We Dig Music
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThree music geeks from the West Midlands jabbering on about music...
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We Dig Music - Series 7 Episode 4 - Best of 2008
May 26, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours - 257 MBBack to this century again for our favourite songs of 2008, with a suitably eclectic mix taking in sparkly pop bangers, terrifying folk metal soundscapes, ultraviolent jungle, positive hip-hop & industrial speaker worriers. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked th...
We Dig Music - Series 7 Episode 3 - 100th episode Now Playing special - Duran Duran, *shels, & Monster Magnet
April 28, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBIt's our 100th episode! To celebrate we'd decided for this month's Now Playing episode to each choose an album introduced to us by one of the other members of the WDM team! Colin has chosen Duran Duran's 1981 self titled debut album as introduced to him by Tracey. Tracey has picked *shels' 2011 post metal epic Plains Of The Purple Buffalo which Ian introduced her to, and Ian has chosen Monster Magnet's 1998 Stoner Rock classic Powertrip which Colin introduced him to. You can find t...
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April 05, 2024 20:00 - 38 seconds - 583 KBHi everyone, We're currently in the process of changing our hosting company. It should all transfer across smoothly with no action needed by our subscribers, but just in case it doesn't, our next episode is due on Sunday 28th April 2024. If it doesn't appear in your feed then you may need to unsubscribe from this feed and then re-add us. If you have any problems then let us know on any of the social media platforms or email us at [email protected] and we'll help you out. Bac...
We Dig Music - Series 7 Episode 2 - Best of 1980
February 25, 2024 06:00 - 2 hours - 263 MBThis month we're back to the BC era (Before Colin), where we'll be discussing our favourite songs of 1980, inlcuding lashings of nuclear paranoia, a brace of classic metal, and a nice healthy dollop of goth. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in or...
We Dig Music - Series 7 Episode 1 - Best of 1995
January 28, 2024 06:00 - 2 hours - 261 MBFor the first episode of 2024 we're going back almost 30 years to 1995 to completely ignore britpop and talk about much, much better music that was happening at the same time. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in order of preference and sent them ...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 12 - Super Ultra Badass Best of 2023 Christmas Special!
December 22, 2023 22:05 - 2 hours - 296 MBIt's the final days of 2023 and therefore time for us once again to reflect on all of the amazing music released this year. 2023 will go down in We Dig Music history as the year Tracey went Pop, Colin went cynical, And Ian continued submitting doom metal songs almost as long as the rest of the playlist put together. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given ...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 11 - Best of 1970
November 26, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 232 MBThis month we head back to one of the rare years before any of us (even Tracey) were born and investigate our favourite songs of 1970. You can expect Prog, Folk, Pop, Reggae, Soul, Jazz, Country, & Metal. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in orde...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 10 - Best of 2005
October 29, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 251 MBThis month we're back in our current millenium with our favourite songs of 2005 including generous helpings of indie-rock, chamberpop, industrial, synthpop, prog-metal & hiphop. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in order of preference and sent t...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 9 - Now Playing Sept 2023 - Tortoise, The Songs Of Townes Van Zandt, & Velvet Goldmine soundtrack
September 24, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBIt's September, so it's time for the last Now Playing episode of 2023! This time Tracey has chosen the self titled 1994 debut record from Chicago's jazz influenced post-rock pioneers Tortoise, Ian has chosen The Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Volume 3, a collection of songs by the legendary Texan country singer songwriter reinterpreted by Cave In, Amenra, & Marissa Nadler, and Colin has chosen the soundtrack to the 1998 glam rock movie Velvet Goldmine featuring an array of both original 7...
We Dig Music Bonus episode! Ianterviews - Jayant Bhadula from Bloodywood
September 03, 2023 05:30 - 16 minutes - 30.6 MBIan-terview #1 As a bonus to our usual episodes, Ian recently caught up with Jayant Bhadula, Vocalist for excellent Indian Nu-Metal band Bloodywood before their amazing sold out show in Milton Keynes. They discussed merch prices, sleeves or lack thereof and why it’s totally ok for drunk guys to carry boxes for them. Go listen to Bloodywood and buy their records and gig tickets (and T-shirts with minigun toting Elephant gods) here - https://www.bloodywood.net/ (Seriously, Rakshak is ...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 8 - Best of 1994
August 27, 2023 05:30 - 2 hours - 249 MBThis month we're headed to 1994 for a smorgasbord of slacker rock, industrial, alt country, pop punk, jungle, hip hop, triphop, and more. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in order of preference and sent them back to Helen, who totalled up the poi...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 7 - Best of 1973
July 30, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 260 MBThis month we're back half a century to discuss our favourite songs of 1973 with lashings of glam, folk, prog, funk, protopunk, metal, Boogie (but no woogie) and a lot more country than some of us were hoping for. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 6 - Now Playing June 2023 - AURORA, Enablers, & Lichen Slow
June 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBIt's June, so it's time for another Now Playing episode! This time Colin has chosen 2022's The Gods We Can Touch by Norwegian art pop singer songwriter AURORA, Ian has chosen Output Negative Space, the 2006 album by San Franciscan Post Punk storytellers Enablers, and Tracey has picked this years debut record Rest Lurks by Lichen Slow, the new project from Malcolm Middleton (from Arab Strap) & Joel Harries' (from 72% & Team Leader). Listen to the AURORA record here - https://open.spo...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 5 - Best of 2011
May 28, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 258 MBWe're back to this century for this months episode as we talk about our favourite songs from 2011, ranging from indiepop to black metal, with various arguments about The Muppets along the way. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in order of preferen...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 4 - Best of 1981
April 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 199 MBBack to our time travelling shenanigans and this month we're heading back to 1981 for what may be our favourite batch of songs yet. We've got an absolutely killer selection of post punk, pop, dub, metal, & prog tracks to chuck into the battle arena to fight for supremacy. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other tw...
We Dig Music Series 6 Episode 3 - Now Playing March 2023 Saddle Creek 50, Cloth, & Brian Eno
March 26, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBIt's March so time for our first Now Playing episode of 2023. This time Colin has chosen Saddle Creek records' 2003 compilation Saddle Creek 50 featuring Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Cursive, Azure Ray, The Faint, & More to coincide with its 20th Anniversary this month. Tracey has chosen Glasgow alt rock band Cloth's self titled 2020 debut record, And Ian has chosen ambient legend Brian Eno's most recent record FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE from last year. Listen to Saddle Creek 50 here - https:...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 2 - Best of 1976
February 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 210 MBThis month we're heading back to 1976 where only one of us existed yet, to explore a smorgasbord of punk, prog, krautrock, funk, dub, pop, disco, folk, reggae, metal, & whatever the hell the Hollies song classifies as. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the pla...
We Dig Music - Series 6 Episode 1 - Best of 2003
January 29, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 261 MBWe're back for 2023! and to celebrate, we're talking about our favourite songs from 20 years earlier in 2003, when Colin quit university to work in a record shop, In addition to the music we talk about linguistics in pop punk, and feature both the longest, & shortedt songs we've ever had on any of our playlists. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a p...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 12 - Super Mega Best of 2022 Christmas Special!
December 18, 2022 06:00 - 2 hours - 241 MBWe're in the last days of 2022 AD and as such it's time for us to talk about our favourite songs of the year! It's been yet another amazing year for music and each of us could easily have submitted a top 30 on our own rather than keeping it to 10 each, but that would have taken even longer for Colin to edit so thankfully we kept it to 10... We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed th...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 11 - Best of 1989
November 27, 2022 06:00 - 2 hours - 233 MBMore time travel before we snap back up to date with next month;s best of 2022 episode, This month we're in 1989 (the year, not the Taylor Swift album) where we're crashing the Exxon Valdez into the Berlin Wall (or something like that, I don't know, I was only 7...) We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two host...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 10 - Best of 2006
October 30, 2022 06:00 - 2 hours - 223 MBWe're back to our time travel again this month, heading back to 2006 where we'll be exploring our favourite songs from the year Pluto had it's planetary status cruelly ripped from it's icy mountains. We discuss Pop, Folk, Post-Metal, Emo, & Whatever the hell Scott Walker was doing at that point. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Colin's wife Helen, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 ...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 9 - Now Playing Sept 2022 - Dystopian Future Movies, Sóley, & Teethgrynder
September 25, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBSeptember rolls around again so it's time for our 3rd and final Now Playing episode of 2022. This Month we have a very exciting exclusive where we're talking about the forfthcoming third album by Nottingham based Dystopian Future Movies, War Of The Ether, ethereal Icelandic soundscaper Sóley's Mother Melancholia, & eclectic Scottish doom outlaw Teethgrynder's Hostages. We also discuss recent gigs by CLT DRP, ArcTanGent festival, Tracey's recent foray into witchcraft, & giant pork bal...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 8 - Best of 1972
August 28, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBThis month we've gone back half a century to 1972, where only one of us exists, to talk about the best ear slicing soundtracks, epic prog, shiny glam, & spooky folk. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in order of preference and sent them to Colin's w...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 7 - Best of 1996
July 31, 2022 05:30 - 1 hour - 215 MBThis month we're back to the year Colin's most excited about as we talk about our favourite songs of 1996, Including the best songs to receive a concussive head injury to, Songs to listen to at Ians house at 3am and subsequently fail your IT A-Level, & bands Colin apparently recommended to Tracey but has no recollection of.. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 6 - Now Playing June 2022 The Teardrop Explodes, Viagra Boys, & Deftones
June 26, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBFuel for the time machine is ridiculously expensive at the moment so we're giving it a rest this month and doing another Now Playing Episode again, we've gone for 3 very different albums but there's elements of post punk in all three. This time Tracey has chosen Liverpool's finest early 80s psychedelic post punkers The Teardrop Explodes (Featuring our hometown hero Julian Cope) and their classic 1980 debut Kilimanjaro. Ian has picked Swedish post punk dog enthusiasts Viagra Boys and ...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 5 - Best of 2012
May 29, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBThis month we're we're a mere decade away from our current time as we ignore the Mayan doomsday prophecies and choose our favourite songs of 2012. We'll also be talking about making country legends cry, Turkish goth music, & Tracey's secret love of krautrock. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along w...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 4 - Best of 1978
April 24, 2022 05:00 - 2 hours - 256 MBThis month we're heading back to 1978 to listen to the first radio broadcast of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, tow fake icebergs to Sydney Harbour, & search for Charlie Chaplin's coffin. We'll also be talking about unexpected Burmese protest anthems, Tracey's assassination attempts on late 80s Stourbridge based indie bands, and lots and lots of Disco. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together an...
We Dig Music Series 5 Episode 3 - Now Playing March 2022 A Perfect Circle, Ulver, & Japan
March 27, 2022 04:30 - 1 hour - 149 MBIt's time for another Now Playing episode while we recalibrate the time machine ready for our next batch of episodes so we're taking the time to sit back and talk about albums we're listening to a lot at the moment. All three records this time are inspired by bands we've discussed over the last few episodes and while all three albums are very different, there are definitely similar themes throughout them (mainly them all being a bit goth). Colin has chosen American Alt rock supergrou...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 2 - Best of 2000
February 27, 2022 05:30 - 2 hours - 249 MBThis month we're all meeting up in the year 2000 to hang out in the Millenium dome, play Timesplitters on the PS2, & try to avoid getting sued by Metallica for downloading Master Of Puppets on Napster. We'll also be talking about wind instruments fashioned from root vegetables, uttery brilliant but thoroughly depressing movies, & we speculate whether Thom Yorke was turning up at every recording studio in the world in 2000. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sen...
We Dig Music - Series 5 Episode 1 - Best of 1982
January 30, 2022 05:00 - 2 hours - 249 MBThis month we're travelling back 40 years to 1982, the year Colin was born, where we hang out with E.T. & Elliott, Play Choplifter on the Commodore 64, & eat Vienetta. We'll also be talking about Tipper Gore & The PMRC, lawsuits triggered by quiz shows, epic amounts of goth or goth adjacent music, and Colin & Ian explain to Tracey that 1978 IS NOT 1982!!! We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and d...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 12 - Favourite Songs of 2021 Super Mega Christmas Special!
December 19, 2021 12:43 - 2 hours - 290 MBSo, 2021 nears it's end and it's been another weird one, but again a brilliant year for music. We even had a few opportunities to see actual live music this year! Here's our traditional best of the year episode! We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were each given a playlist of the 20 songs from the other two hosts, along with our own 10. We then ranked the playlists in ...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 11 - Best of 1993
November 28, 2021 05:30 - 2 hours - 245 MBThis month we're travelling through time almost 3 decades to 1993, where we were watching Animaniacs, going to the arcade to play Mortal Kombat II, & visiting an ill-fated dinosaur themed tourist attraction off the coast of Costa Rica. Listen to us battle each other to discover our collective favourite songs of the 1993 and alog the way uncover excellent soundtrack's to terrible movies, Tracey's modern day Riot Grrl aspirations, & even a special guest appearance from the frontperson ...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 10 - Best of 2013
October 31, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour - 215 MBThis month we're back travelling through time, but just a short trip this time, back to the seemingly very recent 2013, where we were all still regularly listening to cds (and even cassettes in colin's case as his car back then was impressively primitive), but other than that, pretty much wearing the same clothes as we do now. Listen to us battle eachother to discover our collective favourite songs of the 2013 and alog the way uncover Ian's traumatic Japanese Noise flashbacks, Colin'...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 9 - Now Playing September 2021 - Harry Stafford, Public Service Broadcasting, & Devin Townsend Project
September 26, 2021 04:30 - 1 hour - 182 MBIt's time for another Now Playing episode while we recalibrate the time machine ready for our next batch of episodes so we're taking the time to sit back and talk about albums we're listening to a lot at th moment. Tracey has chosen former Inca Babies frontman Harry Stafford's debut swamp blues noir record Guitar Shaped Hammers from 2017, Colin's chosen Public Service Broadcasting's space funk electro concept album The Race For Space from 2015 and Ian has gone with Devin Townsend Pro...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 8 - Best of 1988
August 29, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 268 MBThis month we travel back to 1988 where we've been accidentally downloading the first ever computer virus, playing Treasure Island Dizzy on the Spectrum, & watching Beetlejuice at the cinema. We've also been talking about ambient superstars buying castles, Colin's Orangutan like behaviour, & potentially life saving rap lyrics. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed them so we were ea...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 7 - Best of 2001
July 25, 2021 04:30 - 2 hours - 170 MBThis month we're back on the time travel malarkey and we're space oddyseying along to 2001 where we've been laughing at talking Velociraptors in Jurassic Park 3, Installing WIndows XP and wearing massive baggy shorts with wallet chains. We've also been talking about Tracey's over familiarity with Polly Jean Harvey, Unexpected Fall influencers & highly inappropriate reasons for cheering at festivals. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wif...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 6 - Now Playing June 2021 - Mordant Music, Meilyr Jones, & Battle Of Mice
June 27, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBAnother pause in our time travelling music charts this month for another Now Playing episode where we're each talking about an album we've been listening to a lot over the last few months. Colin has chosen Mordant Music's uncompromising, glitchy, hauntological 2006 meisterwerk “Dead Air”, Tracey has chosen welsh chamber pop multi-instrumentalist's excellent but confusingly titled 2016 record “2013”, & Ian's chosen post metal supergroup Battle Of Mice's amazing 2006 record “A Day Of N...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 5 - Best of 1979
May 30, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour - 158 MBThis month we've left the 60's behind and leapt forward to 1979 where we've been watching Alien & The Muppet Movie at the cinema, eating the first McDonalds Happy Meals & listening to all of these songs on newly introduced Sony Walkmans (walkmen?) . We've also been talking about unexpected Bill Bailey, the worlds first gothic spelling bee, & Kate Pierson's spectacular marine animal impressions. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lyd...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 4 - Best of 1968
April 25, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBWe're back to our time travelling shenanigans and have warped all the way back through time to 1968 where we've been protesting the Vietnam war, appearing as extras in George Romero's Night Of The Living Dead & hanging out with The Grateful Dead in Haight Ashbury. We've also been talking about Dog bothering Jazz, Prog gigs in Yorkshire steel mills, & Dumbledore's soggy gateaux. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 3 - Now Playing March 2021 - Ben Christophers, Ghostpoet, & Adrianne Lenker
March 28, 2021 05:30 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBWe're taking a break from our time travelling music charts this month for a slightly more relaxed episode where we're each talking about an album we've been listening to a lot over the last few months. Colin has chosen Ben Christopher's electronic tinged alt rock 1999 debut "My Beautiful Demon", Tracey has chosen Adrianne Lenker's indie folk double album "Songs/Instrumentals" from 2020 & Ian's chosen Ghostpoet's dystopian alternative trip hop record "I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall As...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 2 - Best Of 2007
February 28, 2021 06:30 - 2 hours - 110 MBWe've left 1985 behind and blasted forward through time to 2007 where we've been watching Spiderman 3 while queuing up to get our savings out of our Northern Rock bank accounts. We've also been talking about whether KT Tunstall is really as bad as Tracey previously thought, If rollerboots are cool or not, and whether Trent Reznor is a witch. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent them over to Ian's wife Lydia, who put the playlists together and distributed the...
We Dig Music - Series 4 Episode 1 - Best of 1985
January 31, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIt's 2021! But not for your intrepid We Dig Music crew. We've stolen Doc Emmet Brown's DMC DeLorean and gone back to 1985 where we've been riding around in Sinclair C5's, wearing ridiculous baggy suits, and watching Live Aid on telly. We've also been talking about songs that sound like Adam Ant at the wrong speed, Guitars that sound like pointy spiders, & Electro classics performed in sadly missed Birmingham toy shops. We've each chosen our 10 favourite songs of the year and sent th...
We Dig Music Favourite Songs Of 2020 Super Mega Ultra Badass Christmas Special!
December 20, 2020 06:45 - 2 hours - 110 MB2020! It's been a strange one. We may not have had many gigs to go to but there's been some absolutely brilliant music helping us all through, so, as with every year, here's our annual best of the year episode! Over the next 2 hours (Longest episode yet!) we'll count down our favourite 30 songs of the year, plus we'll also discuss songs we've discovered this year that weren't released in 2020, and a few songs that narrowly missed out on being included. We've changed the voting syst...
We Dig Music phase 2 teaser...
November 07, 2020 15:18 - 1 minute - 1.24 MBPreviously on We Dig Music... at the end of last episode Colin miscalculated the amount of thermonuclear weapons needed to destroy the alphabet and in doing so blew up the entire format of the podcast. This is a brief transmission to let you know we survived and we'll be back on December 20th with our traditional episode counting down our favourite songs of the year. Following that we'll be continuing with WE DIG MUSIC PHASE 2. obviously, you've got a bit of time until our next ep...
We Dig Music - Series 3 Episode 9 - Manowar & The Monkees
August 30, 2020 06:05 - 1 hour - 99 MBThis month we're singing battle hymns on board the last train to Clarksville where we'll be talking about New York's mightiest heavy metal barbarians Manowar & prefabricated 1960's pop titans The Monkees. As usual we can never stay on topic for too long so we'll also be talking about Mike Nesmith's fictional shenanigans, We investigate whether Manowar are secretly members of 1980s Oxford twee indiepoppers Talulah Gosh, and we try to find out if Tracey is able to name any bands she li...
We Dig Music - Series 3 Episode 8 - The Lemonheads & Limp Bizkit
July 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBThis month it's about time we take it to the Mathews Bridge so we'll be talking about Boston's finest alternative rock bubblegrunge troubadours The Lemonheads & Jacksonville's polarising “Rage Against The Machine For Idiots” Nu Metal rapscallions Limp Bizkit. As usual we can never stay on topic for too long so we'll also be talking about fair excuses for being late for Glastonbury sets, Enya's beard, & where George Michael went wrong. Find all available songs on our spotify playlis...
We Dig Music - Series 3 Episode 7 - Best of 1990
June 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBIt's our third anniversary! we've been putting out podcasts for 3 years and to celebrate we're doing one of our infamous Best Of episodes where we count down our 30 favourite songs of a particular year. This time we've decided to go back in time 30 years to 1990, a time where Milli Vanilli were busted for lip synching, Tim Berners Lee set out formal plans for the World Wide Web and an 8 year old Colin was still more interested in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles than music To expla...
We Dig Music - Series 3 Episode 6 - Guitar Wolf & Garbage
May 31, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBThis month we've got Kawasaki Z ii 750 Rock & Roll Hammering in our heads so we'll be talking about Japanese Jett Rock & Roll high volume zombie slayers Guitar Wolf & Scottish/American glossy goth pop supergroup Garbage. As usual we can never stay on topic for too long so we'll also be talking about slicing UFO's in half with samurai swords, songs about hunting canadian river dwelling rodents & possibly the best band name origin story we've ever heard. BWUANG!!! EXPLOSION!!! Find al...
We Dig Music - Series 3 Episode 5 - Ben Folds & Foo Fighters
April 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBThis month we're exhausted, selfless, cold, and composed and will be talking about North Carolina's virtuoso piano nerd Ben Folds and thoroughly friendly alt rock titans Foo FIghters. As usual we can never stay on topic for long so we'll be talking about stadium rock bands doing stadium rock things in stadiums, Harry Connick Jr goes full on freeform skronk jazz, and Tracey jabbers on about Dean Friedman again. Find all available songs on our spotify playlist here - https://open.spot...
Series 3 Episode 4 - Nick Drake & Deftones
March 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBThis month we're being quiet and driving far away under the northern sky where we'll be talking about reclusive Warwickshire folk legend Nick Drake and Sacramento's pioneering alt metal titans Deftones. As usual we can never stay on topic for long so we'll also be talking about music festival Bigfoot sightings, A mild disagreement about the best member of Duran Duran & Tracey tries to retrospectively project her own pretentious literary allusions onto 51 year old albums. Find all av...