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Bigmouth

286 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

Clever talk about pop culture.

Bigmouth is pop culture talk for discerning grown-ups. Music, TV, movies, books or something else entirely – we’ll enthuse, argue, squabble and pick over the bones of what’s happening in the world of the stuff we love.

Presented by WORD magazine veterans Andrew Harrison (ex-editor of Q, Select and Mixmag) and Siân “Stan” Pattenden, a graduate of the Smash Hits and Select Mag Schools of Excellence.

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Episodes

78: Podcast #78: Morrissey, Babylon Berlin, Queen, Saturday Night Fever

November 11, 2017 08:00 - 58 minutes

Which Morrissey is on show on his new album – perpetual teenager with a way with words or sour Brexit grand-dad? How does Sky’s Weimar-era debauchathon Babylon Berlin – the most expensive German TV show ever made – stack up in the Anglophone world of novelistic TV? And how do near-twins ‘News Of The World’ by Queen and the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ soundtrack sound on their 40th birthdays? Fêted beer writer and pop fiend PETE BROWN and movie critic LINDA MARRIC are here to help Andrew and Matt d...

77: Podcast #77: Stranger Things 2, Motörhead, Serge Gainsbourg

November 04, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour

Does Stranger Things 2 deliver – or is its Spielberg nostalgia wearing thin? How does Motörhead’s grot-rock debut stack up after 40 years? What were BBC1 playing at with that Sounds Like Friday Night mess? And a long-lost album by dirty old man Serge Gainsbourg. Comedy writer Sarah Morgan and man-about-town Justin Quirk join Andrew and Matt to sort it all out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

76: Podcast #76: The Death Of Stalin, Ian Dury, Mindhunter

October 28, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour

What does ‘The Death Of Stalin’ tell us more about: genocidal totalitarianism or human resources issues in the workplace? Does Ian Dury’s ‘New Boots And Panties!!’ sit well in the modern world? What were the Japanese listening to when everyone else was going counterculture mad? And how ace is ’Mindhunter’? Guests Jude Rogers and Michael Hann are here to help Andrew and Matt with the quality opinionising. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choic...

75: Podcast #75: The Queen Is Dead, George Michael doc, Dynasty

October 21, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

On this week’s show: How does The Smiths’ masterpiece ’The Queen Is Dead’ stand up in the light of Morrissey’s current antics? What was going on with that George Michael documentary? Plus a bizarre Netflix resurrection of ‘Dynasty’ and a new rather good Roisin Conaty comedy on E4. Special guests SALI HUGHES and MICHAEL HOGAN help Andrew and Matt make sense of it all.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

75: Podcast #75: The Queen Is Dead, George Michael doc, Dynasty

October 21, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour

On this week’s show: How does The Smiths’ masterpiece ’The Queen Is Dead’ stand up in the light of Morrissey’s current antics? What was going on with that George Michael documentary? Plus a bizarre Netflix resurrection of ‘Dynasty’ and a new rather good Roisin Conaty comedy on E4. Special guests SALI HUGHES and MICHAEL HOGAN help Andrew and Matt make sense of it all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #74: St. Vincent, The Deuce, Nile Rodgers, XTC

October 14, 2017 07:00 - 57 minutes

On this week’s show: Is pop polymath St. Vincent our new Kate Bush? Can ‘The Deuce’ do with the porn industry what creator David Simon did with policing in ‘The Wire’? And popumentaries on Nile Rodgers and XTC. Guests Hannah Verdier and Andrew Mueller join Andrew and Matt. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #73: Blade Runner 2049, Liam solo debut, 33 1/3 rock books

October 07, 2017 07:00 - 51 minutes

Can ‘Blade Runner 2049’ live up to the incredible advance press? The return of Liam Gallagher: what’s in Our Kid’s raging id? And the latest 33 1/3 rock criticism books on Björk and The Raincoats. It’s CARRY ON VOIGT-KAMPFFING week at Bigmouth with special guest Laura Snapes and Andrew Male plus geek desk correspondent Michael Moran. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #72: Star Trek Discovery, Wolf Alice, Ken Burns’ Vietnam

September 30, 2017 07:00 - 51 minutes

Is the latest version of Star Trek the one we need right now, or just the one we’re getting? Will Wolf Alice regenerate the indie band template? And will famed documentarian Ken Burns change the way we think about the Vietnam War? All this and more as guests Rebecca Nicholson and David Stubbs join Andrew and Matt for more high-quality pop procrastination. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #71: Mother! movie, The Horrors, C4’s Philip K. Dick series

September 23, 2017 06:00 - 47 minutes

Is Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ a deeply-felt work of visionary genius… or a load of ludicrous cobblers and the worst movie of the 21st Century so far? Have The Horrors finally come good? Can Channel 4 and Amazon make sci-fi master Philip K. Dick work on TV? Journos Siân Pattenden and Ali Catterall join Andrew and Matt to thrash it all out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #70: Bowie box set, rock writer memoir and more

September 16, 2017 07:00 - 48 minutes

This week on the pop culture podcast for the discerning flâneur, Michael Hann welcomes special guests Laura Barton and Travis Elborough to talk Bowie, rock memoirs and more. Producer Matt Hall twiddles the knobs appreciatively. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #69 - Susanne Sundfor, The National, Nick Broomfield's Whitney Houston doc

September 09, 2017 09:00 - 51 minutes

Andrew's on holiday, so Michael Hann, former music editor of The Guardian is in the chair. He's joined by music writer Sophie Heawood and SFA costume inhabiter Robin Turner. We talk new LP's from the Nationaland Susanne Sundfor, Nick Broomfield's Whitney Houston doc, and Sky Arts' music series Rock N Roll. Subscribe po.st/BGM // iTunes po.st/BGMitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #68: GoT S7 wash up and LCD Soundsystem return

September 02, 2017 09:00 - 53 minutes

This week on the pop culture podcast with added snap and crackle, it's a Game Of Thrones S7 wrap-up special with Thronecast's Jamie East together with superfans Dorian Lynskey and Anna Fielding joining Andrew and Matt to pick over the bones of the penultimate season, and try to divine how the story is going to pan out. Plus, we look at the return of LCD Soundsystem. Subscribe po.st/BGM // iTunes po.st/BGMitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about you...

Podcast #67: Detroit movie, Ghostpoet, Marvel’s Defenders

August 26, 2017 09:00 - 50 minutes

This week on the smart pop culture podcast… Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-wracking new movie DETROIT, hypnotic post-hip-hop from GHOSTPOET, and is Marvel’s DEFENDERS a hit or a miss for Netflix? Special guest Steve Yates joins Matt and Andrew in the Bigmouth bunker. Subscribe po.st/BGM // iTunes po.st/BGMitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SPARKS ON BIGMOUTH: A bonus mini-cast

August 26, 2017 09:00 - 27 minutes

This studio ain’t big enough for the both of them… SPARKS brothers Ron and Russell Mael visit the Bigmouth bunker where they talk to Andrew Harrison and Eamonn Forde about their 45 years as pop’s least predictable duo. How did new album ‘Hippopotamus’ come about? Why are they the only brothers in music who don’t hate each other? Where did Russell’s trademark falsetto come from? How did Ron choose “that” moustache? These questions and more will be answered! See acast.com/privacy for privacy an...

Podcast #66: Sky Arts on acid house, Elvis and pop’s What Ifs?, The War On Drugs

August 19, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour

This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking layabouts: Would pop have turned out different if Elvis had never met Col. Tom Parker? Can Sky Arts bring a new angle to the genesis of house music? Is The War On Drugs’ new album any good? Special guests film critic Linda Marric and Rob Fitzpatrick of Spotify join Andrew and Matt to argue the “toss”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #65: Summer LP round-up with Beatles, Jane Weaver, Radiohead, Noga Erez

August 05, 2017 09:00 - 37 minutes

The smart pop culture podcast is on its hols for a couple of weeks, so tide yourself over with some of our most fun music talk from the summer. Our guests look at new talents Jane Weaver and Noga Erez plus reissues of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ and ‘OK Computer’ – and everyone has a fab time. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #64: Arcade Fire, Black Grape, The Fall, Mash Report

July 29, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour

This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking time wasters… Are ARCADE FIRE suffering from a profundity overdose? The BLACK GRAPE album that nobody expected. And have THE FALL made their LP again, or something different? Special guests JUDE ROGERS and JUSTIN QUIRK join Andrew and Matt to thrash it all out. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Podcast #63: Game Of Thrones S7, Goldie, more summer tunes

July 22, 2017 09:00 - 59 minutes

Winter is here… well, that's the British summer for you. Special guests JAMIE EAST of Thronecast/Virgin Radio and ANNA FIELDING of Emerald Street/Stylist join Matt and Andrew to talk about the penultimate series of television’s most brutal fantasy. Plus the Goldie album we missed, and our guests’ selections for beach listening. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Podcast #62: Summer tunes special – 99 problems and a beach ain’t one

July 15, 2017 11:18 - 59 minutes

On this week’s sun-baked special, guests JULIA RAESIDE and MICHAEL HANN join Andrew and Matt with ideas of what to play (and read) on your summer hols. Who will choose latin electro, who thinks metal goes well with Ambre Solaire, and will customs see our choices and order an invasive body search? Click to play now or download: http://po.st/RMNCS Subscribe via iTunes: http://po.st/RMNCSitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Podcast #61: Spider-Man Homecoming, goths, Morrissey movie, Doctor Who finale

July 08, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour

Special guests KATIE PUCKRIK from the telly and novelist-journo-metal-fiend JASON ARNOPP join us for an epic-length pop culture natterfest. This week: Katie’s adventures in smells, Jason’s making a movie with Ron Howard, Peter Capaldi’s exit report as the Doctor, and is it time we stopped worrying and learned to love goth? Plus geek desk correspondent MICHAEL MORAN assesses ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ with Andrew. Click to listen now or download at http://po.st/Bigmouth See acast.com/privacy fo...

Podcast #60: Prince’s Purple Rain, GLOW, Public Service Broadcasting

July 01, 2017 09:00 - 49 minutes

It’s Wales vs Northern Ireland on the smart pop culture podcast this week, as we welcome special guests SaIi Hughes and Eamonn Forde. We look on in awe as the vaults of unreleased Prince tunes creak open, Sali reconnects with her Welsh roots on Public Service Broadcasting’s magnificent picture of the rise and fall of the mining industry, and we all argue about Netflix’s lady wrestlers show and the pros and cons of Glastonbury. Click to stream now – or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes...

Podcast #59: Live at Glastonbury Special

June 26, 2017 18:35 - 53 minutes

In a possibly unwise podcasting experiment, Andrew talks to friends of Bigmouth old and new in the shadow of the Pyramid Stage. Who was great this year? Who wasn’t? What does “charging the robot” mean and which song titles will the participants get wrong, having been on the Otter Ale since mid-morning? Click to stream now via high-speed optical leyline – or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes Joining us (on dry grass for a change): Danny Eccleston and Ian Harrison of Mojo magazine, “our ...

Podcast #58: Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ revisited, Beth Ditto, ‘Churchill’

June 17, 2017 11:00 - 49 minutes

What’s in the new version of ‘OK Computer’ and is it still the greatest album of all time, ever in history? Is the new album by leather-lunged LGBT belter Beth Ditto any good, and how about the latest cinematic incarnation of Winston Churchill? We sort it all out with guests John Niven – author of ‘Kill Your Friends’ – and journalist Mark Hooper. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about y...

Podcast #57: Billy Bragg’s skiffle book, space electronica, Glen Campbell’s farewell

June 10, 2017 11:00 - 49 minutes

Billy Bragg’s new book reckons that skiffle was the original punk DIY explosion – is he right? Can you enjoy an album by a desperately ill star who has to be coaxed through the recording? And why did cosmic synth music sell so well in health food shops? Special guests Kate Mossman of The New Statesman and Travis Elborough join Andrew and Matt to sort it all out. Click here to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Podcast #56: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’, Noga Erez, Cigarettes After Sex and the worst political records

June 03, 2017 10:00 - 50 minutes

They’ve made us an Offred we can’t refuse… On the smart pop culture podcast this week, we review C4’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, look at new albums by Israeli sound-mangler Noga Erez and ambient pop newcomers Cigarettes After Sex, and ask why political pop records are so grim. Special guests Kate Hutchinson and Andrew Male join Andrew H and Matt in the Bigmouth Election Command Centre. Click to listen now or download here: https://audioboom.com/channel/bigmouth See acast.com/privacy for privac...

Podcast #55: Twin Peaks returns, Sgt. Pepper deluxe edition, new Saint Etienne

May 27, 2017 09:00 - 45 minutes

This week on the smart pop culture talk show: Is Twin Peaks the weirdness we need right now? What’s in the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ tape cupboard for non-Beatlemaniacs? And can Saint Etienne’s ‘Home Counties’ mythologise the last mysterious region of England? Special guests Dorian Lynskey and Anthony Teasdale join Andrew and Matt to argue the toss. Listen now or download at http://po.st/y9wbZs See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Podcast #54: Are rock stars over? Radiophonic Workshop, BBC4 Americana and more

May 20, 2017 11:00 - 48 minutes

Is the Age of the Rock Star finished? David Hepworth’s new book reckons so. We argue the toss with this week’s special guests DJ Justin Robertson and actor-comedian Wendy Wason. Plus: the first Radiophonic Workshop album in 32 years, BBC4’s new epic documentary on American roots music, and much much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #53: Paul Weller, Jane Weaver, C4’s Chicago house history and Alien: Covenant

May 13, 2017 11:00 - 50 minutes

On this week’s show Rebecca Nicholson and Stevie Chick join Andrew and Matt to talk about new albums from Paul Weller and Jane Weaver, and check out All 4’s dance music documentary ‘I Was There When House Took Over The World’. Plus Michael Moran stops by to eviscerate Ridley Scott’s latest prequel ‘Alien: Covenant’ in the manner of a hungry xenomorph. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #52: The year so far with The xx, Stormzy, Flaming Lips and more

May 06, 2017 11:00 - 42 minutes

A special round-up of 2017’s best releases so far: Sleaford Mods, Stormzy, The xx, Run The Jewels and Flaming Lips. Special guests Zoë Howe, Andrew Male, Mark Hooper, Siân Pattenden and Andy Miller weigh in. Click to listen. And don't forget you can hear all the tracks played on this podcast in full at our Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Podcast #51: Blondie, Gorillaz, ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’, Kendrick Lamar

April 29, 2017 11:00 - 51 minutes

Is Blondie’s new album ‘Pollinator’ a top buzz and is Deborah Harry still queen bee? Can Gorillaz exorcise Damon’s demons? And is Marvel’s soft-rock space opera fit for a second outing? Special guests Travis Elborough and Polly Birkbeck, plus special correspondents Michael Moran and Joe Muggs, join Andrew and Matt in the bunker. For the full versions of all the songs played on this podcast visit our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS Se...

Podcast #50: ‘Doctor Who’ series 10, Sky’s ‘Guerrilla’, Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and more

April 22, 2017 11:00 - 46 minutes

It’s our first birthday! Special guests are best-selling author and ‘Doctor Who’ geek Jenny Colgan (writer of ‘Who’ spin-offs and beach romances) plus our grime and dubstep correspondent Joe Muggs. Is Bill a good fit for the Tardis? Is Idris Elba too tall for TV? Has Joe Goddard of Hot Chip made a dad house classic? All this and more will be revealed… Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #49: Father John Misty, Jack Whitehall's 'Decline & Fall', Simon Amstell's vegan comedy and more

April 15, 2017 11:00 - 50 minutes

This week on the smart people’s pop culture podcast… Father John Misty – genius, dick, or a bit of both? Will comedian Simon Amstell’s sci-fi vegan mockumentary ‘Carnage’ put Andrew off his sausage sandwich? And why can’t we stop watching toff porn like the BBC’s ‘Decline And Fall’? Common oiks Robin Turner and Justin Quirk weigh in. Click to listen! And don't forget you can hear all the tracks played on the podcast in full at our Editor's Recommends playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify....

Podcast #48: One flew over David Tennant’s nest, Marvel vs diversity, Future Islands, Jamiroquai

April 08, 2017 09:08 - 47 minutes

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: David Tennant plays “acid Marxist” psychotherapist RD Laing in ‘Mad To Be Normal’. Marvel Comics’ have a Gerald Ratner moment regarding non-white-male superheroes. Future Islands’ oddball synthpop. And, is it time to stop moaning and learn to love Jamiroquai? Special guests Julia Raeside and Ali Catterall help us sort it all out. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Podcast #47: Art! Sex! Music! Cosey Fanni Tutti book, Goldfrapp, British Sea Power and more

April 01, 2017 11:00 - 43 minutes

This week: Our special guests Jude Rogers of The Guardian and Ian Gittins tackle ART SEX MUSIC – the astonishing new autobiography of Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti – plus new albums from Goldfrapp and British Sea Power and more. Click to listen. And don't forget you can listen to all the tracks played on the show in full by visiting our Spotify playlist See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #46: ‘Free Fire’ movie, Jesus And Mary Chain, ‘Inside No.9’ and more

March 25, 2017 12:00 - 48 minutes

Special guests Michael Hogan (Guardian and Telegraph) and Siân Pattenden join Andrew and Matt to look at Ben Wheatley’s gun-crazy new movie ‘Free Fire’, the first new Jesus And Mary Chain album in 19 years, and BBC2’s dark comedy series ‘Inside No.9’. Click to play! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #45: Bee Gees, Marvel’s Iron Fist, Anohni, Spoon and more

March 18, 2017 11:00 - 46 minutes

We expose our chest hair to salute the glory of The BEE GEES – who made their first British recordings exactly 50 years ago – and step warily into the dojo with MARVEL’S IRON FIST, new on Netflix. Plus guests Peter Paphides and The Guardian's Michael Hann on new music by Spoon and whether Anohni is the opposite of a guilty pleasure. Click to stream now – or go here to download: http://po.st/y9wbZs See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Podcast #44: Laura Marling, BBC4 on the 90s, The Shires

March 11, 2017 10:00 - 44 minutes

Dude, where's my country? Guests Laura Barton (The Guardian, R4) and Andrew Mueller (Monocle, Melody Maker) join Andrew and Matt to dissect Laura Marling’s new album, marvel at the baffling success of The Shires, and look at the last episode of BBC4’s People’s History Of Pop. Click to stream now – or see below for download link. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #43: Sleaford Mods, Stormzy, BBC4 Science of Pop and more

March 04, 2017 09:45 - 46 minutes

Who's got the best handle on Modern Britain Today: the duo that Noel Gallagher compared to Viz Comic's Brown Bottle or grime don Stormzy? Can computers predict hit songs? And what are the most boring conversation topics in all pop? Special guests Andrew Male of Mojo and Mark Hooper of Hole & Corner magazine join Matt and Andrew to sort it all out. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #42: 40 Years of 2000AD comic, The Magnetic Fields, SS-GB and more

February 25, 2017 12:00 - 46 minutes

Special guests Strictly Kev AKA DJ Food of Ninja Tune plus sport and music writer Matt Allen join Andrew and Matt in the Bigmouth Command Module. This week: Happy Birthday to 2000AD, The Magnetic Fields’ ‘50 Song Memoir’ and BBC1’s SS-GB. Plus Shriekback, Sir Anthony Beevor’s Desert Island Discs and Alan Moore “singing”. Click to listen! And remember you can hear tracks on this podcast in full on our Editors’ Recommendations Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlis...

Podcast #41: Lego Batman, bad stage patter, ‘Girls’, Wombles and more

February 18, 2017 12:00 - 46 minutes

Is ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ more realistic than Christopher Nolan’s batfilms? What’s the worst onstage banter? Does the new series of ‘Girls’ make any sense if you haven’t seen the rest of it? Guests Ali Catterall of The Guardian and Justin Quirk of AskMen.com join Andrew and Matt to thrash it all out. Click to listen – and don't forget, to listen to the tracks on this podcast in full, visit our Editors’ Recommendations playlist on Spotify… https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z...

Podcast #40: 'Roots' remake, David Axelrod RIP, Sampha and more

February 11, 2017 12:00 - 47 minutes

Guests Joe Muggs of Mixmag and Anthony Teasdale of Umbrella magazine join Matt and Andrew to discuss a 21st Century take on Kunta Kinte, the late cosmic soul man David Axelrod, and the debut album by Sampha, the Frank Ocean of Cricklewood. Click to play, or see links on the right to subscribe… And don’t forget that all the music you hear on the show is available in full on our Editors’ Recommends playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS S...

Trainspotting 2 – a spoiler-packed Bigmouth Minicast

February 04, 2017 12:00 - 19 minutes

So what actually happens to Renton, Spud, Begbie and Sick Boy – and does it work as a movie? Miranda Sawyer of The Observer, Will Hodgkinson of The Times, Matt and Andrew go right round the Edinburgh u-bend on T2. Warning: don't listen unless you've seen the film. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #39: Trainspotting 2, female Doctor Who, Rag'n'Bone Man and more

February 04, 2017 12:00 - 49 minutes

Is T2 as good as T1? Are we ready for a Time Lady in the TARDIS? Special guests Will Hodgkinson of The Times and Miranda Sawyer of The Observer join Andrew and Matt to discuss these weighty matters and more. Click to listen or see download link on right of page. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #38: Elbow, Bonobo, Trump (oh no), A Series Of Unfortunate Events

January 28, 2017 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Elbow + Bonobo = Elbonobo? Their new albums are under discussion with Andrew, Matt and special guest Dorian Lynskey. Also: Netflix's new Lemony Snicket adaptation and how the entertainment world is dealing with the Dawn of Trump. Click to listen or download. And don't forget you can hear all the tracks played on the podcast in full at our Editors Reccomend playlist on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...

Podcast #37: La La Land, Run The Jewels and pop-lit mergers

January 21, 2017 12:03 - 56 minutes

Show us another podcast that discusses hardcore hip hop and light-loafered musicals with the same panache. Guests Siân Pattenden and Andy Miller join Andrew and Matt to see whose game is mad tight and whose gavotte is rot. Click to listen. And don't forget, to listen to the music played on this podcast in full go to the Bigmouth Editors Recommends playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out info...

Podcast #36: Stevie Nicks book, The xx, Flaming Lips and more

January 14, 2017 10:42 - 47 minutes

This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Zoe Howe on her Stevie Nicks book plus new albums by The xx and Flaming Lips with Matt, Andrew and special guest Eamonn Forde. Click to listen! And remember you can hear all the music on this podcast in full on our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/11102554473/playlist/2Z1nBHE2qqEpX1SGRMcSkS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #35: The OA, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, Rick Parfitt and more

January 07, 2017 11:19 - 48 minutes

The smart pop culture podcast is back from its Christmas break with special guests David Stubbs and Michael Hann of The Guardian. This week we talk about Netflix's inexplicable chiller The OA, the brilliant new album by Flo Morrissey and Matthew E White, plus the talent we lost in 2016's last few days. Click to listen! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: A Bigmouth All-Star Edition

December 22, 2016 11:05 - 42 minutes

While we're on our Christmas break, here's a special edition of the smart pop culture podcast. Throughout 2016 we've been asking our guests to name the one thing they'd rescue – humans and animals excepted – if their flat went on fire. Hear answers from guests including Dorian Lynskey, Jude Rogers, Simon Reynolds and more, plus our own Matt and Andrew. Have a good one. We'll be back in January. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Rogue One – a spoiler-heavy Bigmouth Minicast

December 17, 2016 15:22 - 24 minutes

WARNING – THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! Right, now that's out of the way: Jedi wannabees Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall are joined by space scum Ian Harrison and Michael Moran to pick over the bones of the latest Star Wars movie, work out how it fits into the galaxy far, far away, and ask where in the list of ‘Best Star Wars movies’ does it exactly fit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast #34 - Spoiler-free Rogue One review, plus more 2016 favourites

December 17, 2016 15:18 - 46 minutes

Michael Moran and Ian Harrison (some relation) join Andrew and Matt in the studio to discuss the latest movie to roll off the Star Wars production line. Where does it fit in the 'best Star Wars movie' chart? Plus Michael and Ian talk about their favourite books, TV and music of the last 12 months. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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