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  • MONTHLY TRACK ROUNDUP | February '24

    Let's take a look at the best and worst of what the past month has had to offer

    Featuring:
    00:15 - Adrianne Lenker - Fool
    02:38 - Maya Hawke - Missing Out
    05:35 - The Black Keys - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
    07:48 - Elbow - Lover's Leap
    09:12 - Pond - Neon River
    11:17 - Bull - Red Rooves
    13:29 - Warpaint - Common Blue
    15:38 - Francis of Delirium - Give It Back to Me
    17:00 - Ride - Last Frontier
    18:45 - Squid - Fugue (Bin Song)
    20:51 - Paramore - Burning Down the House
    23:30 - Bombay Bicycle Club - Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)
    24:51 - Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Mars To Liverpool
    27:50 - Everything Everything - The End Of The Contender
    30:15 - DIIV - Brown Paper Bag
    32:48 - English Teacher - R&B
    35:50 Yard Act - When The Laughter Stops (feat. Katy J Pearson)

    38 min
  • MONTHLY TRACK ROUNDUP | January '24

    Let's take a look at the best and worst of what the past month has had to offer


    Featuring:

    00:10 - BODEGA -Tarkovsky

    02:03 - NewDad - White Ribbons

    03:49 - IDLES - Gift Horse

    05:36 - Lime Garden - Mother

    09:08 - Adrianne Lenker - Sadness As A Gift

    11:30 - Marika Hackman - The Yellow Mile

    12:58 - The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years

    14:20 - MGMT - Nothing To Declare

    16:00 - Ty Segall - My Best Friend

    16:57 - Noah Kahan - Homesick (with Sam Fender)

    20:35 - Declan McKenna - Mulholland's Dinner and Wine

    23:10 - L'objectif - Puppy

    25:43 - The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)

    27:33 - Yard Act - We Make Hits

    32 min
  • THINGS ARE CHANGING AROUND HERE

    Welcome to FoolsHQ - the new home for all your entertainment needs

    Fools on a Hill will continue in a different form and we've got lots of new stuff coming up too - find out all about it in this episode
    If you're new here, we've got about 200 other videos on YouTube you can check out to catch yourselves up, including our very original introduction - https://youtu.be/uf1Cj3tegFM - where you'll get a bit more of an insight into the three of us

    6 min
  • EP#100 | 5 albums we'd take to a desert island | Glastonbury and Cast Away Records

    To celebrate our 100th regular episode, we hear of Yanni's Glasto tales and ponder the 5 discs, tv show and luxury item we'd want if we end up cast away on a desert island

    Featuring, in alphabetical order: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles, Ben Howard, Bill Ryder-Jones, Bloc Party, Charli XCX, Foals, Gang of Youths, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jack Johnson, Jamie T, Kings Of Leon, Mac DeMarco, Metronomy, New Girl, Paolo Nutini, Paul Simon, Pavement, Radiohead, The Strokes, Third Eye Blind, The War On Drugs, WU LYF
    Who would you want to be stuck with?

    56 min
  • EP#099 | Have Arctic Monkeys lost their touch? | Squid, King Krule, Wesley Gonzalez

    We shine a spotlight on the new Squid and King Krule records, and rank early era Arctic Monkeys b-sides

    0:00- intro

    0:42- hair talk

    2:20- Yan talks about Arctic Monkeys live in Sheffield

    13:01- we’re over big gigs

    15:04- Cal’s started The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    16:24- Liam talks The Ultimatum: Queer Love

    18:26- Cal’s also started Barry

    20:42- Liam watched and loved BlackBerry

    22:20- Liam has also been watching Bunheads

    24:05- Wesley Gonzalez is stinking up the joint with Wild Garlic

    29:51- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Squid - O Monolith

    43:07- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: King Krule - Space Heavy

    52:35- RAPID REVIEW: This Is the Kit - Careful Of Your Keepers

    56:28- RAPID REVIEW: Gengahr - Red Sun Titans

    1:00:18- something something John Lennon, something something AI

    1:02:40- RAPID REVIEW: Dream Wife - Social Lubrication

    1:06:42- RANK OFF: Arctic Monkeys b-sides from the Whatever People Say I Am.. era get a ranking

    1:36:50- goodbyes

    1 hr 39 min
  • EP#098 | Why do people talk at concerts? | Baxter Dury, Foo Fighters, Radiohead

    We've got a triple album spotlight and a return to Radiohead ranking

    0:00- intro

    2:18- what’s everyone drinking?

    4:28- returning to the perfect segue into…

    5:19- Cal’s succeeded in starting Succession

    6:57- Liam and Yanni have watched Barry and have thoughts

    9:38- the return of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    13:24- Always Sunny alumni in Fool’s Paradise and Blackberry

    15:27- Liam harps on about a Coldplay concert for far too long

    25:14- Cal keeps it brief talking about an Arctic Monkeys gig

    33:18- Yan went to see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse…

    33:58- …which features Dominic Fike…

    35:03- …who has also released a new single, ‘Ant Pile’

    36:56- Squid’s last single before the album drops

    39:00- the “resident Bloc Party-er” speaks his truth

    41:17- Blonde Redhead make great background music

    42:34- Thom Yorke lends his genius to Clark

    44:16- Alex Kapranos lends his belting voice to a belting tune from Pip Blom

    45:34- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You

    50:31- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Water From Your Eyes - Everyone’s Crushed

    54:06- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

    1:14:55- RANK OFF: r/indieheads’ top 10 Radiohead songs get a good rank

    1:39:24- goodbyes

    1 hr 41 min
  • EP#097 | Do Wet Leg deserve the hype? | Opus Kink, Blur, Daft Punk

    Are Wet Leg qualified to win an Ivor Novello? Are we qualified to comment on it? Where do peanuts come from? Find out all, and more, here

    0:00- intro

    1:22- Cal’s been shutting sh*t down

    2:11- possibly the most awkward Fools moment to date

    4:14- Liam’s a busy guy

    7:59- Yanni’s trip to Portmeirion, “Italy in Wales”

    11:26- How do peanuts occur in the wild?

    14:27- revisiting Wet Leg’s debut in light of their Ivor Novello

    25:20- The Dare .. the meh

    27:44- Do we really need an Opus Kink album?

    30:25- the return of Blur

    36:42- new Foo Fighters song, new Foo Fighters drummer

    41:09- Ben Howard still disappointing

    43:43- Do Nothing finally doing something

    45:18- Grian Chatten pushes the boat

    47:54- Jacob Slater going solo with a slapper

    50:37- Paul Simon’s final farewell?

    52:37- Yanni’s impressed by The Microphones > 9/11 was a national tragedy

    54:26- another new one from Water From Your Eyes

    57:12- come on, King Krule. do better

    57:56- Cal celebrates Baxter Dury

    1:00:47- Kendrick Lamar gives Beyonce a helping hand

    1:03:14- Yan drips over Daft Punk and the Voidz’ wave from the opposite shore

    1:07:24- goodbyes

    1 hr 9 min

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