Today acclaimed musician Richard Youngs joins us to discuss his love for Pink Floyd and in particular their cray cray album "Ummagumma". We get to the heart of what keeps such a diverse band together; adhesive.
We review the hit single 4' 33", John Cage's experimental song consisting of only silence. Could your 5 year old do that? Really? How about the other experimental song that involved butterflies...
We're joined by the excellent Jena Friedman to discuss Simon & Garfunkel's dark folk rock classic "Sounds of Silence". Turn the hipster dial up to 11 and sit back as we sing a little baby to sleep with a song about a suicidal man.
Our fourth mini-episode is a commentary of Toto's problematic video for the world music/rock fusion hit "Africa". We try follow the impenetrable plot which seems to involve the borrowers, "natives" and fire.
Today we're joined by Scottish Album of the Year award winner RM Hubbert to discuss the influence of Minutemen's seminal punk album "Double Nickels On The Dime". We talk about what exactly "punk" is, "twinkle twinkle li...
Today's mini-episode is a blind review, where we play songs that each other have never heard. We review the song and try guess if it's a song the host likes, today Martin is exposed the the band Lightning Bolt via their song Murk Hike.
We begin the year by considering Peter Gabriel's classic album "So", joined by Philip Larkin. We discuss making the "big time", the terror of floating saucepans and the insatiable desire for a hug-threesome with Gabriel and Kat...
This mini-episode is a live review of a single promoted to us personally; Rachel Marie's "New Habit". Will we decide to make listening to Lil' Marie our new habit? SPOILER ALERT... No.
Tis' the season to listen to our Christmas episode, reviewing Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector". We're joined by guest Felicity Ward as we unpack the Christmas mysteries of JFK, Cthulhu, mononucleosis and...
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About Hmm, Interesting Choice...
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Hmm, Interesting Choice... is a podcast wherein an album, selected using the vague criteria of being "interesting", is reviewed comically to see what happened, what went right, what went wrong and…