Tracks

This week marks 5 years since Manchester legends The Stone Roses announced they were returning from a 15 year hiatus. It was a moment of massive excitement for us as fans of the band, and we decided to mark the anniversary with an episode all about the comeback.

As is usually the case, we picked three songs each on our theme, and this week our shouts were pretty huge (even if we do say so ourselves). Blur, Sleater-Kinney, Pulp, De La Soul, The Libertines and Mink Muscle Creek all receive praise in an episode bursting with huge tunes.

Away from that, there are musical highlights of the week from Donald Glover in the form of his new TV show Atlanta, and from the BBC's World Service podcast.

So thank you so much for downloading, we love you for it. If you love us too, don't forget to rate and review us! See you next week.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

To celebrate reaching our 30th episode, we decided to take it back to where it all began. Our day ones out there will know that Tracks kicked off with us picking four songs each - an old song, a new song, a borrowed song and a blue song - and today we're doing the same again.

Is this because we've run out of ideas? Hopefully not. Really, we just wanted another excuse to share amazing songs with you from the likes of Norma Fraser, Savoy Motel, Cornershop and Songhoy Blues.

So it's a huge thank you to everyone who has downloaded and supported us thus far, and if you want to make sure you don't miss any of our next 30 episodes, be sure to hit that subscribe button. THANK YOU!

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

What a week it has been in the world of music. We've been inundated with new releases by acts we love, and as such could think of no better use of this week's podcast than to round them up for you, our wonderful listeners.

We start out with the fantastic, Julian Casablancas produced "City Club" by The Growlers, and from there head on a whilstle-stop tour of new records from the likes of Solange, Warpaint, Slaves and Regina Spektor.

The climax of the episode, however, is reserved for one man. We have looked forward to the release of Bon Iver's "22, A Million" more than almost any other album this year, and now that it's finally here, we give our verdict.

Thank you so much for downloading, we love you for it. If you love us too, don't forget to rate and review us! Thanks!

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

What a week it has been in the world of music. We've been inundated with new releases by acts we love, and as such could think of no better use of this week's podcast than to round them up for you, our wonderful listeners.

We start out with the fantastic, Julian Casablancas produced "City Club" by The Growlers, and from there head on a whilstle-stop tour of new records from the likes of Solange, Warpaint, Slaves and Regina Spektor.

The climax of the episode, however, is reserved for one man. We have looked forward to the release of Bon Iver's "22, A Million" more than almost any other album this year, and now that it's finally here, we give our verdict.

Thank you so much for downloading, we love you for it. If you love us too, don't forget to rate and review us! Thanks!

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Freshers' Week is in full swing across the UK, so this week we decided to take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about the old days, when we were young enough to be at university ourselves. 

But away from the tales of our long lost youth, there's also a ton of great music on show. With a student night floor filler from Darwin Deez, an Alt-J university classic and a perfect revision soundtrack from Ghostpoet amongst the music selection, it's a bumper show this week.

So thank you so much for downloading, we love you for it. If you love us too, don't forget to rate and review us! Thanks!

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

This week we're joined by our friend, the wonderful Emily Hogarth. As a new arrival in Brighton, we decided to welcome her in the only way we know how - by requesting her old, new, borrowed blue selections. 

More prepared than any guest we've had before, Emily absolutely smashed it with her selections. Featuring the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Solange and Ane Brun, she delivers a brilliantly interesting and varied episode of music.

So thank you Emily for coming on the show, and thank you to everyone who downloads this episode. You're all the best humans there are.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Second albums are a notoriously tricky obstacle for many musicians, but this week we celebrate the anniversary of the release of Nirvana's seminal second album 'Nevermind' by tipping our hats to acts made equally big steps forward with theirs.

Hot Chip, Jamie T, Mystery Jets and Interpol are amongst the acts who receive shouts in what rapidly becomes an unabashed trip down memory lane for us. These are acts and albums we loved during our teenage years, and playing them again was a real joy for us. Hopefully hearing them will be for you too.

Away from second albums, there's a first in our musical highlights section as we share one selection - the incredible new documentary 'The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years'. We were lucky enough to be invited to an advanced screening of the film and loved it so much that we couldn't possible pick separate highlights. It's that good.

So sit back, relax and enjoy episode 26 of Tracks.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Today's episode marks a quarter-century milestone for Tracks, and we celebrated the only way we know how - with a few beers and a lot of music chat.

The release day also happens to be the anniversary of the legendary collaboration between The Beatles and Eric Clapton on George Harrison's classic 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. With this in mind, we decided to take a look at some of our favourite tracks which feature other artists. Spoiler alert: Nas, Edwyn Collins and SBTRKT are amongst those who receive shoutouts.

Away from the features, we also have our traditional musical highlights of the week. This time around they're courtesy of The Avalanches and Foals, both of whom have got us particularly excited this week.

So sit back, marvel at the magnificence that is Tracks' first block of 25 episodes and, most importantly, enjoy a trip back to the feature.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

2016 continues to be an absolutely incredible year for music, so we thought it was about time we checked in with part two of our 2016 So Far series. Splitting the year up into thirds may be an unconventional decision, but we're unconventional kinda guys.

Some of the selections were, in all honesty, almost made for us. The returns of the likes of Frank Ocean and Bon Iver simply couldn't be overlooked, but there are also shouts for more niche releases such as Kane Strang's debut and Ace Records' Let It Be compilation.

There's also our highlights of the week, with Tim paying tribute to the legend that is Morrissey who he was lucky enough to see live this week.

So, in honour of 2016, sit back, #PrayForHarambe and enjoy us being the definition of #SquadGoals in episode #024 of Tracks.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/

In a slightly delayed episode, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Queen's final gig with legendary frontman Freddie Mercury by discussing which acts we wish we could have seen, but sadly will never be able to.

Our picks this week are extremely varied, taking you from 2 Tone legends The Specials all the way through to Odd Future founder Tyler, The Creator, so there really is something for everyone.

There are also shouts for our musical highlights of this week, which come from Jagwar Ma and Michael Kiwanuka.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode. Our theme tune is Ice Cold by Audionautix and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Artist: http://audionautix.com/