We Heard Wonders - music review podcast from Scotland
Two Scottish music fans, Iain McKinstry and Andrew Hall, review tracks, albums and artists old, new and some with a personal twist.
Bold Voices: Matt Carmichael Interview + Sault & Backxwash Fresh Cuts
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Joining the @weheardwonders boys for this week's pod is Scottish saxophonist and composer Matt Carmichael. Matt discusses his wonderful new LP Dancing With Embers, the art of improvising and taking inspiration from folk singer-songwriters, as well as selecting some fantastic music to play. Elsewhere, with Iain talking Animals and Andrew enthusing about At Pompeii, is 2025 going to be a Floyd Summer? New releases by mysterious groove merchants Sault and intense alternative hip-hop artist Backxwash are also up for review. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends...
Newish Music - Bon Iver! Japanese Breakfast! The Horrors! Daniel Paul O'Sullivan! Annie and the Caldwells!
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We Heard Wonderers Iain and Andrew return in one piece (just about) following their European exploits. We have our say on high-profile new indie releases from Bon Iver, Japanese Breakfast and The Horrors - do they hit the mark, or leave something to be desired? Exciting projects from contemporary composer Daniel Paul OâSullivan and gospel-soul family unit Annie & The Caldwells are also up for discussion. Something beguiling and beautiful has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up...
New Music - Lady Gaga! Fust! Melin Melyn! Candi Staton! Maud the Moth!
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Donât let it ever be said that @weheardwonders donât have range! On the latest pod, Iain and Andrew discuss the potential reemergence of Radiohead, before playing and reviewing new records by returning pop royalty Lady Gaga, none-more-American alternative country band Fust, mellifluous Welsh millers Melin Melyn, sensational soul survivor Candi Staton and avant-classical-folk-metal world-weaver Maud The Moth. Something strutting of a sixties vintage has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and supp...
New Music - The Limiñanas! DARKSIDE! Everything is Recorded! Marshall Allen! Ichiko Aoba!
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Fascinating, sometimes unexpected pairings and groupings are the name of the game on this weekâs @weheardwonders podcast. Iain and Andrew share their favourite musical mash-ups, before moving on to review five collaboration-heavy new projects. Bobby Gillespie lives out his noirish, faded glamour fantasies alongside Mr & Mrs of French garage-rock The Limiñanas; DARKSIDE expand to a trio and jam out; Richard Russell and assorted friends turn existential on the latest Everything Is Recorded document; Sun Ra acolyte Marshall Allen enlists Neneh Cherry and proves itâs never too late to take centre-stage; while...
New Music - HONESTY! John Glacier! Oklou! Richard Dawson! Confucius MC & Bastien Keb!
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Mystery hangs in the air and cloaks many of the artists played and discussed on this week's @weheardwonders pod: whether it be shadowy, alt-electro collective HONESTY; the endlessly intriguing, expectation-defying John Glacier; Oklou's introspective approach to futurist-medieval-Y2K dance-pop; progressive folk musician Richard Dawson's obtuse quest for the divine in day-time TV; or the hazy, daydream-folk-hop of South London rapper Confucius MC's new collaboration with producer/multi-instrumentalist Bastien Keb. As well as this, Iain and Andrew pay tribute to two talented recently-departed artists. Something cosmic and swelling with humanity has The Vinyl Word...
New Music - FKA Twigs! Benjamin Booker! Anna B Savage! Sam Amidon! Thandii!
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Podcasting late at night in their pants surrounded by a weekâs worth of washing is when Iain and Andrew are at their most Eusexua. Tune into @weheardwonders to hear their opinions on some intriguing new music: FKA twigs discovers the best version of herself on the dance-floor; Benjamin Booker takes a dramatic left-turn and asks âwhat would happen if I mixed Mobb Deep and the Mary Chain?â; tender singer-songwriter Anna B Savage tests our Irish pronunciation; Sam Amidon brings a salty freshness to traditional folk; while Thandii lend some soulful succour and casual...
New Music - Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta! Ex-Vöid! Sophie Jamieson! Moonchild Sanelly! Brown Spirits!
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Looking for some intriguing artists and box-fresh tunes to kick-start your year? @weheardwonders have you covered! Yes, indeed, Iain and Andrew are back with their first new music show of 2025: played and discussed are a novel merging of old and new, Congolese and Peruvian; scuzzy, fuzzy indie-rock featuring a Joanna Gruesome twosome; stirringly intense alternative-folk courtesy of Bella Union; exuberantly provocative South African "future ghetto funk"; and cosmic jams from down-under. Something enchanting and idiosyncratic has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends...
Episode 100 - Best of 2024
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They said it couldnât be done! Many questioned whether it SHOULD be done! But here it is - Episode 100 of the @weheardwonders podcast! What better way to commemorate this astonishing achievement in content-creation than by Iain and Andrew sitting down and reflecting on the year that was 2024? We play and enthuse about some of our standout records of the past 12 months, as well as discussing many of the wider trends. Which releases did Iain return to again and again? Did Andrewâs epic Album Of The Year rundown finally break him? Tune in t...
New Music - Sam Fender! MEMORIALS! Denzel Curry! Emma-Jean Thackray! Jill Lorean! Plus Kendrick Lamar!
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MUSTAAAARD! The latest @weheardwonders is burnin' HOT, with Andrew and Iain discussing GNX, the surprise new album from Kendrick Lamar, before playing and sharing their thoughts on new tracks from Top 5 single hit-maker and man-of-the-people Sam Fender, exploratory art-rock duo MEMORIALS, mischievous Southern hip-hop king Denzel Curry, space-funk trumpeter Emma-Jean Thackray and very talented friend-o'-pod Jill Lorean. Something obscenely, moreishly groovy has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by...
New Music - Doves! Fievel is Glauque! Kim Deal! Mk.gee! Olive Jones!
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Three is the magic number this week on @weheardwonders as Iain and Andrew are joined by The Talent from Glasgow band The Deadline Shakes, Greg Dingwall. Greg shares his love of Field Music and joins us to listen to and review new music from the broodingly majestic Doves, progressive jazz-pop jesters Fievel Is Glauque, alt-rock legend Kim Deal, 80s-obsessed word-of-mouth sensation Mk.Gee and British soul stylist Olive Jones. Something beardy and jauntily acousticy has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like...
New Music - Yasmin Williams! Blood Incantation! Field Music! Tyler, The Creator! One True Pairing!
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Iain and Andrew return for a @weheardwonders round-up, featuring some of the most interesting new music releases from the past month or so. Finger-picking virtuoso Yasmin Williams, sci-fi-death-metal-progsters Blood Incantation, art-rock cottage-industry Field Music, hip-hop polymath Tyler, The Creator and former-Wild Beast One True Pairing are all played and reviewed. Something raw and rockinâ from Thailand has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in...
New Music - Kosmischer LĂ€ufer! Alan Sparhawk! Ezra Collective! UpupayĂŁma! Nubya Garcia!
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Yippie-yi-o! Yippie-yi-yay! Pod-casters in the sky! Yer loyal @weheardwonders cowboys Iain and Andrew round up and review the latest musical offerings from cosmic runner and hoaxer(?) Kosmischer LĂ€ufer, quiet titan of alternative music Alan Sparhawk, London jazz party-starters Ezra Collective, acid-folk-psych-rock mountain-dweller UpupayĂŁma and sax ânâ string supremo Nubya Garcia. Something lovely and lunar-related has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a Coffee (link in the...
New Music - Bon Iver! Etran de L'AĂŻr! Lady Blackbird! Beautify Junkyards w/Paul Weller! Chrysanths!
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Iain and Andrew deliver their opinions on the freshest new music with scalpel-sharp incisiveness on the latest @weheardwonders pod. Indie-folk phenomenon Bon Iver go back to basics, 100% Saharan guitar-band Etran de LâAĂŻr step into a proper studio for the first time, âthe Grace Jones of jazzâ Lady Blackbird expands her horizons, Lisbon psych-folk collective Beautify Junkyards team up with Modfather Paul Weller with the sole intention of freaking out Iain, and Chrysanths (aka Emily Scott from Glasgow chamber-pop darlings Modern Studies) does some miraculous things with strings. Something venomous and omnivorous has the...
New Music - MJ Lenderman! Mercury Rev! Nala Sinephro! Brooke Combe! Christopher Haddow!
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The Spice Girls above Beck?!?! Nineties bangers are ranked on this weekâs @weheardwonders, before Iain and Andrew get on to the main business at hand: casting their critical ear over new releases from alt-rock man-of-the-moment MJ Lenderman, neo-psych legends/pod-heroes Mercury Rev, spiralling synth-jazz spellcaster Nala Sinephro, Scottish soul-sister Brooke Combe and ambient-folk axeman Christopher Haddow. Something iridescent and electronic has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by...
New Music - Yannis & The Yaw! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds! Bananagun! The Soundcarriers! Ezra Feinberg!
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At the top of this weekâs @weheardwonders, Andrew has a surprise quiz sprung on him - will he be triumphant or left in a sulk with Iain for the remainder of the recording? New music from Yannis & The Yaw, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Bananagun, The Soundcarriers and Ezra Feinberg is played and reviewed for your consideration. Something shimmering and stunning has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by...
New Music - Fontaines D.C.! Geordie Greep! Gillian Welch & David Rawlings! Thee Heart Tones! Magdalena Bay! Plus Oasis reunion chat!
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Be here now! Iain and Andrew share their thoughts on the announcement of Oasisâ feverishly-anticipated reunion tour - are they intending to get mad witâ it next summer or does the publicâs appetite for reliving past glories have them looking back in anger and wondering âwhere did it all go wrongâ? Then itâs time to play and review new music from indie-rock kings-in-waiting Fontaines D.C., black midi showman Geordie Greep, Americana royalty Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Chicano soul upstarts Thee Heart Tones, and avant-pop adventurers Magdalena Bay. Something intensely, soaringly euphoric has...
New Music - This Is Lorelei! Ari Tsugi! Hamish Hawk! Club Kuru! Liana Flores!
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Following a summer break which heralded the arrival of the latest addition to the @weheardwonders dynasty, normal podcasting service is resumed! We preview the forthcoming album from Leithâs premier practitioner of bittersweet wonk-pop Gurry Wurry, and share our thoughts on new music from one-man indie-rock-jukebox This Is Lorelei, expansive soul-jazz collective Ari Tsugi, the lustily literate Hamish Hawk, lugubrious yacht-rockers Club Kuru and bossa-nova-inflected folk singer Liana Flores. Something sinewy and scintillating has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe an...
New Music - Billie Eilish! The Lovely Eggs! Villagers! Ugly (UK)! Myriam Gendron!
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We hit this pod runninâ - like a nosebleed! Andrew provides a roundup of some of the recent big music releases - those to check out as well as those that are probably best avoided. Then itâs on to this episodeâs playlist and the five fresh projects which made the cut: Iain and Andrew play tracks from and share their opinions on the new album by pop sensation Billie Eilish, Northern indie cottage-industry The Lovely Eggs, Ivor Novella darlings Villagers, creatively restless and ambitious six-piece Ugly (UK) and Quebecois Queen Myriam Gendro...
New Music - Mdou Moctar! The Lemon Twigs! Ibibio Sound Machine! Jessica Pratt! Fergus McCreadie!
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Gigantic! A big, big love! Iain and Andrew salute the late great Steve Albini, the immeasurably-influential ârecording engineerâ and sonic architect of alternative rock. We then play and review new music from pod heroes Mdou Moctar and Fergus McCreadie, as well as boys-of-melody/siblings-of-song The Lemon Twigs, UK Afro-funkers Ibibio Sound Machine and the ever-beguiling Jessica Pratt. Something splintering, sprawling and fitting has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by b...
New Music - Corridor! St. Vincent! Iron & Wine with Fiona Apple! Ganavya! Amelia Coburn!
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A discursive quality and literary bent to this weekâs @weheardwonders, with references to John Dunne, Dylan Thomas and, er, Eddie Van Halen. We play and review new music from transporting indie-rockers Corridor, art-rock auteur St. Vincent, Americana mainstay Iron & Wine, South Indian ambient-jazz scholar Ganavya and exciting, uke-wielding upstart Amelia Coburn. Something ravishingly verbose has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that weâre back; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the show by buying us a...
New Music - Taylor Swift! Friko! Ederlezi! Fabiana Palladino! Guests!
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Weâre a music review podcast, so of course we have some thoughts on the biggest music release of the year (deepest sympathies, Cowboy Carter, it was fun while it lasted) from the biggest pop star of her era(s). Find out what Iain and Andrew (podcasters donât come more tortured or poetic) make of Taylor Swiftâs latest grand statement. Itâs not exclusively planet-swallowing superstars on their 11th album on @weheardwonders, however - we also play and share our thoughts on tracks from four of 2024âs more notable debut LPs, courtesy o...
New Music - Hannah Frances! Cindy Lee! English Teacher! Shabaka! Magick Brother & Mystic Sister!
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Iain and Andrew are Taking Care Of Business on the latest @weheardwonders (donât ask them why - it just felt right, alright?). Join them for juicy music-based discussion covering avant-folk artist Hannah Frances, word-of-mouth indie-sensation Cindy Lee, the accomplished, well-read English Teacher, reed-master Shabaka Hutchings, and Barcelonaâs psych-fantasists Magick Brother & Mystic Sister. Finally, a whoop-inducing flute-led banger has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that weâre back; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and support the sh...
New Music - Sahra Halgan! Gustaf! Jane Weaver! Khruangbin! Daisy Rickman! Diving Horse!
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Home-improvement hounds Iain and Andrew put down their paintbrushes and rollers long enough to play and pore over new musical offerings from Somali freedom fighter Sahra Halgan, Brooklyn no-wavers Gustaf, psychedelic national treasure Jane Weaver, sub-zero Texan synthesists Khruangbin and âCornish high priestessâ Daisy Rickman. Central Belt upstarts Diving Horse make a splash, and one side of a classic Brit-psych 45 has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that weâre back; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and suppor...
New Music - Waxahatchee! LAIR! Adrianne Lenker! Julia Holter! Oisin Leech!
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After a few weeks away, Iain and Andrew reconvene to catch up and cast their critical eye over three of the yearâs most hotly tipped and anticipated releases - Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker and Julia Holter - as well as something eyebrow-raising from Indonesian psych collective LAIR and something decidedly more low-key from Steve Gunn-collaborating Irish songwriter Oisin Leech. Finally, something âSomethingâ-related has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that weâre back; like, subscribe and recommend; catch up with previous editions and supp...New Music - Nadine Shah! Real Estate! Mohammad Syfkhan! MGMT! Ghost Funk Orchestra!
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On this weekâs @weheardwonders, soaring singer-songwriter Nadine Shah sings her life, MGMT add slacker alt-rock shagginess to their usual neo-psych, and Real Estate return. We also discuss the remarkable story of how Kurdish/Syrian singer & bouzouki player Mohammad Syfkhan found himself performing at the Cork Opera House, and spin a track from Ghost Funk Orchestraâs new âjazz-funk space odysseyâ - are we along for the trip? Finally, Andrew wonât let the small matter of his records being in storage get in the way of selecting something stately by an art-pop elder-stat...
New Music - Les Amazones dâAfrique! Brittany Howard! Dina Ăgon! Grandaddy! Yirinda!
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Thereâs only one didgeridoo thing to do! Itâs another globetrotting edition of @weheardwonders, with intrepid explorers Iain and Andrew delving into new music from all around the world. Up for discussion are five tracks by artists from four continents, including Swedenâs Dina Ăgon, Brittany Howard and Grandaddy from North America, Australiaâs Yirinda, and Les Amazones dâAfrique from, er, Africa. A heart-melter from one of Andrewâs ultimate musical icons has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that weâre ba...
New Music - David Nance! The Last Dinner Party! Bolts Of Melody! YG Marley! Beth Gibbons!
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On the latest @weheardwonders, one track inspired our Iain to reach for the âGâ word, while another offended him so much that he had to reach for the âmuteâ button mid-recording. Can you guess which artists and tracks inspired such visceral and opposing reactions? Up for debate this week are rollicking barn-rockers David Nance & The Mowed Sound, new great hopes The Last Dinner Party, cinematic shoegazers Bolts Of Melody, heir-to-the-reggae-spoils YG Marley and returning queen Beth Gibbons. The worst greatest hits by your favourite artists are discussed, while something big, blustery and brillian...
New Music - The Smile! Gruff Rhys! Ty Segall! They Hate Change! Daudi Matsiko!
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No effort required on Iain or Andrewâs part to crowbar the R-word into this weekâs @weheardwonders discussion - the big alternative music release being, of course, the second full-length from The Smile, featuring a certain Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Weâve cast our eyes (and ears) over Wall Of Eyes - find out what we make of it. Also played and dissected are new releases from mind-bending pop-mage Gruff Rhys, dog-loving psych-punk-rocker Ty Segall, hyperactive hip-hop upstarts They Hate Change, and confessional contemporary-folk artist Daudi Matsiko. Something classic and egg-related has Th...
New Music - YÄȘN YÄȘN! Rosali! Omni! Kali Uchis! SLIFT!
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Yes indeedy, @weheardwonders are back to put some pep in the step of your blustery seemingly-never-ending January. Iain and Andrew play and review a veritable smorgasbord of new musical treats, including: YÄȘN YÄȘNâs Asian-inspired disco-funk; graceful Crazy Horse-play from Rosali; Omniâs arch art-punk; a diaphanous Spanish-language bop from Kali Uchis, and a monolithic, monochromatic interstellar epic from doomy space-rockers SLIFT (itâs what they do!). We also play the new track by Scottish singer-songwriter Kevin Bennett, and pay tribute to a great soul voice in The Vinyl Word. Listen t...
New Music - Liam Gallagher & John Squire! Plantoid! Muireann Bradley! Bill Ryder-Jones! Nino Gvilia!
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How about some new reviews of new music to kick this new year off in style? Iain and Andrew are back back BACK, and theyâre doing what they love best: casting their eyes and ears over a selection of box-fresh tuneage on @weheardwonders. Is Liam Gallagher & John Squireâs long-threatened collaboration just another rainbow-dyed baggy/Britpop throwback? Just how PROG are progressive upstarts Plantoid? Has anybody had a better start to 2024 than Irish country-blues guitarist & singer Muireann Bradley? Will Bill Ryder-Jonesâ cinematic return leave us all aquiver? And - perhaps the bigges...
New Music - Cory Hanson! Bob Dylan! Per Svensson! BCUC! Ivan Moult!
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Music by Masters Of Song of various stripe is up for discussion on the latest @weheardwonders pod: Cory Hansonâs country-rock guitar explorations inspire some uncharacteristically blue (Crazy) Horsinâ around from your cherubic hosts; Swedish psychedelicist Per Svensson aims to take the listener on a magic trip; Ivan Moultâs hushed third LP leaves a lasting impression; and thereâs a new release from an evergreen recording artist by the name of Bob Dylan - you may have heard of him. Afro-futurist collective BCUC raise the blood-rate and a trusty Sunday morning classic has the...
New Music - Teenage Fanclub! The Lemon Twigs! Mong Tong! Kassa Overall! Emma Tricca!
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After a fine run of guest interviews, Iain and Andrew are back in âclassicâ pod mode this week, catching up on five recent tracks, played and contextualised for your listening pleasure. Thirty-plus years in, can Teenage Fanclub still deliver the melodic, bittersweet goods? Is âEverything Harmonyâ a fitting album title for high-kickingly glamorous siblings-of-song The Lemon Twigs? And what will we make of Mong Tongâs sample-based Taiwanese psychedelia? Kassa Overallâs distinctly contemporary collisions of jazz, neo-soul and hip-hop and Emma Triccaâs progressive take on acid-folk are also given room to breathe. Fi...
New Music - Blur! Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy! The Ironsides! Plus our interview with EYES OF OTHERS!
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Practitioner of post-genre, post-pub-couldnât-get-in-the-club music John Bryden aka Eyes Of Others is the latest guest in We Heard Wonders-land. John chats to us about ice-baths, sun-beds, and the wonderful and frightening world of Nico, as well as his ace debut LP, just-released on Heavenly Recordings. He also selects four cool tunes for us to play. Not only this, Iain and Andrew have three new music reviews for ya, sharing thoughts on Blurâs big return, Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy and the Ironsides. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast plat...
New Music - Queens Of The Stone Age! Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints! Fatoumata Diawara! Plus our interview with NIGHT CALLER!
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Iain and Andrew have a date with the Night (Caller) on the latest instalment of @weheardwonders pod. Danny from Leith gutter-pop lotharios Night Caller joins us to chat Grease, break-ups, cats and the groupâs devilishly catchy debut single and EP. Danny also picks and plays five slickly-produced, thematically-linked tracks. Iain and Andrew review fresh tunes from hard-rock heavyweights Queens Of The Stone Age, brand-new-retro soulsters Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints and Maliâs âfirst female solo electric guitar playerâ Fatoumata Diawara. All this, plus a live report from this yearâs Liverpool...
New Music - BC Camplight! Modern Cosmology! Plus our interview with MICHAEL M PHYSICS!
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On this weekâs @weheardwonders, Andrew and Iain - especially fanboy Iain - are buzzing to be joined by Michael M Physics, offa purveyors of âfast existentialist nerd rock for people who like sighing but also fightingâ Slime City, We Are The Physics and Twitter. Topics up for discussion include Slime Cityâs highly entertaining new record Slime City Death Club, manifestos, mangling popâs past, and eye-popping encounters with Art Brut and Jared Letoâs Thirty Seconds To Mars, while Michael selects some ace tracks that are important to him. Iain also canât resist...
New Music - Jessie Ware! Nabihah Iqbal! The Dream Machine! Isolde Lasoen! Rudy De Anda!
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A GROOVY selection of tracks on this weekâs @weheardwonders - either groovy in the âthisâll get you outta your seat, get you movingâ kind of way, or groovy in the hip, sixties-inspired sense of the word. Following the triumphant Whatâs Your Pleasure?, Jessie Wareâs new record finds her in disco-diva mode once more - but is she still capable of transforming the most modest of kitchen discos into an opulent party palace? Why does Nabihah Iqbalâs post-punk/new-wave leave Iain feeling so nostalgic? Wirral-upstarts The Dream Machine make us feel very o...
New Music - Durand Jones! PJ Harvey! Kara Jackson! Spencer Cullum! Scott William Urquhart & Constant Follower!
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This weekâs selections give Andrew and Iain even more of an opportunity than usual to flex their analytical muscles with not one, not two, but THREE published poets among the artists up for discussion. We dive into the hotly-anticipated and hot-off-the-press new track from PJ Harvey, the meaty debut album by former U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson, and a wonderful collaboration between Constant Follower, Scott William Urquhart and Scottish titan Norman MacCaig. Also, Durand Jones steps out on his own without his Indications, and Spencer Cullumâs Coin Collection spli...
New Music - Lael Neale! Jonathan Wilson! Metallica!
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At the third time of asking, a new precious @weheardwonders pod is here! Itâs yours, take it! New music by graveyard-dwelling Sub Popper Lael Neale and your favourite singer-songwriterâs favourite producer & singer-songwriter in his own right Jonathan Wilson is put under the miscoscope. Plus, we ride the lightning: Iain - his devil-horns-aloft - tells Metallica-neophyte Andrew what he finds so deathly magnetic about the legendary metal survivors and we share our thoughts on their eleventh studio offering 72 Seasons. Finally, something eccentric and orchestral and wonderful has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We H...
New Music - Mokoomba! Immaterial Possession! El Michels Affair, Black Thought & Kirby! James Ellis Ford! Powers / Pulice / Rolin!
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A vast expanse of musical ground is covered on the latest @weheardwonders podcast. Hey, itâs what we do! We move from the sunlit Zimrock of Mokoomba to the mysterious medieval hijinks and levitating bananas of Immaterial Possession; from the latest inspired team-up (this time with El Michels Affair) of hip-hop firebrand Black Thought to producer-extraordinaire James Ellis Fordâs idiosyncratic lurch centre-stage, and the warmly soothing and quietly profound Appalachian trance of Powers / Pulice / Rolin. Andrew discusses his Great Vinyl Migration, Iain freestyles about freestyle, and something swampy and funky has the Viny...
New Music - Murray A. Lightburn! Altin GĂŒn! Eddie Chacon! James Holden! Anona!
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Iain and Andrew reconvene for more reviews and rambles of a musical persuasion. On this weekâs @weheardwonders, you will hear something graceful and tasteful and made with obvious affection from Murray A. Lightburn; Altin GĂŒn are up to their old Anatolian-psych-rock antics; Eddie Chaconâs career resurgence continues apace; progressive-dance producer James Holden finds the cosmic in the communal; and âGoddess of the Harvestâ Anona delivers gentle jazz-folk. Go-to motivational tunes are shared, transporting new genres are invented, and something grandiose and miserablist has the Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders o...
