A discussion on Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.  John and Thorsten are joined by another very special guest - John's brother Mark.  In this episode we talk about Godspeed You! Black Emperor, their new album and dive into their back catalogue. Mark answers Thorsten's question on why they have a Projectionist listed as a band member!

John, Thorsten and Mark pick out their favourite GY!BE songs to listen to.

Song choices for people to check out;

We discuss their influences and the reason why they are so special to us. For any comments please email us @ [email protected]

A St Patrick's Day Special where we discuss Thorsten's favourite Irish Band - Thin Lizzy.  Enjoy :-)

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This week we have a discussion on Tom Petty.  During this podcast we discuss the many influences on Tom Petty. We run through his albums with a focus on his late 1980's and early 1990's albums.  We talk about how he churned out huge rock anthems and talk about his collaboration with Jeff Lynn and the Traveling Wilburys, with Thorsten's very controversial comment about Roy Orbison which is guaranteed to upset John's father!!

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This week we have a discussion on The Cure.  During this podcast we discuss the music scene that The Cure's came from and the music scene in which they were hugely influential in creating. We run through their albums with a focus on their early 80's albums Seventeen Seconds, Faith & Pornography. We talk about how the band grew and their music became darker through these three pivotal albums. We also speak about their masterpiece Disintegration. Thorsten also talks about his favourite Cure song 'The Kiss' from the Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me album, which was no surprise to John :-)

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A discussion on Montreal band Arcade Fire.  John and Thorsten are joined by a very special guest - John's sister Joanne.  In this episode we talk about Arcade Fires five albums and debate whether it is their first album Funeral or their third album Suburbs is their classic. We discuss their influences and the reason why they are so special to us.

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A discussion about Thorsten's favourite band Rush.  In this episode we will talk about much of Rush's recordings and how they were the soundtrack to Thorsten life. For those not familiar with Rush please listen to Thorsten's recommendations starting with Rush's first album Rush, then Moving Pictures, Signals, Roll the Bones and their live album Live in Rio. We also talk about how the Signals album reminded John of the Arcade Fire album Suburbs which will the subject of our next Podcast :-)

A discussion about John's favourite band Slowdive.  In this episode we will talk about all of Slowdive's recordings and all the other bands associated with them such as Mojave 3. John will also try to explain two Thorsten what shoegaze is and how it got its name.