This week we're hitting rewind on the career of one of our all-time musical heroes, Johnny Marr. Rick has unearthed a previously unheard archive interview with the legendary Smiths guitarist, recorded in 2011 as he recorded his classic album The Messenger. Originally intended to be a comeback record with Johnny's band The Healers, The Messenger ended up being Johnny's first solo album proper and was a brilliant statement of intent which firmly put him back on the map. The interview also sees Johnny talk about whether The Smiths will ever reform and his hatred of "lame acoustic music".

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From Wormwood Scrubs to Paris - and everywhere inbetween - journalist Jamie Fullerton trailed Pete Doherty for a number of years whilst working for NME. On this week's episode, Jamie reveals amazing insights from some of his most infamous interviews with the notorious singer, including the inside story on The Libs' triumphant 2010 reunion and the time he picked Pete up from prison to score an exclusive. Plus Rick and Sarah recount their memorable encounters with Doherty and argue the musical merits of his solo work.

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We're hitting rewind as usual, but doing something a bit different this week - and talking through our own musical memories. Specifically, we're looking back on our first singles, albums and gigs - the music which shaped the first ten years of our lives. Join us on a rose-tinted ramble through cartoon character novelty records, Dutch proto-rave and phone calls to Live & Kicking...

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Hear an interview with Dave Rowntree as we hit rewind on the career of Blur. Find out more about the band’s formative years, how they survived the Britpop wars with Oasis and the inside story of their 2015 comeback album The Magic Whip. Dave also talks about the likelihood of the band ever reuniting again - it’s an interview fans won’t want to miss.

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This week Rick and Sarah Jane jump aboard the Good Ship Albion and hit rewind on the career of The Libertines - one of the most celebrated British bands of the past 20 years. Joining them on their voyage down memory lane is Anthony Thornton, author of the definitive Libs biography Bound Together (get a copy on Amazon if you haven't already). How did the band form? Why did they nearly split before they'd even started? What role did the Strokes play in kickstarting their careers? And was Johnny Borrell from Razorlight ever really in the band? Find out this and more in this week's episode.

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This week Rick and Sarah Jane jump aboard the Good Ship Albion and hit rewind on the career of The Libertines - one of the most celebrated British bands of the past 20 years. Joining them on their voyage down memory lane is Anthony Thornton, author of the definitive Libs biography Bound Together (get a copy on Amazon if you haven't already). How did the band form? Why did they nearly split before they'd even started? What role did the Strokes play in kickstarting their careers? And was Johnny Borrell from Razorlight ever really in the band? Find out this and more in this week's episode.

This week’s episode is focused on hip-hop’s enfant terrible Azealia Banks. Hear an exclusive archive interview with the New York rapper, recorded in 2011 as ‘212’ was blowing up but she hadn’t yet signed a record deal. Banks also talks about working with producer Paul Epworth and her biggest influences, and also schools Rick on underground indie. Meanwhile, Rick and Sarah ponder whether Azealia’s penchant for a celebrity beef has overshadowed her recorded output in the years since and whether she’ll ever truly put the focus back on her amazing music.

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Was the New Rave scene sublime or ridiculous? This is what Rick and Sarah set out to decide in the fourth episode of this series of Demo Tapes as they revisit the scene that time forgot and look back on the emergence of bands such as Klaxons, The Sunshine Underground and Lost Penguin. Along for the rose-tinted rollercoaster ride this week is special guest Sam Potter of New Rave heroes Late of the Pier. In a recently recorded interview, Sam reminisces about the band’s early days in the Nottingham scene, what he’s been up to since with Franz Ferdinand and the prospect of LOTP reforming ten years on from the release of their celebrated debut album Fantasy Black Channel.

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It’s the third episode of the series and side-B of Demo Tapes' terrific two-parter covering the emergence of the Arctic Monkeys. Rick and Sarah unveil more clips from their never-before-heard interview with Alex Turner and Matt Helders, recorded way back in 2005. The pair talk about the madness of their early gigs and give insights into their demo recordings - many of which have gone on to become some of the Sheffield band’s biggest hits. Rick and Sarah also look back on how the indie icons went from being four unsigned teenagers to hitting Number One in the singles chart and releasing the fastest-selling debut album of all time, all in the space of six amazing months.

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