton John, Russia and him

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Music Weekly podcast: aggro and adulation with Talulah Gosh from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Singles from Death Grips, Busta Rhymes and Toy, plus Talulah Gosh on winding up the macho indie scene

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Music Weekly: Swedish satanists Ghost from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Music Weekly: Swedish satanists Ghost haunt the Guardian's studios, plus singles club and the week's news

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Music Weekly podcast: Giorgio Moroder special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Giorgio Moroder: the hitmaker talks about his stellar career as a super-producer, songwriter, electronic pioneer and mentor to an impressive roster of acts• See Giorgio Moroder interviewed on video...

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Music Weekly: Parallel History of Pop, Gaga in space and the Jungle mystery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Music from Jungle, Young Fathers and Blood Orange in Singles Club. Plus all the angst of the 80s as Pete Paphides embarks on another Parallel History of Pop

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Music Weekly podcast: our verdict on the Mercury music prize from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Was James Blake the right choice? Will David Bowie ever get over it? The strange effect of Jake Bugg … our music team try to find their way through the Mercury maze

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Music weekly podcast: Beatles uncut plus Anna Calvi's musical wildlife from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mark Lewisohn on his extraordinary Beatlemania, Anna Calvi's orchestral manoeuvring. Plus, music from MIA, Lady Gaga (with R Kelly) and Trampolene in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Marie Waterson on how Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley helped celebrate her mother Lal's music. Plus Mike Skinner, James Blake and Matthew E White in Singles Club.

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Music Weekly podcast: The Airborne Toxic Event and R&B reborn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Plus we discuss Thom Yorke's recent analysis of Spotify, the overexposure of Miley Cyrus, and rate new releases from Honeyblood, Destroyer and Banks

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Music Weekly podcast: The best gig venues and the month in noise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We ask what makes a good gig venue, round up the best in horrible industrial noise, and rate new tracks by Jagwar Ma, Trans and Eyedress.

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Music Weekly podcast: Psych special! Featuring Wooden Shjips from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Music Weekly podcast: Get me to the world on time! It's our psychedelia special! Featuring Wooden Shjips

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Music Weekly podcast: Angel Haze and the month in Metal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kieran chats to Detroit rapper Angel Haze, Dom Lawson rounds up the month in metal, and we rate new tracks by Lorde, Jessy Lanza and Oneothrix Point Never in Singles Club.

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Music Weekly podcast: the Manics in a glorious crisis – plus Pete Paphides from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nicky Wire makes a midlife crisis sound amazing, Pete Paphides wrestles with Balls and Coldplay make a surprise entry in Singles Club, along with Kingdom and Julia Holter

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Music Weekly podcast: Cassette Store Day, Bestival and a little bit of Pixies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Wow and flutter! It's Cassette Store Day. Plus the new Pixies single and high hopes for Elton John at Bestival

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury day three roundup from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis reviews the final day of Glastonbury 2013 action before packing up his tent. Kieran Yates and Caspar Llewellyn Smith are also on hand to share their highlights of the festival and w...

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury day two roundup from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Recorded in the wee small hours of Sunday morning, we report on the ongoing Glastonbury messiness as it unfolds, including reviews of Johnny Marr, Public Enemy and the Rolling Stones. Plus, Norman ...

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Glastonbury day one roundup: Music Weekly podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates descend on Glastonbury for their unique take on the festival – featuring reviews of Beady Eye, Arctic Monkeys and Portishead. Plus interviews with singer Laura Mvul...

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Music Weekly podcast: Glastonbury preview 2013 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the first of four special editions of the Guardian music podcast, Alexis Petridis, Kieran Yates and Rebecca Nicholson preview the year's biggest music festival. Plus, Tim Jonze talks to reveller...

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Music Weekly podcast: Grant Hart's five crucial tracks and Phosphorescent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Grant Hart from 1980's hardcore legends Hüsker Dü takes us through his career in five tracks, folky singer-songwriter Phosphorescent on his ten-year overnight success, and Alexis and Michael get ex...

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Music Weekly podcast: Bonobo ups the ante – plus a Pastels top five from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bonobo ponders a surprise move to neo-hardcore, Stephen Pastels on the history of the Pastels in five tracks. Plus Toy, Lorde and ScHhoolboy Q in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: UK dubstep in New York – plus Patty Griffin's country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Patty Griffin takes a voyage round her father, Kieran takes a bite of the Big Apple with Skream and the UK dubstep scene. Plus Just a Band, Stay + and Cooly G

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Music Weekly podcast: Beardyman shows us his sonic screwdriver – plus Kanye West on the edge of reason from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Behold the Beardytron 500 – music and machine in harmony. We've also got Parallel History of Pop in 1981, Kanye West, These New Puritans and Mayer Hawthorne in Singles club

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Music Weekly podcast: 10 years of Ed Banger, plus history remade by Public Service Broadcasting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Justice nominate their favourite Ed Bangers, to mark 10 years of the French dance label. Public Service Broadcasting tell Alexis how they make pop out of old propoganda, and MØ, Daphni and the Orwe...

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Music Weekly podcast: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs and Flatbush Zombies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs play Name That Tune, and we get spiritual with Brooklyn hip-hoppers Flatbush Zombies

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Music Weekly podcast: Primal Scream's Glastonbury recipe – plus Kode9 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bobby Gillespie on what he really thinks of hippies. Plus, floorbanging from Kode9 and Mariah Carey in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: the DOT's Mike Skinner and Rob Harvey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The unlikely pairing of Mike 'The Streets' Skinner and the Music's Rob Harvey are back with a second album in under a year: they explain their union to us. Pete Paphides delves into another paralle...

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Music Weekly podcast: Austra and Sam Amidon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We're joined in the studio by Katie Stelmanis from Austra, and Vermont folk singer Sam Amidon. And on Singles Club, we rate new tracks by Polica, Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu, and Doldrums

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Music Weekly podcast: Coachella festival and Houndmouth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We have fun in the sun at California's Coachella festival, and are joined in the studio by US folk rockers Houndmouth. Plus tracks from the xx, Disclosure and the Hold Steady in a special Record St...

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Music Weekly podcast: Noah and the Whale plus the return of Fall Out Boy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Charlie Fink from Noah and the Whale joins us and Fall Out Boy come back to save rock'n'roll. Plus tracks from Phoenix, Duke Dumont and Carbon Silicon in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Hookworms go wah-wah, and Charli XCX goes it alone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Charli XCX finally cracks her own album and Hookworms explain why they're so awesomely loud. Plus: Haim, Dirty Projectors and Yeah Yeah Yeahs enter the Singles Club ring

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Music Weekly podcast: Dawn Richard and Parquet Courts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

P Diddy protegee Dawn Richard tells us about going solo, and New Yorkers Parquet Courts pick the tracks that inspire them

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Music Weekly podcast: Beyoncé is back from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We rate the return of Beyoncé, Pete Paphides journeys back to 1992, and Kieran talks to London DJ Bok Bok

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Music Weekly podcast: Kele from Bloc Party and Ghostpoet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kele Okereke pops in to tell us about what life is like for Bloc Party right now, Ghostpoet unveils the follow-up to his Mercury-nominated debut album, plus Justin Timberlake lyric shocker

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Music Weekly podcast: Suede on the tricky art of the comeback – plus Stornoway's Brian Briggs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stornoway's Brian Briggs joins us, John Grant, DJ Rashad and Fainting by Numbers in Singles Club. Plus Suede on their full-blown reformation

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Music Weekly podcast: Johnny Marr on his favourite tracks, Andrew Weatherall in the studio – and Parallel History of Pop from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

DJ legend Andrew Weatherall guests, and reveals his smoke machine powers, Johnny Marr tells us about the tracks he's most proud of, and Pete Paphides reports from the pages of a 1972 NME

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Music weekly podcast: Brit awards 2013 special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A hearty celebration of our kaleidoscopic music scene or a dismal reflection of the dull mess we're in? Our podcast team digest the Brits

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Music Weekly podcast: Slade, Bowie, Roxy Music … it's the glam special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's all about brickies in lipstick this week, with a trip to Tate Liverpool's Glam exhibition, a visit from Jeremy Deller and some classic obscurities from the likes of Iron Virgin

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Music Weekly: Robyn Hitchcock's here – plus Delphic's radical departure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Robyn Hitchcock opens his "groovarium", My Bloody Valentine's single and burning down the studio with Delphic

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Music Weekly podcast: Ethan Johns on his solo debut – plus Miguel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Legendary producer Ethan Johns jumps to the other side of the mixing desk – plus we hear from R&B superstar Miguel and get an insight into a hidden Steve Goodman treasure

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Music Weekly podcast: Mark "E" Everett of Eels, the down-low on Kelly Rowland. Plus Bytches With Problems from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Eels frontman talks to us about beard power. Plus the Hidden Treasure of Bytches and Kelly Rowland's latest sauce

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Music Weekly podcast: Kwes sits in – and Palma Violets hit the jackpot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kwes's verdict on the new Justin Timberlake, the rise and rise of Palma Violets – plus a hidden gem from Leroy Troy

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Music Weekly podcast: Everything Everything – plus the return of Suede from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Everything you always wanted to know about Everything Everything. Plus Willow Smith – a singer who's 12 going on 35 – and the first of our new Historical Treasures series

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Music Weekly podcast: Justin Young of the Vaccines sits in – and ZZ Top get a chorus of approval from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Vaccines' Justin Young is in the studio to talk about his year – and to look at some of the musical themes of 2012. And it's a singles club special, as the podders nominate their songs of the y...

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Music Weekly podcast: Deap Vally's naked ambition – plus Cee-Lo Green meets the Muppets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A*M*E has a go at world domination, Deap Vally go barefoot rocking and Cee-Lo Green croons with Kermit

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Music Weekly podcast: Willy Mason on Obama and drum machines – plus Danny Rampling's Shoom relaunch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Laura Barton talks to Willy Mason, ASAP Rocky reveals his big problem and DJ Danny Rampling gets ready to Shoom

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Music Weekly podcast: Julia Holter's LA inspiration – plus Pete Paphides' Parallel History of Pop from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Julia Holter emerges from her LA bedroom, Pete Paphides returns to 1983 and Jessie Ware is mixed up in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Darren Hayman and the witches of Essex – plus the powerhouse that is TNGHT from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The former Hefner singer on his Essex obsession, plus Hudson Mohawke and Lunice talk TNGHT

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Music Weekly podcast: Tame Impala blow your mind and Jack de Johnette bangs the drum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mind-bending fuzz from Tame Impala, plus one of jazz's great rhythm aces on working with Miles Davis and John Coltrane

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Music Weekly podcast: Tracey Thorn's Christmas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Everything But The Girl's Tracey Thorn talks to Kieran Yates and Michael Hann about her Christmas album Tinsel and Lights. Plus dubstep legend Mala takes his beats to Cuba

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Music Weekly podcast: Alt-J win the Mercury prize from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Favourites Alt-J walk away with the Mercury prize - but are they the real winners? Alexis Petridis considers the fate of previous winners, while Rebecca Nicholson reports from the red carpet

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Music Weekly podcast: Jake Bugg conquers the UK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates review three new singles, Jake Bugg discusses his chart-topping debut album and Pete Paphides reports from 31 October 1970

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Music Weekly podcast: Charlotte Church and Bellowhead from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Charlotte Church reveals plans to conquer the world with a barrage of EPs, while Bellowhead ponder their relationship to Mumford & Sons, and play for us in the studio

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Music Weekly podcast: Peter Hook and revolutionary disco from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Peter Hook discusses Joy Division and New Order and film-maker Jamie Kastner decodes the subliminal messages of disco

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Music Weekly podcast: Jim Jones Revue and Jens Lekman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kieran Yates discusses the week's music news with Michael Hann and Rebecca Nicholson. Plus interviews with Jim Jones Revue and Swedish indiepop artist Jens Lekman

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Music Weekly podcast: David Rodigan, Tim Burgess and Pete Paphides from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis and Kieran are joined by reggae DJ David Rodigan MBE. Plus Tim Burgess discusses his new solo album and Pete Paphides travels to 1967 via a vintage music magazine

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Music Weekly podcast: Erol Alkan, Duran Duran's John Taylor, and Lucy Rose from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Erol Alkan reviews the singles, John Taylor reveals his Duran Duran secrets, and Lucy Rose explains her debt to Joni Mitchell

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Music Weekly: Bestival special - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis has just returned from Bestival, where he reverted to his teenage self, saw the xx and New Order, spoke to Alt-J – and recorded this special episode of Music Weekly

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Music Weekly podcast: Womad 2012 special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Womad celebrated its 30th birthday with a record-breaking turnout, a selection of the best music from around the world and some sunshine

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Music Weekly extra: Gilles Peterson's guide to Belgian music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Continuing our Sounds of Europe series, Gilles Peterson presents a short history of Belgian music in three tracks

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Music Weekly podcast: a matter of life and death with the Invisible from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Peaking Lights get illuminated, Cat Power and why the Invisible are lucky to be alive. Plus We Were Evergreen live

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Music Weekly Extra: Gilles Peterson's guide to Dutch music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Continuing our Sounds of Europe series, Gilles Peterson presents a whistle-stop tour of the Netherlands

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Music Weekly podcast: Tom Bromley is Wired for Sound; and Jessie Ware from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tom Bromley on the rise and fall of 80s music; Jessie Ware on her chameleon voice; and some fine vocoding in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Teenage Fanclub's Gerry Love and Soundway Records from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bassist Gerry Love on his solo outing, stunning beats from Africa and a Singles Club with a twist

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Music Weekly Extra: Gilles Peterson's guide to French music from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Continuing our Sounds of Europe series, Gilles Peterson presents a short history of French music in three tracks

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Music Weekly podcast: Sixty years of singles charts and Cheryl Cole's garage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A brief history of the charts, 2:54 (that's a band) in conversation and Cheryl Cole gets mixed up in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Gravenhurst's favourite folk – and a fistful of festivals from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A sneak preview of the Guide's festival special, plus Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst on his favourite English music

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Music Weekly podcast: how to survive being in the Pogues from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Accordion player James Fearnley on Shane MacGowan's toothless genius; Willy Moon synthesises the 1950s; and Richard Burton debuts on our Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: Great Escape festival special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We take a trip to the coast and talk to festival acts Django Django and AlunaGeorge

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Music Weekly podcast: The Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Biographer Stanley Booth on the Stones, Hells Angels and hanging with Otis Redding. Plus the Beach Boys and Louise Distras

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Music Weekly podcast: the Rudimental truth – plus author Richard King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Richard King on the madmen and mavericks who made independent music. Plus a visit from Rudimental

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Music Weekly podcast: the 1961 British Hit Parade comes back from the grave from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What music does anyone want to remember from 1961? We've got 325 tracks to choose from. Plus: Hot Chip and BigKids

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Music Weekly podcast: Mark Stewart and Butterz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis tries to keep up with the Pop Group's Mark Stewart on his new album The Politics of Envy, while Kieran Yates speaks to the founders of hot UK grime label Butterz

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Music Weekly podcast: Jeremy Deller recording bats and loving glam rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Turner prizewinner Jeremy Deller reveals his musical loves, and how he managed to get a brass band playing acid house

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Music Weekly podcast: the Civil Wars and the history of the hip-hop mixtape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We talk to the Civil Wars, learn about hip-hop mixtapes and vote on Jack White in Singles Club

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Music Weekly podcast: SXSW special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The pick of the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, including interviews with Chairlift, Michael Kiwanuka and British Underground's Crispin Parry

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Music Weekly podcast: the gory, glory days of NME from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pat Long on the highs and lows of NME – plus the Silver Seas have a love-in with the UK

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Music Weekly podcast: Joey Barton talks about growing up with the Smiths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What came first for QPR captain Joey Barton – football or the Smiths? Plus: Jordan Gatesmith of Howler escapes Minneapolis

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Music Weekly podcast: Brits 2012 verdict from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Did Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Blur and co put on a good show? Or was Adele being cut off the most exciting moment of the Brits?

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Music Weekly podcast: Pedal to the metal with Mastodon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor tells us his heavist moments in metal, while Azari and III talk about reinventing house

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Music Weekly podcast: Rustie and Speech Debelle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week's podcast features interviews with Guardian first album award winner Rustie and former Mercury prize winner Speech Debelle, with reviews of tracks by Lianne Le Havras, Alabama Shakes and ...

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Music Weekly podcast: to infinity and beyond with Adam Harper from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Why Inuit throat singing and Zomby could be the future of music; Worship play live; and a serene moment from Matthew Bourne

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Music Weekly podcast: Celtic Connections from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Cream's Jack Bruce and Scottish folk trio Lau discuss their collaboration at the Celtic Connections festival. Plus, we review new tracks by the Mark Lanegan Band, Grimes and Rotifer

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Music Weekly podcast: Toy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week's podcast stars are Toy, a hotly tipped band for 2012. Plus, we review tracks by Django Django, Fucked Up and VCMG

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Music Weekly podcast: The men behind Gil Scott-Heron's memoir from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jamie Byng of Canongate and Richard Russell of XL Recordings talk about Gil Scott-Heron's posthumous book, The Last Holiday

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Music Weekly podcast: tips for 2012 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Guardian's music team, headed by Alexis Petridis, offer their tips on what to look out for in the year ahead

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Music Weekly podcast: review of 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis is joined in the studio by special guests Katy B and Rizzle Kicks, plus the Guardian's own Rebecca Nicholson, to discuss the year in pop. And it's not all about Adele ...

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Music Weekly podcast: Best albums of 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis, Rebecca Nicholson, Tim Jonze and Kitty Empire discuss the Guardian's list of this year's top albums

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Music Weekly podcast: Gilles Peterson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Radio 1 DJ discusses his latest Cuban music album, and there are reviews of tracks by Drake, Sharon Van Etten and Porcelain Raft. Finally, listen to our guide to the best R&B

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Music Weekly: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jason Pierce of Spiritualized emerges from a year in his house mixing his new album to tell Tim Jonze about the process. Plus, Laura Barton gives us the lowdown on Americana

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Music Weekly podcast: St Vincent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Singer-songwriter Annie Erin Clark, aka St Vincent, talks about making her new album, while we review tracks from Leonard Cohen, J Cole and Trey Songz, and Congolese rapper Baloji

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Music Weekly podcast: Nick Kent joins us for a music journo special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tim Jonze takes the helm as Music Weekly delves into the tricky business of being a rock critic: featuring testimony from NME legend Nick Kent

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Music Weekly podcast: London jazz festival from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

All you need to know about jazz (but were too afraid to ask), John Foxx on the glorious wobble of the vintage synthesiser – and Drake's collaboration with Rihanna reviewed

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Music Weekly podcast: Throbbing Gristle, Dancehall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week Gabriel from the Heatwave takes us through what's hot in Dancehall right now and Alexis speaks to one of his all time favourite bands - industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle. Plus r...

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Music Weekly podcast: Adrian Sherwood On-U Sound's 30th Anniversary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Producer Adrian Sherwood on 30 years of On-U Sound. Plus Pete Paphides tells us what you need to know about Folk music, and new tracks reviewed with Alexis Petridis, Kim Taylor Bennett and Ben Beau...

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Music Weekly podcast: Luke Haines from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The ex-Auteurs and Black Box Recorder man introduces his concept album about 70s British wrestling. Plus there are reviews of new music from Willy Moon, 2:54 and Fanzine

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Music Weekly podcast: Box sets and heavy metal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week: what's hot in heavy metal, whether spanking great box sets are worth the money and reviews of tracks from Massive Attack with Burial, Luke Haines and Eleanor Friedberger

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Music Weekly podcast: David Bowie in the 1970s; and the Mobos 2011 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Peter Doggett discusses his new book The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s. Plus: was Jessie J a worthy winner at this year's Mobo awards?

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Music Weekly podcast: Kurt Vile, Awesome Tapes from Africa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Reviews of Tracey Thorn, In the Country and Azealia Banks, plus we meet singer-songwriter Kurt Vile and the man who's collecting and blogging African cassettes

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Music Weekly: Tori Amos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tori Amos, REM and more ...

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Music Weekly podcast: Festival season 2011 review - audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rob Da Bank and Chris Salmon join Alexis Petridis to discuss this summer's festival highlights and review new tracks by Ariel Pink, Niki and the Dove, and Justice

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Music Weekly: PJ Harvey does it again from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Miranda Sawyer drops in to talk about the Mercury prize winner and we have an exclusive live track by Laura Marling

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Music Weekly: Punk, race and politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

We talk pop and protest with Fucked Up's Pink Eyes and the editors of new book White Riot. Plus there's music from King Creosote, Skylar Gray and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard

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Music Weekly: Notting Hill Carnival special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The pod team gear up for Notting Hill carnival with Norman Jay, Carnival Village and Jamaican mento band the Jolly Boys

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Music Weekly podcast: The 2 Bears from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joe Goddard and Raf Rundell explain how their hilarious house homage, the 2 Bears, came to life. Plus we review new tracks by Jeffrey Lewis, Warpaint and Moonface

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Music Weekly podcast: Steve Reich from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen to an extended interview with Steve Reich, who discusses his new work, WTC 9/11, marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and the role for technology in classical music

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Music Weekly podcast: Washed Out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ernest Greene of Washed Out discusses his love of the 80s – even though he was born in 1983 and hardly remembers the decade. Plus, we share our tips on writing album reviews ...

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Music Weekly podcast: Underage special from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ahead of Underage festival, we've let the kids take over this week. Our teenage critics review their favourite new tracks, and we hear from 13-year-old bedroom-rockers Ten Zero One

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Music Weekly podcast: Little Dragon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano on playing with Gorillaz and their new album; music from Zomby, Little Roy and Washed Out; plus Jude Rogers and Rob Fitzpatrick discuss the Mercury prize shortlist

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Music Weekly podcast: Mercury prize 2011 - the predictions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexis Petridis is joined by Rebecca Nicholson and Ruth Barnes to rate new music from Beyoncé and Joanna Newsom. Plus the team predict who will be on this year's Mercury prize shortlist

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Music Weekly: Bestival special - audio from 2012-09-10T14:34:23

Alexis Petridis has just returned from Bestival, where he reverted to his teenage self, saw the xx and New Order, spoke to Alt-J – and recorded this special episode of Music Weekly

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Music Weekly: Bestival special - audio from 2012-09-10T14:34:23

Alexis Petridis has just returned from Bestival, where he reverted to his teenage self, saw the xx and New Order, spoke to Alt-J – and recorded this special episode of Music Weekly

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