We Heard Wonders - music review podcast from Scotland

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By: Iain McKinstry and Andrew Hall

Two Scottish music fans, Iain McKinstry and Andrew Hall, review tracks, albums and artists old, new and some with a personal twist.

New Music - Nadine Shah! Real Estate! Mohammad Syfkhan! MGMT! Ghost Funk Orchestra!
#6
02/28/2024

New Music - Nadine Shah! Real Estate! Mohammad Syfkhan! MGMT! Ghost Funk Orchestra!

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New Music - Les Amazones d’Afrique! Brittany Howard! Dina Ögon! Grandaddy! Yirinda!
#5
02/20/2024

There’s only one didgeridoo thing to do! It’s 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 Sweden’s Dina Ögon, Brittany Howard and Grandaddy from North America, Australia’s Yirinda, and Les Amazones d’Afrique from, er, Africa. A heart-melter from one of Andrew’s ultimate musical icons has The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; tell your friends that we’re back; like, subscribe and recommend...


New Music - David Nance! The Last Dinner Party! Bolts Of Melody! YG Marley! Beth Gibbons!
#4
02/10/2024

On the latest @weheardwonders, one track inspired our Iain to reach for the “G” word, while another offended him so much that he had to reach for the “mute” 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 brilliant has The Vinyl Word. Apologies for the...


New Music - The Smile! Gruff Rhys! Ty Segall! They Hate Change! Daudi Matsiko!
#3
01/31/2024

No effort required on Iain or Andrew’s part to crowbar the R-word into this week’s @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. We’ve 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 The Vinyl Word. Listen to We Hea...


New Music - YÄȘN YÄȘN! Rosali! Omni! Kali Uchis! SLIFT!
#2
01/24/2024

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 YÄȘN’s Asian-inspired disco-funk; graceful Crazy Horse-play from Rosali; Omni’s arch art-punk; a diaphanous Spanish-language bop from Kali Uchis, and a monolithic, monochromatic interstellar epic from doomy space-rockers SLIFT (it’s 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 to We Heard Wonders on your pod...


New Music - Liam Gallagher & John Squire! Plantoid! Muireann Bradley! Bill Ryder-Jones! Nino Gvilia!
#1
01/11/2024

How about some new reviews of new music to kick this new year off in style? Iain and Andrew are back back BACK, and they’re doing what they love best: casting their eyes and ears over a selection of box-fresh tuneage on @weheardwonders. Is Liam Gallagher & John Squire’s 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-Jones’ cinematic return leave us all aquiver? And - perhaps the biggest conundrum of all - just who is...


New Music - Cory Hanson! Bob Dylan! Per Svensson! BCUC! Ivan Moult!
#14
06/07/2023

Music by Masters Of Song of various stripe is up for discussion on the latest @weheardwonders pod: Cory Hanson’s country-rock guitar explorations inspire some uncharacteristically blue (Crazy) Horsin’ around from your cherubic hosts; Swedish psychedelicist Per Svensson aims to take the listener on a magic trip; Ivan Moult’s hushed third LP leaves a lasting impression; and there’s 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 Vinyl Word. Listen to We Heard...


New Music - Teenage Fanclub! The Lemon Twigs! Mong Tong! Kassa Overall! Emma Tricca!
#13
06/02/2023

After a fine run of guest interviews, Iain and Andrew are back in “classic” 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 ‘Everything Harmony’ a fitting album title for high-kickingly glamorous siblings-of-song The Lemon Twigs? And what will we make of Mong Tong’s sample-based Taiwanese psychedelia? Kassa Overall’s distinctly contemporary collisions of jazz, neo-soul and hip-hop and Emma Tricca’s progressive take on acid-folk are also given room to breathe. Finally, a 10/10 indie-pop gem has the Vinyl...


New Music - Blur! Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy! The Ironsides! Plus our interview with EYES OF OTHERS!
#12
05/24/2023

Practitioner of post-genre, post-pub-couldn’t-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 Blur’s big return, Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy and the Ironsides. Listen to We Heard Wonders on your podcast platform of choice; like, subscribe and reco...


New Music - Queens Of The Stone Age! Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints! Fatoumata Diawara! Plus our interview with NIGHT CALLER!
#11
05/17/2023

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 group’s 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 Mali’s “first female solo electric guitar player” Fatoumata Diawara. All this, plus a live report from this year’s Liverpool-hosted Eurovision Song Contest courtesy of friend of...