Pulp are back in 2025 but their heyday was the 90s when they influenced the artists featured in this episode

Pulp are back in 2025 but the 90s were their heyday, as the artists they influenced in this episode can attest

Songs with the title or the content about the band who are singing it.

Co-hosting with Paul Howarth and Tony Harris, my friends over at the Twilight Turntable podcast: they choose some tracks to reflect the story of their musical lives.

Tracks from bands signed to the doyen of US indie labels, Merge

All eyes on this collection of tracks about watching, looking and seeing

Olivia Rodrigo inviting Robert Smith on stage at Glastonbury seems the perfect excuse to revisit the first 10 golden years of The Cure.

England, more than any other country arguably, has attracted a boatload of myths about its history and how it affects the country and its people today. Here are some songs on that theme.

An episode in which the tracks are sung by non-humans. Animals, insects, computers, guitars, aeroplanes, zombies, lasagne and lightning rods.

Songs of promises, songs of pacts and songs of pledges. Pretty well as described.