Picky Bastards

In this month's miserable music podcast, Sam, Matt, and Fran are getting bastardy about new releases from Finneas, Natalie Hemby, Joy Crookes, and Lonely Guest. Boards of Canada have the latest classic album up for debate before Mr Matt Paul tells you all why he loves Paul Weller. Get it in your ears. 

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Sam Atkins becomes a full time host of the miserable music podcast from Episode 47 onwards. Listen to him immediately ramp up the disagreements as him, Matt, and Fran discuss new releases from Lil Nas X, Cold War Kids, Amyl and the Sniffers and Injury Reserve. This month's classic album is from Karen Dalton and Fran will end the episode by telling you why he loves Roots Manuva.

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As Picky Bastards founder Nick Parker bids a sad farewell to the miserable music podcast, we welcome editor Tom Burrows back to the show as a guest. Listen to the bastards say goodbye to Nick by telling him he's wrong about albums from Little Simz, Turnstile, quickly, quickly, Lorde, and Cocteau Twins. Tom closes out the episode by telling us why he loves Nicholas Jaar. 

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Join the miserable music podcast for our yearly moan about the Mercury Prize. To make things for confusing than ever, Fran returns from paternity leave at the same time as Nick misses as episode for the first time ever. But Fran, Sam, and Matt still do plenty of arguing about the shortlist, so make sure to put your ears around it. 

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Matt and Nick welcome guest host James this time around, so we can rip apart lots of music, including Dean Blunt, Kele, Laura Mvula and Stubborn Heart, and then a classic from Janet Jackson. James then talks about his obsession with New Young Pony Club.

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Matt and Nick welcome guest host Sam onto this 43rd Episode of our endlessly angry rant about music. This time around, we talk about Adrian Younge, Rostam, Gruff Rhys, Marina, and a classic from Stevie Nicks! Then Sam tells us why he loves Janelle Monae.

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A sad day! This 42nd episode of the miserable podcast is Fran's last for a while (he's off on paternity leave for a bit), so join us for the aggressive and angry send off, when Fran, Matt and Nick kick-off about new albums from Squid, Tony Allen, Porter Robinson, McKinley Dixon, and a classic from Minnie Riperton. Then Fran tells us about why he loves John Smith.

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It's another episode of the miserable music podcast. Listen to Fran, Matt, and Nick make noises about new releases from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, The Body, The Antlers, and Dry Cleaning and a 'classic' album from Dr Octagon. To end the episode, Matt introduces Bombay Bicycle Club in our 'Why I Love' segment. 

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It's the 40th episode of the miserable music podcast. And today, we are being anything but miserable. To celebrate turning the big 4-0 we are looking back at the best albums we have discovered and listened to on the podcast, including LPs from Kano, Big Thief, Oddisee, Julia Jacklin, Sharon Van Etten, Little Simz, Saba, IDLES, Brittany Howard, Noname, Kiasmos, and Mount Eerie. 

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The miserable music podcast returns after a short break as Nick, Matt, and Fran fall out about recent releases from Girlhood, R.A.P. Ferreira, Viagra Boys, and The Avalanches and a classic album from Deep Purple before Nick tells you all why he loves a little known guitarist by the name of Jimi Hendrix. 

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