The tenth and FINAL* episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on LCD Soundsystem's 'This is Happening'.... and finally Ollie and Jamie have cast the webcams aside and are face to face in the same room - it's a Christmas miracle!!  

Over the course of the episode, Ollie and Jamie discuss the ways in which James Murphy plays with the idea of influence and why I Can Change is the best pop song they've ever heard, before re-evaluating the context behind the band's break-up, their final gig and their eventual reformation.  

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The ninth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas, the definitive 4AD masterpiece.  

Ollie and Jamie discuss the unusual circumstances that surrounded the band's formation and how that plays into their distinct sound. They also touch on the sheer euphoria of their music, what this album can tell us about indie music now and to conclude they break down this classic, classic album-cover.  

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.  

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The eighth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Joni Mitchell's 1971 masterpiece 'Blue'.  This is a must listen just to hear Jamie restrain himself for 45 minutes from gushing about Hejira and Joni's later 'jazzy' experiments. The boys also discuss some of the more poignant stories behind Joni's songs, as well as her approach to lyricism and the ways in which she has been unfairly compared to her contemporaries.

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The seventh episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Stereolab's space-infused classic Dots and Loops. 

Ollie and Jamie discuss how the music press has attempted to describe (and also deride) Stereolab over the years, before breaking down some of this album's best tracks and then finally putting our Liberal Arts ™ critical theory hats on and waxing lyrical about the band's Marxist politics (when I saw we, I really mean me, Jamie, though you can look forward to lots of quizzical looks from Ollie as I launch into a diatribe about Stan Brakhage before he eventually replies with "err, if you say so lad".) 

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The sixth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun. 

Buckle up people because this album is one Jamie and Ollie's favourites. They discuss the collective behind this album's music, Erykah's background as a performer as well as assessing the usefulness of terms like Neo-Soul when discussing her music. 

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The fifth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Khruangbin's most recent album Mordechai. 

Jamie and Ollie discuss how this album has split opinion, the limitations of Khruangbin's sound as well as debating whether their classification as 'chill' is a meaningful one. 

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

We've Made a Better One Playlist lol 

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The fourth episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Daniel Avery's genre-melding debut Drone Logic. 

On this episode, Ollie and Jamie discuss how Avery converted a generation of teenagers to electronic music, how DJing and producing sometimes go hand-in-hand (and sometimes dont!), as well as dissecting the various pitfalls of DJ culture. 

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The third episode of Season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Amy Winehouse's mid-noughties classic, Back to Black. 

On this episode you will hear us marvelling about a time when Camden was actually cool (can you believe it?!),  as well as discussing the two producers who birthed this album, their distinct styles and, of course, the remarkable talent of one of the 21st century's greatest pop singers, Amy Winehouse. 

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The second episode of season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on A Tribe Called Quest's debut… People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm'. 

We discuss why hip-hop groups seem to have given way to individual rappers, Ollie's  controversial opinions about The Love Movement and Jamie and Q-Tip's shared character trait...  

Expect the usual too: YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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The first episode of season 1 of Deaf With The Record focuses on Gorillaz' 2005 classic… DEMON DAYS.

We discuss whether the 00s had a better single than ‘Feel Good Inc’, why we haven’t seen more virtual bands emerge in Gorillaz’ wake and of course, just what exactly Shaun Ryder is on about on ‘Dare’.

Expect the usual too… YEAR IN MUSIC, APEX, ALTERNATE CUTS AND ALBUM COVER NIGHTCLUB.

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