Records & Bands

In which our heroes talk s*** about the debut, self titled album from Ben Folds Five, Hard-Fi's "Stars of CCTV" and the best opening tracks to records.This will come as no surprise to regular listeners but Rob is an absolutely massive fan of Ben Folds, so was really excited to hear his little brothers thoughts on his favourite artist, who is regularly heralded as the greatest songwriter of his generation. (Thats what Rob regularly states as fact anyway.)We have a great chat about those amazing opening tracks from some great albums and manage to whittle them down to a "Top 10 Side A, Track 1" playlist.  Apparently openers from live albums don't count but Nutshell from Alice in Chains Unplugged deserves a really special mention!Later we talk about a band that Rob had pigeonholed into "S*** Indie Disco" but whose first album, Stars of CCTV, Sam just adores.

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In which our heroes are joined by Alex Trezins, former school and band mate of Sam and apparently, holder of the best "Dad Story" since Luke Skywalker!We discuss the self titled Blink-182 album from 2003 in some detail, the boys covering Blink while playing in their first band, The Navahoes, before we get onto the whole point of the podcast, talking s*** about records and bands. Artists like Kasabian and Arctic Monkeys get a good mention before we move onto another record on Sams list, Over the Counter Culture by The Ordinary Boys.At some point we talk about their first foray into playing, their band The Navahoes, allegedly being plagiarised by Jessie J and then Alex drops a wonderful tale of his musical father and a physical altercation with the actual Morrissey! Original Music this week by The Navahoes!Artwork kindly provided by Jake

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In which one of our heroes looks back on his school days with an old friend while the other watches on a webcam. (which sounds kinda dirty.) We're joined in this episode by Leon Bateman, Rob's friend of nearly 30 years, to chat about the music that bonded them, sharing headphones and moving through life in different directions. Along the way, we touch on loads of artists and bands that we shared, some we didn't and a few that we'll always remember. We asked Leon to choose a few records to chat about so after some talk about Weezer and Wolfsbane we get into Pinewood Smile by The Darkness, Iron Maidens Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and the soundtrack album for A Star is Born (The Gaga one). This is a long one as Rob and Leon hadn't been in touch properly for a long time but the affection between friends is apparent. We do touch on some of the mental health issues both have faced and are dealing with and it wouldn't be a fair representation of our conversation if it was all edited out, but if that gets too heavy for you then there's always the story of how Leon become an Iron Maiden fan, without which he and Rob may never have become friends. (Aww Maiden Friend!!) Multiple Ways to follow Records & Bands Original Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on Spotify Artwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake

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In which our heroes talk s*** about Let it Be released in 1984 by The Replacements and The Strokes 2001 debut record, Is This It? We also dive into the sprawl of our musical tastes and touch on how things we like change over time. As well as the ultimate question..... "Are your favourite band really your favourite band if you never listen to them?"Multiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on SpotifyArtwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake

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In which our heroes talk s*** about Punk & Poetry by The King Blues and The Wonderstuff record, Never Loved Elvis.  We have a brief chat about the new Offspring album before debuting and promptly discarding a new feature on the show “Great Bands, S*** Hits”. We also talk about some of the great, great records released in 1991, some 30 years ago, as well as some important albums that reach their 20th birthday this year and even fewer that came out in 2011. Multiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on SpotifyArtwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake

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Join our heroes as they're led through the noisy Hereford underground by their fearless guide, Rich Lovell.Rich is a songwriter, guitarist and frontman with Terminal Rage as well as a promoter, an activist and world class sweary bloke. Rich and Sam have a good old chat about the underground scene in sleepy, rural Hereford, sharing bills in tiny venues and getting to play punk rock with your mates. (and occasionally, your heroes.)A little later we talk about Rich's musical influences and two records that he needs to share with us, Feeding the 5000 by Crass and Megadeth's Rust in Peace.Massive thanks to Rich for being our first ever guest. We can't wait to have him back on once gigs start happening again.Listen to Terminal Rage on BandCamp and find them on FacebookJoin the The Underground Revolution (Hereford)Art From Crisis More information on the program and ways to donate at the link.Multiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on SpotifyArtwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake

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Join our heroes as they talk s*** about muddy fields, tents and having to choose between great bands playing at the same time. While reminiscing about the great festival lineups of 20 years ago, we chat about one of Robs earliest favourite bands and first gig, Terrorvision, their second album How to Make Friends and Influence People and how they managed to out perform Metallica, Marilyn Manson and Ministry at 1999’s metalfest The Big Day Out. Later on we discuss the debut album from The Gaslight Anthem and chat about whether artists really do have to push the envelope of creativity or can they "just" be a rocking band. A few links Multiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on Spotify Artwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake

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In this episode of Records and Bands our heroes talk s*** about the album that introduced Rob to the wonderful Neil Young, there's some chat about Sam's bands before we delve into the murky world of records and bands we're not so keen to shout about. Then Rob delivers a verdict on Sam's most favourite album of all time ever, Panic Prevention by Jamie T and Sam drops a massive opinion that may derail the podcast before it even gets going. A few links Multiple Ways to follow Records & Bands Original Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on Spotify Artwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is Jake Playlists of album tracks and additional songs mentioned in this episode.

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In this episode of Records and Bands, our heroes talk s*** about soundtrack albums, TV theme tunes and two albums from their list of favourite records. Come on Feel The Lemonheads and I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes.After chatting about random animal encounters and what we've been listening to recently, we quickly get into Robs thoughts on one of Sams favourite albums. Judgements are shared and comparisons made before we get into some significant movie soundtracks and TV themes (by proper bands).We talk s*** about Robs choice of record, The Lemonheads before a secret man crush is revealed. And it's not Evan Dando.A few linksCome On Feel The LemonheadsI'm Wide Awake its MorningJungle Book (Because you know you want to!)Multiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on SpotifyArtwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is JakePlaylist of album tracks and additional songs mentioned in this episode. Keep us in booze and caffeine!

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There's some records and artists we both admire, enjoy and respect. The greats Dylan, Springsteen, Cash and Petty (but everybody loves Petty, am I right?)are obvious examples. Some of our tastes cross over the generational divide, Rancid, some Green Day, Therapy? Some records chosen have never been heard by the other.You see, one of us (Rob) comes from the tail end of Generation X and pretty much wishes that it was still 1995, when life was easier, his hair wasn't grey and he was skinny, cool and girls liked him. (Some of that might be lies)The other (Sam) is one of those entitled millennials you keep reading about who thinks bands were cool on Myspace and for who downloading music to a computer in your pocket has always been a thing.The albums discussed today give a snapshot of those records we hold dear, those that we feel represent (or did at some point) who we might be or just simply be a bloody great record that everyone should hear.We've committed to making a run of 10 or 12 shows over the coming weeks. If we're still having a blast after that, and a break for the summer, we will come back and do some more. But for now we just enjoying talking rubbish, coming out with cliched opinions, hot takes and sometimes just dismissing the entire works of great artists with barely a pause. The best thing about this is just listening to some great records, some old, some new and some long forgotten.A few linksMultiple Ways to follow Records & BandsOriginal Music by Alvin and the Angry Barrels. Listen to them on SpotifyArtwork kindly provided by the beautiful man that is JakePlaylists of album tracks and additional songs mentioned in this episode. Rob and Sams favourite albumsKeep us in booze and caffeine!

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